#Disease

Jeremy PLEASE WEAR MASKS! Konyndyk

JeremyKonyndyk

America has lost our first 100,000 lives to COVID-19.Our "first" 100,000 because we face two futures in this pandemic: tolerating it, or fighting it.We can be Chamberlain, or we can

Emma Hilton

FondOfBeetles

A thread on cervical screening programmes. I teach about population screens. I refer to WHO guidelines on ‘what makes a good screen’, which includes criteria like a clearly-identified demographic, treatments

Kristine Erickson

rukristine

1/ There is widespread misunderstanding about the epidemiological models that prompted government decisions to issue stay-at-home orders and mandate business closures due to COVID-19. 2/ Teams at several universities, including

Amajahl Knowles

3AM__MO

Just as fast as the virus has spread so has the misinformation surrounding COVID - 19 which can be equally as harmful. In this thread you’ll find many of the

Ada Palmer @🏡

Ada_Palmer

This comment about my reflections as a historian thinking on the pandemic (form my AMA a few days ago) seems to have struck a chord with a lot of people

Omnipotent Moral Busybody

OBusybody

THE HORRIFIC COST OF LOCKDOWNSData from just the last 2 months: Cognitive decline (1,2) Mental health issues (3-7) Global disease (8,9) Missed medical care (10-12) Racial inequality (13,14) Learning losses

Shantanu Gaur M.D.

shangaur

1/UK PM Boris Johnson has declared a “war on fat” after confronting the role his #obesity played in his harrowing encounter with #COVID.In this #tweetorial, we’ll take a closer look

Jason Johnson

DrJasonJohnson

Everyone I know who's at all connected to the world is overcome with sadness and anger about the constant parade of black death (and attempted murder) and the equally sad

U.S. Surgeon General

Surgeon_General

(1/6) I still regularly get asked Qs about . Follow along to learn why you should #WearAMask, what to look for/avoid in one, and how to remove & clean it.

Kanika

_kanikas_

UPDATE: At least 611 deaths due to lockdown as of 22nd May. Even more (667) if we count the unclassified/unclear cases where there are strong suggestions of the death being

Francis Hoar

Francis_Hoar

First misleading statement from the PM: use of raw data without the context of the rising number of tests. Second misleading statement: ignoring the possibility of residual (T-cell) immunity. Third

Randy Barnett

RandyEBarnett

VIDEO: “Dr. Scott Jensen...got a 7-page letter from the Minnesota Department of Health [saying] if a patient died of, e.g., pneumonia, & was believed to have been exposed to COVID-19,

𝙱𝚛𝚒𝚝𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚢 𝙷𝚎𝚗𝚗𝚒𝚐 .

AgGirl_BHennig

#Plant2020 has arrived.Since I completed my LAST course EVERRRR (and it was soil biogeochem), let's discuss #clubroot + #soil: Soil moisture & the physical condition of the soil significantly influences

Jerm

mynameisjerm

The data keeps confirming that COVID-19 is barely worse than the flu.On 19 May, Dr John Ioannidis (et al) published their review of global cases, which found lethality ranging between

Brandi Buchman

BBuchman_CNS

Almost a year ago, a cancerous tumor nearly killed my mother where she stood. Thanksgiving and Christmas were sad affairs, heavy with worry. Things are by far better this year

Farmer Thor the Scientist ™️🇺🇸🚜

JortsAndCrocs

1/11 Why is it important to account for race and ethnicity when working with a genetic disorder, infectious disease, pharmaceuticals, or therapeutics? B/c genetics determine our biochemical response. Here is