#Transmission

Marc Lipsitch

mlipsitch

Two preprints recently make an important point: for any infection, including COVID-19, it is possible that herd immunity can be accomplished with more than 1/R0 of the population still susceptible.

Dr. Jennifer Provencher, wears a mask

jenni_pro

On the #wildlifehealth agenda today - COVID and country foods working group seminar! Today, we are learning about SARS-CoV-2 in wastewater with Dr. Banu Örmeci and Richard Kibbee from @Carleton_U

Iain Duncan Smith MP

MPIainDS

The Chinese authorities were alerted to the threat the #coronavirus outbreak posed when human-to-human transmission was confirmed early December, just as they were about to sign a trade deal with

Natasha Kundi نتاشا کُندی

NatashaKLondon

You had a whole month of lockdown to sort your wardrobe out for Ramzan Transmission and this is what you could fine? Absolutely vulgar #fahadmustafa #fahdmustafa #ramzantransmission Just so

Megan Ranney MD MPH 🗽

meganranney

As an ER doc who has been not just treating patients on the frontlines, but also working to get adequate #PPE and public health guidance to people across the country,

Aditi Raja

aditijf

Authorities in Vadodara prohibit volunteers and police officials from distributing food to needy persons during #Covid19 lockdown to avoid transmission of virus. Officer on Special duty Vinod Rao says that

David Rodenhiser

drodenhi1

My #thread summary of this new paper: ‘Face Masks Against COVID-19: An Evidence Review’ @Ldnontmayor @st3v3turn3r @ElizabethPeloza @MohamedMOSalih @shawnwlewis @jesse_helmer @MaureenPCassidy @JoshMorganLDN @AnnaHopkins11 @ArielkeK @Heal

Mark Hubbard

MarkHubbard33

Here's how braindead life under government decree is ... take note @NZFinMin We wanted to online order 6 bottles of gin. However, government has decreed online seller can only accept

Gabriel Leung

gmleunghku

Just out: COVID-19 vaccine trials primarily assess prevention of virologically confirmed disease; NOT infection or transmission. An “effective” vax confers protection from disease but might not reduce spread...1/5https://twitter.com/the

State of Utah COVID-19 Response

UtahCoronavirus

Today’s monthly @pbsutah briefing for Thursday, October 22, 2020, is about to get started. It will also be streamed live at http://Facebook.com/govgaryherbert https://twitter.com/pbsutah/status/1319314587594813441 We are afraid that

🇨🇦 Bill Comeau Crush the Curve 📉

Billius27

There's an important #vaccine threshold you may not be aware of. This thread will give you a primer on "Critical Vaccine Coverage". Call it CVC.CVC is the coverage needed to

Kirsty Brimelow QC

Kirsty_Brimelow

Thread:It is clear that Cummings broke the government guidelines. It is offensive & distressing to those who have sacrificed travelling to be near family members to suggest otherwise. And Deputy

Hakique Virani

hakique

Our generation of public health doctors has seen SARS, pandemic H1N1, a drug poisoning epidemic and now #COVID19. Post-SARS commissions called for public-health independence. I wrote about that 4 years

Linsey Marr

linseymarr

https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.04.16.20067728v1 Beautiful detective work by Yuguo Li, re-enacting the scenario, reviewing video (no fomite or close contact between tables ABC). Shows transmission by microscopic droplets is the best expl

𝘔𝘢𝘵𝘵 𝘏𝘰𝘱𝘤𝘳𝘢𝘧𝘵 🦷

Matt_Hopcraft

UPDATE 8 Apr:Cumulative cases per capita - a definite flattening of the curve.Singapore now the same number of cases per capita as Australia, and New Zealand not too far behind.#COVID19au

Helen Ward

profhelenward

OK a thread.That didn't help, but we must focus on the big picture. As I wrote in The Guardian on 15 April, the key tasks are (first 4 remain the