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Jeremy Farrar
JeremyFarrar
Challenge lifting restrictions even with arguably world’s best Test-Isolate-Contact system in place. Virus not changed remains highly infectious, human population remains largely susceptible.Probable that lifting restrictions will lead to
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Newman Nahas
NahasNewman
No one has ever denied the possibility of pediatric infection or transmission. You are engaging with a straw man. The real question has always been a quantitative one: do children
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Jessica Drun
jessicadrun
I think WSJ mischaracterizes what happened. Taiwan CDC sent a question to the WHO through IHR channels: "We asked them whether there's a possibility of human-to-human transmission." (I say "think"
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Wes Pegden
WesPegden
Since the beginning of the pandemic, one prominent story told for how we move forward (most recently in the JSM) is that suppression measures must be used to get cases
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The US Medical System And CDC Murdered 100,000+
tickerguy
1/ For Birx and @realDonaldTrump start here with health care workers:1. BAN CELL PHONES among staff. None in the building. Ever. Period. That thing is a vector and there is
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Bill Hanage
BillHanage
A few thoughts about language and the pandemic. We are hearing a lot of talk of ‘second waves’, which I think has the capacity to seriously mislead. Talk of a
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Charles "No basis for 6 ft and 15 min" Haas
ProfCharlesHaas
The fallacy of #fomites.There has been a lot of attention devoted to the potential transmission of #COVID19 by fomites, a lot of money and time spent on "sanitizing" surfaces, and
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Dr. Richard Corsi
CorsIAQ
1/8 My thoughts & suggestions for moving forward (8 tweet thread)I've been deeply frustrated by leading health authorities in US dismissing the aerosol transmission route, w/o scientific basis, from day
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Dr Zubaida Haque
Zubhaque
This is really concerning. The government are carrying out human guinea-pig experiments in Liverpool to see *whether or not transmission increases* (which may result in hospitalisations and death) if clubbers
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𝓝𝓸𝓼𝓯𝓮𝓻𝓪𝓽𝓾
FourWinns298
1/ We are seeing a Thanksgiving bump in Ontario if you're at an indoor gathering COVID is probably there too. it's very quiet and unassuming, kind of the "death" of
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Kristian G. Andersen
K_G_Andersen
Absolute knock-out paper by @SunKaiyuan and colleagues on SARS-CoV-2 transmission. A few highlights: 1. Kids less susceptible than adults, but just as infectious2. Presymptomatic spread ~50%3. Quarantine/isolation not enough in
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Nicola Sturgeon
NicolaSturgeon
1. Cases per 100k a factor we take into account - and it is often quoted - but it’s not only one. We also look at test positivity rate. And
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Abraar Karan
AbraarKaran
1/ This is important & has been discussed extensively among many ID docs, aerosol scientists & epi colleagues — #covid19 is spread through both droplets AND aerosols - the latter
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Jen Roesch
JenRoesch
@NYCMayor says it's safe to open school. However, the modeling projections developed by Columbia's School of Public Health in order to advise NYC on school & Phase 4 reopening plans
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Whiskyhelps
whiskyhelps
Of wearing a mask prevents airborne transmission of the virus, what is the need to keep six feet apart? *If
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Robin Monotti
robinmonotti
SARS-Cov2 is transmitted indoors, not outdoors. This is a proven fact. Lockdowns have always been about politics not medicine or science.https://twitter.com/robinmonotti/status/1253394771827187712 Taiwanese study confirmed indoor transmissionhttps://
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