#ZeroCOVID

Wes Pegden

WesPegden

ZeroCOVID discussions have made contact-tracing-as-an-intervention a hot topic again. In particular, a contention frequently heard is that if we "get cases low" and then "build up the tracing system" test+trace

Adam Hamdy

adamhamdy

1. I believe the government is about to make another huge mistake. Where is @UKLabour in all this? I have some questions @Keir_Starmer should be asking urgently. Please RT to

M.P.

OmanReagan

Q: So why can't we just use a vaccine-only strategy where we just keep going like we have been and wait to get vaccinated? That's what the Biden administration is

Eric Feigl-Ding

DrEricDing

Reopening indoor dining after #COVID19 cases dropped during lockdown & hoping no outbreaks... is like switching back to eating bacon after dropping your cholesterol from eating vegetarian for 1

Tim Sarson

TimSarson1

#ZeroCovid gives us an early taste of a debate that will define the next decade in public health here and around the world. Scientific intervention and zero tolerance for harm

chris sutton

sutton_1B

Been thinking recently UK (& US) failure to learn from other countries throughout pandemic could be warning sign for upcoming #sustainability challenges. Policymakers been skeptical of responses originating outside Europe

Eric Feigl-Ding

DrEricDing

Coronavirus analogy for Starcraft...Remember Terran versus Zerg battles? Zerg evolve super fast & their swarms are unstoppable once they mutate/evolve and infect widely. Terrans can win only if stop Zerg

Dr Zoë Hyde

DrZoeHyde

(1/3) There are countries that have not been badly affected by COVID-19.Mortality (total deaths; deaths per 100,000):Australia : 909; 3.6New Zealand : 25; 0.5Singapore : 29; 0.5South Korea : 1,249;

Aoife Thomas Doyle

AoifeTDoyle

A thread on equality. And I do believe it is essentially about that. It is clear that a large % of our Healthcare workers are women.This is a fact. We

M.P.

OmanReagan

Why are we opening restaurant dining?All the science says: Do not do this. Consider 2 facts about COVID-19 that don't get enough attention:1. SARS-CoV-2 is transmitted predominantly through the air.2.

Eric Feigl-Ding

DrEricDing

BEAST MODE—the new B117 is a beast of a #SARSCoV2 variant. The variant adds ~ 0.4-0.7 to the R (Reproductive number). What could keep in check via containment, R

ᖇ⦿ᖘ Gonggrijp

rop_g

The EU has (so far) escaped what could have been the most serious and immediate threat to its existence to date. We can all count ourselves lucky that the extreme

Christina Pagel

chrischirp

THREAD: Takeaway messages from our @IndependentSage weekly briefing today. (TLDR: cases going up but slowly, act now, ditch central test and trace system, go local and drive cases down for

Adam Hamdy

adamhamdy

1. A short study in propaganda. This is a concentrated dose of how the British government tried to spin the emergency authorisation of a vaccine: a national triumph.https://twitter.com/rachaelvenables/status/1334418762909487106 2. John

Eric Feigl-Ding

DrEricDing

DIFFERENCE A VARIANT CAN MAKE: Early in the Oxford-AstraZeneca’s South Africa trial, before #B1351 variant became dominant, the AZ vaccine had a great efficacy of 75% risk reduction of

Dr Ali G #NHSBlueHeart💙- Please #WearAMask 😷🇪🇺

AlisonGeorge10

So as a society we have completely accepted that there’ll be NO CHANGES to #schools/#earlyyears settings to EFFECTIVELY MITIGATE 4 a deadly #airborne in poorly ventilated rooms packed w/ young

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