#EPIDEMIC

Prof Francois Balloux

BallouxFrancois

Contrary to recent claims, #SARSCoV2 is expected to be seasonal, as are essentially all >200 respiratory viruses in circulation, including the four 'common cold' coronaviruses (see below). (1/5)Source: https://smw.ch/article/doi/

Corbyn in the Times / Crime from Times Past

TimesCorbyn

As lockdown II loomsA glimpse of what happened a century ago with the 'Spanish' flu of 1918-1919.There were three waves (not two) and the mortality rate hit 29 per 1,000

ChristosArgyropoulos

ChristosArgyrop

Since we have two RNA vaccines against SARSCOV2 now, perhaps you should unfollow covidiots , libertarian flubros , Hoover institute faculty, GBD acolytes and every single individual who have suggested

Trevor Bedford

trvrb

The #COVID19 epidemic is rapidly growing throughout the US. What happens now? Here I try to make some predictions, but mostly try to explain how I think about the epidemic.

Oksana Pokalchuk

OPokalchuk

Women in eastern #Ukraine don't feel safe. Neither in public nor at home.@amnetsy's new report #NotAPrivateMatter highlights flaws in a system aimed at protecting survivors of domestic & sexual violence

michelleminton

michelleminton

Real story: e-cig use among adults in China remains super low (1.6% in 2018-2019) + mostly by those trying to stop smoking or reduce harms. TC version: rate was 1.3%

tarachara | local trap

taracharamod

if you were described the u.s. using the same language the western press uses to describe socialist states, you'd invariably imagine something profoundly dystopian "the two parties in government closely

Frances Leader

2013Boodicca

Nano particles were found in all vaccines examined by this enterprising couple who set up an independent lab in Italy.They were raided by police & all equipment confiscated.Read the article

plaforscience

plaforscience

We predicted Spain's miraculous last weeks, we told shifting from PCR to rapid test was forcing descends.Now, thru official data analysis we can show how 'cases' and positivity follow the

Joel Smalley

RealJoelSmalley

Since July, coinciding with increased PCR testing, there is an unusual uniformity to the official regional COVID death curves that is not apparent in the regional excess death curves, strongly

Joel Smalley

RealJoelSmalley

Pertinent information in the regional mortality data reveals the extent of community immunity in England. The only regions exhibiting excess death and increasing COVID mortality (of endemic quality) are North

𝕎𝕚𝕝𝕝𝕚𝕒𝕞 𝔻. 𝕃𝕚𝕟𝕕𝕤𝕖𝕪 🌈

wdlindsy

On Christmas Day, my husband, his brother, and I asked ourselves whether we have any memories of our grandparents and their siblings discussing the flu epidemic of 1918 and how

Edouard Mathieu

redouad

Regarding vaccination speed and comparisons between countries (especially in the EU), some people say that "it doesn't matter how fast you start, what matters is crossing the finish line at

COVID Impact

CovidSerology

New serology from Iran suggesting very high attack rates by early June in several cities. Interestingly, the serology data matches calculated AR from excess mortality data from late Sept. Note:

Natalie E. Dean, PhD

nataliexdean

In our continuous search for metrics to track, I'd like to see more discussion of median age of new diagnoses. Lower median age suggests: (1) we are better protecting the

Antoine FLAHAULT

FLAHAULT

1/21. Dec 13 to Dec 19 - Our #COVID19 daily epidemic 7-day-forecasting for 209 countries and territories. Dashboard: https://renkulab.shinyapps.io/COVID-19-Epidemic-Forecasting/_w_5f9d45a0/_w_8da5e02a/?tab=world_mapData: https://ecdc.europa

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