#Disease

1/Every human is vulnerable at individual level.Let's do a thought experiment.What if coronavirus is deadly like Ebola with 80% fatality rate?And if chennai is announced as hotspot for COVID, will
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A short tour through some of the Victorian legislation and statutory instruments made in response to the Spanish Flu epidemic of 1918-20. Under s 175 of the Health Act 1915,
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The Three 2020 World Wars (PART 1).The year 2020 gave the world a triple hit in less than two quarters. World leaders were taken unaware by the global ravaging scourge
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Okay, so I wanted to get some writing done, but a connection on here got attacked by some anti-vaxer after sharing photos of her cute babies. (They're super cute btw)
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This four-tweet thread has to be read to be believed. The nation is in mourning and in flames and infected with disease and this man has crafted a little narrative
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I’m not entirely sure where I’m going with this. But I’m noticing a serious lack of primary care inclusion in Ontario Covid discussion. Public health is a great specialty, so
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I would like to unpack Dr Yaffe’s comments (?) that once 3 people in a ltcf test positive for covid an outbreak is presumed and no further testing is required.1.
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Regarding the 2020-21 #AHL season: I have been told that teams would need roughly eight weeks (from the time that it is decided to proceed with a season) of lead
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If you are female you are not routinely screened for Ovarian cancer. I didn’t understand the symptoms and neither did my mate. She’s not here any more. The symptoms are
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I’ve been getting increasingly confident in recent weeks that we’re on the right path to defeating B.1.1.7 in the UK, and stand a good chance of ‘unlocking’ in May/June with
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Time to clear the air on #COVID19 The most important thread you read today!You want to survive and not become a death statistic?STOP what you are doing and read!The answer
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Years ago, marriages were carefully planned between individuals. Yes, there was love but most families looked beyond love to nitty gritties like can the man take care of the woman?
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Frying plantains increases your fat consumption. Choose the one with less oil.A cup of fried plantains can contain as much as 14g of fat, this is already bad for your
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Once covid vaccines launch, we might trick ourselves into believing they cause everything from colorectal cancer to diabetes to heart disease & lupus. Well-meaning data miners could do real harm.
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1/2Update with latest ONS numbers:* In the latest week of data (to 09OCT) there were 9954 deaths* In the same week in 2019, more people died (9973)* c19 deaths (green)
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I’ve seen too many pics of parks etc that use lenses this way. These two pics show the same people at the same moment.https://twitter.com/baekdal/status/1254460167812415489 eg here’s our park today with
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