#Mortality

Peter Castleden

peter_castleden

When a new virus emerges, there is naturally a reaction to worry in the absence of data. Epidemiologists will then typically use theoretical models to project the impact of the

Clive Peedell

cpeedell

As an #NHS cancer consultant , I have a public duty to raise the alarm that the Government is failing cancer patients during the #COVID19 crisis. A key cancer treatment

Laurie Garrett

Laurie_Garrett

None of the studies of #COVID19 treatment use of serum taken from survivors (aka convalescent serum therapy) show positive results, & @US_FDA has stopped approving its use.But @realDonaldTrump will announce

Stephen Parnis

SParnis

As I get back into it today, I'm getting very tired of that small but vocal group in our community who try to suggest that because the mortality associated with

Dr Dominic Pimenta

DrDomPimenta

Wow this is crazy ignorant from @richardm56 Let’s take it apart. /threadhttps://www.express.co.uk/comment/columnists/richard-and-judy/1323175/coronavirus-lockdown-figures-covid-19-death-toll So in the opening sentence @richardm56 finds a

Liberteur

Liberteur

Dr. Glanville’s antibody cure is coming in September.Ivermectin is working right now.The pandemic is over people! https://twitter.com/liberteur/status/1246254836749721600?s=21 https://twitter.com/Liberteur/status/1246254836749721600 The p

David Boulware, MD MPH

boulware_dr

What are the limitations of observational registry studies? One major issue is confounding by indication. How physicians act is not the same as a Randomized Clinical Trial testing a therapy

AnkiitKoomar

AnkiitKoomar

Ok, here is my problem with @ICMR numbers, According to a recent @TheLancet paper, the mortality rate of COVID-19 in China for symptomatic cases was 1.38%, if we compare it

Yardley Yeadon

MichaelYeadon3

Sometimes it’s useful to revisit basic concepts. We appear to have forgotten that immunity after viral infection is the rule, not the exception. “In this chapter, we highlight the principal

Murad Banaji

muradbanaji

Some #COVID19 rates: their meanings and implications (very roughly). Thread.- recovery rate- case fatality rate- infection fatality rate- mortality rate- test positivity rate- case detection rate Recovery rate: % of

John Lichfield

john_lichfield

France lost 368 Covid-19 patients in the last 24 hours, bringing the total death toll to 22,614. There were 198 new hospital deaths and 171 in care homes and elsewhere.

Paul Burrer

paulburrer

How deadly is coronavirus?Thread on #coronavirus #covid19 #SupplyChain I saw this thread last night That led me to do some back of the envelope math ( the only kind I

stuart mcdonald

ActuaryByDay

Latest ONS deaths data (to week ending 2 October) has been released.390 more deaths were recorded in-week compared to the 5-year average.Year to date there have been 13% more deaths

Lara 'Challah Black Girl' M

BlewishAnd

Tomorrow, Bob Marley and the Wailers may find themselves on Passover playlists, mainly Exodus and Redemption Song. These songs have a particular meaning when you are from the Jamaican and

BJ

bjmatthews13

how have we devolved into a country where 90% of republican voters are only voting that way because they've been fooled into thinking that late term abortion is a thing

Brian Monzo

BMonzoRadio

Heavily reported: ‘There’s a spike in Coronavirus cases (based mostly on more testing and people getting tested with no symptoms- which is fine and smart). What’s not reported: The staggering