#Outbreaks

Tyler Shandro

shandro

Starting tomorrow rapid testing in Alberta is being expanded to long-term care and designated supportive living facilities.Rapid tests help identify cases of #COVID19AB faster, so the infected person can isolate

Fiona Russell

Fiona_M_Russell

#COVID-19 & schools- there have been recent papers from Norway & US & Australian data have found that school mitigation measures prevent onward transmission & that schools are unlikely to

Vi

peppermintvivi

Huge outbreaks in well known companies in LA as of 1/5/2021 (a thread, alphabetical order):source: http://publichealth.lacounty.gov/media/coronavirus/locations.htm#nonres-settings 1. AMAZON DISTRIBUTION CENTERS:South Gate-51 casesCommerce-2

Dion O'Neale

droneale

A brief about COVID vaccines and testing and transmission and symptoms. I’ve been hearing comments about how workers like those infected in the latest outbreak need to be vaccinated

Kyle Baxter

kbaxter

The primary reason we are in December watching helplessly as cases, hospitalizations and deaths continue to grow is Trump’s decision to not only give up on distancing after 2 weeks

U.S. Dept. of Fear

FearDept

Seems homeless citizens haven't been dying of COVID at the rate we might have hoped. Because none of them own houses in which we could lock them up, they've been

Sara Danner Dukic

saradannerdukic

It would be very useful to have an explanation from public health officials of differing viewpoints as to how they’ve arrived at the conclusion that COVID does or doesn’t spread

Michael Mina

michaelmina_lab

Apparently I cannot say this loudly enoughThe recent @bmj_latest articles by @deeksj et al deriding Rapid Ag Innova Tests are simply WRONGThey simply do NOT appropriately interpret Ct values &

Eran Segal

segal_eran

Israel: What went wrong?How did we come to lead the COVID-19 cases chart? What caused the 2nd wave, why was it so bad, and is the lockdown working?A thread on

Alasdair Munro

apsmunro

People can't stop talking about schools and #COVID19 Here's a thread on school transmission studies!Summary:- If prevalence high in the community, it will be high in schools and some will

Elaine Hernandez

e_hernandez8

Ok, a few points about opening schools. First, be wary of confirmation bias. If the “open schools plan” was an unpublished manuscript, based on the evidence would you give it

Rep. Omari Hardy

OmariJHardy

THREAD on the horrifying conditions in Florida's jails and who's responsibile for these conditions. 1/x There have been documented outbreaks at jails in Broward County, Miami-Dade County, Palm Beach County,

Andrew Lee

andrewleedr

Normally I enjoy the high standards of journalism in @guardian . Not today as disappointed with misleading headline that suggest infections are spreading fastest in children. It'll worry parents/teachers &

david oliver

mancunianmedic

A short thread about hospital bed pressuresThis may surprise some people outside the healthcare bubble but for a population of c 60 million, England (pre-pandemic) only had just over 100,000

Ryan Meili

ryanmeili

Extremely disappointed in Scott Moe and his government. The half measures put in place before Christmas simply aren't working and numbers continue to rise. This means more people will get

Dr. Amy Tan-*Racism is a public health crisis*

AmyTanMD

At critical juncture in #COVIDBC, can still crush it down to close to zero in some areas of BC.Can't accept current case rates and percent positivityMust learn from other provinces

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