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Jason Kindrachuk, PhD
KindrachukJason
A short thread/PSA on this whole business of who predicted the COVID pandemic. January was not the time when coronaviruses became public health threats. WHO had already included them on
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Jeremy Farrar
JeremyFarrar
Avoid politicisation. Don’t focus only on epidemics, provide value day-day & have capacity prevent/prepare/respond & surge as needed. If just focus on epidemics over time funding drifts away. Address issues
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T. Greer
Scholars_Stage
New Book Review: Epidemics--Hate and Compassion From the Plague of Athens to AIDS https://scholars-stage.blogspot.com/2020/11/plagues-of-hate.htmlThis book is a historical survey of hundreds of epidemics from the 400s BC to the 1990s.
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Jeremy Farrar
JeremyFarrar
Robust,resilient,surge capacity, long term sustained funded, based on excellence,trusted, multidisciplinary,research, leadership,independent,values, morale,attractive place work, long term partnerships-keys to successful critical public hea
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Alex Berenson
AlexBerenson
1/ What's amazing to me - as I read papers written in the 2000s about how to face flu epidemics (Part 2 of Unreported Truths, coming soon!) is that the
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Luke
2017rockwood
Robert Edgar Hope-SimpsonI never knew of him until Ivor highlighted his research, Hope-Simpson brilliantly mapped out seasonality of respiratory viruses that still hold true today. He published this book which
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Tim Skellett
Gurdur
A thread for all the anti-'lockdown' people. Let's do it with logic. 1/n Practicalities. The so-called lockdowns haven't hurt widely as much as the virus has just by itself. Look
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Coffee&Almonds 🐝 📝
Ochams_Razor
"The alcohol industry must put people before profits and stop perpetuating harmful drinking patterns," a thread of article by Profs Glenda Gray, Charles Parry and Richard Matzopoulos. In addition to
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Alex Berenson
AlexBerenson
1/ TL:DR - @who published a massive review/meta-analysis of interventions for flu epidemics in 2019, found "moderate" evidence AGAINST using masks. (They actually missed the 2015 Vietnam study, yet another
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Jagjit S. Chadha
jagjit_chadha
An important and helpful thread by @EdConwaySky. If I may I will pick up his theme on counterfactuals and just state that is the standard way to think about policy
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Dr. Lynora Saxinger 🇨🇦
AntibioticDoc
For those who are interested in ecologic observations, two Our World In Data graphs with case numbers colour coded by testing adequacy (https://ourworldindata.org/epi-curve-covid-19)One graph, (with Colombia and Argentina at the
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🔥 Kareem Carr 🔥
kareem_carr
Here are my TWO simple rules for deciding who's an expert (both during a pandemic and in general)! I don't think we should automatically believe people who say they're
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abigail woods
abiwoods3
A thread on policy responses to epidemics – from someone who’s spent 20 years researching and teaching their histories. These are observations not answers, that aim to contextualise not condone
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Sally Nicholls
Sally_Nicholls
You don't have to pay tax to be worth saving.You don't have to climb mountains, or be fit and healthy, or be nice, or even well-loved.You don't earn the right
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Trevor Bedford
trvrb
I wanted to discuss the degree to which population immunity may be contributing to curbing #COVID19 in Florida, Arizona and Texas, where recent surges have resulted in substantial epidemics. 1/16
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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
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