#Infections

Dr Raghib Ali FRCP(UK)

drraghibali

Shocking figures on the deaths and suffering from cancer caused by missed scans and appointments - something I first highlighted during my time on the frontline in April - along

David Paton

cricketwyvern

In his recent article, @cjsnowdon claims that England's November lockdown was a good example of lockdown effectiveness. Let’s look at that claim using the ONS death-by-date registration data which have

Prof. Gavin Yamey MD MPH

GYamey

I’m seeing a LOT of commentary saying “there’s nothing the US can do other than wait for vaccine roll-out.”I profoundly disagree. We can’t accept 300,000 new infections & 4,000 deaths

Megan Ben Dor Ruthven

_mbdr_

What happened in Switzerland's 2nd wave? It's hard to remember everything. Here's a thread chronicling @SwissScience_TF's recommendations, and @alain_berset's measures, starting 10. Oct.https://ourworldindata.org/coronav

Bojan Pancevski

bopanc

The Swedish #Covid-19 experiment is over. After a severe second #coronavirus wave - which authorities said won’t happen - the government imposed some mandatory restrictions to curb hospitalisations and deaths.

LTCcovid

LTCcovid

Rapid review of evidence on impacts of visiting policies in care homes during COVID-19 pandemic, @adelinacohe, @MaxSalKo, @GERONursing, @DrNFarina, @HDEMCOP, @LorenzKH & @leefay_low Short thread with key findings:https://twitter.com/LT

Trevor Bedford

trvrb

I wanted to discuss the degree to which population immunity may be contributing to curbing #COVID19 in Florida, Arizona and Texas, where recent surges have resulted in substantial epidemics. 1/16

Katie Illingworth

KtLWinterburn

Concerns over returning to full-time schooling in Scotland, a thread.The SQA results scandal seems to have, perhaps luckily(!) for the Scottish Government, distracted us away from the very serious issue

Dr. Ali Nouri

AliNouriPhD

1/In order to limit the importation of the variant coronavirus from the UK, CDC now requires travelers to be tested before boarding a flight. The strategy is insufficient because it's

Jennifer Nuzzo, DrPH

JenniferNuzzo

A long thread about test positivity: Tracking positivity is important. Unlike number of tests, positivity is linked to the number of infections out there. It can help give us a

Trevor Bedford

trvrb

I know all the discussion is about a possible "2nd wave", but I've found this odd given that we haven't finished the first one. I would think quite possible that,

Matt McCarthy

DrMattMcCarthy

UPDATE: COVID medicine has changed substantially over the past few months. The questions we're grappling with today are very different than the ones we were dealing with just a few

LTCcovid

LTCcovid

Updated International Living report on vaccination of Long-Term Care populations, 18th January, @shoshlauter, @LorenzKH, @AdelinaCoHe & @ele_perobelli https://ltccovid.org/2021/01/19/new-international-living-report-long-term-care-and-co

Sal Vella

salvella

A Lost Month - A long, lost month of financial and emotional suffering because of self-inflicted issues.This is perhaps the biggest story not highlighted for its impact on the residents

Julie Kelly 🇺🇸

julie_kelly2

Florida is the world’s CV-19 laboratory right now. If there isn’t a huge spike in infections over the next 7-10 days, we will know every single “mitigation” strategy and doomsday

Sizwe sikaMusi

SizweLo

The Gauteng Department of Health spends R380 000/day on beds at the Nasrec Covid-19 field hospital. The last time a report came out of there was in late November, and

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