#HCWs

Latest Test and Trace data now out. Covers to 3rd Feb.Some useful separation of LFD and PCR tests, and new data on end-to-end contact tracing.Summary in figure,for the detail.https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/nhs-test-and-trace-eng
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Things we need to do immediately to keep Australian healthcare workers safe. A THREAD.@drajm @Nishaobgyn @NjbBari3 @patientsafe3 @dlmetcalf @VSTMMJJ @drdavidallen @rajah_mich @venessb @eyerait58 @SParnis @omarkhor @nick_coatsworth @Victoria
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We start today's Arizona COVID Update by supporting newly widowed @luvmy4ros from Mesa, AZ. Her husband of 21 years, Rogelio Lechuga, 44, died from COVID. He is 1 of 6,687
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Deep-Dive: Pandemic Planning - Then, NowOur “Public Health Experts” are making recommendations on:-Non-Pharmaceutical Interventions (NPIs)-Risk-benefit in public health-Ethical issuesWhich break with all previous plans prepared by publi
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The @BioNTech_Group & @pfizer Covid-19 vaccine is highly effective after just one dose and can be stored in ordinary freezers, according to new data. Via @WSJ https://www.wsj.com/articles/single-dose-of-pfizer-vaccine-is-85-effective-is
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On the 19th March 2020 the WHO released this guidance intended for healthcare workers (HCWs), healthcare managers and IPC teams at the facility level & at national and district/provincial level:https://www.who.int/docs/default-source/co
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Despite a series of disappointments with many of our institutions, there are 2 in Quebec that came through this week — our workplace safety research institution (IRSST) and workplace safety
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Food for thought today, Zonies. We know that @dougducey was all in with Trump, hosting rallies throughout Arizona with few wearing masks up until the end of October. These rallies
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Every major news outlet, med student, and smartphone-possessing parent has been sharing the exciting prospect of two(!!) potentially efficacious COVID-19 vaccines, but we, as members of privileged societies, are already
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How not to do a #COVID19 seroprevalence studyNew paper out today from CDC that is so problematic I want to cry.(great material for @callin_bull)Quick thread.https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamainternalmedicine/fullarticle/2768834 Backgroun
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A list of scientific studies on why masks do not work and can be harmful to wear for prolonged periods. This was compiled by others and thanks for their work.
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Very excited to share this work by the heroic team - @carolilucas Pat Wong @sneakyvirus @tiago21bio et al on “Longitudinal analyses reveal immunological misfiring in severe COVID-19”. A thread on
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Our county commissioners have decided to vote on a mask mandate, in a county where you have a .32% infection rate. Here is my email to them, and forwarded to
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1/ Covid (@UCSF) Chronicles, Day 317Today was medical grand rounds: brief summary below but worth watching for latest on vaccine distribution in SF, current state of the pandemic, & the
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Thread with links to papers on health problems from masks1. Headaches: subjects wearing surgical masks experienced an average 4.9 days of headaches in 77 days compared to 1.3 days for
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Let me tell you about a different test. The COVID antibody test. This has demonstrated that only 7% of the UK population had antibodies to COVID in May (it was
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