#Epidemic

Dr. Elizabeth Sawin

bethsawin

Someday I want to be sitting on a front porch, in a rocking chair, with a nice cool drink on a hot summer afternoon, telling my grandchildren who don't remember

Learning to fly

SettlinAccounts

>White guy working 6 days a week>Gets home on Saturday>Feet hurt, just want a beer>Reads story about white child shot by black man on his front lawn>Turns on tv, told

John Lichfield

john_lichfield

I stopped tweeting the daily Covid stats in France a week or so ago. Since then various people, including President Emmanuel Macron, have reported a slight resurgence of the epidemic.

(((Charles Fishman)))

cfishman

US Coronavirus Update for Monday, April 13, 2020~ Positive trends continueWe track 6 core trends:— Absolute increase of deaths— Percent change of deaths— Deaths compared to yesterday— Absolute increase in

Emma C. Eisenberg

frumpenberg

In light of ye old gross Meghan Daum essay on Appalachia may I humbly suggest you follow these amazing thinkers and writers from the region: 1) @elizabethcatte, author of What

Carl Quintanilla

carlquintanilla

JPMorgan has a devastating piece arguing that infection rates have declined — not increased — in states where lockdowns have ended, “even after allowing for an appropriate measurement lag.” (Kolonavic)(1/x)

Markku Peltonen

MarkkuPeltonen

Use of care/mortality due to corona in Finland, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Iceland and Estonia; data from yesterday 5.4 reports. Read through the thread. (English version)Fig 1. Number of persons in

Andrzej Kozlowski

akoz33

Hungary acted early, imposed a strict lockdown and was declared a great success. I can’t resist quoting again Pyotr Chumakov:“Right now the dynamics of the epidemic is different in different

Ian Burns McCaslin

IBMcCaslin

“Since August 2019, ProPublica has tracked more than 10,000 suspected fake Twitter accounts involved in a coordinated influence campaign” with ties to the Chinese gov. that propagates propaganda & disinformation

Prof Francois Balloux

BallouxFrancois

I'm afraid this is a naive view on the virulence / transmissibility tradeoff in pathogens. A reduction in virulence is only expected to happen in strictly vertically transmitted pathogens (e.g.

AVI

vapeindia

Philippine legislators seek probe into CoI of its FDA receiving funds from foreign anti-vaping NGOs while drafting vaping policy. Such investigation needs to be conducted across nations, including India. Here

Poopy

EmmersonPoppy

Can we not blame China plshttps://twitter.com/hollyxx12/status/1245458112355672065 PSA: anyone who finds this funny and doesn’t care to notice that people are literally suffering because of racist jokes or judgments like this,

M Gabriela M Gomes

mgmgomes1

1/ I've been trying to understand how such "theorem" might have come into existence. The idea that our species is being invaded by a virus that is causing a lot

🌵Michael #RIPRBG Harris

cticmikeharris

I #WearAMask a sign of solidarity and respect to our mutual social contract. /1 I #WearAMask in solidarity and respect to our #EssentialWorkers who are exposed to hundreds of people

Ewan Birney

ewanbirney

A view of COVID from here: April has started pretty cold and drab in London, but there is a real sense of anticipation as pub gardens, gyms and shops open

Emily Deans MD 👻

evolutionarypsy

We could have it under tight control by the end of the year. We have the technology, just lack the leadership and will.https://twitter.com/notdred/status/1306385027194904576 Here’s how you do it...print billions of