#Disease

THREAD: This is a critical, must-read, nuanced document from @AAPNews (the American Academy of Pediatrics) that is strongly supportive of in-person instruction. I'm going to quote several important segments.https://services.aap.org/en/p
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1) Quote thread from article, 'Arthur Firstenberg’s Findings About Masks: Probing The Microbial Cosmos (Invoking The Work of Lynn Margulis)', August 12, 2020https://www.thetruthbarrier.com/2020/08/12/arthur-firstenbergs-findings-a
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New paper with @stevenstrogatz is online!We ask: If an infectious disease mutates as it propagates, what fraction of the population will catch the mutant strain? How does this depend on
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Two preprints recently make an important point: for any infection, including COVID-19, it is possible that herd immunity can be accomplished with more than 1/R0 of the population still susceptible.
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The truth about pertussis (whooping cough).A thread.h/t Ashley Everly, toxicologist #pertussis #WhoopingCough #vaccines We have been fed the following lies:(1) That the pertussis vaccine is effective; that it prevents whooping
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We’ve reached forced sterilizations in America’s concentration camps. Detainees weren’t given face masks until late April, & ICE has refused to test those with symptoms of Covid-19. Human beings are
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JUST IN—CDC is changes how “close contact” is defined. Instead of previously defining “close contact” as >=15 *consecutive* minutes w/in 6 feet of #COVID19 case, it’s now w/in 6 feet
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ANALYSIS: A month since lockdown, finally the sacrifices made are paying off. Death rates at a plateau, transmission rate below one. Now politicians have to decide what comes next. The
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1) Y’all this fake indigenous woman created by white woman is so disgusting. I have been stuck on it for a few days. Talked to some of my other indigenous
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Happy Thursday!I'm about to do a thread, as I do every day. This thread is from the Editorial Board, my newsletter. This is my job. This is my livelihood. My
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Why did so many New Yorkers with COVID-19 wait until it was too late to call an ambulance?Many patients were from ZIP codes where underlying health issues are common, but
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It's gonna drive me nuts if ignorant people keep saying "wear masks", so I'll pin this thread explaining why it's wrong once I'm done. Some don't understand how Indirect Transmission
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This should be obvious to anyone with half a brain, but I'll explain my reasoning to those who are more than just intellectually challenged:https://twitter.com/mujaya_/status/1325481912501067778 1. English is a post-enlightenment langua
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But these are not normal times. And it’s not a legitimate story not when weighed against the President and Vice President refusing to rule out a coup. (4/17) Trump has
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Post your wildest Trump/COVID predictions in the replies below. I'll get the ball rolling with a few. If any of these come true the poster gets eternal Twitter fame. Trump
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Gunjan Saxena and the disease of miscasting that continues to plague Bollywood. So I woke up to the trailer of the upcoming film 'Gunjan Saxena - The Kargil Girl', all
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