#Lockdown

Awais Saleem

awaissaleem77

Watched Zafar Mirza's interview last night. @OwaisTohid asked some very pertinent questions but the answers by health minister didn't inspire much confidence. Here he talks about curve flattening in five

Dr. Jaclyn Schildkraut

jschildkraut80

Repeated claims made by some researchers about the effectiveness of lockdown drills have called these practices into question. Said claims are not backed by evidence but instead represent the opinions

louis appleby

ProfLAppleby

This week we have released suicide data for 2020 covering several parts of England, total population 9 million. The month by month figures are reassuring: they show no rise in

An Leavy

an_leavy

Victorian Update July 5 Dan Andrews2536 Total74 new cases16 from outbreaks1 hotel quarantine 4 routine testing53 under investigation26 in hospital3 in ICU21000+ tested 928171 tests in total since 1/1543 active

Jeremy Horpedahl 🍞

jmhorp

Some of my followers are taking this tweet as an indication I support lockdowns. No! I think the economic and social costs of lockdowns are too high compared with the

Charlie Haynes

charliehtweets

it really does feel like the conversation around ending lockdown is geared towards nuclear families and cohabiting couples. i get we all like the pub but, when are we going

Max Roser

MaxCRoser

It was wrong to believe that 'saving the economy' was an alternative to 'saving people's lives’.If anything it is the other way around and the two goals go together so

Emmett Macfarlane

EmmMacfarlane

"Mr. Premier, the pandemic is hurting the economy. Why are you not taking the obviously needed action of a lockdown to prevent continuous long-term economic damage?" "Mr. Premier, hospitals in

Mike Bird

Birdyword

Having a little look at what Vietnam did to arrest the spread of Covid-19, since it's done so well. On March 7 (so more than two weeks before the UK

Paddy Mallon

HIVTox

Thread: we've released results (pre-print) of an analysis examining #SARS_CoV_2 variants in #Ireland from hospital cases during 2020. This is the largest analysis of its kind to date in Ireland

Mark Gubrud

mgubrud

Shame on every epi guru & every politician who ever said "We don't want lockdowns" & thus consented to public health decisions being made a political football. Because of course

David Paton

cricketwyvern

The big news about this NEJM piece is that it’s not really news, being consistent with what we already knew:when schools are open teachers do not seem to face higher

BettyMowery2.0

0Bettymowery2

Well, when Big Gov Fascism rears its ugly head, again, everyone feels trapped. Gov forcing businesses to shut down, go bankrupt, arrests for staying out past curfew, stealing elections, massive

Tomas Pueyo

tomaspueyo

Lots of things to learn from looking at excess deaths.1. 2020 was a pretty good year for deaths early on, below the average for other years. Why? [1/10] Temperatures are

John Lichfield

john_lichfield

Weekly French Covid thread. It is probable that France will be placed in a 3rd lockdown in a few days. With the mood of the country turning sour – only

Charles Holland

charlescholland

(1) Tier 4 Guidance now outhttps://www.gov.uk/guidance/tier-4-stay-at-home (2) This is just the guidance - it comes out first because it's significantly easier to draft guidance (which can be broad in its

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