#Epidemiological

Wes Pegden

WesPegden

Israel's opening of schools is currently under a lot of scrutiny. They relaxed many COVID-related restrictions (including on schools) and are experiencing a large second wave. Some have suggested schools

Lyman Stone 石來民

lymanstoneky

y'all I completely forgot it was Friday so Death Day is gonna happen but it's gonna be delayed and abbreviated Well folks, today's death report has some good news. It

Thomas Dvorak

thomdvorak

Quick thread on one aspect of vaccination that currently doesn't quite make the headlines but is likely to become very important in the coming months - vaccine reluctance.This different from

Monica Gandhi MD, MPH

MonicaGandhi9

When will there be enough evidence that vaccines reduce asymptomatic carriage (e.g. risk of transmission) to be able to change guidelines for vaccinated people not being a risk to unvaccinated?

Jonathan Ryder, MD

JonathanRyderMD

We've come to the end of another week on #GenID at @UNMC_ID lead by our fearless leader @DrJRMarcelin, which means its time for another recap of #IDPearls from team #PasteurellasFellas:https://twitter.com/UNMC_ID/status/1294035482188423

Adam Kucharski

AdamJKucharski

Our new preliminary analysis looks at the potential impact of various isolation, contact tracing, testing, and physical distancing measures on COVID-19, using social interaction data from over 40,000 people in

Lyman Stone 石來民

lymanstoneky

What time is it?Death time. It appears that excess deaths may be peaking. Data next week should give us true confirmation of this. But as projected two weeks ago, falling

Kai Kupferschmidt

kakape

"This is a moment for all of us to reflect on the toll the pandemic has taken, the progress we have made, the lessons we have learned and what we

Eric Feigl-Ding

DrEricDing

BREAKING—95%—new data from Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine shows 95% efficacy & is “100% effective” in preventing severe illness, says AZ CEO. That’s on par w/ Moderna & Pfizer. No official data yet,

Colman 🇮🇪🇪🇺

colmanc

A short(ish) thread about YouTube channels and how they can be a conflict of interest in these troubled, pandemic times.Apologies in advance if all this is pretty obvious. But I

Per Damkier

Per_Damkier

1/Ondansetron in pregnancy revisited: We challenge the EMA SmPC pregnancy labelling:@MotherToBaby @medsinpregnancy @WRISK_project #MedTwitter @Epi_D_Nique @MarleenvGelder @EMA_News #medsinpregnancy @yckaplan HT @clearyb1 @ken_hodson https:/

Danny Boy

Care2much18

I have closely followed the situation in Belgium and found it quite fascinating and, also, really sad. One of the key takeaways is how fractured their society can be and

Rorschach

EduEngineer

1. This is a thread on the pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) use of HCQ to protect from SARS-CoV-2. First, note that if HCQ is antiviral and has a long half-life in

Haroon Chowdry

HaroonChowdry

THREAD: Lots of about schools staying open during a 2nd lockdown – which we @ChildrensComm welcome. But not everyone does, because some are concerned that schools are driving Covid-19 transmission.

Milhouse Van Houten 😀

Milhouse_Van_Ho

What's suppressing Ontario's "second wave"? Cases (positive test results) are still at record highs despite weeks of new restrictions, yet ICU occupancy and daily new deaths are low.Signs point to

Donald Welsh

DonaldWelsh16

Martin Kulldorff, Harvard epidemiologist, reminds us of 12 grounding principles to public health, with trust being the linchpin. This thread addresses whether, 1 year into the C19 response, you "trust"

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