#Infections

Public service announcement thread: 1- If asked when contacting your GP Practice if you have any respiratory/infection symptoms (cough, fever congestion etc), please don’t say no and then tell the
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It’s good to obey the law and you should absolutely do so.Also, the actual risk that churches of
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#COVIDー19 R number is rising in UK.R indicates the ability of an infected person to infect others. Without protective measures, R value for flu is 1 and the R value
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1. An hour ago I posted a thread explaining the concept of herd immunity and the problem of overshoot, whereby an epidemic infects more people that are required for herd
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1) When Quebec’s top public health officer announced a ramp-up in #COVID testing, he predicted an inevitable increase in cases. However, the opposite has occurred in Montreal in the past
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I'm shocked at the amount of people on T that aren't aware of atrophy and I admit, I wasn't told much about it I had to find out myself people
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1/ Texas hospitals are running out of drugs, beds, ventilators and even staff.Many hospitals are no longer accepting transfer patients in order to maintain space for a surge that’s expected
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Covid-19 spreading too fast to lift lockdown in England. Agree with John & clear science advice. TTI has to be in place, fully working, capable dealing any surge immediately, locally
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I'm rapidly losing my temper with the media. Primary response antibodies are a pisspoor mesure of immunity and the presense of antigen specific T cells are quite literally the entire
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If you’re part of the “COVID-19 doesn’t kill that many people” crew, keep in mind there’s mounting evidence of long term cardiovascular damage related to it. “I’m not afraid of
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US infections made a new record today, topping 70,000.(1/5)@chrismartenson @ErikSTownsend @MishGEA @ttmygh @EpsilonTheory This is not merely more testing (bottom panel), but also a rise in the positivity rate (top
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Anecdotal reports from NYC of improved outcomes in serious hospitalized COVID-19 cases using 1.5 grams of vitamin C by IV, 3-4 times per day, based on similar early reports from
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Milwaukee’s health commissioner has now tied 40 coronavirus infections to the April 7 election.https://www.wuwm.com/post/40-coronavirus-cases-milwaukee-county-linked-wisconsin-election-health-official-says “It’s incredibly safe to go out” on Election
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is anyone else having problems with the CDC Covid Data Tracker site?? wont seem to load any data and the only thing i can manage to bring up after refreshing
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New paper showing very high household transmission of COVID-19 in US. I haven't seen detailed summary, so here's one. There's a ton here to think about. Kids, culture, COVID.Thread.https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/69/wr/mm6944e1
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We have the protocols. Now we know how there will very likely be an Emergency Use Approval (EUA) for a vaccine prior to November 3. The company and political motivations
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