#Epidemic

sharon begley

sxbegle

1/3 US officials initially told us not to bother wearing #facemasks in #COVID19 epidemic b/c of low effectiveness. 'There's a model for that' is the new 'there's an app for

Dr. Nahid Bhadelia

BhadeliaMD

Utah gets ready to invoke crisis standard of care, triaging limited medical resources among growing number of patients.As someone who has had to do this at patient bedsides in resource

Eitan Oren

eitanoren

What stories China tells the world as part of its covid-19 strategic communication campaigns? This video provides a hint: (1) Efficiency, (2) Science, (3) Coordination, (4) Commitment, (5) People’s war,

A. Tsai

drdrtsai

1/ New paper! "Social distancing to slow the U.S. #Covid_19 epidemic", led by Mark Siedner (@MGHMedicine @MonganInstitute @GlobalHealthMGH @mgh_id @AHRI_News) & @harlingg (@UCLGlobalHealth & @AHRI_News), w/ Zahra Reynolds, Rebecca G

Mentorshipzim

mentorshipzim

So, epidemiologists study determinants of health and disease."Health" is state of wellness, a continuum rather than an absolute term. A person without a known disease can be unwell and a

Robert Hewitt Wolfe

writergeekrhw

My sister lost her long battle against addiction and depression yesterday. The death toll from this epidemic will not officially count people like her, for whom it was yet another

Andrew Steele

statto

This is staggering. We can either have month+ lockdowns every few months until late 2021 at least, or let presumably hundreds of thousands of people die (and even that will

Bill Gates

BillGates

There’s no question the United States missed the opportunity to get ahead of the novel #coronavirus. But the window for making important decisions hasn’t closed. The choices we and our

SFWhite✝🇺🇸

Pax1sw

1) Speaking before Italy’s parliament, Deputy Sara Cunial blasted Bill Gates’ push for global vaccinations, and called for Italian Prime Minister Guiseppe Conte to seek Gates’ arrest.https://www.facebook.com/saracunial.camera/posts/52

Yaneer Bar-Yam

yaneerbaryam

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is analyzing damage due to COVID and projecting further severe consequences if current policies persist. They state “despite involving short term economic costs, lockdowns may

Cab Davidson #FBPE

gnomeicide

Average time between someone catching Covid-19 and dying is 23 days. We're not yet 3 weeks into lockdown. We locked down -well after- people were starting to at an increasing

Principal Scientific Adviser, Govt. of India

PrinSciAdvGoI

Thread AarogyaSetu App. This epidemic has to be stopped by intelligence and speedy action. For that, we need to use the best and most appropriate technology to empower all our

Michael Zorzella

MichaelZorzella

If Covid-19 has been in Europe since late last year, why did we only see a relatively 'normal' epidemic curve spike in march?The only answer I can come up with

Paul Glastris

glastris

Hospitals considered the nation's "best," like the Mayo Clinic, avoid treating lower-income and minority patients who are dying disproportionately from COVID-19. That's the scandalous #1 takeaway from the Washington Monthl

James Wilson

jamewils

INDIA #COVID19 breaches that 10,000 mark 1 to 100 - 44 days 100 to 1000 - 15 days1000 to 10000 - 17 days What is happening

Emily Deans MD 👻

evolutionarypsy

Doctors in 1918 tried high dose aspirin, quinine, arsenic, camphor oil, digitalis, strychnine, Epsom salts and castor oil, and when none of these helped, fell back on bloodletting. They had