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There's a good deal of news and opinions circulating on what is clearly going to be a defining moment in 2020. In lieu of tweeting my own marginally-informed opinions, I collect daily updates here.
There's a good deal of news and opinions circulating on what is clearly going to be a defining moment in 2020. In lieu of tweeting my own marginally-informed opinions, I collect daily updates here.
Also, I'm seeing a lot of armchair epidemiologists. I have relevant experience having worked in medicine, but if anything, it helps me recognize that I'm not qualified to give recs now. Practice humility and think twice before muddying the waters: https://twitter.com/adamcifu/status/1237819603209850880
Thursday, 3/12/20:
Formal guidelines for rationing intensive care in Italy: https://twitter.com/Yascha_Mounk/status/1237731864233807872
Formal guidelines for rationing intensive care in Italy: https://twitter.com/Yascha_Mounk/status/1237731864233807872
Clinical lessons from front-line intensivists in Italy: https://twitter.com/Wilkinsonjonny/status/1237493105529630722
A lot has happened since this morning, including closure of many major cultural institutions in NY (Broadway, museums), a hold on numerous sports' leagues seasons, and numerous school closures. A thread on the evidence for the last: https://twitter.com/NAChristakis/status/1235204443362205699
A good thread on the lessons learned from the Chinese #CoVID-19 epidemic response: https://twitter.com/AbraarKaran/status/1236680328875474944
@AbraarKaran has some other great threads, on #CoVID19 testing: https://twitter.com/AbraarKaran/status/1236102378572652545
And on (self-)triaging #CoVID19 cases to avoid overwhelming healthcare capacity: https://twitter.com/AbraarKaran/status/1233922335213867008
Another thread on what employers can do to help mitigate the spread of #CoVID19: https://twitter.com/NAChristakis/status/1238182852862398466
Friday, 3/13/20:
We have reached peak coronavirus PSA: https://twitter.com/EM_RESUS/status/1238293622241583114?s=20
We have reached peak coronavirus PSA: https://twitter.com/EM_RESUS/status/1238293622241583114?s=20
Clinical observations from a front-line intensivist in Seattle: https://twitter.com/Chenbariatrics1/status/1238322250392039424?s=20
There will be many micro-opportunities like this to optimize our processes for caring for #CoVID19 patients. We would do well to learn from each of them like this: https://twitter.com/VatsalTrivediMD/status/1238147169833680904
Devastating profile of two health care workers with divergent outcomes from #CoVID19: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/03/13/world/asia/coronavirus-death-life.html
Saturday, 3/14/20:
We have known tools and guidelines for communicating during a public health crisis such as #CoVID19. By ignoring them, our leaders risk compromising public trust: https://emergency.cdc.gov/cerc/ppt/cerc_2014edition_Copy.pdf
We have known tools and guidelines for communicating during a public health crisis such as #CoVID19. By ignoring them, our leaders risk compromising public trust: https://emergency.cdc.gov/cerc/ppt/cerc_2014edition_Copy.pdf
OpenTable and other novel sources of data can be helpful to track the success of physical distancing, but also highlight the downstream impacts on local economies: https://twitter.com/rjwile/status/1238614062679887884
A #CoVID19 ICU one-pager from a Seattle ICU doc: https://twitter.com/nickmmark/status/1238675820853350400
A #CoVID19 ventilation checklist: https://twitter.com/iamritu/status/1238122767704260609
Some good ideas for clinician #CoVID19 infection control at home: https://twitter.com/medicalaxioms/status/1238251231338016769
Sunday, 3/15/20:
What happens after #CoVID19 patients recover in the hospital? https://twitter.com/DavidCGrabowski/status/1239189638553767936?s=20
What happens after #CoVID19 patients recover in the hospital? https://twitter.com/DavidCGrabowski/status/1239189638553767936?s=20
Tuesday, 3/17/20:
A break from tweeting to help coordinate local response. Today's top tweets - https://twitter.com/WilliamAEden/status/1240021582740721664
A break from tweeting to help coordinate local response. Today's top tweets - https://twitter.com/WilliamAEden/status/1240021582740721664
Sunday, 4/12/20:
A month since the last collected #COVID19 news update - time no longer has meaning. Today's thread - on not confusing bureaucracy and big government as the problem: https://twitter.com/donmoyn/status/1249058372864954368
A month since the last collected #COVID19 news update - time no longer has meaning. Today's thread - on not confusing bureaucracy and big government as the problem: https://twitter.com/donmoyn/status/1249058372864954368
This thread helped illuminate a missing piece for me - how effective communication from leadership (both locally and nationally) reduces barriers to pro-social behavior by making it easy to do the right thing: https://twitter.com/laineydoyle/status/1249127908876128259
