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All proposed plans for reopening, incl ours, rely on testing + contact tracing. The US is at ~ 1M tests/wk. @ashishkjha thinks we need 3.5M/wk minimum. Others wants several times
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If experts tell you something is unknowable, don’t keep asking new people until you get a straight answer. Because in doing so you haven’t found the truth, you have found
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I really like this website evaluating transmission trends in every state. The goal is for the line to drop below 1. We've made progress but aren't there yet. 1/https://epiforecasts.io/covid/posts/national/united-states/ These
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I'm seeing unconfirmed reports of a few community acquired cases in the US. Again, this is a function of testing - it is not a live feed of transmission. I
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The next week or two we will start to turn the corner in some places in the US. This will be a triumph that we should all celebrate. But the
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A month ago @ScottGottliebMD and I cautioned against forbidding people from leaving their homes. Now there are calls by prominent leaders for the opposite. 1/https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/03/12/quarantining-cities-isnt-needed-fast-coor
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1/ Although the COVID-19 pandemic is unprecedented in many ways, our vulnerabilities to infectious disease threats has been long known to those of us in public health. 2/ Back in
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