#CoVID

Al Jazeera English

AJEnglish

THREAD COVID-19 isn’t the world’s ‘great leveller’.It’s impact has revealed how the social and economic inequalities that surround us are much deeper, more pervasive and much more problematic than we

Kalipso Chalkidou

kchalkidou

UK NAO watchdog on vaccine spend: over £11bn committed; indemnity protection for pharmacompanies in event of liabilities/legal action due to adverse effects: in 4 out of five contractsagreed, no cap

Katerini T. Storeng

KStoreng

On this week's #Urixnrk, @msfnorge and I discussed vaccine politics, global solidarity and the imperative that vaccine producers like @pfizer @moderna_tx & @AstraZeneca urgently contribute to equitable global access.

Julie Kelly 🇺🇸

julie_kelly2

LOL Psaki suggests CDC might issue new guidance to close indoor dining...all part of their pressure campaign to get their $1.9 trillion COVID package passed which includes $500 billion for

Beth Allan

adolwyn

One of the things that makes me so frustrated about all this education talk is that covid is giving us a perfect opportunity to re-imagine the whole construct of public

Daniel Probst

skepteis

1/nNever Mind the Bollocks: A major-ish Swiss newspaper published the following plot comparing Swiss COVID numbers to neighbouring countries yesterday. A short thread looking at how bad this plot is

erin mccann |

mccanner

In mid-November, a nurse went viral On Here with the claim that she had patients who, even as they were dying, refused to believe the coronavirus was real. Her tweets

NZ Human Rights Commission

NZHumanRights

Aroha mai, aroha atu whanau. As the Auckland region goes into lockdown, we have a few simple requests. COVID-19 is no excuse for racism or discrimination. Be kind

Lyman Stone 石來民

lymanstoneky

i mean by my count is 550,000 but YMMVhttps://twitter.com/sangerkatz/status/1350130677690331136 The math on this pretty simple.First, you take CDC's reported deaths. Then you make an adjustment for underreporting of recent deaths.

Atul Gawande

Atul_Gawande

NEWS: Important UK study of severe COVID risk by occupation. Healthcare workers = 8X risk vs non-essential workers.Social care (eg child/elder care) = 2.5X Transport =2.2XFirst responders=1.6X Teachers = 1.4X

Kay English Curtin

KayCurtin1

*Positive Hospital improvements post #COVID__19Today I had to attend the new Oncology Triage dept @CUH_CorkI don't normally post about my appointments but this care access pathway for Cancer patients is

Andrew Feinberg

AndrewFeinberg

NOW: @realDonaldTrump opens briefing by talking about @THEHermanCain, who he says "passed away from the China virus." The virus is called SARS-CoV-2."We mourn their loss," he says of the 150,000

Adam Briggs

ADMBriggs

PHE's COVID surveillance report covering 7th - 13th December landed today. It's difficult reading. It's just the second week since lockdown ended but case rates, hosp admissions, and now ICU

Jamie Chai Yun Liew

thechaiyun

Thread: Saw docs. As resesarcher I have concerns re how conclusions drawn since no past data that #s compared to - hope this doesn't fan flames re #birth #citizenship COVID19

Ian S. Hoffman

ianshoffman

Today, the White House announced that it will have American Sign Language (ASL) interpreters at all daily press briefings. In September 2020, @NAD1880 with @arnoldporter won a court order that

Laurie Garrett

Laurie_Garrett

The UK mutant B.1.1.7 form of #COVID19 first hit #Denmark on Dec. 14 -- a country that was doing a great job controlling the virus. But then is soared, by

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