#EPIDEMIC

Josh Greenberg

1JoshGreenberg

THREADHATE AS A VIRUSHate is like a virus. If left unchecked, it spreads and spreads and spreads—and spreads. Until.Shaped by known risk factors, the spread of hate can also be

plaforscience

plaforscience

More sad fun over Spain's serologic survey 4th round.Now we can compare the PCR/IgG results thru crisis. One should expect them to follow a ~constant proportion, reflecting the PCR false

Prof Francois Balloux

BallouxFrancois

Comparing #COVID19 infection fatality rates (IFRs) of #SARSCoV2 with influenza can be problematic. As the piece below touches on, the IFR estimates for seasonal influenza are very poor. Though, another

Ashton Pittman

ashtonpittman

THREAD: Fitting that Gov. Kristi Noem, who jokes about COVID as she presides over the worst COVID-19 mortality rate on earth, cites Pres. Ronald Reagan.Reagan knew about HIV/AIDS in 1981,

Housing Works

housingworks

Yesterday, on #WorldAIDSDay @NYGovCuomo released a statement congratulating himself on his successes toward “bending the curve” of the #HIV epidemic. It was misleading at best. https://www.governor.ny.gov/news/world-aids-day-governor-cu

Judith Flanders

JudithFlanders

Just so we are all clear that nothing changes. This, on the 1832 cholera epidemic. And, still in plus ça change mode, the government wanted you to be damn sure

Andrew Bostom, MD, MS

andrewbostom

1/ Incoming Chair of Microbio & Immun, Tel Aviv U: “History will judge the hysteria” Sweden correct, draconian lockdowns wrong, & caused “ongoing destruction” & “inability to admit this mistake,

AD Robles

realADRobles

With the increase in violence against Republicans and Trump supporters growing exponentially. With the access to jobs and payment platforms decreasing everyday. With the epidemic of social media silencing our

Houriiyah Tegally 🇲🇺

houzhou

Our report on the genomic characterisation of the first wave of the SARS-CoV-2 epidemic in South-Africa is now out in Nature Medicine, a study which was crucial to confidently describe

David Ames

semadivad

What hits me the most about It’s A Sin is the way Russell has captured people’s disgust and lack of understanding or empathy to an epidemic that effected specifically queer

Resist Line 3

ResistLine3

Each February there is a campaign to bring awareness to the epidemic of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls, and Relatives (or MMIWR). Learn more from this thread. (1/8) CW:

Richard McKay

RAMcKay

#LGBTHM21 Post #5: The shadows of two monoliths stretch across any history of sexual health and disease among gay men and other MSM in England and North America: #HistMed

Tabitha McIntosh

TabitaSurge

How people talked about teachers during the second wave of the 1918 flu pandemic“No public servant is so completely exposed to an epidemic of this nature as is the schoolmaster.”

Alex Berenson

AlexBerenson

1/ This smart 2006 paper discusses the uselessness of lockdowns, masks, and school closings during epidemics.More shocking: the lead authors are @T_Inglesby @JenniferNuzzo (two leading members of Team Apocalypse).What's changed?Not

el gato malo

boriquagato

let's say it one more time:"discussing case counts without reference to testing levels is tantamount to lying."let's look at just how much difference it makes.i plotted raw "new positives reported

Paul Saladino, MD

CarnivoreMD

Government subsidies for corn and soy are a huge contributor to the chronic disease epidemic in this country. Change my mind. @realDonaldTrump There is essentially no reason that these grains

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