#Transmission

Carl T. Bergstrom

CT_Bergstrom

So various media are reporting a new pandemic flu virus discovered in China.What does this actually mean? Let's look at the original paper. Actually, that's not so easy to do

Adam Kucharski

AdamJKucharski

How would a 'protect the vulnerable and let everyone else go back to normal' approach to COVID play out? I see three main scenarios, each with important consequences to consider...

Gupta Lab, Cambridge

GuptaR_lab

Given the dire situation in India and questions regarding the new variant B.1.617, the so called ‘Double Mutant’ we are sharing some prelim analyses on viruses with either or both

Senwelo Modise

Modise_SK

If you missed the interview, the issue was whether there was indeed a violation of privacy or not. The answer is yes.https://twitter.com/Modise_SK/status/1275401829606711296 Unsolicited commercial messages are intrusive. They violate a

Beth Allan

adolwyn

I will die on this hill: the only way to control community spread of covid, especially its variants, is to close schools. Not because there’s a bunch of transmission in

Miss Candid

MissCandid01

After several on-ground murmurs that led to media (nat & int) scrutiny, #Indore ramped up its testing. It is now under the radar of Centre.Time for Didi to stop politics

Tom Yates

tomayates

Some thoughts about #COVID19, PPE, bioaerosols and what we can learn from the tuberculosis literature. [1/n] The distinction between bioaerosols (or droplet nuclei) and droplets was first proposed by WF

Ottawa Public Health

ottawahealth

OTTAWA, STAGE 3, & YOU: a threadTomorrow, Ottawa begins Stage 3. While this is certainly cause for celebration, it brings with it a heightened need to be mindful of our

Peter Ward

Peter___Ward

Labours broadband policy will cost £580 million per year. I’m not sure what this figure actually includesHowever their “costed” manifesto had the price at 1/4 of that! This doesn’t include

Rex Douglass

RexDouglass

Today I'll be live tweeting (Chu et al. June 1, 2020), the best systematic literature review on the effects of masks, distance, and eye protection that I am aware of:https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(20)311

Andy Constan

dampedspring

With the goals of full employment and stable prices and the legal levers the fed has to pull,at the high level, it seems very unlikely the JH speech will change

Gnome De Plume

PHealthGnome

This is a bad idea to try on Twitter but here goes. But first some caveats:1) I'm going to work off of US standards because I don't have a copy

Dr. Theresa Tam

CPHO_Canada

1/5 @danjlevy said it best: “Imagine wearing a mask not as an infringement on your freedom, but rather the simplest, easiest act of kindness that you can do in a

Michael Nielsen

michael_nielsen

The last week of covid-19 cases in Australia. 5 of 8 states and territories saw 0 new cases, in total. Source: https://www.covid19data.com.au/ The worst single day was 15 cases, in total.Australia's

Jonathan Mesiano-Crookston @/#COVIDisAirborne

jmcrookston

"It was largely on the basis of Toronto’s Sunnybrook disaster on April 13,when nine health workers caught SARS, that the CDC decided in favour of the precautionary approach and opted

Ben Shapiro

benshapiro

Endless lockdown is not an option. Endless unemployment payments are not an option. Leaving children school-less for a year is not an option. And pretending that these things represent responsible