#Transmission

Eric Feigl-Ding

DrEricDing

NEW—A single dose of Oxford-AstraZeneca #COVID19 vaccine provided strong protection in trials after the first 22 days: 76% efficacy (days 22-90). Also, when 2nd shot were delayed by >3 months:

Josh Michaud

joshmich

30% of Israel's population has received at least 1 dose of Covid-19 vaccine, but no indications yet that case numbers are coming down there (chart). A few reasons why this

Dr Alexandra Phelan

alexandraphelan

I disagree with folks dismissing the implications of the UK variant of concern. While individual behaviors to avoid transmission may not change, the impact at the population level is serious:

zeynep tufekci

zeynep

A study from Korea showing why indoor dining is unsafe and why airborne transmission matters. Case B infected case A from 6.5m (~21 feet!) away in *just five minutes*, and

Russell Gold

russellgold

Last year, I wrote a book (Superpower) about the absolutely needed, long overdue construction of a national power grid. (Link below.) Yesterday, proved why it is needed./small thread Yesterday, California

Michael Donnelly

donnellymjd

(1/15) As NY braces for more #COVID19 restrictions, let's understand why certain out-of-home activities are being restricted before others.In particular, why restrict indoor dining and bars before salons and gyms?Let's

Sniper

avarakai

Since ppl think, Chinese consulate burning documents is standard SOP, let me share something in the next few tweets. (I came to know about this when I was researching about

John Lees

johnlees6

Our report on real-time modelling of COVID-19: https://www.imperial.ac.uk/mrc-global-infectious-disease-analysis/covid-19/report-41-rtm/(not yet peer-reviewed)Our model is adapted to the situation in England. First: how R was changed by gov

Prof Peter Hotez MD PhD

PeterHotez

1/10: My latest thinking after speaking with several important people on our current vaccine dilemma. 2/10: Right now, we just don't have sufficient vaccine supply to go around, and we

Jonathan Mesiano-Crookston @/#COVIDisAirborne

jmcrookston

Guess I'll just do a quick post about this.Remember back in early 2020 when everybody was saying maybe masks would work to stop the spread? But certain people said nah,

Orla Hegarty

Orla_Hegarty

‘Mounting evidence suggests coronavirus is airborne — but health advice has not caught up’ ..distancing isn’t enough, evidence of transmission throughout rooms due to poor ventilation #schools https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-

therealarod1984

therealarod1984

'Thus far in 2020, 28,186 people under age 25 have passed awayOf those, 244 were due to #COVID1927,942, or 99.13% were due to other causes. Why isnt more effort being

Gabe Tabak

TabakGabe

: Before #energytwitter clears out for the holiday, I wanted to flag one topic that has not attracted a ton of attention: transmission technologies, and the (lack of) incentives to

The New York Times

nytimes

With coronavirus cases rising in the U.S., Europe and many other places across the globe, wearing a mask is more important than ever.In our animation, we’ll show you how effective

Dr. Alex Huffman

HuffmanLabDU

1/x On Friday I tweeted about a “huge” WHO update, but I didn’t feel it was pitched right, and I wanted to clarify & be more accuratehttps://twitter.com/HuffmanLabDU/status/1322199388937089024 2/x Releasing a

Chief Health Officer, Victoria

VictorianCHO

This is rightly worthy of celebration. After the toughest year for many Victorians, it’s important to recognise this achievement. It took all of us to get here and it was

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