#CoronaVirus

Kevin Fox 🦊😷

kfury

The CDC published propaganda yesterday pushing that schools must to be opened for the greater good of the child. It repeats several times that Covid isn't as dangerous for children,

Anand Menon

anandMenon1

More fascinating stuff from @thesundaytimes on the Government's strategy for dealing with the virus. Well worth a read. Damning on the delays in imposing lockdown (1/5)https://www.thetimes.co.uk/edition/news/three-weeks-of-dither-and-de

𝗙𝗼𝗼𝘁𝗯𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗦𝘄𝗶𝘀𝘀 - (Stay at 🏠)

FootballSwissEN

BREAKING: After orders from the Federal Council: ALL domestic league games in Switzerland this weekend are postponed due to #coronavirus fears.The media conference informed the public that all events with

🕯James Neill - 😷 🇪🇺🇮🇪🇬🇧

jneill

1,011 "excess deaths" in w/e 27th March vs 5 year average. https://twitter.com/jneill/status/1247451835193077760 Analysing Total Deaths by key age bandsWeek 13, 2020 vs 5 year average* ages 0 - 64 :

Rachel Baxendale

rachelbaxendale

Victoria didn’t get to 7880 active cases on August 11 by accident. This table, with thanks to @migga, shows what happened with contact tracing in Victoria & NSW from the

Aaron Rupar

atrupar

Trump begins his first post-coronavirus diagnosis speech by telling his adoring fans at the White House, "we gotta vote these people into oblivion. Into oblivion. Gotta get rid of 'em.

Brad Setser

Brad_Setser

Think the framing on this WSJ story is backwards -- real question is how long can China rely on the (weak) rest of the world to drive its own recovery

John Tedesco

John_Tedesco

1/ Another story about the importance of public data during a crisis: COVID-19 outbreaks at nursing homes raise questions about transparency, safety of elderly residents: https://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-texas/houston/article/Nursing-hom

Nick Wooten

ByNickEWoot

I'm back after a brief absence, and here's today's data. It's the second straight day of 100+ reported COVID-related deaths in Georgia. (This reflects when deaths are reported, not when

Jan Korsanke

JanKorsanke

Viewing the #COVID19 crisis from a systemic thinking perspective. One of the best articles I've read in a while. Thanks @zeynep for putting that piece together. https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2020/03/what-really-doomed-americas-co

Simon campbell

thewiltonweigh

Point being corona is new, but epidemiology and public health isn’t. Plenty to learn from past “lockdowns”https://www.nih.gov/news-events/news-releases/rapid-response-was-crucial-containing-1918-flu-pandemic https://www.nationalgeographic.com/history

Office for National Statistics (ONS)

ONS

As part of our response to #coronavirus, we have published new weekly data on the social impact of the #COVID19 pandemic.Our new survey (beginning 20 March 2020) looks at people’s

Alistair Coleman

alistaircoleman

There’s a ridiculous conspiracy theory going around that the government is advertising the fact that it’s using 5G towers to spread coronavirus on [checks notes] the new £20 note. “Look!”

Ann Vandersteel

annvandersteel

The #CoronavirusPandemic has taught us much:1. We are strong, resilient nurturing 2. Life will go on3. #COVID2019 deaths increase w/co-morbidities4. Reports all over saying hospital traffic way down 5. Social

Editing TheGrayLady

nyt_diff

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Kevin Draper

kevinmdraper

New reporting: UFC 249 was canceled after California Gov. Gavin Newsom called Disney to express his concerns with the eventhttps://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/09/sports/ufc-249-canceled.html On a more personal note, @danawhite told an ESPN reporter