1. Congratulations to IHME COVID-19 Forecasting Team ( @IHME_UW) on “ #Modeling #COVID-19 #scenarios for the #UnitedStates” @NatureMedicine doi:10.1038/s41591-020-1132-9 #OpenAccess

2. The #COVID-19 #wintersurge that we’ve been predicting for weeks, is real. Now validated by data and corroborated by upswings in other places and models. How bad it becomes, is still up to us. @NatureMedicine doi:10.1038/s41591-020-1132-9 #OpenAccess

3. #Maskuse to protect against #COVID-19 will #savelives. Higher coverage results in more lives saved. @NatureMedicine doi:10.1038/s41591-020-1132-9 #OpenAccess

4. Abandoning #mandates and letting COVID-19 infect the population to levels where #herdimmunity is reached, is an #unethical and unproven idea that could imperil millions more lives and undercut #economic recovery. @NatureMedicine doi:10.1038/s41591-020-1132-9 #OpenAccess

5. IHME’s ( @IHME_UW) new forecast for March 1 will be made public ( https://covid19.healthdata.org ) the week of 2 November.

6. This study is the culmination of 9 months of hard work for all involved @IHME_UW. The paper provides a complete explanation of the model’s mechanics and helps explain the updates we release weekly https://covid19.healthdata.org  to keep pace with the fast-changing pandemic.

7. @IHME_UW would like to thank @NatureMedicine staff in editorial and production for a heroic turn-around time.

8. And finally, a big #thankyou from all of us @IHME_UW for the support we receive that enables us to do this work @gatesfoundation