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Rare Disease Day is next Sunday 28 February. Ahead of then, learn more about rare diseases and the thousands of events you can get involved in on the day https://medium.com/rcpch-insight/what-is-a-rare-disease-adc70582ca24
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Prof. Devi Sridhar
devisridhar
Things not looking good in the UK (massive understatement). We all need to act like we could have COVID-19 & minimise close physical contact with those outside our household. Need
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Shane Crotty
profshanecrotty
1. I am convinced that the new "UK variant" of SARS-CoV-2 (B.1.1.7) is a big problem. I look forward to seeing more epidemiology by more labs (not my area), but
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Bill Hanage
BillHanage
Very interesting preprint on epidemiology of B.1.1.7 (or the 'Variant of concern' - VOC) in SE England. Have not fully digested but there are some important take homes 1/n https://cmmid.github.io/topics/covid19/reports/uk-novel-vari
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Dr. Adele Hite
ahhite
Here it is. The "Why Nutritional Epidemiology of Chronic Disease (henceforth, NECD) Sucks" thread. Let me be very clear: my animadversion has to do specifically with epidemiological studies that purport
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Robby Starbuck
robbystarbuck
This press conference of doctors had 14 million views on Facebook today. FB took it down shortly after a NYTimes reporter complained. The FB comms person who replied to the
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Michael Story ⚓
MWStory
Interesting to look at pre- and early covid epidemiology lit. If you could show them our world now they'd probably be most surprised by the relative absence of stigma, panic,
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Shreedhar Manek
blueringtail
There were to be 125 million Covid infections in India by mid-May, according to some estimations. What happened? Mathematical models, esp. when coming from big scientists are usually taken at
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zeynep tufekci
zeynep
Can we please have a talk with the photo editors? ENOUGH WITH THE BEACH PICTURES ruining articles. Beaches are one of the least risky environments. Indoor bars and restaurants. House
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Amy Coopes
coopesdetat
Listening in on this and will tweet below #COVID19 https://twitter.com/drvyom/status/1359055005509058560 (Lengthy background info at the moment on process, terms of reference, etc) Key findings coming up now. Starting with molecular
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Michael Story ⚓
MWStory
This BBC radio doc on Covid from January 23rd is a fascinating historical artefact. All the seeds of Spring 2020 assumptions are therehttps://twitter.com/surplustakes/status/1344564863771795456?s=19 > Academics advising Labour gov during
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Eric Feigl-Ding
DrEricDing
Holy shit—Trump HHS is censoring the CDC’s @CDCMMWR for unflattering science?!?! Folks—the MMWR like one of the most holy sacred epidemiology texts that has ever existed!Trump CDC is dead to
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eugyppius
eugyppius1
1. I was a corona alarmists and even lockdown supporter in March and April. Things that changed my mind:The failure of Lombardy catastrophe to recur almost anywhere else, the manifest
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Whitney R. Robinson
WhitneyEpi
I’ve written before about the undercurrent of misogyny I perceive in the public debate about in-person K-12 schooling in the US...1/https://twitter.com/whitneyepi/status/1314966208538726403 I’ve stopped much writing about #SARSCoV2 &
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Cory Doctorow #BLM
doctorow
Many wonder how epidemiology could have become so politicized. But epidemiology - like climate science (the other "mysteriously politicized" subject) has intrinsic politics: to take epidemiology seriously, you have to
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el gato malo
boriquagato
how to lie with numbers: california editionthe golden state has come under massive fire for case counts. but does it mean what they claim it does?no.cases are up because testing
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