#Epidemic

Louise

LLocock

First Admira Ismić, a young Bosnian Muslim, killed by snipers trying to escape Sarajevo with her Bosnian Serb fiancé Boško Brkić. This is one of a series of astonishing, meditative

Ron Henzel Social Distanced Before It Was Cool

ronhenzel

1:On April 11, clinical researcher & epidemiologist at Stanford University’s School of Medicine, Dr. John Ioannidis & 16 of his colleagues produced a study titled, “COVID-19 Antibody Seroprevalence in Santa

Nick Carmody JD, MS Psych

Nick_Carmody

The Corona Virus epidemic highlights major problems in the political climate:1) Similar to Climate Change, the politicization & subsequent denial of a scientific (medical) issue threatens millions/billions2) The effect of

Lyman Stone 石來民 🦬🦬🦬

lymanstoneky

I strongly agree that the curve is flattening in NY. In fact, it's flattening.... almost everywhere.And not because of lockdowns. I strongly support this paper's thesis:What's flattening the curve is....

Andy Slavitt 🇺🇸💉

ASlavitt

COVID Update September 21: As the world approaches 1 million deaths, and the U.S. 200,000, where we go from here is the most important thing.And there is a simple trick

Garrett M. Graff

vermontgmg

THREAD: I spent last week collecting the stories of New Yorkers at the epicenter, telling the story of their horrendous COVID-19 epidemic in their own words for @WIRED's living oral

Pajamas It Is

HeckofaLiberal

THREAD: For those still claiming the “longterm effects” are unique to #covid19 haven’t been paying attention to other viral illnesses. Let’s take a look: 1/https://erj.ersjournals.com/content/45/5/1463 Many viral illnesses including

Prof. Gavin Yamey MD MPH

GYamey

The reopening of UK universities: THREAD.With a rising number of new daily infections, clearly there is a risk of clusters/outbreaks from reopening unis & bringing all students back to town

Matt Tyson

tysonfilm

Might as well start a thread here about states (or the federal government) downplaying/lying about COVID-19 numbers to make themselves look better. Because...https://twitter.com/hshaban/status/1262589109517733888 It seems to be a thing in

Coronavirus Updates - Alexander Higgins

kr3at

A flawed #coronavirus antibody study in Santa Clara California estimates:1. Infections are under-reported 50 to 85-fold2. 2.49% to 4.16% of the population is infected3. The #covid19 death rate is 0.12-0.2%:Here's

TBPPM Learning Network

tb_ppm

All #healthcare facilities (public + private) need strengthening in this crisis to respond to people's needs. We need 'all hands on deck' and not sideline #privatesector healthcare (1/5) @dav3c1arke @hellowell_mark

Alison Lynn Hill

alison_l_hill

New preprint out with @AnjalikaNande +@michaelzlevy + B. Adlam + J. Sheen: We dig into understanding how both the clinical course and transmission network structure of COVID-19 influence the epidemic

Lindsay Wiley

ProfLWiley

1/ Cuomo and others are starting to talk (in very vague terms) about their plans for gradually easing social distancing (eventually, not soon). This raises some important legal and ethical

Rachel Donadio

RachelDonadio

Macron: "Were we prepared for this crisis? Not enough. But we have faced the challenge." "Let's be honest, we lacked gowns, PPE, disinfectant gel, we weren't able to distribute enough

Robin

TruthAgape

If I had the prolife platform to speak at the RNC or DNC, this is what I would say. (A thread)The pro-life movement is a very diverse and welcoming movement.

Michelle Tandler

michelletandler

I believe this is a pretty risky pilot/study to launch. Namely, because the n is so small that a single additional infant or maternal death would represent a 170% and