#Epidemiological

Mary Beth Miotto MD MPH

MAhealthforkids

Cant wait to dig into the original research on children’s antibodies to #coronavirus potentially protecting them against #COVID19 . Any friends on #epitwitter or #MedTwitter have thoughts on it? #Pediatrics

David Gorski, MD, PhD

gorskon

You'll hear me use the phrase a lot. There ARE antivaxxers. They are the leaders of the antivaccine movement, the bloggers, the conspiracy theorists. These are not the "vaccine-averse," "vaccine

Jeffrey Barrett

jcbarret

Out today: two academic publications (not yet peer reviewed) that formally test whether the new B.1.1.7 variant is more transmissible. Both conclude yes, about 50% more. First, a pre-print

Jason L. Salemi, PhD

JasonSalemi

A basic (but important) epidemiology on comparisons.In this case, comparing unadjusted COVID-19 death rates across states, counties, or other jurisdictions.I will illustrated using all 24 counties in FL with

Trevor Bedford

trvrb

Given that the US has not detected SARS-CoV-2 variant viruses 501Y.V1 or 501Y.V2, what bounds can we place on their current frequency in the US based on sample counts? 1/12https://twitter.com/trvrb/status/1341446447045087232

Yardley Yeadon

MichaelYeadon3

https://www.bmj.com/content/365/bmj.l2268/rr-0Please read & ask yourself are you content with a system intended to detect new ‘unwanted effects of a vaccine’ explicitly excludes these? Not my opinion, but of a medical

Brumby

the_brumby

COVID LESSONS FROM THE FREE MARKET: Among other places, much of my career has been in the capital markets. Such markets are not perfect, but they are an astonishing force

Adam Kucharski

AdamJKucharski

Nobody wanted to see a repeat of the spring, with hospitalisations rising and stringent measures coming back in. But UK isn't in quite the same position as March, so here

William Yang

WilliamYang120

More scoops from @WSJ: @WHO experts who conducted the probe of #COVID19 origin in #China said #Beijing has refused to provide them with raw data on early cases that could

el gato malo

boriquagato

yesterday, i posted this thread about the suggestive timing on the rise in US hospitalizations vs protests.the biggest pushback, as expected, was "but NYC had protests and no spike."i think

Kate

Asilverlining20

Thread: 1) Massive PCR testing campaigns are resulting in the quarantine of healthy individuals, temporary business & school closures, mask mandates, & unnecessary panic and fear. Damage is being done

bene_dicere

Bene09443296

Do asymptomatics/presymptomatics transmit #COVID19 disease? Let’s analyse the preprint systematic review including 19 studies focusing on TRULY asymptomatic/presymptomatic. https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.09.01.20135194v2 1/n

Lamming Lab

LammingLab

Today, I would like to talk about coffee, likely one of the most powerful geroprotective interventions out there, and some things I only recently learned about my own coffee consumption.

Christina Pagel

chrischirp

Last COVID thread of the year! First cases are continuing to go up everywhere and we are starting to get past the Christmas testing / reporting drops. Worryingly, new data

el gato malo

boriquagato

let's say it one more time:"discussing case counts without reference to testing levels is tantamount to lying."let's look at just how much difference it makes.i plotted raw "new positives reported

Tim Harford

TimHarford

Will it ever end? In November we were celebrating the announcements of several effective vaccines. Now hospitals are overwhelmed and the global death toll is climbing twice as fast as

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