#Epidemic

Pradheep J. Shanker

Neoavatara

China Mourns Dead as Wuhan Families Deal With Mass Cremationshttps://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/wuhan-cremations-04062020143043.html "RFA quoted a source “close to the funeral industry” identified only as Ma who said that he had heard report

• General Zee 🎭 • #EndSARS

heisTactic

1/8 They were supposed to get married next week but due to the outbreak of the corona virus and the ensuing lockdown, it had to be postponed.The bride(John) and

Dr Sarah Taber

SarahTaber_bww

Fun fact: in the US, farmworkers have always equalled or outnumbered farmers, including today!https://twitter.com/UrOrientalist/status/1378673871944040454 For those asking "but aren't farmworkers the REAL farmers??"That's

Da’Shaun | they/them

DaShaunLH

Hey, folks. Would you all be interested in me tweeting out a list of books (somewhere between 20-25) for a fat studies summer reading list? I'm revisiting some for the

Justin Hart

justin_hart

1/ You've no doubt seen Team Apocalypse use clippings from 1918 regarding mask mandates, enforcement, virtue signaling as popular comparisons to today's situation. Little known are the words of those

Bente Mikkelsen

MikkelsenBente_

1/14 Dear Richard, “all we have is silence” equally applies to deadly interplay b/ #COVID19 pandemic + #NCDs epidemic. #PLWNCDs are at heightened risk of becoming severely ill or dying

Don Moynihan

donmoyn

I am a professor of public management, and have done research both on disaster response and the types of administrative burdens that Stephens references in his column. Stephens is not

Afef Abrougui

Afaf_TN

Thread: So proud of our @globalvoices community for our #COVIDー19 coverage. In this thread, I’ll share some of our stories on how the pandemic has been affecting the lives and

Madhu Pai, MD, PhD

paimadhu

I now have a name for what I have been worried about!"Epistemic trespassing" (not epidemic!)When commentators holding real expertise in one field intrude into another, passing judgment where they lack

Nicholas Baum

MrNJBaum

A short tour through some of the Victorian legislation and statutory instruments made in response to the Spanish Flu epidemic of 1918-20. Under s 175 of the Health Act 1915,

Zack F

FrankfurtZack

#Sweden - #Mortality deaths per months 1980-2020"I think it's like a severe flu season" Professor Johan Giesecke(update, putting all charts into one single pinned thread ) #France - deaths per

Aaron Derfel

Aaron_Derfel

1) NEW: In this thread, I try to explain why the increase in Montreal’s #COVID19 cases today, 106, was so much lower than in previous days. This is of vital

Rowan Harwood

RowanHarwood

Can we please stop repeating the 'Herd immunity' line? 1/nhttps://twitter.com/carolecadwalla/status/1248499777580322817 Herd Immunity is a vaccine concept. High levels of vaccination mean infectious diseases are suppressed (or eliminated) bec

Clay Travis

ClayTravis

Boston area coronavirus antibody study — 32% — 32%! — of random test participants who otherwise felt healthy had coronavirus antibodies. Meaning they’d had it & didn’t know. More evidence

Margot Sanger-Katz

sangerkatz

The big differences between coronavirus models show us how little we still know about this disease and what’s in store for us. https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/04/22/upshot/coronavirus-models.html @qdbui @jshkatz @aliciaparlap They differ by

Bloomberg Opinion

bopinion

Of the coronavirus’s many side effects, perhaps the least appreciated are psychological.The pandemic is causing an epidemic of anxiety and depression, especially among young peoplehttps://trib.al/QjdVvx3 In the U.S., there’s been