#Infection

Simon I stand with Jackie Weaver’s Cat Myerson QC

SCynic1

A Covid murder trial. Thread of 13.This is a tale to chill the blood and cause barristers to wake screaming in the night. Ok, maybe not quite (only maybe) but

Aniekwe Donald

draizident

BURULI ULCER - The gory flesh eating bacteria.This image, scary huh? It is caused by a bacteria known a Mycobacterium ulcerans, the same family with the organisms that cause TB

James Felton

JimMFelton

I regret to inform you that chainsaws were originally invented for childbirth(close your legs and prepare ye for a thread, sources here: https://bit.ly/3jMoOdl ) When you see a chainsaw hacking down

Susitha Wanigaratne, PhD

SusithaWanigar

New @ICESOntario report, led by Dr. Astrid Guttmann, coauthored by myself, numerous colleagues and scientists, looked at COVID-19 in immigrants in Ontario using pop-based admin data. With imp. contributions by

Michael P Senger

MichaelPSenger

1/ Thread@rak3re aptly identifies a sudden shift in global consensus in early March, which led to endless lockdowns. But it’s vital to realize this shift didn’t just happen; the CCP

Prof. Azeem Majeed

Azeem_Majeed

THREAD: The Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine has been approved for use in the UK. My editorial in @bmj_latest discusses the logistics of Covid-19 vaccination, a public health programme that is essential

wheezylikesundaymorning

wheezylikesund1

Absolutely. Buzzing. Zoom call with @SFoodbanks, @IanByrneMP, and @Kartik__Raj #righttofood (wow)These guys are REAL heroes and they dont even know it - their hard work and passion keeps families afloat,

Dr. Tom Frieden

DrTomFrieden

1/14 COVID Epidemiology thread for the week, bottom line up front:The tide is turning but is still very high. Decreasing positivity rates in many areas, but still very high. Will

Dr David Berger #CovidIsAirborne STOP KILLING HCWs

YouAreLobbyLud

1/ THREAD OF PSYCHOPATHIC RESPONSES TO REQUESTS FOR BETTER PPE / INFECTION CONTROLI'll go first with a few I have encountered and you can add your own. Let's see if

Prof Darrel Francis ☺ Mk CardioFellows Great Again

ProfDFrancis

Tony Blair is (for once) right that the most efficient use of the limited vaccine supplies would be to give everyone (who wants it) one dose, and once that is

Bob Wachter

Bob_Wachter

1/ Covid (@UCSF) Chronicles, Day 177Nice to re-start our Covid grand rounds today. Available here: https://tinyurl.com/yyw5myns . We covered a range of epi issues (the shape of the pandemic, changing mortality

Narendra Shenoy

shenoyn

Filed under 'Inspiring People I've met' On a recent visit to Latur, we met Meeta Thakker who fed us some super delicious peanut chutney. This is a Marathwada staple, she

Edward Nirenberg

ENirenberg

Hiya soCOVID-19/SARS-CoV-2 vaccines are coming, and that's great! But you should be aware that the immune response they produce is somewhat intense (if they didn't do this they couldn't be

Dan Worth

DanWorth

Thread: I've been looking through various data sources to see how other major nations have handled Covid-19 and education/school policy and outcomes: https://www.tes.com/news/school-reopening-pandemic-plans-nations-compare-uk-france-ger

Bob Wachter

Bob_Wachter

1/ Covid (@UCSF) Chronicles, Day 259The vaccine news remains astoundingly positive. Reacting to my upbeat mood, a reporter asked me if there’s anything that keeps me up at night. Aside

Speaking Truth to Power since 1976

r_diamond

I've spent today toggling between being baffled and being angry - reading post after post from anti-maskers (HOW IS THIS A THING) and science-deniers, folks who follow 45 wherever he

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