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Caitlin Rivers, PhD
cmyeaton
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
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Dave Blake, PhD
_stah
Use a CO2 monitor during busy crowded times in public indoor spaces to check ventilation. Fix it to target 600 ppm or less, and you SHOULD eliminate COVID-19 aerosol transmission.
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Amanda Phelan
AmandaPhelan1
Thoughts. First.. the most vulnerable populations =most devastated. 2. Nursing homes and other congregated settings (ID, homeless, direct provision) are risk populations. 3. Recognition of expertise in these areas and
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David Caldicott
ACTINOSProject
So NSW Health has ‘released’ their report on school #COVID19 transmission today, although the only place it can be found is in the press.So let’s look at what we know
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A.M.
bhalomanush
There is a growing body of work that SARS-CoV-2 is aerosolized during breathing and speech. It’s not just coughing and sneezing we should be concerned about. This is consistent with
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Bruno Maçães
MacaesBruno
To be clear, what I think happened is that the Chinese authorities believed until very late (anytime between Jan 15 and Jan 20) that the virus could be fully contained
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David Leonhardt
DLeonhardt
The CDC says that “less than 10%” of Covid transmission occurs outdoors. Which sounds like a lot of outdoors transmission. If anything close to 10% was correct, it would mean
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Jill Promoli
jillpromoli
Yes, let's talk about travel restrictions, but let's have that conversation honestly.This was Premier Ford's position in December, as his Finance Minister was preparing for vacation.Better control of community transmission
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Dr Zoë Hyde
DrZoeHyde
(1/3) Important study finding infectious virus (not just viral RNA) in the air >=2m away from a #COVID19 patient.Virus was successfully cultured from air samples, and was shown to match
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Koen
KoenSwinkels
In the great initial Covid panic in Feb & March governments thought a surge of Covid patients would exceed hospital capacity everywhere so a big push to clear as many
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Abraar Karan
AbraarKaran
Happy #LaborDayWeekend Just a friendly reminder— the virus doesn’t take holidays.If you’re going to be socializing:1/do it outdoors; if you’re indoors, plz keep your windows openMasks are *most critical* inside
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Yardley Yeadon
MichaelYeadon3
This is great. The first time the notion of “asymptomatic transmission” was mentioned, I smelled a rat. It’s biologically implausible. Not saying it’s never happened once, but as an important
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Jane McManus
janesports
Steven Bank of UCLA law discusses the idea of liability, and that even if a community eases stay at home, that is an economic and not a legal decision. Orgs
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Abraar Karan
AbraarKaran
1/ This is an important article from @CDC_EIDjournal -- pay attention to 2 things:1) rate of household transmission of #covid19 is several fold higher than non-household2) detection rate from cases
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Adam Kucharski
AdamJKucharski
I'm getting asked more about the 'k' parameter that describes variation in the reproduction number, R (i.e. describes superspreading). But what does this parameter actually mean? A short statistical thread...
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Dr Philip Lee
drphiliplee1
Thought: face mask wearing is absolutely a political decision, yes, but it does not mean it is wrong. Unless governments took very decisive action early, see , once an outbreak
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