#Mortality

Johan Hellström 🇸🇪

jhnhellstrom

After some requests and some serious data crunching have I now updated my previous historic mortality graph for Sweden so it includes 2020 as well... here is the result. @MLevitt_NP2013

Salim Furth

salimfurth

If you use deaths/m, which is definitely not perfect but much more accurate than cases/m, the two geographies are remarkably similar. The "US is uniquely terrible" narrative is solipsistic and

VigilantOne

the_VigilantOne

We have been taught to believe that vaxxines saved us from infectious diseases in the 20th century. Even though there have been scores of credible doctors with dissenting opinions about

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halsey

The USA generates a tremendous amount of media that propagandizes “The American Dream.” Here are some statistics about the USA that may surprise some people who defend it as “the

Michael E. Porter

MichaelEPorter

The Horrifying Consequences of America’s Unchecked ‘Politics Industry’: 1/ America is in trouble. And while 2020 has provided ample evidence of our inability to deliver results—particularly around crisis preparedness and

Dr Laura Wood

cooksferryqueen

The @mbrrace report on the impact of #COVID19 on maternal deaths was released today:"It was evident that changes to service provision as adirect consequence of the pandemic meant that women

Alex Bentham

alexinbulimba

Science says you are unlikely to get CovidScience says if you do, you have a 99.97% survival rateScience says masks don't workScience says asymptomatic transmission doesn't existScience says even if

Kelly Brown

rubiconcapital_

1/ Ontario COVID19 Testing and You (i.e. The Taxpayer)Conservatively estimated total cost-to-date to Ontarians for PCR testing (incl. asymptomatics)?Over $350,000,000At 61,809 tests today, @ ~$52.50/test, that cost you ~$3.25m, or

Infectious Diseases Fellows Network

ID_fellows

1/ A 56M with DM & CKD presents with severe dyspnea, cough & fever. His symptoms began 4 days ago and have progressively gotten worse. He requires 4L of O2.

Nick Mark MD

nickmmark

Exciting results from the #RECOVERY trial #preprint of #Tocalizumab (Toci) in hospitalized people w/ #COVID19-reduced 28-day mortality (29 vs 33%; NNT)-decreased likelihood of requiring MV (33% vs 38%)-shorter hospital stay

Dr Dominic Pimenta 💙 *Please* Just Stay At Home

DrDomPimenta

A thread about how COVID-deaths are recorded. (Full disclosure: I have personally written death certificates, and also overseen and investigated causes of death to countersign them, including COVID death certificates,

Donald Welsh

DonaldWelsh16

A few thoughts this morning. If you get your C19 news from a:1)TV anchor with no science background in 30 second bites;2)newspaper who sponsors content and has their best sports

Rebecca Sear

RebeccaSear

So, for anyone who doesn't know what the demographic transition is, a The demographic transition is the shift from high mortality, high fertility to low mortality, low fertility which has

Louisa 🌈👭

LouisatheLast

(TW- child death) We went for a walk through a cemetery today. Lots of old ones around here. We noticed a mausoleum that was interesting-looking, then we started doing the

Dr. Crystal Grant

itscrystalgrant

In honor of #BlackInGeneticsWeek I’m gonna see if I can make my research fit into a few tweets! I was drawn to epigenetics because I found the concepts of

Farmer Thor the Scientist ™️🇺🇸

JortsAndCrocs

1/8 Had an interesting #COVID19 discussion with a black female coworker today. She insisted that because black folks suffer disproportionate all cause mortality, the American medical system is innately racist.

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