#EPIDEMIC

David Dowdy

davidwdowdy

I don't usually tweet threads, but I wanted to give 8 reasons why we should consider shifting language away from "herd immunity threshold :: Rt

George M Johnson

IamGMJohnson

Ten years ago today I was diagnosed HIV positive. Today I share my story.- @seanhowardphoto When I was first diagnosed. My viral load was around 2700 with a t-cell count

BudgIT Nigeria

BudgITng

COVID19 apart, States are currently battling at least 1 of C.Meningitis, Monkeypox & 6 other deadly diseases.In 2019, all 36 states recorded 94,500 cases from these outbreaks.Ebonyi & Osun were

Paul Jakma

pjakma

An interesting paper on lessons from Foot and Mouth outbreak in UK, and mathematical modelling:https://www.research.ed.ac.uk/portal/en/publications/use-and-abuse-of-mathematical-models-an-illustration-from-the-2001-foot-and-mouth-disease-ep

Yardley Yeadon

MichaelYeadon3

One of my favourite graphs from Joel Smalley. It exposes most of the deceits in media daily. Note this is public data with nowt taken out.The most peculiar claim, which

Lily Maynard

LilyLilyMaynard

1/ Thread: Nobody should be murdered, attacked or abused for how they dress or how they feel. Data from both the UK and the USA suggests that trans-identified people are

Prevention Access

PreventionAC

THREAD: Investing in the health & wellbeing of ppl w/HIV must be central to every effort to end the HIV epidemic. By increasing access & decreasing barriers to treatment, care,

Brenda Wallace, Potato Enthusiast 🥔

BR3NDA

1817–20 Influenza reported among Māori on coasts of Foveaux Strait 1835 Measles reported among Māori in South Island whaling stations 1838–39 ‘Rewha-rewha’ (probably influenza) in Bay of Islands and Mercury

Kevin R. McClure

kevinrmcclure

I’ve been interested in burnout and have written a little about it. I liked this piece and wanted to share some of the passages that stood out to me.https://twitter.com/harvardbiz/status/1359598400572907523 First,

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alyspraxis

The bad faith deflections from lockdown supporters around Sweden are really difficult to take given the seriousness of the stakes. Bring up Sweden and you'll get "yeah but their deaths

Trevor Bedford

trvrb

It's abundantly clear that societal behavior strongly impacts #COVID19 spread. We saw this early on where social distancing resulted in significant reductions to epidemic spread. With the surge of cases

Merriam-Webster

MerriamWebster

Let’s look at the word PANDEMIC itself.The suffix ‘-ic’ in English is an adjective suffix:ANGELIC: having the qualities of an angelCUBIC: having the characteristics of a cubePROBLEMATIC: posing a problemhttps://www.merriam-webster.com

Ranu Dhillon

RanuDhillon

1/ With Ebola in West Africa - similar to Covid now - our only control 'knobs' were #TestTraceIsolate & engage communities on preventive measuresWith transmission so widespread & no way

Alex Berenson

AlexBerenson

1/ The bluechecks can scream all they like.But the Israeli trends are awful compared to countries with fewer vaccinations - like the US.Since early January, the US rate of positive

Barely Sociable

SociableBarely

Jesus Christ, there’s so much fraud on Spotify;I didn't realize Spotify themselves was fully complicit though...Here's an artist that has 132M streams on their most popular song.Google her and enjoy

Openly Black Mikki Kendall

Karnythia

I am fascinated by how much class, race & gender impact the narratives around Typhoid Mary to this day. She immigrated before the Irish became white in America & it

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