#TestTraceIsolate

1/ With Ebola in West Africa - similar to Covid now - our only control 'knobs' were #TestTraceIsolate & engage communities on preventive measuresWith transmission so widespread & no way
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How many #COVID19 cases are asymptomatic? The *incorrect* 40% figure keeps being repeated (such as claim below in 21 Oct NEJM Perspective), but best estimates are now closer to 17%
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“How sad” @danwootton that >50,000 ppl have lost their lives to #COVID19 +1,000s more to non-#Covid causes. How sad that so many families & friends are unnecessarily grieving because of
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4 months of the US pandemic1st reported death Feb 29th, now >152,000 deaths1. Phase 1, no testing capacity, rapid spread, ascension to 30,000 cases 2. Phase 2, an 80-day plateau,
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Thread: 6 things I'd suggest we do differently.https://twitter.com/IrfanDhalla/status/1323599813179592706 1. Every day, in every way, emphasize the core behaviours we want to encourage:-stay home except for essential purposes, school, h
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1/ Let's cut thru the noise: the central issue in addressing Covid in US is figuring out how to engage communities who currently don't follow PH guidance especially around masksAmid
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Little really big lies in today’s #coronavirus #DowningStreetBriefing @MattHancock @BorisJohnson @10DowningStreet @ConservativesA slip up? “Tests are free **for now**”Why FOR NOW? Because #COVID19 is a great cover for your rapid
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It's almost time!! Follow along with the hashtag #COVIDdynamics as we head into the first day of our three-part series on #SARSCoV2 #COVID19 Dynamics & Evolution, with this 1-day virtual
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1/It's the eve of provincial announcements on schools reopening for in-person instruction.Households are under stress and experts are divided on whether schools are unicorns or infernos.Everyone wants to do right
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Three new important studies came out in the past week about kids & #COVID19. All have limits (the science isn't perfect). But together, they matter, & you deserve to know
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Like most countries, NZ's plan was to gradually tighten controls as virus gained momentum. Then doctors saw WHO's Feb China report & said “we should do it in the reverse
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About the now famous secret FB group that is critical of Sweden's Covid strategy: I am a member of MEWAS. In Sweden I am what many call "a threat to
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The definition of ideology is that it is immune to empirical refutation. Facts literally bounce off it.https://twitter.com/BrankoMilan/status/1327082667591028737 2/ Scientists who have to pay attention to how reality works & not
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Corona Scandals:Bungled tests Delayed lockdownsTravel from hotspots (Europe,NYC) seeding outbreaksNo Corona HotelsCDC Mask snafuPPE shortages & black marketsNursing home neglectHospital mis-mgmtMeatpacking/Prisons clustersAny others we
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Hard for most poor countries to use Pfizer's or Moderna's mRNA vaccine that need a cold-chain to keep stable. Rich countries take complex logistical energy-intensive refrigeration for granted. https://www.wsj.com/articles/vaccines-a
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