#Comorbidities

Covid19Crusher

Covid19Crusher

Presentation from Correa, Argentina, has revealed results from an observational study comparing Covid-19 mortality in the 60 days before and after adoption of ivermectin: it was DIVIDED BY TEN from

Marc Lipsitch

mlipsitch

The @CDCgov ACIP move toward priortizing frontline workers is premised on "only slightly" more deaths compared to prioritizing by age &/or comorbidity. But that finding depends on the vaccine blocking

Nandini Mukherjee

Nandini_100

Sir, it is not possible that all protesting students haven't prepared well becoz exams were supposed to be much earlier. The interim period can only improve preparation. SOPs in all

Mark Changizi

MarkChangizi

Many folk simply cannot get past the absolute number of Covid deaths. It feels big to them, and it justifies ANYTHING. Argue at all, and you are deeply ethically flawed.

Marcio S Bittencourt

MBittencourtMD

It is no news that the Dexa trial is out in preprint. Great work! Many have been calling it practice changing and have suggested Dexa should be used in all

Alex Berenson

AlexBerenson

1/ Yep, the early/hard lockdown countries are at the leading edge of their second wave: Spain with 78 deaths today (equivalent of 550 in the US) and 9,000 cases (63,000

Jan Brauner

JaniceBrauner

Let’s talk about this piece in conjunction w/the concept of UNFORCED errors starting w/2 premisesThe elderly/those w/comorbidities r esp. vulnerable. Minority communities have been hit hardest due to comorbidities &

Alex Berenson

AlexBerenson

1/ If I'd told you last March that in 2020 #Covid would kill about 1/5 as many Americans under 50 as drug overdoses; That you would probably not know anyone

Megan McArdle

asymmetricinfo

I understand why cities and states are desperate to get BIPOC vaccinated--on average, they have more exposure AND more comorbidities, and vaccination rates lag.https://twitter.com/Yascha_Mounk/status/1353754487819808768 In DC, people in aff

Siddhartha Mukherjee

DrSidMukherjee

1/n And no one is claiming that we’ve studied the vaccine for long enough; or that we know all the side effects. There may be side effects — some unknown.

GRB

epigiri

To sustain gains, India needs to vaccinate millions of vulnerable in record time.What needs to be done?-Nationwide survey to map persons with comorbidity-Strengthen microplans & follow same approach of SIAs-Extend

Mark Changizi

MarkChangizi

Covid deaths are counted in a fundamentally different and more liberal fashion than flu deaths. Using excess deaths over Spring 2020 provides a more reasonable measure for Covid deaths, but

Adam W Gaffney

awgaffney

The risk of death after infection from COVID-19 for a 65 year old is roughly 140 times higher compared to a 25 year old. It's ~460 times higher in a

TonyTheTiger

Tony48Tiger

Canada Craziness:One would think Canadians are dying, like flies, from Covid-19.Nothing could be further from the truth.Canada’s death toll from COVID-19 = 20,016 Canada's Population - 38,008,005Covid Deaths as

Emily Moin, MD MBE

eemoin

I'm going to make a controversial point in this discussion but I think it's important (particularly because I haven't seen it voiced among the many responses to this thread):1/ https://twitter.com/kari_jerge/status/1343698218853

Andrew💙Croxford

andrew_croxford

NEW THREAD: «Recent endemic coronavirus infection is associated with less severe COVID-19» The thrust of the paper is that if you had previous exposure to endemic coronaviruses (eCoV) and catch

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