#Transmission

Will Hayward

WillHayCardiff

[Thread]Let's take a look at the evidence underpinning the @fmwales decision to ban travel from Covid hotspots other parts of the UK.Mark Drakeford has pointed to three pieces of evidence

Nathan Stall

NathanStall

As the second wave of #COVID19 intensifies, I am deeply concerned about Ontario's #LTC homes.There are now 20 homes with outbreaks (https://www.ontario.ca/page/how-ontario-is-responding-covid-19), including Ottawa’s Extendicare West E

Liz Crash

AsFarce

you guys know about the Hendra virus right? it’s a bat disease named for the suburb of Brisbane where it was first discovered in humans. mostly white men and look,

Apoorva Mandavilli

apoorva_nyc

Is the coronavirus airborne? YES, according to 239 experts from 32 countries. But if so, why does @WHO still maintain that transmission by aerosols only happens after certain medical procedures?

Carl T. Bergstrom

CT_Bergstrom

I'm puzzled about the timing here. It's not clear to me that both POTUS and FLOTUS would be testing positive 48 hours after exposure. Prior exposure? Others infected? https://www.npr.org/2020/10/01/919344239/trump-adviser-hope-hicks

Dr. Lisa Iannattone

lisa_iannattone

Informative thread on B1617 in England. I disagree that the only thing that matters is that vaccines protect against severe outcomes. If vaccines are less effective against non-severe illness, the

Sue Weems

weems503

As we anticipate the approval of our Richland Two Reopening plan this week (which I fully expect to be approved, even if they want f2f by Sept 15 when I

Eric Feigl-Ding

DrEricDing

WORRISOME OUTBREAK—this one Canadian gym did almost everything right—6 feet apart, symptom screenings, cleaning, 50% capacity, masks before and after class. But no air ventilation improvement. Now an outbreak of

Geoff Brumfiel

gbrumfiel

THREAD: For the last few weeks there has been much speculation that the new coronavirus began as a lab accident in China. Today @emilykwong1234 and I dig into the science

Penny Midas Rollo

PennyMidasRollo

"UV lamp that safely kills coronavirus"If so, cd be used in hospitals, offices, planes + all "shared spaces". Reducing virus transmission at a stroke.Removing the need for masks, Covid vaccinations,

Simon Burall

sburall

This is doing the rounds on my Twitter feed this morning. I can see why it’s an in-depth dissection of the U.K.’s approach to the coronavirus. 1/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-britain-path-speci-idUSKBN21P1VF It’s going to

KJ Seung

kj_seung

"Self contact tracing" for COVID-19This is a real thing! In the past few weeks, we have seen multiple large clusters of people who have been traced largely by themselves. When

Adriana Barton

AdrianaBarton

Large studies on schools this week have dramatically different conclusions. Ones that show little spread (@CDCgov’s) tend to rely on case counts. Studies using methods such as antibody tests find

Ignoble Jim Houghton

JimRHoughton

Could I please prevail upon you read and comment [THREAD]:Here's an idea we came up with over a glass of wine last night for a path to economic recovery for

Eric Feigl-Ding

DrEricDing

AIRBORNE: It is airborne. Top aerosol expert Dr Prather comes out strong: “I have to say something cuz this could actually protect people”...What airborne transmission means is that: 6 feet

Bill Hanage

BillHanage

This thread is valuable for a *lot* of reasons in its own right. I am going to use it as an eg of the importance of sampling and genomic epidemiology