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Michael Mina

michaelmina_lab

On TTI as a control measure: Early 2020, we said contact tracing would not control community spread against #COVID19 once cases got high Yet when cases got high, it was

Mike Baker

ByMikeBaker

It’s so hard for me to wrap my head around just how dire our coronavirus situation is right now. 139,855 new U.S. cases yesterday. Another record. The spread is totally

Rowland Manthorpe

rowlsmanthorpe

Yesterday SAGE released a one-page document called "potential trajectories for covid-19 in the next six months"It's not going to brighten your day, but it's one of the best summaries of

Mac n’ Chise 🧬🧫🦠

sailorrooscout

A very encouraging study done on our mRNA vaccines! Pfizer and Moderna vaccines provided strong immune responses against variant B.1.351 first identified in South Africa in those who recovered from

Ciarán Murray

C1aranMurray

So as I've been saying the Spanish "2nd wave" hasn't lead to deaths. That's because it's not really a 2nd wave. It's because testing around clusters is now so thorough,

Eric Topol

EricTopol

The United States has an ambitious plan to get to population level immunity, but it doesn't have the vaccines to accomplish it (no less the buy in of Americans)@WSJgraphic by

Eric Crampton

EricCrampton

Me, at Newsroom, now ungated, on the need to keep improving border systems to keep the bug out. Otago's epidemiologists have had more than a few good ideas that bear

Dan Larremore

DanLarremore

A thought experiment. Suppose we had a COVID test that had a 50/50 chance of identifying someone who was infected. And now imagine that everyone in a city uses this

Carl T. Bergstrom

CT_Bergstrom

1. I'm a strong advocate of testing as an important pillar of the coronavirus pandemic response. There is often confusion about what testing offers, and I think it's helpful to

Tananarive Due SUPPORT GEORGIA DEMS 4 SENATE

TananariveDue

I learned from @DanielDKraus that George A. Romero made his Night of the Living Dead ghouls slow shamblers to make a point: we SHOULD have been able to beat them

k val #ACAB

kvxldez

THREAD ON COVID-19 & BACK-TO-SCHOOL IN UTAH:This information comes from an epidemiologist who consults with the state’s COVID-19 response team as well as COVID-19 researchers at Johns Hopkins University. (1/29)

Erick Erickson

EWErickson

Yes, people really believe that the election was stolen. I really don't. I get they do. But deeper, I think God is smashing idols and people are really upset about

Health Nerd

GidMK

People: we're miscounting COVID-19 deaths! We're counting anyone WITH the disease, not people who die of itMe, a clever scientist: ...but that's how we count all deaths? Some people get

Orla Hegarty

Orla_Hegarty

[Thread] So why does ventilation matter so much in #Covid19 suppression? Covid-19 is a disease caught by inhaling virus particles in the air 1/ the closer you are to an

Rob Blackie 🔶

robblackie

PHE find that, post lockdown, secondary schools are the second most common source* of infection.Yet PHE guidance is terrible. If you sit in a badly ventilated classroom, 3m away from

zeynep tufekci

zeynep

A study from Korea showing why indoor dining is unsafe and why airborne transmission matters. Case B infected case A from 6.5m (~21 feet!) away in *just five minutes*, and

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