#Epidemiological

Carl T. Bergstrom

CT_Bergstrom

Sixteen hours ago the South China Morning Post published a story about what is purported to be a new, deadlier-than-COVID pneumonia in Kazakhstan. The source seems to be a statement

Aaron Derfel

Aaron_Derfel

1) More than three months into the #pandemic, authorities in Montreal are now pursuing what appears to be a dicey strategy: easing up on #COVID19 testing while at the same

Christina Pagel

chrischirp

THREAD: Where are we with Covid-19 in England now that the new tiers have started? TLDR: nowhere good and things are quite scary. 1/13 Firstly, overall cases are rising sharply.

Brumby

the_brumby

The 10,000-Foot View: Forever Lockdown Unraveling? A short (for me) thread on what I perceive as the current macro situation (warning: contains some optimism)1) I believe many have overestimated the

abigail woods

abiwoods3

A thread on policy responses to epidemics – from someone who’s spent 20 years researching and teaching their histories. These are observations not answers, that aim to contextualise not condone

Lee Aase

LeeAase

THREADWhen someone has publicly championed scientific orthodoxy for 30 years it takes integrity to be open to considering contrary evidence.It's exceptional for one who's written a "how to" book based

Laurie Garrett

Laurie_Garrett

Detailed assessment of the new UK #SARSCoV2 variant by @WHO scientific team: https://www.who.int/csr/don/21-december-2020-sars-cov2-variant-united-kingdom/en/Key points in thread. 2/ The @WHO takes a global view:"One of the mutations i

Mark

MarkV41345427

OUR ENTIRE TESTING METHODOLOGY IS FLAWED:Testing is being used to drive policy. Whilst PCR accurately detects RNA, it DOES NOT detect infectious individuals (proof below). PCR testing without clinical observations

Gregg Gonsalves

gregggonsalves

You can @ me all you want, but #Gorsuch's "science" in ROMAN CATHOLIC DIOCESE OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK v. ANDREW M. CUOMO, GOVERNOR OF NEW YORK is wrong and he

Aaron Derfel

Aaron_Derfel

1) Montreal, for months the epicenter of the #pandemic in Canada, was declared a green zone Monday according to a new alert system by the Quebec government. In this thread,

Jeremy Farrar

JeremyFarrar

This is a very major concern. Why reducing community transmission is so important. The more virus circulating, under immune pressure, the more likely it is to mutate, evolve and change.https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2020/12/18/exclusive-b

Gregg Gonsalves

gregggonsalves

So, I've been relatively hopeful about the pandemic over the past few weeks. Yes, vaccination is slow, new variants are worrisome, but we are headed in the right direction. BUT...1/

Pall Melsted

pmelsted

Speed is crucial in fighting this epidemic. In Iceland we use test-trace-isolate to curb the spread in addition to restrictions on social gathering, 2m social distancing and mask wearing in

Askeladden Capital

AskeladdenTX

This @Accad_Koka podcast with @mgmgomes1 on heterogeneity / herd immunity is a MUST-listen. THREAD on interesting takeaways. To start with, Dr. Gomes is an expert and hardly a "COVID denier"

Adam Kucharski

AdamJKucharski

Why do COVID-19 modelling groups typically produce ‘scenarios’ rather than long-term forecasts when exploring possible epidemic dynamics? A short thread... 1/ Coverage of modelling is often framed as if epidemics

eugyppius

eugyppius1

THREAD CONT'd. Yesterday, we studied the evolution of Corona reporting from Vox, an important barometer of elite American opinion. Vox downplayed the pandemic in Feb, but adopted alarmist tones suddenly

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