#SuperSpreader

Infectious Disease Ethics

ID_ethics

1/ Thanks - effectively all superspreading events are indoors.Major risk factors appear to be:- Poor ventilation, crowding, time, perhaps singing (etc.)- Vulnerable individuals (hospitals, nursing homes, etc.)@KoenSwinkels https://www.stops

Aunt E Pho

JaneQCitizen

HarassmentPropaganda and Lies! Oh my !!A thread further to the antimask protest in #yyc last weekend. With @CalgaryPolice avoiding all responsibility for the shitshow @CFChinookCentre claiming the brohug btwn officer

Catherine Griwkowsky

CGriwkowsky

"Our current situation is grim," CMOH Dr. Deena Hinshaw says Severe outcomes are not only in those at the end of their liveaTwo individuals in their 30s died this week.

@MimiPlevinFoust

MimiPlevinFoust

I was in a small crowd of commuters that watched the first twin tower collapse from the ferry landing in Weehawken, NJ with my 3-week-old in my arms. My mom

Peter W. Singer

peterwsinger

After all the jokes, my serious take:By the numbers, no person in all of human history has shared a greater number of conspiracy theories with a greater number of people

Matt Cohen

Matt_D_Cohen

In downtown DC to cover the MAGA rally today. Just walked by this massive BLM billboard on the National Geographic building where a bunch of Trump supporters are standing solemnly

Dena Grayson, MD, PhD

DrDenaGrayson

WORRISOME: infections in the UK soar with mutant #coronavirus strain B.1.1.7 that appears to spread more easily between people.#B117 strain acquired 17 mutations *all at once* (including 8 in the

Nisha Thampi

NishaOttawa

This is what we need. A plan with enhanced measures in schools.In the Fall, there were fewer superspreader events in schools vs community/workplaces. Current prevention measures (student cohorting, distancing, masking,

Rachel Axon

RachelAxon

Can't believe we're still doing this nonsense, but since we are I have more questions. And reading material!Join me, fellow Floridians, in understanding what it takes to get and host

Roberto Rocha

robroc

I compared provincial Covid rates with the Oxford Covid-19 Government Response Tracker, which now has provincial indexes. It confirms what we've seen in other countries: the faster the response, the

Andrew Morris

ASPphysician

This thread addresses my main job: youth basketball coach. I’m going to address youth sports in general, though, with an eye to school-based education:@CanBball @OBABBall @USPORTSca 1/ Youth sports—whether houseleague

Dr. Sunny Moraine PhD is carrying the fire

dynamicsymmetry

I feel like... culturally, we keep trying to skip the rage and the pain and the grief and jump right to the healing uplifting shit. And you just can’t *do*

zeynep tufekci

zeynep

Enough with the beach-scolding! It's not scientifically-sound and it's counterproductive. It's a virus—not a moral agent geared to smite people who dare enjoy themselves. Six months in, we *know* most

Cory Doctorow #BLM

doctorow

More than 200k Americans have died of covid - about 70 9/11s, with no end in sight. Indeed, things are getting worse, as the US enters a "Pandemic Spiral," as

Mike DiCenzo

mikedicenzo

Rory - (Seasons 1-4) wears a mask everywhere - to sleep, shower, between bites of food. (Seasons 5-7) goes to a Covid superspreader party with Logan Kirk - wears full Hazmat

Maria Chong

mariachong

What is the equivalent of impeachment for Mark and Jack and Sheryl et al? Or do they just get to keep all the money that made off Trump? Sheryl lied

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