#Epidemic

Trevor Bedford

trvrb

From Aug 2020 to Mar 2021, the lagged case fatality rate (CFR) of the US #COVID19 epidemic had remained largely constant at ~1.5% and provided a simple method to predict

Haleema Khan

haleemak_

:Total cases: 878,000Deaths: 23,000:Total cases: 252,000Deaths: 5,266Why the difference? It boils down to India's mismanaged and unplanned lockdown. The internal displacement triggered subsequently was the reason coronavirus spread in I

Matt Mackall

mpmselenic

So a lot of you are sharing the projections from IHME (https://covid19.healthdata.org/united-states-of-america). I want to draw your attention to a very optimistic assumption in their modeling.1/ Let's look at this

A Marm Kilpatrick

DiseaseEcology

What fraction of populations are exposed in huge #COVID19 epidemics & what drives transmission & exposure?Serosurvey from Spain finally published!Tons of major findings here & I haven't seen a detailed

Annie Bellet

anniebellet

Yes.The social determinants of health are far greater than anything within our individual power.We've all been sold a lie for years that if we eat "right" and exercise and whatever,

Bryan Wood

bryanwx

This is the best summary I've seen on transmission risks of COVID-19, including indoor dining at restaurants, grocery stores, passing by joggers outside, workplaces and parties. Highly recommend reading this

Nick🇬🇧🇪🇺

nicktolhurst

Timeline:1st week of MayRumours started circulating in media & govt: Dominic Cummmings had broken lockdown restrictions on more than one occasion.10th MayBoris Johnson arbitrarily, & against scientific advice, changed Govt

Toby Rogers PhD, MPP

uTobian

Autism is an epidemic. The first autism prevalence study (Treffert, 1970) showed an autism rate of less than 1 in 10,000 kids. Today the autism rate in the U.S. in

wilfred chan

wilfredchan

should i even do it...all right let's do it. https://twitter.com/ProleLumpen/status/1250256775741239296 A thread of @lausanhk articles that have called out anti-Mainland xenophobia among Hongkongers and Hong Kong protesters, from August 2019

Dr. Jane Clare Jones

janeclarejones

Patriarchy is a system of sex-based oppression, in which males *as a class* are dominant over females *as a class.* Patriarchy is inculcated and maintained by a system of gender

Mike Morrice

morricemike

When I was in Grade 3, one of my teachers asked my classmates & I to draw what we wanted to be when we grew up. I drew a goalie

@MacJordan

MacJordaN

The Coronavirus COVID-19 Pandemic: The Real Danger is “Agenda ID2020”, NFC Chip and Vaccinations. #COVID19 #CoronaVirus A thread: It seems, the more there is written about the causes of the

Prof Francois Balloux

BallouxFrancois

The instantaneous risk (i.e. at any time point) for a vulnerable person to get infected with #COVID19 in a random mixing population is simply the prevalence of the virus in

Niall Ferguson

nfergus

Because of course the @washingtonpost never, ever downplayed the risk of COVID-19. "Conservative media misinformation may have intensified the severity of the pandemic."https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/06/25/fox-news-h

MDE | CEED UNSAM

MDE_CEED_UNSAM

Les compartimos tres lecturas para hoy. Arrancamos con Philip Mirowski, una larga pero muy interesante revisión sobre Neoliberalismo.https://americanaffairsjournal.org/2018/02/neoliberalism-movement-dare-not-speak-name/ Seguimos con un impacto concre

Michael Govern Ready

mikegove12

Goveller’s TravelsAugust 26th The diversions of the court of Lilliput described. My good behaviour had gained so far that I began to conceive hopes of getting my liberty and I