#Infected

KJ Seung

kj_seung

One of the most common objections about retrospective (backward) contact tracing (i.e. Japanese style) is that it's too difficult. You know what? Prospective (forward) contact tracing (i.e. Korean style) is

Tomas Pueyo

tomaspueyo

Since it looks like I'm the messenger of doom, it's a good time to highlight all the good news about #coronavirus Thread1. Only 0.5%-1% of those who catch it die.

Akiva Cohen

AkivaMCohen

OK. Time for a thread on masks. Anti-maskers (who should be as reviled as anti-vaxxers) keep citing research studies showing masks aren't that effective at protecting wearers from becoming infected.

Dr Zoë Hyde

DrZoeHyde

Study showing that children can be infected with #SARSCoV2, but still test negative.Two parents infected their 3 children, who tested negative 11 times (NP swab PCR test). Antibody blood tests

Bansi Sharma

bansisharma

1. On Covid Testing: What We Have, And What We NeedThis is a thread on a few basic scientific concepts, but they can be very, very confusing. Bookmark this thread

Christopher Snowdon

cjsnowdon

This is woeful science reporting. 1/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2021/02/07/vapers-covid-19-20-per-cent-likely-transmit-infected-non-smoker/ The study (a pre-print) essentially looks at how much more air people exhale while vaping compa

Dr. Jessie Abbate, PhD 🦠

jessieabbate

Some clarification about this. TL/DR: It's not shocking at all. We expected it. Take-away: Vaccination doesn't give you the right to stop distancing (until everyone is vaccinated and/or the threat

Fr. Bill Dailey, CSC

wrdcsc

ND has embarked upon a hopeful attempt at the pause that chastens. If we succeed, human relationships will be enriched, many jobs will be saved. It won't be easy and

Dr. Elizabeth Sawin

bethsawin

Can you see it in your minds eye the alternate future where science, justice, and care ruled the day, where a few people infected with a novel virus were cared

Irfan Dhalla

IrfanDhalla

Thread: 6 things I'd suggest we do differently.https://twitter.com/IrfanDhalla/status/1323599813179592706 1. Every day, in every way, emphasize the core behaviours we want to encourage:-stay home except for essential purposes, school, h

Lyman Stone 石來民

lymanstoneky

the highest credible estimate of COVID's base R value in the United States (i.e. pre-March 1) is 3, which suggests you only need 66% immunity to keep R durably below

Songezo Zibi

SongezoZibi

I’ve tried to ignore the pandemic “in the spirit of Christmas”, but I really can’t. Two days ago, my uncle and his wife succumbed to COVID, on the same day.

Trinh

Trinhnomics

France cases rising but the difference here is the deaths & hospitalisation much lower. And so response is no general lock-down & living with the virus (diff than US response

GRB

epigiri

Contact tracing and effective quarantine are among the topmost reasons why #covid19 infected regions in the world have low mortality. This requires phenomenal work by #publichealth workers. Technology can aid

David Spiegelhalter

d_spiegel

My BMJ paper on using the idea of ‘normal’/background/actuarial risk to communicate the huge range of risks from COVID-19 experienced by people of different ageshttps://www.bmj.com/content/370/bmj.m3259.full?ijkey=f1FMGWUz2L39yzC&ke

Carl T. Bergstrom

CT_Bergstrom

Graphs like the ones below scare me. I can't see how one can spin this as anything other than a disaster in the making. https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/us/coronavirus-us-cases.html People often complain that I'm

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