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Céline Gounder, MD, ScM, FIDSA

celinegounder

1/ THE NUMBER ONE #COVID #coronavirus topic right now? SCHOOL REOPENING. Here's my first of a couple threads on the topic, starting with some thoughts on K-12. 2/ K-12 shouldn't

Branko Marcetic

BMarchetich

After winning what we're told was an incredible mandate on wrestling the pandemic with science, Biden is defying scientific consensus and saying neither lockdown nor mask-wearing past 100 days is

el gato malo

boriquagato

much health policy in 2020 has been sold as a trolley problem. you could pick "economy" or "lives" but not both.this has never been true. lockdowns and travel bans and

Pierre Azoulay

pierre_azoulay

@mattyglesias hits it out of the park this morning with a post of the US' COVID response. I second every word but as a wonky academic I want to add

Dr Asim Qureshi

AsimCP

[Thread] On day 1 of Lockdown 2.0 in the UK, it's worth reflecting on the ways in which the UK government responds to crises, and the ways in which it

Richard Watts #STAYSAFE

RichardWatts01

Between 2006 and 2010 I ran the @Childrensfood campaigning to improve children’s diets with great colleagues like @Kath_Dalmeny and @jackieschneider. We were calling for things like protecting kids from junk

Al Jazeera English

AJEnglish

Thread As new coronavirus strains emerge and infect more people, questions loom over the effectiveness of vaccines.Here’s what you need to know about the most concerning COVID-19 variants 1-

Dirk Auer

AuerDirk

Very glad to have been interviewed about vaccine passports by Belgian newspaper @lalibrebeBasic argument is that policymakers should put in place a system of vaccine passports - essentially enabling firms

Niraj Shah

_nirajshah

A short thread, incase it helps people who are detected with #Covid. I was, have likely come out successfully and have learnt a lot, about #COVID19 care (1/n) Do homecare

Hugh Harvey

DrHughHarvey

This is fairly unprecedented - the @US_FDA is considering waiving 510(k) regulatory approval for 84 types of class II medical devices including these AI-driven ones:https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2021/01/15/2021-00787/making-perm

Jennifer Williams

JenWilliamsMEN

More people waited 12 hours-plus at Pennine Acute hospitals last month than anywhere else in the country, with Oldham especially hard hit. This isn’t just normal winter pressures though. These

Judd Legum

JuddLegum

1. Among Houston-area @Kroger workers, there have been 347 COVID cases — and 2 deaths — since December 28Despite record profits, Kroger canceled its $2/hour hazard pay in MayIt's much

Eric Feigl-Ding

DrEricDing

Holy crap—“WE WANT THEM INFECTED”. WH & HHS advisor demanded “herd immunity” strategy. Disgusting!“Infants, kids, teens, young adults, middle aged w/ no conditions have 0 to little risk—so we **use

Kirstin Manges

kirstin_manges

1/ Monday 8/10 a #Derecho w 115+ mph winds covering 700+ miles hit the midwestIt destroyed THOUSANDS of homes, fields, & businesses. There is no real coordinated response efforts in

Lindsay Wiley

ProfLWiley

Prioritization isn’t supposed to be about policing whether the right person shows up for vaccination in response to a cattle call. It’s supposed to be about doing the work to

Elisabeth Jacobs

jacobselisabeth

I did some quick demographic homework/back-of-the-envelope math, and the racial equity implications of DC's vaccination numbers are incredibly stark + troubling (1/4): https://twitter.com/tweetelissa/status/1350221510015930369 Just 1% o

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