#Epidemic

After much Upshot consideration, we have decided that the best way to track coronavirus in the U.S. is by looking at what’s happening in metro areas. So we bring you
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Okay, I just saw this image pop up when I was bullying a Nazi elsewhere on this platform as a way to justify hating the LGBT+ community, and I am
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A thread of all the brands #WangYibo is currently endorsing.Most of those endorsements are directed to youth, and Wang Yibo is considered as a positive energy, a multifaceted young artist
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It’s been obvious for weeks now that a Wuhan-style shutdown was inevitable in the world’s second-biggest country. Despite having time to plan, government officials are putting India's urban poor in
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things i was wrong about, an incomplete and ongoing list as i think of things: i was wrong about the degree to which trump's advisors would try to push him
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Why this particular phase of the UK response so infuriating and frustrating? I think it’s because it increasingly feels like a pantomime of public health The current guidelines aren’t real
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I love reading so here’s a little thread of books that may be of interest - they have all influenced my clinical practice, research & activism in some way. #medtwitter
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1. In 1767, the Gazette de Québec reported that a werewolf was on the loose in Canada. 2. It was far from the first “loup-garou” to terrorize Quebec. There’d been
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I’m still chewing on why some white women feel the desire to appropriate Blackness, & yet I bristle at being dismissed as a white woman. I *am* white, but as
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I wanted to discuss the degree to which population immunity may be contributing to curbing #COVID19 in Florida, Arizona and Texas, where recent surges have resulted in substantial epidemics. 1/16
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What does your ideal, comprehensive COVID-19 dashboard look like? The decades-long experience with HIV surveillance gives us some guidance, I believe. Importantly, it suggests that multiple measures are key to
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Today, Denmark lifted *all* restrictions, while cases are soaring.The international reaction: Disbelief.I am leading the largest Danish project on pandemic behavior & I am advising the gov.Here is why Danes
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My blog post in #MinistryofFacts is here.ARE WE TESTING INTELLIGENTLY?Now after analysing the present trend, my analysis show that Indian may cross 80,000 infections by 15th May and 1,00,000 infections
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Thread: 1) Massive PCR testing campaigns are resulting in the quarantine of healthy individuals, temporary business & school closures, mask mandates, & unnecessary panic and fear. Damage is being done
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I was hesitant to bring attention to this but I suspect it will be picked up soon. I am concerned that a recently posted preprint will cause another panic about
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with virologists. What about Spain, South Korea, California, who have much higher capacities - are they also reliant on Roche? The truth is the govt was sleeping on the wheel
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