#Epidemics

Sarah Anderson

myrubypearl

“When Rick Perry was Governor of Texas he took money from the paychecks of blue collar workers & turned it into millions in welfare grants for companies like Lockheed Martin,

Dr Ronan Glynn

ronan_glynn

News on #vaccines against #COVID19 is very encouraging. Its timely to remember the fantastic impact that other vaccines have had over the last 200 yrs in Ireland - apart from

Cory Ellen, MFA, RN

coryellen

A medical anthropologist who studies epidemics just told my mother that my job is useless with this kind of community spread. Which tells me that some folks may not understand

David Thunder

davidjthunder

—THREAD BEGINS—Here are some un-examined & false convictions circulating in our Western societies about Covid:1. Everyone is equally susceptible to the virus, young & old, healthy & sick.- FALSE 2.

Wes Pegden

WesPegden

It seems like the fundamental fallacy underpinning misguided mitigation strategies is prioritizing the elimination of the highest-risk interactions ever experienced by the lowest-risk (most privileged) people.1/12 Through the lens of

Tweeting Historians

Tweetistorian

Swenson's argument was that the four social stages seemed prevalent to human society, but, of course, that's a big leap--society isn't always one-size-fits-all. Changing gears, let me discuss the scholarship

Angel Cuevas

acrumin

New pre-print https://www.it.uc3m.es/acrumin/papers/COVID_BigTechs.pdf @rcuevasrumin @joseegc_ Martin Maier. We aim at re-opening the discussion of technical solutions for contact-tracing that so far have failed. We propose a new solution,

Marc Veldhoen

Marc_Veld

A lot of news regarding a SARS-CoV-2 mutation. This is an important, but not unexpected. SARS-CoV-2 is a single stranded RNA virus, it will mutate.But, this mutation is not one

Gretchen Snoeyenbos Newman, MD

DrSnowInBus

Thoughts after my first block as an academic ID attending.A 1. People who say attending is harder than residency and fellowship do not accurately recall how hard residency and

Jason Crawford

jasoncrawford

Smallpox was one of the worst diseases humanity has ever faced—and also the only human disease we have ever eradicated. It was also the first disease with a vaccine.You may

Marcelo Medeiros

marcelo_meds

1...What is the role of Taxation and Social Protection in the Recovery?Covid caused a recession. This will require a recovery. Particularly in developing countries.Should we raise taxes? Should we create

Annibale

Annibal97783312

Few days after begrudgingly admitting that the Lombardy disaster may have been caused by its own semi privatized healthcare, NYT makes a u-turn publishing this nonsense, where it's all WHO

☣️ Dr. Syra Madad

syramadad

Everyone wants to know "what can we do better to prepare for future pandemics?"As someone in the field of biopreparedness & infectious disease emergency management we've long advocated to end

Ruairí McKiernan

ruairimckiernan

Had the privilege to hear a powerful speech from @DrMikeRyan accepting @trocaire Romero award today. He 'went for it' towards the end & I scrambled to try capture some of

Mike Famulare

famulare_mike

Leaving the WA #COVID19 beat for a moment and looking nationally, remember that no matter how out of control your local epidemic is, hunkering down tight will not only stop

Maciek Boni

maciekboni

Hi #epitwitter our state-level analysis is up on medRxiv. We look at 11 data streams (cases, hospitalizations, ICU, vent numbers, deaths etc) available from DOHs in RI, MA, PA. Data

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