#Tracing

Andrew Chen

andrewtychen

A Cabinet report from April 9 has now been released, detailing the technology options that were considered for contact tracing, managing self-isolation, and monitoring population movements/disease spread, mostly based on

Danny Boy

Care2much18

Details of Killarney cluster reported by Indo are maddening. 30 people rent a house in Kerry, have a mental weekend, and locals end up at party.That's the exact carry-on that

KJ Seung

kj_seung

One of the most common objections about retrospective (backward) contact tracing (i.e. Japanese style) is that it's too difficult. You know what? Prospective (forward) contact tracing (i.e. Korean style) is

Abdul El-Sayed, MD, DPhil

AbdulElSayed

When you read #COVID19 headlines like this, the key takeaways should be that:1) we’re not testing enough2) we’re testing the wrong people3) asymptomatic & low symptomatic spread are a big

Dr. Tom Frieden

DrTomFrieden

1. Mask better 2. Distance better 3. Hope no big problem with vaccine production, adverse effects, or variant vaccine escape: by March deaths should decline, by June cases should decline

Dr Eric Levi, FRACS

DrEricLevi

Just to be clear,Many people are already infected and carrying the virus now, but they are not displaying any symptoms. Some will show very mild symptoms only. You may be

Jonathan Mountstevens

MrMountstevens

Afraid this is a bit of a self-indulgent thread about 'highlights' of my Christmas holiday, but I'm posting it because I reckon others will have shared lots of the experiences,

Caitlin Rivers, PhD

cmyeaton

If I told you in March or April that we would still have a 60-70k daily cases in July, what would you think? Now carry that forward. Where do we

Drew Wilder

DrewWilderTV

Virginia Gov Ralph Northam will announce new COVID-19 restrictions tomorrow. Northam says "mitigation measures will be nuanced and in line with our targeted, data-driven response."Source familiar w/ the announcement says

Miguel Hernán

_MiguelHernan

1/Look at the shape of these curves. New York and Madrid had similar epidemics until they spectacularly diverged.In March, both cities were caught by surprise and shut down because of

Hayden O'Connor

HaydenJOConnor

Here we are again, taking a look at another biased @rachelbaxendale article. A thread. #auspol #springst #MurdochRoyalCommission #thisisnotjournalism #newscorpse https://www.theaustralian.com.au/nation/victorias-contact-tracing-system-was-

Isaac Bogoch

BogochIsaac

The incredible S. Korean #COVID19 nightclub outbreak response:>40k tests revealed 246 confirmed cases: 39% primary & 61% secondaryThis is the gold standard of how to effectively conduct contact tracing, especially

Partners In Health

PIH

Why is it so hard to get a test? Why does someone have to call around to find some place that's open, get screened, drive over, stand in line, get

Dr. Angela Rasmussen

angie_rasmussen

So a lot of concern about this report in the @globeandmail that people are getting infected with B.1.1.7 in the course of a few minutes. This might be a good

Dr Aaron Bloch

bloch_aaron

Let's be clear - the snap lockdown is not good. And HQ will need to be re-evaluated again. But many media responses have slammed our contact tracing.Continuous improvement is not

Dr. Angela Rasmussen

angie_rasmussen

If you are in a poorly ventilated, crowded store and there's lots of SARS-CoV-2 circulating in the community, odds are good that you will be at a much higher exposure

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