#Outbreaks

Dr. Sweta Chakraborty

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We're entering a "pandemic era." We must act aggressively on climate to prevent future pandemics from occurring more frequently.How do they connect? Immunologist Dr. @ChristineRJames and I wrote an op-ed

Alasdair Munro

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Here is a good lesson in basic epidemiologyThis data is difficult to interpret in a number of ways:1. There is no denominator, either of institutions or populations2. It counts the

Miles Beckett

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The trillion dollar question. Why are COVID cases increasing while deaths are decreasing? The answer is simple. It's called Simpson's paradox and it's the result of incorrectly pooling data and

Jennifer Cabrera 😀 #SmilesMatter

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The more I talk to people who are knowledgeable about PCR tests, the more I think that the best first step is to stop mass testing."Cases" should be determined by

The New York Times

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By the time the U.S. had 15 known coronavirus cases, some 2,000 invisible infections were already spreading through major cities.We tracked how the virus spread. What we found shows how

Aaron 🇭🇰

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Secretary for Food and Health, Professor Sophia Chan: Recently see a increase in local cases. Today, we will announce that there will be 26 new cases today, including 21 local

The Lion Queen (Health Journalist)

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Nigerians love to travel. We also know there are millions of Nigerians who don't have international passports not to talk of travel. The ones who have travelled very likely have

Aaron Derfel

Aaron_Derfel

1) The second wave is now accelerating in Montreal at a much faster rate than in most regions across Quebec as the city posted a record 748 #COVID19 cases. Outbreaks

Haroon Chowdry

HaroonChowdry

THREAD: Lots of about schools staying open during a 2nd lockdown – which we @ChildrensComm welcome. But not everyone does, because some are concerned that schools are driving Covid-19 transmission.

Aaron Derfel

Aaron_Derfel

1) A group of physicians is concerned about Quebec's plan authorizing gatherings of up to 250 people next Monday despite a #COVID19 resurgence, warning this will cause more outbreaks just

Marc Lacey

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As U.S. colleges become a major source of outbreaks, with at least 214K cases linked to campuses, student journalists are playing a vital role, reporting stories of national importance &

Ed Tubb

EdTubb

/1 A thread of some takeaways from the new @TOPublicHealth dataset, released today: Of 287 patients ever intubated, 33 are currently vented, 133 are resolved or no longer vented, and

Jake Anbinder

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i don't want to overstate regional differences on this subject, but it's hard to ignore how covid in this country is a disease of racialized poverty, and the states with

ChrisO

ChrisO_wiki

Very interesting thread. I think you miss a point though about the pandemic "ending". This won't be like May 1945 when there was a clear end point. COVID is very

Michelle Hennessy

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In his letter today to the Health Minister, @ronan_glynn said NPHET had discussed the "changing profile" of contacts identified - more household, workplace and social contacts as well as those

Anthony Staines says WASH YOUR HANDS! WEAR A MASK!

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This is not a good answer to what is a very reasonable question.The key argument is that we can swap high contacts in adults, for very low contacts in adults

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