#Mortality

Rob Aldridge

rob_aldridge

I’ve seen lots of commentators this week saying that there hasn’t been an analysis comparing wider health (eg mental health) and economic impacts of “lockdowns”. There actually has been such

Rebecca 🦃 "Stay the Fuck Home" 🦃 Watson

rebeccawatson

The Bay Area’s ICU’s now have less that 15% capacity while SoCal has essentially none. If you aren’t terrified by this dystopian nightmare, enjoy this conversation I just saw on

C. Michael Gibson MD

CMichaelGibson

I have questions:1. The follow-up is 2 years after the 2cd dose in the Moderna trial. You cannot enroll if you plan to get another vaccine.If I get randomized to

Robert M Califf

califf001

The precipitous drop in LE due to Covid 19 is dramatic, but it tends to overshadow the steady decline in life expectancy for the past 6 years. This is

Rijo M John, PhD

RijoMJohn

19 Dec: India crossed 1 crore reported #COVID19 cases & 145171 deaths Only 3.1L active cases1M new cases & 13.5K deaths were added in the past monthFollow this thread to

Matt Malkus

malkusm

START/ This thread contains all-cause mortality charts for children aged 0-14 for every country tracked by the Human Mortality Database (http://mortality.org ).Due to the large number of countries, this thread will

Claire Melamed

clairemelamed

1/ Data is critical to the fight against #COVID19. And the most basic data of all are the numbers we are all obsessed with, showing global deaths in real time.

Hugh Whelan

whelanh1

Thanks to @FrankfurtZack , I became aware of the US monthly mortality data available via NBER. It only starts in 1959, so we miss the '57/'58 pandemic. But '68 -

Prof Francois Balloux

BallouxFrancois

Comparing #COVID19 infection fatality rates (IFRs) of #SARSCoV2 with influenza can be problematic. As the piece below touches on, the IFR estimates for seasonal influenza are very poor. Though, another

Wokeman, #KBF, 96.5%, ALM

Wokeman8

1/ A thread on why Japan has 60 times FEWER deaths per million than the UK with no mass testing, no travel bans and no lock down. 11 deaths per

Leticia Kawano-Dourado 🇧🇷

leticiakawano

1/ Reading w interest the pre-print on IL-6 antagonists for COVID-19 fromREMAP-CAP.Especially bc of the methodsAn adaptive platform trial (bayesian) somewhat similar to what we are doing in the @RENOVATEtrial

Donald Welsh

DonaldWelsh16

There is something quite remarkable about Sweden. They decided early on to adhere to established public health practices and refused to panic. They rationalized a viral threat and established a

Anosognosiogenesis

pookleblinky

Imagine if babies had translucent skin Take a moment to consider dead babies.Up until very recently, in everywhere outside the US, infant and child mortality was extremely high.Almost as high

Alex Berenson

AlexBerenson

1/ So you don't have to be a conspiracy theorist to see just how much money is at stake in developing vaccines for #sarscov2... or how much effort and money

Anna-Rose Prior

AnnaRosePrior1

The concept of herd immunity generally relates to achieving immunity SAFELY in as much of the population as possible through vaccination, and by achieving high levels of protection we also

Martin Landray

MartinLandray

RECOVERY Update:30,000 patients now enrolled in one country in 10 months.The most extraordinary effort.And still ongoing. In the words of the independent Data Monitoring Committee:"Thank you for your continuing help

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