#Transmission

Adam Kucharski

AdamJKucharski

How much could variation in social contacts and susceptibility influence the size of an outbreak (and hence notions of herd immunity)? Well, it depends on a few things... 1/ It's

John Burn-Murdoch

jburnmurdoch

NEW: time for a proper thread on B.1.617.2, the subtype of the Indian variant that has been moved to "variant of concern" today by Public Health England.First, it’s clear case

Tim Bousquet

Tim_Bousquet

I'm sure everyone has seen the number 37 for new cases. That hasn't been officially confirmed, but seems probable as it was on a provincial platform. I was getting multiple

Bob Wachter

Bob_Wachter

1/ Covid (@UCSF) Chronicles, Day 136San Francisco is experiencing a surge, so it might seem odd to focus on what SF has done –& continues to do– right. But w/

Richard Chambers

newschambers

Latest #HSE media briefing just getting underway. .@paulreiddublin: There continues to be a very concerning trend in hospital numbers.238 in hospital, 29 in ICU. In recent weeks, 25% of those

Carl T. Bergstrom

CT_Bergstrom

1. A somewhat more technical thread than usual.I'm trying to understand the new @UW_IHME #COVID19 forecasting model that was released this morning. Here is a web page with background, a

Richard McManus

RichardJMcManus

This morning I am going to consider self-monitoring of BP and its management by pharmacists. In the UK this could form an important part of remote management in PCNs @Shahed__Ahmad

Dr. Yash Patel

scalpel_heals

Here are my 2 cents health care professional on Where did india go wrong in this second SARS-COVID-19 wave : (long thread alert) 1- POOR ANTICIPATION: Afterall, covid is a

Ben McCluskey

BenkersBen

We now have the much-awaited report from the UK’s Global Travel Taskforce.Good points, and disappointing points.Here’s my thread breaking it down... Traffic light system confirmed: Hotel quarantine for

Jade Eloise Norris

jadenozzz

On 'lockdowns don't work'...Sorry if it hurts, but they do.Sorry if this also hurts - but whether they 'work' is not the question. The question should be whether they are

Stephen Goldstein

stgoldst

I want to spend a bit of time clearly laying out where #SARSCoV2 probably comes from, and how it could have ended up in Wuhan. Though it can't be ruled

Mikhail Kats

mickeykats

1/ Per request from @physicoyle, here is a discussion about this question about total internal reflection. The picture on the left is certainly wrong because it’s not showing the reflected

Ottawa Sport Council

SportOttawa

We know that sport is paused for now, but when we are able to play again, the goal is to do so safely and responsibly.Follow us along the Ottawa #ReturnToPlay

Lou Raguse

LouRaguse

I'm following the U of MN Regents Meeting right now where they will decide whether to delay dorm move-in by two weeks and start at least the first two weeks

bhattsamir@gmail.com

DrSamirBhatt

https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(20)31357-X/fulltext#coronavirus-linkback-header Have deaths from COVID-19 in Europe plateaued due to herd immunity? There has been quite a bit of discussion regarding herd immu

J.D. Vance

JDVance1

First, in Denmark, a place that’s been hit reasonably hard, one serological test measured 1,000 people in the Copenhagen metro area, and another 244 in Central Denmark. 2.7 percent tested