#Outbreaks

Robert Gebeloff

gebeloffnyt

1) Deaths attributable to coronavirus rose faster in college towns than the rest of the U.S. this fall, new analysis finds, though it’s often difficult to prove the link between

jess.

jesssicrap

I need everyone to understand that paramedics need the #COVID19AB vaccine ASAP, and that does NOT mean April 2021, as we were just told. Paramedics, multiple times DAILY, are going

ines helene, ShroomGirl

inihelene

So far 2,487 have died of COVID in Japan, a country that tests about 270 a day for every million people. Their strategy? Japanese officials warn people to avoid the

Yinon Weiss

yinonw

A short thread about covid herd immunity. First let's look at New York & Sweden. NY wears masks, closed business, closed schools, and mandates social distancing. Sweden did not but

Tara Moriarty

MoriartyLab

#Canadian #medtwitter Many are feeling conflicted about posting vaccine selfies b/c of very real & important equity concerns.But we cannot underestimate how important it is for people to see that

Atul Gawande

Atul_Gawande

I know COVID seems like it is subsiding. But the B117 variant is spreading. What we do now to stop it determines whether it takes over and fills hospitals again

Local Government Association

LGAcomms

#COVID19 is creating a perfect storm for councils’ finances - simultaneously increasing costs and reducing income. The budget shortfall is predicted to be around £2bn – for this year alone.

John Burn-Murdoch

jburnmurdoch

NEW with @AndyBounds, @sarahnev & @Laura_K_Hughes:The UK government’s published numbers of new cases at local authority level only include pillar 1 and *not* pillar 2 cases, meaning as many as

Soumya

skarlamangla

I just realized that an Indian folktale my dad told me when I was a kid prepared me to cover COVID and my mind is blown. so this is how

Robert Franklin

TheRobFranklin

1/15 Looking back on 2020 feels like being in the eye of a hurricane. This won’t end on Dec. 31. I don’t do threads often so hang on as I

Megan Ranney MD MPH 🗽

meganranney

Today I read @paulmromer thread - particularly the part about schools (I recommend it!). And we need to talk about #SchoolReopening, from a scientific perspective. So here goes, with thanks

Apoorva Mandavilli

apoorva_nyc

NEW: Remember the South Korean study on kids' transmission that had everyone talking? Well. The study had a big flaw.Doesn't change the upshot of what we know, but a flaw

Kelly Bauer

BauerJournalism

Dr. Allison Arwady, head of the Chicago Department of Public Health, is speaking to reporters during a 9:30 a.m. call. I'll live tweet.Follow for updates and let me know if

Aaron Derfel

Aaron_Derfel

1) Canada’s chief public health officer warned on Friday of a possible second peak in #COVID19 infections this autumn that has the potential to overwhelm the health-care system. In this

zeynep tufekci

zeynep

Read this story and weep. This, after masks, is the biggest failure—both scientific and communication—of the pandemic in Western nations: the airborne nature of the pathogen. CDC changed this guidance

Michael Mina

michaelmina_lab

Can contact tracing work for #COVID19?Much effort assumes contact tracing works for COVID - surveillance testing assumes soI’ve had major concerns - this paper reinforces it.For fast pandemics, we cant

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