#Epidemic

Caitlin Rivers, PhD

cmyeaton

The next week or two we will start to turn the corner in some places in the US. This will be a triumph that we should all celebrate. But the

Molly

mollynotweasley

This makes me so mad. Sure, you have to go to school in person in cherokee county. But every single person here made the choice to not wear a mask,

Mallory Moore

Chican3ry

"We support trans rights, in ways we will never specify. However we spend every moment of our work, as we have done since we got organised, relentlessly spreading negativity about

Parker Molloy

ParkerMolloy

One of the big reasons I think a lot of conservative commentators argued that they thought media was overhyping the coronavirus was that it's exactly the type of thing *they*

John Hudson

John_Hudson

SCOOP: As the Trump administration discouraged mask use for the public, the NSC raced to secure a stash of masks for White House personnel. New story about a deal with

A sip from Mimir's well

SipFromTheWell

One of the few men that I admire is the emperor Marcus Aurelius. His thoughts have inspired me throughout most of my adult life. ¿Did you know that he ruled

Capel Lofft

CapelLofft

In 1866, cholera hit the East End of London. As is usual, it hit the slums and poverty-stricken the worst. Working class people were left to die. But Anglo-Catholic priest

Carl T. Bergstrom

CT_Bergstrom

Enough book bullshit; back to COVID bullshit.There's an interesting quotation from John Ioannidis at @CNN.https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/02/health/gupta-coronavirus-t-cell-cross-reactivity-immunity-wellness/index.html I've commented el

Andrew Lee

andrewleedr

The number of COVID19 cases in UK continues to rise, with a trajectory that is worryingly becoming steeper. Hospitalisations up. ICU admissions up. Community transmission & outbreaks widespread. Clearly control

Atila Iamarino

oatila

EUA (NY), Japão (Diamond Princess), China (Wuhan), Espanha (Madrid) e França.: em todos esses países o vírus matou entre 0,7 e 1,2% dos infectados. Não precisamos testar esse números aqui.

Eric Feigl-Ding

DrEricDing

I want to address the issue of total #COVID19 deaths vs deaths per capita. Usually death per capita is better for most diseases, especially chronic like heart disease. But ask

Sadir Palwan

sadir_Palwan

Open #Racism in #China:Nigerians in Guangzhou tested negative for #ChineseVirus, but Chinese epidemic prevention personnel took their passports & taking them to quarantine.Nigerian consulate staff grabbed passports & returned them

Michael Donnelly

donnellymjd

(1/) Take a look at my latest post on #Covid_19. https://medium.com/@donnellymjd/using-covid-19-case-data-alone-will-fool-you-c64116b71fc1@kevin Systrom's http://rt.live is a great effort to estimate the reproduction value of the current ep

Fabio Rojas

fabiorojas

1/ Developing the intuition behind "reopen" position. Here are a few things to assimilate into your thinking. 2/ Thought experiment: What if you knew with 100% certainty that no vaccine

Health Nerd

GidMK

1/13 There are still tons of news pieces every day about whether #COVID19 is 'airborne'This is understandable, because airborne=infectious=scaryBut we know that the disease isn't airborne, at least not in

balajis.com

balajis

One of the problems with the “herd immunity” narrative is that we don’t know the duration of immunity to SARS-COV-2.For other coronaviruses, and different diseases like malaria, immunity is not