#Epidemic

‏Ewen Bell

ewster

I need to do a quick shout out to the folks in Melbourne laboratories who are working hard to save a lot of lives.A thread. /1https://twitter.com/ewster/status/1248687920828936192 You may not be

bhattsamir@gmail.com

DrSamirBhatt

https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(20)31357-X/fulltext#coronavirus-linkback-header Have deaths from COVID-19 in Europe plateaued due to herd immunity? There has been quite a bit of discussion regarding herd immu

John Woodrow Cox

JohnWoodrowCox

Four years ago, I met two extraordinary children. Ava was 7, from rural South Carolina. Tyshaun was 8, from Southeast DC. They didn't know each other or have much in

Maestro Rayo

maestro_rayo

1/ Age-targeted mitigations vs general mitigations. Who should isolate? On a paper by @WesPegden and @ChikinaLab. 2/ We’ve come a long way in our C19 journey, we have learned so

Lee-Anne Pascoe

LeeAnneP8

I have been meaning to do a thread detailing @mvankerkhove & @DrMikeRyan's response to a question at the 13 April #COVID19 press briefing re: criticisms that @WHO was late to

larahartley0@gmail.com

red_delphinium

1/ stole this from a friend.For those of you complaining about Trump being blamed for the coronavirus/COVID-19 pandemic:I thought I would post a little history lesson for everyone on both

Chad Loder

chadloder

Whenever I’m interviewed by an American liberal about pandemic mutual aid, they ask solemnly “What will happen when the virus gets to Africa?“I keep explaining that most African countries had

Joe Marshall

Joe_Marshall0

*New* @instituteforgov report out today, ‘Overcoming the Barriers to Tax Reform’ from @gemmatetlow, @tompope0, @jillongovt, @sukh_ss (and me).https://www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/publications/overcoming-barriers-tax-reform#ifgtax #taxreform In 2

John Radoux #ScrapSI445

JohnRadoux

A thread: reasons to #ScrapSI445, in no particular order, followed by a personal story. The torture and murder of Dennis O'Neill:https://www.thetcj.org/child-care-history-policy/the-monckton-report-by-sir-william-monckton https://www.th

Women's Voices

WomenReadWomen

Transactivism promotes the sex industry despite the fact that it is dehumanizing and violent; women in the sex industry have on average a mortality rate 40x higher than the general

Sebastian Payne

SebastianEPayne

The dark side of lockdownAs the UK enters its fifth week in isolation and the Cabinet is split, the alarming side effects are mounting: abuse, paedophilia, depression, anxiety, scant cancer

Unfriendly Black²foot Otahkoapi’siakii

Pandabbadon

To be honest, I genuinely don’t know why people are surprised Bernie dropped out. I did kinda th ink he was gonna ride it out and MAKE the party choose

elliott dunstan, rabbit esq., lunarian achillean

fiversdream

tw suicide, COVID-19Hey, so, um, there's a big elephant in the room right now. COVID isn't the only epidemic happening right now - and it's come at a bad, bad

Bryan Alexander

BryanAlexander

All right, time to look into #coronavirus updates.Things are not good in many ways.(1/n) Here's the latest global epidemic curve from @WHO .Notice the huge swath from the Americas ("PAHO"

Nicholas A. Christakis

NAChristakis

Let's talk about school closures re COVID-19. It's a tough topic, scientifically and pragmatically. It's hard to estimate the benefits precisely. And closing schools can have costs, such as health

Prof. Christina Pagel

chrischirp

THREAD: what happened with COVID in September and where are we now? It's been an eventful month and there is good news and bad news... read on to find out