#Epidemic

Nicola Low #EveryDayCounts #StillFBPE

nicolamlow

Here’s a short thread on some rather worrying misinterpretations of the meaning and implications of “asymptomatic” #SARS-CoV-2 or #COVID19. This is provoked by a @bmj_latest news item by https://www.bmj.com/content/bmj/369/bmj.m1375.full.pdf Let’s

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HeathSzymczak

This morning a friend of mine sent me an email wishing me a Happy Easter, and attaching a link to the below article (as part of an ongoing debate). It

Chris Vanderveen

chrisvanderveen

THREADIt's common these days for critics of this business to suggest we err in our inability to find fault in 1.) ourselves & 2.) the powerful.And while sometimes, yes, that's

Mark Changizi

MarkChangizi

Many folk simply cannot get past the absolute number of Covid deaths. It feels big to them, and it justifies ANYTHING. Argue at all, and you are deeply ethically flawed.

Rohit D Kriplani

rdkriplani

Tomm go long Dr Reddys, Cadila & Panacea Biotech. We now have a free pricing mechanism and these companies are going to absolutely kill it on a profitability front. Also

Bill Hanage

BillHanage

One of the things scientists do when facing an outbreak of a new disease is build 'phylogenies'. These estimate how pathogen isolates are related by comparing their genomes, and using

Chris Giles

ChrisGiles_

Sufficient data worldwide now exists to conclude that, to date, the UK has the highest rate of excess deaths in the Coronavirus pandemic in the worldFree to read article with

Andrew Millar

CSARural_Env

An extraordinary moment in UK financial history. Don't lose it in the blizzard of Covid-19 stats. @bankofengland and @hmtreasury have recognised one of the origins of the money supply (aka

Lyman Stone 石來民 🦬🦬🦬

lymanstoneky

A brief reminder that all-cause excess mortality data from EuroMoMo continues to show that Sweden does *not* have very much excess mortality yet, and that the Netherlands has about the

Huong Ly Tong

lytong22

I finally got a chance to catch up on the amazing #AustPH2020 @_PHAA_ presentations. Here is a thread on some highlights 1/n The emotional impact and worries of life during

Arrest Bill Gates for Crimes Against Humanity

MarinerSilas

FT reveals the truth about vaccine passports"There is an opportunity here to use the Covid-19 pass as a building block for a digital infrastructure that could service public needs well

Nita it’s time for the reclosening Bharti

nitanother

Many college campuses are returning to in-person instruction soon. Most of us don't know what that means for COVID-19. Let's look back on relevant experiences. Perhaps a mumps outbreak on

Aris Katzourakis

ArisKatzourakis

[MEDIUM THREAD] On the topic of covid becoming an endemic virus. You hear this a lot; sometimes in response to critiques against strategies of elimination, sometimes just as a statement

Tommy Tighe

theghissilent

a brief thread on catholics who deny the existence of systemic racism in our nation:denying systemic racism is intellectually dishonest at worst and intellectually lazy at bestit takes almost zero

The Ferrari Lab

TheFerrariLab

Been reflecting on these slides from 2015 on the uncertainty of elimination - populations are rarely in a infection free regime – dynamics are described by “effective reproduction number” (R)

Neeti Kargil

NKargil

Every yr the mass destruction of #AssamFloods is followed by major outbreaks of typhoid fever, Encephalitis, cholera, leptospirosis and hepatitis A, malaria, dengue haemorrhagic fever, yellow fever etc. Needless to