#EPIDEMIC

Dan Larremore

DanLarremore

A thought experiment. Suppose we had a COVID test that had a 50/50 chance of identifying someone who was infected. And now imagine that everyone in a city uses this

Hakique Virani

hakique

We wrote this piece in the spring after BC's Chief Public Health doctor officially recommended decriminalization of drug possession. A @globeandmail editorial followed in support.https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/editorials/articl

Kham Kidia MD 🇿🇼 🏳️‍🌈

kkidia

THREAD1/As a @harvardmed doctor, I will be one of the first people to get a vaccine. My family in Zimbabwe, however, will be some of the last, if they get

Lockdown Myths

LockdownMyths

1) A thread containing links to articles & people that throw doubts on whether lockdowns were necessary & whether the world overreacted to #COVID19. RT if you found this useful.

Trevor Bedford

trvrb

I know that everyone has been (justifiably) distracted by other things, but the #COVID19 epidemic in the US is looking pretty dire with 125,552 confirmed cases reported Friday by @COVID19Tracking.

Spike Cohen

RealSpikeCohen

Never forget that the @FDA didn't allow COVID testing for the first several weeks of the epidemic in the US, and then blamed you for the resulting uncontrollable outbreak. The

Shane Burley

shane_burley1

Maybe the real antifa were the friends he made along the way. I'm going to post my favorite quotes from it here. 1st one: "Some of them wore red shirts

Abraar Karan

AbraarKaran

1/ The single most important lesson I learned working on a state #covid19 response for 7 months: there is nothing worse you can do in an epidemic than waste timeWe

Yardley Yeadon

MichaelYeadon3

I urge all followers who have read my criticisms of PCR mass testing in U.K. to carefully read Mr Fordham’s carefully worded letter. Note that the innovation minister in the

Kil

Kil889

Just saw this post about a popular tik tok shorty who killed herself from being bullied online. THIS is sooooooo heartbreaking ya'll! From working in the hoods for 20+ years

Ruminator Dan

RuminatorDan

THE TYRANNY OF "KEEPING R BELOW 1"UK Health secretary comments that the goal is to bring R below 1 & keep it there until a vaccine.A Sisyphean task.Impossible.Not due to

Prof Peter Hotez MD PhD

PeterHotez

Reality: It’s never too late to halt a virus epidemic, but as time passes the measures required expand commensurate with an accelerated epidemic. In my latest ⁦@sciam⁩ article attached in

Abraar Karan

AbraarKaran

“Eating indoors at a restaurant is one of the riskiest things you can do in a pandemic,” she said. “Even if there is distancing, as this shows and other studies

Bridget Casey

BridgieCasey

I’ve been listening to podcasts on everything from food to homelessness and u guys we really messed up when the 1980s came.That’s when processed food, financial deregulation, & everyone’s favourite:

Kai Kupferschmidt

kakape

It’s becoming clearer that one main hypothesis that scientists are looking at with B.1.1.7 is whether its advantage could be that it is better at infecting children. There are a

Drug Policy Alliance

DrugPolicyOrg

New research paper on overdose risk and social determinants of health affirms what we've been saying all along: Criminalization increases overdose risk! We MUST decriminalize drugs to save lives and

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