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But the decision cannot wait until health systems are already overwhelmed. The time from infection to ICU admission is about 3 weeks, so any changes today will not show up

On the decision to reclose when an outbreak is intensifying. Let me first say that nobody wants to reclose. It is a drastic, disruptive move, to understate it. But we’re

I’m not usually a reactive tweeter but this caught me off guard yesterday. I wrote “wait, that can’t be the plan.” 1/https://twitter.com/matthancock/status/1266995931439943683?s=21 And then I deleted it because I wasn’t

There is a print in a colleague’s office at @JHSPH_CHS commemorating the eradication of smallpox. It’s signed Never Again! I want us to say that about pandemics. And mean it.

Most states have begun to reopen. Here is my guess for what that will mean for transmission. A thread. 1/ The best possible scenario would have been that communities have

Today I shared testimony with the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, HHS, & Education on the #COVID19 response. I told the committee what I’ve been saying here. We are in

In April an average of ~2,000 people died of coronavirus in the US each day. That is more than daily average from cancer or heart disease. I fear there is

I’ve been noticing a dangerous polarization in our discussions around navigating our way through the pandemic. Reopening is said to be playing games with people’s lives. Continuing stay at home

Data on Georgia Department of Health website shows that the number of active infections (people currently sick) is increasing as of the latest data (April 14) 1/ It's really hard

I know more about Singapore’s outbreak than the US’s. I know that 95% of yesterday’s cases there were in dormitory residents, and I know there have been an average of

Lots of serosurveys trickling out, some with more heat than light. Let’s not miss the forest for the trees. A thread. 1/ Whether seroprevalence is 2% or 3% is mostly

I am not enthusiastic about using influenza like illness (ILI) data to guide the public health response to Covid. I think @reichlab and I were actually the first team to