#Epidemic

Scott Gottlieb, MD

ScottGottliebMD

1/3 New study shows that people with #COVID19 may be most infectious before their symptoms develop. The authors estimate that - on average - about 44% of secondary cases were

Ted Gioia

tedgioia

(1/8) Today, I’m writing an obituary of a friend. You don’t know him—he isn’t well-known (but with some luck he might have been). What I’m writing isn’t for a periodical

Mr. Spock 🖖 (Commentary)

SpockResists

The COVID-19 Pandemic is an Apocalyptic Event. Just Not in the Way You Think. The word “apocalypse” conjures up images of burning buildings, panicked masses, and the end of the

Robert Garcia

RobertGarciaLB

Long Beach is a big city of almost half a million, and like I’ve said before, roughly the same size as Atlanta, Georgia. I understand that there is going to

Naninizhoni

naninizhoni

I have no specific affinity for the white working class and have very little exposure to them.But my brown family doesn't want their community to change.They own guns and drive

Anthony Angueira

AnthonyAngueira

As academic medical centers begin to consider allowing personnel to return to work, I have a bold idea on how key investments in aggressive testing infrastructure could position an institution

Matthew Bottomley

BottoMatt

Imperial report highlights our responses to the epidemic - 2 points interest me the most: "improve the way information and guidance is provided to and understood by the public" and

Philippe Lemoine

phl43

Several people have expressed their surprise, sometimes more than that, that I keep harking on this, so here is a short thread to explain why I don't let it go

Usama Bilal

usama_bilal

The daily mortality surveillance system in Spain has been tracking the actual mortality burden of the epidemic in Spain (as opposed to confirmed cases that have died). Some examples from

Jason Miller

JasonMillerinDC

Dr. Fauci needs to be more careful choosing his words on #Coronavirus, & if he’s going to be critical, make clear what he personally could’ve done better.“Dr. Anthony Fauci admits

Shorty D

DunawayHayden

This is very trueHowever, according to recent studies 50-85x more people have been infected with Covid then previously thought.Only the people with strong symptoms are being tested which results in

Stylstc Clmnst

Sime0nStylites

‘Regions’ is, I think, the key word here. I don’t think the epidemic signals the end of globalization. I do think it signals an adjustment in certain situations.https://twitter.com/afneil/status/1249971520283303936 Let’s take

The COVID Tracking Project

COVID19Tracking

Our daily update is published. We’ve now tracked 14.6 million tests, up 441k from yesterday, a new single day high. Note that we can only track tests that a state

Michael L Bonic

BonicMichael

With all the American political & ideological prejudice against DPRK, it’s no surprise that Western media would cherry-pick Kim Yo Jong’s statement published in KCNA in response to Trump’s letter

Nayanathara J

IamHisAnchor

This is the International #Menstrual Health Week. I have no shame about menstruation. Bcoz it is very normal. I'm not even afraid to talk about it and it's very normal

uphold shi zhiyong thought 🇨🇳 🐙

koaleszenz

the "herd immunity" threshold for COVID-19 is probably around 60% of the population. no country is anywhere near this."herd immunity" is not a magical concept. let's talk about what it