#Epidemiologists

Dr. Saskia Popescu

SaskiaPopescu

Epidemiologists and ID specialists spend a lot of time talking to patients and the public about disease transmission dynamics. Communicating nuances, varied terminology, and the uncertainties isn't new but something

Jose-Luis Jimenez

jljcolorado

1/ Social distance, ballistic droplets, and aerosols: THE KEY ERRORa) Chapin in 1910 figured out and insisted on the fact that close proximity led to increased transmission of respiratory diseases.

Rebekah Jones

GeoRebekah

Unless someone sends police to raid my house, I don't enjoy calling out individuals.But the damage done by @ProfEmilyOster cannot be overstated. Her irresponsible methodology and lack of understanding of

Ashleigh Tuite

AshTuite

I think sexually transmitted infection epidemiologists/network modelers probably have a lot of insight here and about why social circles/bubbles are so complicated. /1https://twitter.com/jhengstler/status/1287516065312829441 A lot of the ch

scott cunningham

causalinf

JEP has just published an article by Eleanor Murray, an epidemiologist at BU School of Public Health I think. Eleanor is someone I’ve gotten to know on Twitter bc she

Andy Slavitt @ 🏡🇺🇸

ASlavitt

COVID Update August 8: It’s not just that we have a distrust of experts, it’s also that the people who dismiss experts think they’re experts themselves. 1/ In the last

Christina “MASK UP” Stephens

CEStephens

Dan Fagan manages to drop his trifecta of favorite insults in his COVID column this morning: Liberal, Big Money Trial Lawyers, against tort reform. Fagan also repeats the falsehood that

Prof Francois Balloux

BallouxFrancois

It is the duty of infectious disease epidemiologists advising governments to err on the side of caution. They advise on (or rather warn about) the risks of worst case scenarios,

InProportion2

InProportion2

1/6Sikora: Let’s declare Covid over and get on with our normal lives* Wuhan has tested millions or residents and found no new cases. A minor outbreak in Beijing is under

Dr Ellie Murray

EpiEllie

A new study suggests Trump’s campaign rallies had a huge impact on COVID spread. I think uses a pretty reasonable method but the validity of the conclusions depends on how

Santiagφ Perez Patrigeon

ppsantyago

Many articles that argue in favor of the airborne transmission of SARS-CoV-2 use the “choir rehearsal super-spreading event” as an example.But do you know what really happened in that rehearsal?

François Rincon

jaztrophysicist

Lots of chatter about children potentially more at risk of new covid variant, and impact of delaying second vax doses. Both appear to be not yet entirely settled, tricky scientific

Denver Ncube⚪

denvern3

1. I have been following this thread and the arguments profered by different people. I guess it is a Zimbabwean thing to compare and trash other qualifications. Competition is good

Buffy Summers

NotGeauxGabby

THREAD: As a formerly homeless person, I wanna say something as we enter the annual season of “giving” and give tips on how to give. Many of you this time

Josh - Data Analyst in Nashville

ifihadastick

Thought Exercise:Imagine a scenario where a Religious leader was suddenly given executive authority over the medical communities codes of ethics, methods of treatment, and had carte blanche authority to impose

Scott W. Atlas

SWAtlasHoover

1/6 Proud to be friend & colleague of Sunetra Gupta, one of world's top epidemiologists, who exposes the outrageous personal attack, shameful false criticisms on expertise, & censorship from biased

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