#Epidemics

Ranu Dhillon

RanuDhillon

THREADEven with cases surging, we can get control of this We need a coherent national plan based on 5 priorities1. Mask use is rising but not fast enough. We need

Cara Brook

caraebrook

Excited to share our pre-print on optimizing #COVID19 control with asymptomatic surveillance testing, an inspiring collaboration with the #UCBerkeley SARS-CoV-2 testing lab @igisci. https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.11.12.2023087

Health Nerd

GidMK

The authors of the Great Barrington nonsense have produced a website called "collateral global", claiming to document the collateral effects of COVID-19 lockdownsI thought I'd have a look at the

el gato malo

boriquagato

a big part of the initial scare story on COV19 was "it's a zoonotic virus to which humans have no pre-existing resistance."it was never true.yet another study showing that over

Michael P Senger

MichaelPSenger

1/ ThreadIn George Orwell’s 1984, the Ministries of Oceania are satirically responsible for perpetuating the exact opposite of what they purport. Likewise, every aspect of the COVID pandemic response has

Michael Mina

michaelmina_lab

NEW RESEARCHKnowing if #COVID19 cases are going up v down is needed for decision making but changes in testing make it difficult to knowWe found Instead of case counts, the

Richard Chu

richard_chu97

Bullish on the future of wearables in healthcareConsumer tech like smartwatches are showing promise in predicting COVID before symptoms showImagine a future where our health is continuously monitored, helping affected

Aris Katzourakis 💙 (for UCU NEC)

ArisKatzourakis

[MEDIUM THREAD] On the topic of covid becoming an endemic virus. You hear this a lot; sometimes in response to critiques against strategies of elimination, sometimes just as a statement

Dr Emma Hodcroft

firefoxx66

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

Francis Hoar

Francis_Hoar

Surprise, surprise. The Year Zero idea that we can end a pandemic through vaccination - which has never happened before - has feet of sand. Every other respiratory pandemic has

Maria Eugenia Grillet

mgrillet

Our paper on malaria spatial epidemiology (Venezuela) is OUT Main findings: Illegal gold-mining drives malaria hotspots & these high transmission pockets have been critical in the surge of infection across

hclaytonwright

HClaytonWright

Thread: Episode 2 of It’s a Sin by the phenomenal @russelldavies63 on @Channel4 this evening and you may have spotted yours truly making a little cameo!The show is a triumph,

Wes Pegden

WesPegden

I talk a lot about the mistake people make thinking it is always safer to err on the side of extreme action.Here is a simple thought experiment to illustrate this

Dave Mazzoni

MazzoniDave

What I picked up from Dr Mike Yeadon’s and Dr Claire Craig’s interview with Reiner Fuellmich for the German Corona investigation committeeNote: Prof Reiner Fuellmich has successfully prosecuted Deutsche Bank

Flint Dibble 🍖🏺📖

FlintDibble

I find solace in contextualizing the world around me through my study of history and archaeology. I hope we can all learn from itSo, buckle up, here’s my first thread

Andrzej Kozlowski

akoz33

@ClaireBerlinski In the West people are used to praising Japan’s response to Covid-19. After all, Japan has had a relatively low death rate (certainly compared to Europe & the US).

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