#Epidemics

Trevor Bedford

trvrb

Although the US is continuing to hit records for daily #COVID19 cases reported, the rate of exponential growth has slowed. Mortality is still catching up to increased case loads and

Frances Leader

2013Boodicca

Read this thoroughly.Kary Mullis' PCR test is NOT for finding viruses.It is to replicate DNA & the swab method breaks the blood/brain barrier, introducing pathogens from the throat to the

Matt

theMKL17

#SNG Happy new year fellow holders. I wanted to give you my detailed thoughts on where I think we are all things @Synairgenplc 1. Phase III start is imminent in

Adam Kucharski

AdamJKucharski

Some people are interpreting the below study as evidence that people who test positive without symptoms won't spread infection, but it's not quite that simple. A short thread on epidemic

Tietolouhosasiamies

qfortruth

Who is the Director General of The World Health Organisation (WHO)?: Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus was born in Eritrea .Tedros is described on Wikipedia as a “public health researcher and

Amber Sparks

ambernoelle

And now it is time for the list everyone REALLY looks forward to all year: My Depressingly Honest List of the Top Ten Books I Read or Pretended to Read

Avraham Z. Cooper, MD

AvrahamCooperMD

1/17Why do patients with advanced heart failure often develop the Cheyne-Stokes breathing pattern?To understand this phenomenon we'll have to explore circulatory flow time and the concept of loop gain. And

Infectious Disease Ethics

ID_ethics

Terminology thread:rate ≠ riskinfection ≠ diseasequarantine ≠ isolationsocial distancing ≠ physical distancingprolonged PCR positivity ≠ sheddingvirulence ≠ transmissibility References to follow 1/ rate ≠ riskA risk is a proba

Adam Kucharski

AdamJKucharski

What happens when a population reaches herd immunity? Does it mean epidemics suddenly stop forever? Unfortunately not... 1/ The herd immunity threshold is when susceptibility is reduced to point where

🇺🇸 3Days3Nights 🇺🇸

3days3nights

1. Did [BG] flip on 12.13.16?#QANON Certain people would be NECESSARY to take [them] down. Near the top of this EVIL list would be [BG]. He could take down (a)

Adam Kucharski

AdamJKucharski

I'm increasingly seeing people quote a single 'global' estimate of infection fatality risk (IFR) for SARS-CoV-2 & use this value to try and make conclusions about specific countries. But, of

Peter Murray-Rust

petermurrayrust

1/ we are adding Python3 to our tools in the OpenVirus project https://github.com/petermr/openvirus . NOT abandoning Java (and the help that @RemkoPopma 's picocli has given us ). But I

Anosognosiogenesis

pookleblinky

So, longcovid occurs in at least 30% of cases. We know this.One common post-viral outcome is chronic fatigue.Encephalitis lethargica epidemics erupted in the wakes of the 1889 Russian Flu and

CJ

CJ_cyclist

I tried to warn about this months ago, but we have over-reacted to covid. Covid is bad, but it was similar to a bad flu season.We would have killed more

The Bruderhof

TheBruderhof

Hey we’re not that dour 1/https://twitter.com/sohrabahmari/status/1281638269357379586 Like Ahmari we don’t use the term “integralism” much, but actually we also believe in a kind of integralism – just the kind where

Dr Zoë Hyde

DrZoeHyde

(1/6) It may seem hard to believe, but Western Australia has recorded no community transmission of COVID-19 since April 2020.How? A lockdown to eliminate the virus, followed by border controls

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