#Infections

Lewis Goodall

lewis_goodall

BREAK: UK reports 1610 Covid deaths within the last 24 hours- that is people dying within 28 days of taking a test. That’s the largest number we’ve seen since the

Eric Feigl-Ding

DrEricDing

NOT EVEN REMOTELY TRUE:Donald Trump Jr. claims “red states” had fewer #COVID19 transmissions than “blue states” due to “common sense.” 2) Which of these are red states and blue states

Simon Usherwood

Usherwood

A couple of pedagogical thoughts about this1/https://twitter.com/Usherwood/status/1295667212506869761 Hopefully, part of the design of any HE provision this autumn was resilience to cope with new C-19 outbreaks and/or restrictions(if your i

Nathan Stall

NathanStall

Our study led by @KevinAnBrown associating crowding in #Ontario nursing homes (defined as the mean number of residents per bedroom and bathroom) with #COVID19 infection and mortality has now been

A Marm Kilpatrick

DiseaseEcology

New paper showing very high household transmission of COVID-19 in US. I haven't seen detailed summary, so here's one. There's a ton here to think about. Kids, culture, COVID.Thread.https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/69/wr/mm6944e1

First Doctor

firstdoctorr

9 tests you should do before you sign your marriage certificate1. HIV2. Hepatitis B3. Hepatitis C4. Other STI's5. Genotype 6. Rhesus7. Fertility profile8. Chronic medical conditions9. Covid19A thread {Share

(((Howard Forman)))

thehowie

Short thread on the near future. Roughly speaking, we hit nadir in case growth on June 10, positive rate on June 14, and hospitalizations on June 21. With seemingly no

The New York Times

nytimes

How could schools reopen classrooms safely during the pandemic? Everything would need to look different, experts say, from kindergarten story time to high school math class.https://nyti.ms/3k2HzJt Changes at school will

Stephen Reicher

ReicherStephen

Infections are spiking. Why? Is it that people are breaking rules that stop the infection or following rules that increase the infection? Should we blame the public or change the

Nader Issa

NaderDIssa

Chicago Public Schools and the Chicago Teachers Union look close to an agreement on a vaccination plan, according to a document circulated by the CTU tonight. CPS will offer 1,500

OnCOVID19 Project

oncovid19_

Asymptomatic carriers - how this affects YOU! #covid19 #cdnhealth #onhealth #scicomm #covid19On A negative test does not mean that you do not have the virus! There is a brief window

Theo Sanderson

theosanderson

1/ The ONS infection survey has come out, and the graph below has led some people to speculate that B.1.1.7 isn't more transmissible any more. Unfortunately I don't think we

Ashish K. Jha, MD, MPH

ashishkjha

Saturday numbers are in and I’m getting worried about Texas.Across much of the South, the disease spread has turned down. Arizona, South Carolina, Florida, even Mississippi look somewhat better than

Dr. David Pate

drpatesblog

We must dramatically reduce the transmission of SARS-CoV-2 through adoption of public health measures and getting people vaccinated ASAP. Unfortunately, continued significant transmission is also leading to an increased number

🇨🇦 Bill Comeau Crush the Curve 📉

Billius27

on the Toronto area SGTF (S-Gene Target Failure) study to detect B117 (UK variant). It looked at 11,485 positive tests over Dec 16 to Feb 3 and found 448 had

Youyang Gu

youyanggu

Which metric is a better predictor of the severity of the fall surge in US states?1) Margin of Democrat victory in Nov 2020 electionor2) % infected through Sep 1, 2020Can

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