#Infections

Darrel Carl Durose 💯

Daz_Gizmo

This is a scan of the junk mail: Let's go through some of the obvious problems with the messaging:1. We are not living in Fear.2. Going back to normal is

Dr Karen 🕷Schafheutle🇪🇺🇩🇪🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

KSchafheutle

This tier 4 and 3/4 no-lockdown is unlikely to last just 4 weeks.Why? It's not a lockdown. Therefore,A. it will take longer to drive down new infections.B. infections still driven

Shane Woodford

WoodfordinDK

#Denmark is reporting 1,195 new #COVID19 infections and four #coronavirus deaths in the last 24 hours. Since Friday #Danmark has added 3,331 #coronavirus infections (1,078 Sat, 1,058 Sun, and today)

David Paton

cricketwyvern

Some people have been worried about high numbers of pupils attending schools since 4 Jan.Children are (generally) not at risk of serious illness but concern was new variant wd cause

Micah Pollak

MicahPollak

(THREAD) Suppose we want to figure out how many new #COVID19 cases there are in #Indiana each day on average, BUT… we don’t want to use *any* of the testing/positives

Dr. Yara Hawari د. يارا هواري

yarahawari

1/4 Amidst all the Corona news fatigue dont forget Palestine which is going through a brutal 2nd wave. The West Bank & Gaza have recorded 10,000 of their nearly total

Murad Banaji

muradbanaji

My piece in The Wire on the third national serosurvey. The headline (~21% prevalence) is probably not a major underestimate. Apparently the antibody test used was less vulnerable to missing

Zain Chagla

zchagla

#idmeded #idtips day 3 - fever in the ICU. A common scenario in patients who often can't communicate due to sedation/ventilation. Long differential, and often escalating antibiotics without a clear

Robert Dingwall 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🇪🇺 Reunite

rwjdingwall

There is currently a great deal of fear-mongering about Christmas visits in the UK. In order to assess the risk associated with a family or social visit within the rules,

Rupert Pearse

rupert_pearse

Optimistic news: National data on new coronavirus infections data do now show we have passed the peak. Good news but really this is just the end of the beginning for

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

Peel

RHPeel

I agree with the general idea here, but I'd like to take it in a slightly different direction.*Even if* restaurants are not *major* spreaders, they are spreaders, because restaurants increase

Eric Topol

EricTopol

For evaluating the vaccine trials (and any trials), it's important to look at the number of endpoints and their severity.The J&J trial has the same number of endpoints as @Pfizer/

Amit Paranjape

aparanjape

More studies... 'What the data say about asymptomatic COVID infections'People without symptoms can pass on the virus, but estimating their contribution to outbreaks is challenging.https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-020-03141-3(w

Buzz Hollander MD

buzzhollandermd

Our first real world data on vaccine effectiveness in the US is here, complements of the Mayo Clinic.Spoiler alert: it is good!It's not a randomized trial, of course;and the cohort

Jeremy Farrar

JeremyFarrar

Rebounds,resurgence,2nd waves whatever called, increasing evidence that new infections are increasing in a number of places Europe including U.K. from a low base but increasing trend a worry, especially in

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