#Deaths

.@VictorianCHO said today of workers moving between hotel quarantine, aged care & public housing between July 27 and late August: "It was never one where you could just step in
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It's Sunday morning so now's as good a time as any for some COVID math. Follow along. 1/x NYC has 8.4 million people (source: https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/newyorkcitynewyork). If 21% have had COVID
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Use of care and mortality due to corona in Finland, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Iceland and Estonia; data from yesterday 23.4. Read the whole thread. (English)Fig 1. Number of persons in
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It was hard to watch people I thought were compassionate humans dismiss the risks and throw disabled and old people under the bus. But I cut my friends lists and
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I am deeply skeptical about the headline conclusions from this new Oxford uni study. A more considered response will follow but brief thoughts now on why I don’t believe the
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Channel 7 reported on May 28 last year (2019): - approx 100 people in SA, Vic & NSW had already died from the flu by May, well before official "flu
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There are some justifiable reasons why ~1000 daily deaths in the UK is reported differently from the same situation in Italy a few weeks ago. First: we have absorbed a
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Yesterday, following a challenge, I was directed to this study that suggested screening for breast cancer could save lives."All‐cause mortality versus cancer‐specific mortality as outcome in cancer screening trials: A
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I understand these comparisons, but I've figured out why they bother me: Soldiers die in battle, trained & prepared, at least a little, for death.The 201,046 Americans now dead from
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Use of care and mortality due to corona in Finland, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Iceland and Estonia; data from yesterday 26.4. Read the whole thread. (English)Fig 1. Number of persons in
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PerspectiveAs of today 5/13, according to http://Worldometer.info  :US Population: 328 millionUS COV-19 Cases: 1,422,164US COV-19 Deaths: 84,550Spain, Italy, France, Germany, UK Population: 323 millionS,I,F,G,UK COV-19 Cases: 1,074,788S,I,F,G,UK
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5 part thread on context of Covid spike:1. Goal of lockdown wasn’t to stop virus,it was to “flatten the curve”& buy time to improve testing & treatment & to increase
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The City of #Lubbock has confirmed 32 new cases of #COVID19 and no additional deaths as of 4:00 p.m. The total number of cases in Lubbock County is 1320 with
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1/9 Covid Epi Weekly: Stalling and FailingContinued spread of Covid in the US will continue to undermine health, jobs, economy, and education. A concerted, strategic approach would help, a lot.
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What is missing from this is any questioning about why social distancing is necessary to be ‘safe’ from a virus killing 30-50 times fewer ppl than other respiratory infections.With economic
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THREAD: Last week, IDPH reported the COVID death of a Cook Co female in her 20s. My research indicates this death is a suicide that occurred in May.At a time
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