#Transmission

Andrew Morris

ASPphysician

Today—along with other colleagues—we are calling on governments to pursue a #COVIDzero strategy. There are many ways that this can be pursued but acceptance of various levels of low cases

Natalie E. Dean, PhD

nataliexdean

Tomorrow I'll be on Good Morning America talking about dining out at restaurants. I don't know about others, but I find these types of "Should I do this? Or that?"

Prof. Gavin Yamey MD MPH

GYamey

I'm not an ethicist but would love to get a public health ethicist's take on something that has been troubling me (@prof_goldberg?)Some middle-income nations (e.g. Mongolia, Vietnam, Thailand) have done

KeepTalkingAboutSchools

sallyrussell124

What are @BBCWales @BBCNews thinking? This article contains the message that schools are safe and no evidence of transmission in schools. STILL. They really do think people are stupid. #SafeEdForAll

Kimberly Prather, Ph.D.

kprather88

A new paper (coming out in 2021) proposing an expanded "new" model for "airborne"....sounds familiar. (1/4)https://cmr.asm.org/content/34/1/e00184-20 Consequently, we propose a revised and broader definition of “airbor

Christian Odendahl

COdendahl

A little public service: the main arguments from Germany’s chief virologist @c_drosten, on the new UK #mutation – from this interview in @dlf this morning.https://www.deutschlandfunk.de/coronavirus-mutation-in-grossbritannien-virologe-d

Dr. Lynora Saxinger 🇨🇦

AntibioticDoc

COVID-19 transmission questions: If we can help demystify "where, who, how long" risks maybe we can focus energy on the BEST prevention (because it's exhausting and diminishing returns set in

Carl T. Bergstrom

CT_Bergstrom

A couple of months ago, I was astonished at @GovKemp's reckless May 31 executive order that gave the go-ahead for overnight camps in his state. It went about as well

Megan Ranney MD MPH 🗽

meganranney

Today, the first time, CDC says "Fully vaccinated persons who meet criteria will no longer be required to quarantine following an exposure to someone with #COVID19."THIS IS HUGE. A thread

Another Angry Woman

stavvers

Ending bubbles is a drop in the ocean when call centres, a room full of people talking, are open.https://twitter.com/PippaCrerar/status/1348202459064360961 An effective "stricter lockdown" is one which aggressively enforces workpl

Philippe Lemoine

phl43

I'm glad the claims based on Flaxman et al.'s paper were removed, and I appreciate the willingness to quickly make corrections after I pointed out the issue, but unfortunately the

Conor Ruzycki

caruzycki

1/ @CMOH_Alberta blaming HCW for hospital outbreaks in failing to use the "appropriate precautions" at all times during their shifts is... interesting (see answer at https://youtu.be/5zywZaL_6rs?t=1109), given that AB's recomm

The Bastion

_thebastion_

1/n Story of the Day [THREAD]:As development projects are making their way through the #Thar desert, camel herders are suffering from dwindling returns. Can protecting the desert revive the rearing

Eric Feigl-Ding

DrEricDing

SOBERING—Pediatric #COVID19 hospital admissions in Arizona has risen a lot — January so far is already 5x October. Kids are immune? No. Kids less susceptible? Slightly, but...Kids more exposure than

Alasdair Munro

apsmunro

"If there's one thing we learn from history, it's that we don't learn from history"A new study from India looks at #COVID19 contact tracing And now reported, "[children] transmitted the

Topher Spiro

TopherSpiro

Now that everyone better understands airborne transmission, I want to lay out a hopeful near-term strategy that should be feasible. 1/ Up to this point, most of the focus has

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