#Transmission

Dr Emma Hodcroft

firefoxx66

European countries have likely bought time by stopping/restricting UK flights to reduce 501Y.V1 (B.1.1.7) import. Vaccine rollouts are progressing, & spring is around the corner.But what do the next few

Chris Hopson

ChrisCEOHopson

23/31 WHAT HAPPENS NEXT? Speed at which covid transmission & hospital admissions slow down is key. Some evidence that increases in rate of infection starting to slow in parts of

Erin K Fletcher

ekfletch

I spent a few months in 2019 studying vaccine distribution logistics in Vanuatu and as we close out 2020 far short of the goal of vaccination 20m people in the

Derek Thompson

DKThomp

I wrote about Hygiene Theater and the challenge of navigating the fog of pandemic science.https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2021/02/hygiene-theater-still-waste/617939/“Follow the science” is practically a cliche now. But who do

zeynep tufekci

zeynep

I'd like to highlight a point about epistemology. Many people—scientists and journalists—with infectious disease experience immediately pegged this as the next potential SARS. It had all the hallmarks. Nothing was

Marc Daalder 😷 Wear a Mask, Scan QR Codes

marcdaalder

#BREAKING Ministry of Health says genome sequencing has linked one of yesterday's unlinked cases to a different variant of the virus than the current cluster. This variant was present in

IWGB

IWGBunion

BREAKING Anonymous @BBCRadio4 interview shows why lack of support for #frontlineworkers is costing lives. #Fight4OurFrontlineTHREAD"We haven't been put in a position where we are able to protect the

James Pickett

pickettzoda

an'ana / анъана / ئەنئەنە, the word for 'tradition' in modern Uzbek, Tajik, and Uyghur, has an interesting etymology connecting it to very early Islamic history. This word initially puzzled

Conor Ruzycki

caruzycki

1/ Nebulizers have taken a lot of flak recently, in large part due to the use of a neb by an asthmatic patient in an AUS quarantine hotel. There’s an

Peter Silverstone

Shrink_Wrapped_

Wearing face-masks reduces covid-19 transmission significantly.Unfortunately not enough Canadians wear them routinely. Why don’t they ?This thread gives reasons for conclusion that only by mandating their use will enough people

Ewan Birney

ewanbirney

COVID in Europe - my perspective this bright, sunny day in London. As ever, the main group I feel I am talking to here are journalists, who have to write

Orla Hegarty

Orla_Hegarty

[Thread] Will #Level5 work? Contacts between people are not all high-risk, & research says that most people with #COVID19 only transmit to 1 other person or fewer.. ‘It’s often not

Dr Alexandra Phelan

alexandraphelan

A lot of good discussion today about what we know and don't know about the new #SARSCoV2 variant in the UK. But what does this mean (if anything) for government

Sarah Zhang

sarahzhang

I wrote about how all the signs are pointing to herd immunity against COVID-19 becoming impossible. This is how the pandemic ends instead—because yes, it can still end. https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2021/02/herd-immunity-migh

Marc Morano

ClimateDepot

Horowitz: Exposing the maskerade: The questions every American should be asking about indefinite mask mandates - Conservative Review -https://www.conservativereview.com/news/horowitz-exposing-maskerade-questions-every-american-asking-indefi

lornemorrow

lornemorrow

I was born the same year as NASA & I was a space-nut. I followed the Mercury, Gemini & Apollo programs. I watched launches on a black & white TV.

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