#Epidemiologists

Andy Maciver

akmaciver

Here’s @NeilMackay’s big read from today’s @heraldscotland . As with pretty much everything Neil writes (he’s always top of my ‘to read’ pile), it’s well worth a read. Here’s a

Socialist_Tipster

Eyecatcher_Pro

Interview (January 7) with a quite level-headed Portuguese epidemiologist, who also works as a scientific consultant for the government.https://www.publico.pt/2021/01/07/sociedade/noticia/henrique-barros-confinamento-resolve-problema-cria-s

Philosophical Engineer

letsthinkdeeply

I have gotten a number of questions about why we should be angry at Dr. Fauci, the NIH and CDC. The answer is simple, early in the pandemic a decision

Renee B

ReneeB_06

How can a virus with 1% mortality shut down the United States? 1/9 There are two problems with this question.1. It neglects the law of large numbers2. It assumes one

Jon Levy

jonlevyBU

1. I’ve been thinking a lot about our tendency for “bright line” decision making and what that means for how we approach school reopening decisions this fall...a little wonky, but

Gregg Gonsalves

gregggonsalves

So physicians and epidemiologists alarmed at rising cases urge @GovNedLamont to shut restaurants, bars, gyms in #Connecticut. He refuses to do so. @PMounds @JoshGeballe 1/https://www.theday.com/article/20201207/NWS12/201209531 NYC and Rhode

Jockthedog

Jockthedog2

1 Back in April the University of Washington IHME's covid-19 model was criticised for "…. producing results that have been bouncing up and down like an unpredictable fever":https://www.statnews.com/2020/04/17/influential-cov

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TheWiseOwl_AZ

1. Just received from my Military Intel contact: . He said matches his info on the COVID-19 fraudulent tests (the PCR tests that Tesla’s Elon Musk took 4 times in

Andrew Steele

statto

These BBC covid explainers have largely been very good, interpreting complex guidance in simple language.But this one uses a travel PR exec who knows no more than anyone else and

Bob Wachter

Bob_Wachter

1/ Covid (@UCSF) Chronicles, Day 87Local update: @UCSFHospitals, remains up @ 17 (double last wk), 3 vented (Fig). I still can’t explain it – no bump in posive test %

el gato malo

boriquagato

this study finds that early cov-19 cases in the US were 80X higher than reportedthis validates what many of us has been saying for months:this disease was much more widespread/much

Infectious Disease Ethics

ID_ethics

The analogy below has several problems:1. Causation of harm due to spread of infection is more complex2. Most actions that spread #covid19 are normally accepted social behaviour (drink driving less

Rowland Manthorpe

rowlsmanthorpe

NEW: large numbers of contact tracers were suddenly fired yesterday by Test and TraceA manager at Sitel, which runs part of the call centre operation, said it had been told

Eric Feigl-Ding

DrEricDing

BREAKING—Tracing WH #COVID19: WH blocked tracing but 2 journalists donated samples to epidemiologists. “These mutations [in] these viruses are quite rare in US,” Bedford said. “I am highly convinced that

Jennifer Heighton

jheighton3

It’s pretty obvious that there *is* in-school transmission in BC (as UK, Que,Austrian studies have proven). #bced is not different. Any leaders still parroting the below are complicit and should

Bloomberg Opinion

bopinion

On a full 2-hour flight, one scientist has estimated that about 1 in 4300 passengers will pick up Covid-19, on average.If airlines leave the middle seat empty, only about 1

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