#Infections

Stefan Aykut

StefanAykut

Current debates on an #exitstrategy follow a broader pattern. ThreadThere are 2 options:- Strict lockdown until the virus is under control (R0 low, infections low), then open, test & trace-

Gregg Gonsalves

gregggonsalves

This is what happens. We get ours (vaccines) & we forget about the pain & suffering of others. I saw this w/ AIDS in 1996, we got the drugs &

Adam Habib

AdHabb

Shabir Mahdi, one of our most eminent health scientists did a presentation to the Wits council on Friday afternoon. His presentation slides are available on this link: http://www.wits.ac.za/covid19/latest-news/test-test-test-says-wits-academic.html H

Dr. Rhonda Patrick

foundmyfitness

A new review article argues that all exercise improves immunity. During exercise, some immune cell numbers in the bloodstream increase dramatically but decrease immediately after exercise and then return to

Emily Deans MD 👻

evolutionarypsy

Cloth masks can carry virus and in universal practice are meant to protect others from you. Here’s a simple design for one with added filter. Pull out filter, wash mask,

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

Robert Gebeloff

gebeloffnyt

1) Republicans and Dems have ideological differences around the coronavirus crisis, but there is also a big gap in how the virus is hitting red and blue counties. New story

Heidi Cuda

Heidi_Cuda

KREMLIN IN CRISIS: “The effects of the pandemic on top of the oil price collapse and the country's main revenue stream appear to be destabilising the Russian regime.”-⁦@TheSun⁩https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/11483458/vladimir-puti

Dr Marie Casey

marietcasey

1. A lot of discussion about the need to balance the economy and also public health in decision making.Public health consultants understand this very well. A poor economy is bad

Online Eye Doctor

OnlineEyeDoc

EYE REDNESSHere's how you would know which is which and handle easily.Red eye is mostly due to swollen or dilated blood vessels in the eye making the eye look red.There

Chris Carroll MD

ChrisCarrollMD

A #PedsICU story about bronchiolitis that may be helpful to my adult colleagues who are struggling with who and when to intubate for #COVID19. A caveat to this. I know

Scott Gottlieb, MD

ScottGottliebMD

THREAD: We're not out of the woods in U.S. on #covid. While there are signs of slowing in some areas, and nationally we may have hit a plateau, we're still

Nisheeth Sharan

nisheethsharan

REALITYCHECKA doctor of repute with experience in Public Health & Adm shared the following insights on #Corona yesterday.1. 78% of #Covid19 infections are asymptomatic. Which means people get infected with

Ranu Dhillon

RanuDhillon

1/ The key – & challenge – to stopping #COVID19 is finding & breaking off enough asymptomatic/presymptomatic transmission. This ‘invisible’ spread seems to be driving the epidemic & making it

Remy Levin

RemyLevin

This hot take has been getting some attention today, so I think it's worth talking about why I think it's specious, and why the headline it comes with ("Lockdowns don't

Dr 「サマンサ」Sammie 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇪🇺🏳️‍🌈

curexcomplex

I'm gonna say this, one more time.Herd immunity is the process by which vulnerable people are protected by the rest of the population being immune, therefore preventing transmission of infections.