#Outbreaks

Tom Inglesby

T_Inglesby

Incredibly valuable reporting on how COVID spread across the US and opportunities we missed to slow it. So much we all should take away from this. 1/xhttps://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/us/coronavirus-spread.html?action=click&modul

Nicola Oliver | Medical Intelligence

NicolaMedical

THREADSocial distancing measures have not only reduced transmission of SARS-CoV-2, but also of the flu as seen here in this remarkable chart. Note the absence of any ‘spike’ in the

Les Perreaux

perreaux

I have questions (and anxieties!) about closing Quebec schools for a month over the winter break. 1/https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-quebec-ontario-weigh-extending-winter-break-at-schools-as-covid-1/ I understand why closing s

Natalie E. Dean, PhD

nataliexdean

Why don't we have a vaccine for SARS? MERS? HIV? These viruses have been around longer than SARS-CoV-2. A mini-thread to provide some perspective and even a little dose of

Tanja Maier

tanjamaier17

We have here in Austria female journalists & politicians (moms) who have more or less stuck with the line keep schools open at all costs, covid spreads in homes but

Eric Feigl-Ding

DrEricDing

JUST IN—Analysis shows #COVID19 surge is worst now in places where leaders neglected to keep up forceful virus containment efforts or failed to implement basic measures like mask mandates, according

Liam Gender? Fucked!

LiamDel

Comparisons to Australia's handling of outbreaks never mention the govt raised welfare and covered paychecks for people who lost work. Many issues, but don't let people convince you lockdowns alone

Asher Wolf

Asher_Wolf

To everyone feeling pretty anxious tonight after news Victoria has community transmission of COVID-19 again: think about how much we know now that we didn’t six months ago. Masks work.

Natalie E. Dean, PhD

nataliexdean

THINK LIKE AN EPIDEMIOLOGIST:What does it mean that the median age of new cases is dropping in some areas? I see three possible explanations, not all good. A thread on

Dr Marie Casey

marietcasey

Quite a few people contacted me today to ask what it is like currently and what we are seeing.It is completely different to the previous waves. Positives coming from everywhere

Aaron Derfel

Aaron_Derfel

1) After leading the country in the number of #COVID19 deaths and cases for months, Quebec now appears to be faring much better than Alberta and British Columbia. In this

Moira Váně

moirarvane

Evidence is my wheelhouse. But evidence is not the end all be all. It's important for court, but it's not important in other contexts: "In 2003 Ontario suffered through the

Betsy Klein

betsy_klein

THREAD: On today's VP call with governors, Dr. Deborah Birx sounded the alarm with some dire warnings for states that are in the task force-defined “yellow zone” for cases and

Dr Duncan Robertson

Dr_D_Robertson

New UK Coronavirus analysis. A thread. Public Health England has today released the second tranche of data for COVID tests. This is the most comprehensive data we have for tests

Eric Feigl-Ding

DrEricDing

OMG—Biden WH just created a new *National Center for Epidemic Forecasting & Outbreak Analytics*. Just like a national weather center or NASA’s asteroid detection center (CNEOS), this will be a

Dave ☕

MorpethLarder

Once upon a time we spent £3k making our shop covid secure! At the request of the government.We reduced our capacity to 80%.Customers queued in an orderly manner socially distanced

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