#Tracing

Christina Pagel

chrischirp

THREAD: Will lockdown work? We're starting several weeks of lockdown in England while we try to vaccinate as many vulnerable people as possible. Every day more stories drop about the

Obi-Wan Nadobi 🇵🇦

thebadnephron

I’m not hip to all the testing protocols. However, if you’ve received a positive covid test, the following should happenhttps://twitter.com/duncanadley/status/1362230195395178497 First of, where can a government approved covid test be

A Marm Kilpatrick

DiseaseEcology

New paper from @baym @BillHanage @LeeKShaffer. Examines benefit of "backward" contact tracing #COVID19 infectors of detected cases. Although basic idea is sound & used by Japan contact tracers, I'm a

Katie Razzall

katierazz

Tonight on @BBCNewsnight we're reporting on @Calderdale local Covid test & trace system, set up in mid-August after an outbreak in central Halifax. At that point the national NHS Test

Ángel Díaz

AngelSDiaz_

THREAD: I analyzed Citizen's contact tracing app when they were pitching it to NYC. Unsurprisingly, its approach to privacy is terrible, continues to encourage paranoia-as-a-service, and has wide latitude for

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus

DrTedros

Since the beginning of the #COVID19 pandemic, we knew that a vaccine would be essential for bringing the pandemic under control. But it’s important to emphasise that a vaccine will

David Fisman

DFisman

Place-based nature of COVID-19 transmission might point the way forward for Ontario, on getting as close as we can to elimination. Would need ramped up testing, better resourced contact tracing,

Denis Nash

epi_dude

1. The pre-print (not yet peer reviewed) of recent results from our national, community-based CHASING COVID Cohort study of SARS-CoV-2 is out (http://bit.ly/3arAvmB ). We looked potential risk factors for SARS-CoV-2

Dave the Dolphin #FBPE 🐬 🇬🇧🇪🇺 💙

DavidWibbleone

Johnsons Mistakes 1 / a thread1.The PM missed 5 cobra meetings at start2.The Government ignored warnings about pandemic preparations3.They allowed PPP stock to run down despite warnings in 2018 report4.Delayed

Jesse Sharkey

SharkeyCTU1

(thread) I just lost my internet during my comments to the CPS BOE. Here's a summary of my remarks: I want to repeat CTU's call for school to start with

Partners In Health

PIH

Contact tracing is an essential pillar of infectious disease control. This is especially true for COVID-19. Follow the thread below to learn how care resource coordinators are also key to

killian

killianodris

Thread:So I decided to have a look at the claim that the schools aren't an issue for the spread of #Covid19. Based on the numbers since schools reopened and some

Natalie E. Dean, PhD

nataliexdean

A few tweets on a topic that keeps coming up in discussion. There are many different types of vaccine efficacy - efficacy against infection, against transmission, against disease, and against

Céline Gounder, MD, ScM, FIDSA

celinegounder

@NYChealthy took a beating in the @NYTimes over the weekend: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/21/nyregion/nyc-contact-tracing.html It's a bit more complicated. Got an inside (but on-the-record) look at NYC's #contacttracing data toda

Atul Gawande

Atul_Gawande

This is beyond alarming. Yes, the mortality curve is flat and the young are the biggest source of cases unlike before. But hospital beds in these states are filling. And

The Sharing Scientist

ScienceShared

I think a lot of the discourse around new rapid tests has become slightly toxic.They have clear advantages & limitations, and I think I have covered this clearly enough in

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