#EPIDEMIC

Brumby

the_brumby

studies since March 2020. Below are 30 published papers finding that lockdowns had little or no efficacy (despite unconscionable harms) along with a key quote or two from each: 1.https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/eci.13484

Dan Larremore

DanLarremore

Preprint: COVID-19 screening and surveillance are critical, but molecular tests haven't come close to meeting needs, and temperature checks fail. We modeled the epidemiological impacts of using loss of smell

Dr. Jane Clare Jones

janeclarejones

Okay, this is such a fucking perfect Platonic form of this bullshit argument that has been going around for fucking years it needs to be dealt with.1. How. Many. Women.

Michelle Cardel,PhD, MS, RD

MichelleCardel

As a result of #COVID19, academics are working from home, often while simultaneously caring for their children. As clinicians & scientists, @nataliexdean @DrDianaMW & I worry this will lead to

Forrest Maready

forrestmaready

1. The polio story as you learned it is wrong. It’s one of the most often misunderstood sequence of events in the last two hundred years. I wanted to explain

Tracie 🇺🇸♥️👊🏻

Tracie0313

The US is at war, make no mistake. The war has been going on for quite some time using sneaky methods to change way people think. Some suspected but people

Anup Malani

anup_malani

I find discussions of herd immunity thresholds frustrating. Herd immunity (which I'll define as a current reproductive rate < 1) depends on policy & behavior. It is NOT an absolute

Aaron 🇭🇰

tripperhead

Chief Executive, Mrs Carrie Lam: The latest wave of the epidemic is still raging in Hong Kong, and around the world. Starting from second half of November, we saw the

Edal

edalmaxwell

"Sweden never aimed at herd immunity", a thread (1/n) Herd immunity in April/no, in May/no, in June/no, when the last light of Durin's Day will shine upon the Lonely Mountain

HAMSMaRT

HAMSMArTeam

THREADearlier this week, our surveillance swabbing program picked up 20+ new #covid19 cases in #HamOnt shelters. The 3 men’s shelters are now closed to new admissions. Spaces at the overflow

Bill Masur

eternalinmind

A thread on Uncomfortable Truths War is a racket. Underlying most modern wars is a drive for weapons sales. Forget coding, sales is the most valuable skill in business The

Greg Olear

gregolear

Let’s talk about Rudy Giuliani, once America’s Mayor, now Trump’s lickspittle, who stands at the center of the Ukraine scandal. Understand: He did NOT "fall from grace." He has always

Kasper Planeta Kepp

KasperKepp

With many empirical studies now showing more modest effects of lockdowns vs. other NPIs, voluntary behavior, and other confounders, the original model concluding large effects is increasingly criticized, incl. a

Amir Attaran

profamirattaran

So there's this legal question: with Alberta in a giant COVID catastrophe, and slow to act, can BC close its border to protect itself? Similarly can Manitoba's neighbours do so?

Brumby

the_brumby

This will be my first and possibly last tweet (thread) as I am mostly here to learn. It is prompted by a recent study questioning lockdown efficacy that is getting

Megan Ranney MD MPH 🗽

meganranney

Today, the first time, CDC says "Fully vaccinated persons who meet criteria will no longer be required to quarantine following an exposure to someone with #COVID19."THIS IS HUGE. A thread.https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/covid-19/info

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