#Outbreak

Alina Chan

Ayjchan

Some people are super confused about RaTG13, one of the most closely related viruses to SARS-CoV-2, because of how sparse/disjointed its descriptions have been in interviews and papers. I'll try

Greg Sargent

ThePlumLineGS

Wow. The WH is now expecting Durham to produce some kind of interim "report" on his review of the origins of the Russia probe, before it's even completed, NYT reports.

Kelvin Ward

UCUltrasound

This was by far and away the most important news story yesterday in NZ... however the NZ media appears to have given it only cursory exposure. Maybe they do not

CrimethInc.

crimethinc

Errico Malatesta was born on this day in 1853. Mentored by Mikhail Bakunin, he played a pivotal role in the anarchist movement from 1872 until his death in 1932.In this

Katie Razzall

katierazz

Tonight on @BBCNewsnight we're reporting on @Calderdale local Covid test & trace system, set up in mid-August after an outbreak in central Halifax. At that point the national NHS Test

A Marm Kilpatrick

DiseaseEcology

Rampant #COVID spread in a kids camp: a preview of school re-opening?New paper with unsettling details that unfortunately challenges claims that transmission in young children will be lower than adults.More

Aaron Derfel

Aaron_Derfel

1) Despite asking people to wear masks while working out, a #COVID19 cluster has hit a gym in Terrebonne north of Montreal. In this thread, I will examine the expanding

Yaneer Bar-Yam

yaneerbaryam

I drafted my thoughts about a #CovidZero speech for @joebiden, can anyone help with this? #DraftBidenSpeechMy fellow Americans1/ There is nothing we can’t do together. Today I am presenting to

Captain Awkward

CAwkward

“Dear Captain Awkward I have a wedding planning etiquette question...” 1. Elope now and have a party when it is safe in a couple years2. Postpone the whole deal until

Richard McKay

RAMcKay

@guardian health editor @sarahboseley erred by uncritically reproducing the phrase ‘patient zero’ in reference to the origins of the coronavirus pandemic. 1/5https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/dec/12/where-did-coronavirus-come-from-

Ashley Cullinane

AshCullinane

Just a few pages into a report on the Holyoke Veterans’ Home... it’s hard to read. “A social worker ‘felt it was like moving the concentration camp—we [were] moving these

The Sunday Times

thesundaytimes

The same mistake.Our Insight investigation charts how the government increasingly diverged from the advice of its own scientists in the run-up to the second wave of the outbreak.https://www.thetimes.co.uk/edition/news/48-hours-in-september-

el gato malo

boriquagato

this is a great graphic from @LaffersNapkinconsider what this means if you do random testing among mildly or asymptomatic peoplethey are (or were) contagious for 10 days, max.they can test

Club des Cordeliers

cordeliers

The ruling class may decide that a traditional authoritarian coup, with military control and suspension of the rule of law, may be necessary in order to consolidate and sustain what

Colin J. Carlson, Ph.D.

wormmaps

A quick thread on the McNeil thing. A few years back, McNeil wrote a book called Zika: the Emerging Epidemic, which I read and reviewed for Quarterly Review of Biology

鍾翔宇 Xiangyu

notXiangyu

Thread on the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact:1. In August, 1939, Stalin called on the UK and France to form an anti-fascist alliance. It was only after they rejected this proposal that the

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