#Covid

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Sime0nStylites

The thing that gets me about Covid attitudes is the correct approach is to be sufficiently worried about it that you take all necessary precautions all the time. Let me

James Krellenstein

jbkrell

When I was 22, I watched a friend become HIV+ cuz he couldn't afford Truvada PrEP which cost s$1,300/m but costs

Ferrus Ignis

sovereignAK

If a manufacturer rolled out a medical device (like a pump, stint, or catheter) that resulted in 2 deaths in a million, it would be considered a candidate for revision/scrapping

Dave Blake, PhD

_stah

The argument to vaccinate HCWs first is really based on a sense of fairness/justice. They were fighting COVID. We owe them. The competing ethics are those of compassion. COVID is

AJ Kay

AJKayWriter

New study shows that "secondary attack rates" for asymptomatic carriers of C19 are about .3%. Since you can't have a .3 person, this means that roughly 1/333 people an

Bee Middlemast-Neal #GTTO #FBPE #BLM #Antifa #3.5%

Mistywoman1

Thread 1/ Context: My husband has 4 degrees, including a doctorate. He is a physicist and teaches in secondary school. He has been shouting at the TV this morning, which

Walker Bragman

WalkerBragman

This is so fucked up. Biden is just spreading outright misinformation about COVID.https://twitter.com/atrupar/status/1361863646385745921 A recent study from the ONS found that kids ages 12-16 were seven times as likely as

Ashish K. Jha, MD, MPH

ashishkjha

Really important news out of UKImportant for UK and the worldBut I have mixed feelings about the science hereSo what's the news?UK MHRA (their FDA) has authorized the Oxford Astra-Zeneca

Nick Brown

sTeamTraen

*** Please read the entire thread before responding! ***What is a tolerable level of deaths from COVID-19?*** Please read the entire thread before responding! ***/1 In the absence of an

Eric Topol

EricTopol

Big news: The JNJ vaccine results of 44,000 Phase 3 trial, a single dose. Overall 66% efficacy, with the contrast of 72% in US but 57% in South Africa, confirming

Milhouse Van Houten 😀

Milhouse_Van_Ho

The number of deaths from all causes in 2019 vs. number of deaths from or with Covid-19 in 2020-21. The average age of a death by or with covid-19 is

Charlotte Hughes. The Poor Side Of life

charlotteh71

So I became ill with #COVID19 4 months ago. I thought that I'd beaten it and started to feel better. I hadn't though. My condition worsened and I was very

Matt McKinney

_mattmckinney

It's discouraging to see where we're at with COVID, and even more so after witnessing a press conference Monday in which unmasked U.S. Senate candidate Jason Lewis shook hands and

Tim Bell

timpoliti

The top priority for #ScottyFromMarketing’s federal government in 2021 must be to ensure #coronavirus vaccines are available for everyone ASAP after their approval by the TGA.How’s that looking so far?https://www.health.gov.au/initiativ

Colin Angus

VictimOfMaths

The PHE 28-day measure of COVID-19 deaths has been falling in England since 20th January (and earlier for Wales), so I was hopeful that the @ONS data for the week

McBeardy 🇧🇼🇿🇦

Kitso_Morekisi

Spent the weekend learning about Covid-19. It’s such a smart virus. Unlike the HI virus which goes for CD4 white blood cells to get into the host body, Covid-19 utilizes

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