#Outbreaks

Nathan Stall

NathanStall

#Ontario is trying to deploy 385,000 rapid antigen tests per week in #LTC homes for asymptomatic #COVID19 screening: https://news.ontario.ca/en/release/60337/ontario-deploys-rapid-tests-to-more-essential-workplaces-and-settingsThis is a bad

Kate Allen

katecallen

Province just emailed journos the evidence that the science advisory, modelling & public health measures tables presented to support the new closures & interventions announced today. I'll tweet all the

Stefan Rahmstorf 😷

rahmstorf

Two competing effects influence our northern winters:#1 Global warming.#2 Increasing polar air outbreaks due to stratospheric polar vortex disturbances.In the long run #1 wins - our winters are getting warmer.

TooMuchHoops (Brad)

Too_Much_Hoops

It's been exactly 1 month and 15 days since Doug Ford announced Ontario's new COVID framework. Yes, the one that ignored the government's own health experts and set thresholds 4X

Christina Pagel

chrischirp

THREAD: Will lockdown work? We're starting several weeks of lockdown in England while we try to vaccinate as many vulnerable people as possible. Every day more stories drop about the

Benjy Sarlin

BenjySarlin

NEW w/ @SRuhle: Without a national plan, states are being forced to choose between preventing outbreaks and forcing bars and restaurants into bankruptcy. Let's take a second to look at

Tyler By Day

TylerWearsAMask

Wanting to find any excuse to keep schools open right now comes from the same place as "it won't happen to me."You're not thinking you're risking your health or your

Daniel Clark

HEDanielClark

It's another Friday evening, so let's have a look at the coronavirus data for Devon and Cornwall, and for the second week in a row, there has been a small

Stephen Reicher

ReicherStephen

I will be on BBC Radio Scotland with @dgurdasani1 tomorrow morning (and in Scotland there is much more sympathy to a systematic 'zero COVID' strategy) so hopefully we can explain

Sir Chris Ham

profchrisham

Let's be clear: the origins of Leicester go back to March when PM and @MattHancock chose not to involve councils and DsPH in the early stages of developing test and

Adam Kucharski

AdamJKucharski

There are now several studies out there that together give a useful indication of the possible role of pre-existing immunity (antibodies/T-cells etc.) in SARS-CoV-2 dynamics. A few thoughts/links... 1/ First,

Karen Redman

Redman4Region

At today's Board of Health meeting we heard from Dr. Wang that we must:Stay home when possible ANDDramatically reduce our social interactions. The virus will continue to spread if WE

Juli

J_indetroit

1. Have been thinking about the four horsemen of atheism, who were my entry into twitter. These guys stood for rationality, critical thinking, and honesty. They rejected religious belief because

Sarah Boden

Sarah_Boden

Today Allegheny Co. is reporting no new COVID-19 cases. This is the first time this has happened since the coronavirus appeared in the county! But before we get too excited,

Katie Baker

katiejmbaker

We tracked a 4th of July BBQ from farm to plate and found a system that exposed thousands to the coronavirus. According to our analysis, around 1,000 workers would have

Peter Barrett

petermbarrett1

Just finished up 3 months #covid19 work w/ @PublicHealthSth. Its been hectic but satisfying to see spread coming under control. Huge amount achieved by #publichealth teams identifying new cases/clusters +

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