#Outbreaks

Soumya

skarlamangla

today officials warned that there are COVID outbreaks *everywhere* in LA and that anytime you leave your house you're in danger. indeed, there are currently 538 open outbreaks at businesses

Nora Loreto

NoLore

Here is a monster thread on ongoing outbreaks in Ontario, by facility. Why is this important? Well, it shows where things are not in control and (in a rational society)

Bill Hanage

BillHanage

It’s very far from unexpected, but look at the National US cases ticking up per the @nytimes. A couple comments on that 1/n first the comparison with the spring -

Professor Philip Nolan

President_MU

While it’s difficult to show cause and effect, there is a clear pattern over time in the nature of cases and outbreaks in the second wave in Ireland. It suggests

Ashish K. Jha, MD, MPH

ashishkjha

Is America really the global hot spot right now? Here's one way to think about it.Which country outside USA has the biggest per capita outbreak? Oman having about 33 new

Allison Smith

QueensParkToday

Notable, since the province has not named and/or shamed any businesses or farms where there have been outbreaks, even when it would be in the public interest to do so.https://twitter.com/ACarterglobal/status/1287803277472665602

OntarioHealthCoal'n

OntarioHealthC

Ont. is experiencing exponential growth of #COVID19 cases in health care w/ nearly 50 large outbreaks (>10 cases) in LTC, retirement homes, hospitals & an outbreak among Niagara paramedics. see

Perry Stein

PerryStein

DC released data showing that 17% of the city's outbreaks are connected to schools. 13% to day cares. It was shocking, particularly since most schools are closed. But the data

Cheryl Rofer

CherylRofer

I was reading Science magazine last night.An article there about the genetics of the pandemic. There were two outbreaks of Covid-19, in Washington and California, that were snuffed out. They

Professor Philip Nolan

President_MU

A few principles that help me understand the approach to containing the current outbreaks of COVID-19. 1. Outbreaks can grow explosively in some settings due to 'super-spreader' events, and have

Scott Gottlieb, MD

ScottGottliebMD

THREAD: Covid caused 338,000 diagnosed infections in kids. 86 tragically died, thousands more hospitalized. To compare burden to flu, an estimated 11.3 million kids got symptomatic flu in 2018-19, 477

Tammy Bennett

FlipOR2020

Thread: Each year, starting with Week 40, @OHAOregon begins tracking the flu cases across the state. They've been doing this since 2008-09 and call it "Flu Bites" Someone has put

Evan the Commissioner

Evan_Yeats

This is just not true, but it's an inaccurate perception aided by DC Health not transparently reporting data about case clusters. We know anecdotally about outbreaks and deaths in schools

Jonathan Mesiano-Crookston @/#COVIDisAirborne

jmcrookston

Just a reminder that R0 for SARS-CoV-2 may in fact be higher than 2.5-3.5.In fact, perhaps even double that (R0 = 5-7)https://twitter.com/jmcrookston/status/1297571423041585153 (or higher) New variant increases R by 0.4

Nora Loreto

NoLore

I'm hearing that a school in the GTA has 10 cases and the board insists that it can stay open because they're sure that the spread didn't happen inside the

Ashish K. Jha, MD, MPH

ashishkjha

Heard of SARS-CoV2 variant from Japan?No?How about one from South Korea?No?Surely variants from New Zealand & Vietnam?Of course notBecause these places haven't given rise to scary variantsBut what places have.....has

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