#Infected

New paper examining transmission of #COVID19 on trains as function of trip duration & distance (rows vs columns).Data are analyzed assuming transmission happens on train but key figure suggests transmission
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[Thread] Great visualisation by @media_hack of the daily confirmed #COVID19SA cases since March and how the number of cases changed during different levels of #lockdown. See the sharp increase in
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One shouldn’t be surprised at the dual standards of censorship Twitter adopts for the home country (US) and “third-world” countries like India. Since it’s not bad to use work terms
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Yes, blame China. But don’t forget the role that @WHO and @DrTedros played in all this. Quick They spent months - MONTHS - praising China for their “cooperation and
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Wed Jan 27 Weekly Vaccination Update:Given no unforeseen supply issues, we estimate that the general public can receive the vaccine by April.We also estimate over 60% of the US adult
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Viruses are hoody-wearing hackers, but SARS2 is hardly the cleverest. My votes go to HIV, rabies, and herpes. Here are top 10 virus hacks (each a reason I love virology
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ITALY: Vaccines. Where do we stand? 3dIn the picture the plan of vaccine deliveryNB: vaccine are supposed to reduce severity but we have no data on transmission reduction1/n@CrossWordsCW I circled
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There is clearly a lot of circulating misinformation leading to mistrust and vaccine hesitancy regarding vaccines for South Africa. Vaccines DO NOT spread infections. Instead, they are designed to protect
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***THREAD***I’ve been on the phone with colleagues about the hack all morning. None of us can figure out why #CISA chose this particular response to the breach. Couple of things
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So what happens when COVID is this widespread in LA? It spreads everywhere, making everything more dangerous.I looked at grocery stores, the most essential of businesses. Staff are falling sick
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Anyone with children in schools, please read this (thread below):https://www.wsj.com/articles/super-bowl-nfl-covid-cdc-11612104460 Let’s start with the sub head: “The coronavirus gospel of ‘within six feet for more than 15 minutes’
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Today I have joined @NEUnion.I was in a union before, so I wanted to set out my reasons for joining the NEU.A thread. For various reasons I am not an
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1. Updated thread on children and #COVID19, summarising the latest research.Summary: schools can only reopen safely if community transmission is low, otherwise outbreaks will occur.#SchoolReopening #edutwitter #edchat #edchatEU #auspol #Sch
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It takes an electron microscope to see a virus. That means even the photons of visible light are too large to image themLook at the holes in masks, countless viruses
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Deep breath, my views on the SARS CoV2 Mutation story in London/South East. It's a fast moving story (at least for phylogeography); I'm a one step-away from experts, aiming here
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Today's scenes in the Capitol are a disgrace. The organizers and perpetrators of this banana republic coup attempt must be prosecuted and punished. Any politician who does not unequivocally condemn
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