#Transmission

Marc Lipsitch

mlipsitch

Tonight #DeborahBirx stated that models anticipating large-scale transmission of COVID-19 do not match reality on the ground. Our modeling (done by @StephenKissler based on work with @ctedijanto and @yhgrad and

Bill Hanage

BillHanage

Some things worth noting about this. 1) it really does look like a reinfection if the sequence is that different and typical of what is circulating in Spain 1/nhttps://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/24/health/coronavirus-reinfection.html 2)

Claudia Webbe MP

ClaudiaWebbe

Leicester’s Garment IndustryI’m inundated with reports of worker exploitation from citizens who simultaneously request anonymityUnscrupulous employers intimidate & threaten themIts been an ‘open secret’ for too long having been

Lara 😷 #COVIDisAirborne

Iamgoingtosleep

@mvankerkhove: you can not ignore this any longer. Please read and face the replies you have to this post, from HCWs, scientifics, engineers, citizens from all over the world, advocating

Jeremy Hunt

Jeremy_Hunt

Hospital acquired COVID-19 remains a major problem as it STILL accounts for 15% of COVID hospital patients: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/973495/S1147_CO-CIN_dynamic_report.p

Katie Hampson

hampson_katie

A few thoughts from almost 20 yrs of contact tracing another deadly virus @rabidbites 1/n Even with modern tech (that I’m hopeful for), contact tracing comes down to manual detective

Topher Spiro

TopherSpiro

"Our estimates suggest that the epidemic is not under control in much of the US: as of 17 May 2020, the reproduction number is above the critical threshold (1.0) in

Youyang Gu

youyanggu

Here's one danger of data:Child abuse cases are way down during this pandemic. Does that mean there's less child abuse happening? Of course not.If schools are closed and children are

Alasdair Munro

apsmunro

Lots of talk about schools and #COVID19 today, which is no surprise!Time for a bumper thread on the evidence we have so far on schools, children, teachers, and #SARSCoV2 plus

Eric Feigl-Ding

DrEricDing

New higher R0 from CDC reanalysis... it’s a 5.7!(95% Confidence Interval: 3.8–8.9). Wowzers. This much higher #SARSCoV2 R0 value carries lot of implications for vaccines and treatments and containment measures

Sahil Kapoor

SahilKapoor

RBI policy preview and some more ideas. A short thread.1. Expect 25bps rate cut, it's a close call though. But rate reduction should continue with 0 nominal growth in FY21.

Ben Zurawel

BenZurawel

Can we talk about new Coronavirus Regs 5(3)(g), 5B & 5C vs. the need for certainty in criminal law, please? @AdamWagner1 @thebrieftweet @Joanna__Hardy @davidallengreen @BarristerSecret A particularly absurd example -

ECDC HIV AIDS

ECDC_HIVAIDS

In 2017, 26 164 people were diagnosed with #HIV in the 31 countries of the EU/EEAThe overall slight decline in new diagnoses in the seems to be driven by

Pradheep J. Shanker

Neoavatara

Lot of people are really trying to change history by stating when our leaders should have acted.I think Trump was far, far too slow. But dates people are suggesting are

Esther Choo MD MPH

choo_ek

My church is not gathering for in-person worship, in excess of state mandates, to keep us all safe. It’s a blessing that our pastor cares about our whole being, spiritual

Kai Kupferschmidt

kakape

"So-called lockdowns and the impact on global travel and trade have already taken such a heavy toll”, says @DrTedros at @WHO #covid19 presser. "The global economy is expected to contract