#Epidemiologists

Deirdre Tobias, ScD

deirdre_tobias

Country-level correlation studies like the "lettuce will kill you" preprint provide epidemiologists with a good laugh-cry, & I want to be sure everyone understands why.So why are diet/disease correlations (AKA

Dr. Heref Oru (#SquidWhisperer)

Arfarfarf8

Short Thread Lets call a spade a spade. School is important. I want to see schools reopened also. But safely.But what's not being said enough, is that part of the

Eddie Marsan

eddiemarsan

I put up this tweet yesterday and @MaajidNawaz threatened me with libel if I didn’t apologise and retract. I don’t understand libel laws, many people told me there was no

Josh Greenberg

1JoshGreenberg

THREADHATE AS A VIRUSHate is like a virus. If left unchecked, it spreads and spreads and spreads—and spreads. Until.Shaped by known risk factors, the spread of hate can also be

John Lichfield

john_lichfield

Time for another French Covid thread. The key stats– cases, deaths, acute cases and hospital population – are still climbing but not exploding. Cases are averaging 18,907 a day compared

Donald Welsh

DonaldWelsh16

I would like add two further comments to Mr. Baber's rational approach to C19, one of whcih centers on communication. The York MPP has been appropriately critical of the gov't

Maya Chavez

maya_chavez_

1/ It's time we start listening to what social epidemiologists have to say about COVID, racial/ethnic inequity & public health response!This article by @jfeldman_epi is essential reading.#CrushCovidRI https://twitter.com/jfeldman_ep

Eric Feigl-Ding

DrEricDing

Republicans bear the brunt #SARSCoV2 infections among US elected leaders. At least 81 elected officials in state & federal govt have tested positive for the coronavirus since Sept. 1.Nearly 3 out

Louie [BTC]

LouPalumbo

Recent quotes from state epidemiologists & health officials from around the world.... 1/ “The virus has done the so-called 'harvest', has therefore accelerated the clinical path of fragile people. It

Dr Nicole E Basta

IDEpiPhD

As you consider the #COVID19 #vaccine debates about 1 vs 2 doses, timing of 2nd dose & dosing w/ 2 diff vaccines, keep in mind there is no "right" answer

Wes Pegden

WesPegden

This thread from December pointed out that convenience samples are not suitable for any but the coarsest estimates of prevalence, and that the popularity of a prevalence study like this

Mac n’ Chise 🧬🧫🦠

sailorrooscout

Vaccines are preventives, not cures. The purpose of vaccination is to bring the severity down to the level of a benign virus. That’s how this works. In the face of

Jeremy Howard

jeremyphoward

Last week I presented to the WHO Guidelines Development Group. It was targeted towards infectious disease epidemiologists, but many folks have asked me to share the presentation.So, here's a video

Caitlin Sanford DEFUND THE POLICE

CaitlinFSanford

This “expert” who provides PH guidance to Brookline schools decries the evid against in-person ed as “complicated” and yet comfortably rests his decisive opinion on a handful of studies w/

Simply Biochemistry

SimplyBiochem

A) THREAD - How Behavioural Science is being used to Influence Vaccine Uptake.Buckle up guys. It's about to get hectic. B) In the UK, 7 in 10 said that they

Matthew Noah Smith

MattNoahSmith

I’ve been following this story for months and am struck by how confident epidemiologists are here in the US despite the seeming inability of their theories to generalize.https://apnews.com/article/india-dramatic-fall-coronavirus-cases-199

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