#Epidemiologists

Abraar Karan

AbraarKaran

THREAD 1/ Actually ask yourself- if you were recently out with others (and maybe already felt guilty about it); then got sick w/ #covid19; would you easily/readily let everyone know?

Soutik Biswas

soutikBBC

THREAD ON WHETHER THE PANDEMIC IS SLOWING: India has been recording an average of 64,000 cases daily in October, down from more than 86,000 daily cases end September. It's also

Ewan Birney

ewanbirney

Yet again Ethnicity != Genetics. (evergreen tweet). Despite the fact that skin colour is predominantly genetic, ethnicity classification, which often uses skin colour as part of the gestalt assessment of

ProPublica

propublica

...the hospitals become a vector for infection and you lose the frontline people. Or worse — If you need them to handle a second wave of infections, even a smaller

Ananyo Bhattacharya

Ananyo

1/ Some thoughts on medium/long term 'exit strategy'. I can't see one without significant drawbacks if, as seems likely, relatively small proportion of population infected with #coronavirus. Very happy to

Seanan McGuire

seananmcguire

So a lot of people want to know why COVID-19 is such a big deal, even as death rates are climbing and ICUs are overwhelmed. After all, diseases have always

Dr Raul Pacheco-Vega

raulpacheco

Folks: I am trained as a comparativist political scientist. I specialize in comparative public policy. I am here to tell you thata) Yes, you SHOULD compare countries' responses to COVID-19b)

Kelly Grant

kellygrant1

I wrote today about infections after the 1st dose in Canada. There was plenty of info I didn't have room to include, so if you want to know more, come

MOwensMD

mowensmd

Many astute folks tell us that #scicomm works best if doom and fear are minimized. Whether climate, a pandemic or epidemic. I know this isn't true. Here is first hand,

Texas Tribune

TexasTribune

1/ Texas hospitals are running out of drugs, beds, ventilators and even staff.Many hospitals are no longer accepting transfer patients in order to maintain space for a surge that’s expected

Lauren Dobson-Hughes

ldobsonhughes

The more media I do on school re-openings, the more frustrated and incredulous I get at the lack of political prioritization of education. It's like watching a slow motion disaster

Renee B

ReneeB_06

How can a virus with 1% mortality shut down the United States? 1/9 There are two problems with this question.1. It neglects the law of large numbers2. It assumes one

Eric Tulsky

NHLEricT

This thread is about the notion that the mortality rates for COVID-19 aren’t really high enough to warrant serious alarm. If you are already struggling with anxiety, you may want

Lawrence Freedman

LawDavF

I've long had a theory that if the government wants to keep a secret its best course is to publish the information in an official document because then you can

Natalie E. Dean, PhD

nataliexdean

THINK LIKE AN EPIDEMIOLOGIST: There are more new confirmed cases each day in the US than at any time during the earlier April peak. But is it really meaningful to

Fionna O'Leary, 🕯🇪🇺

fascinatorfun

Again. The biggest problem with opening up the economy and life is identifying ESPECIALLY the asymptomatic transmitters (Maybe responsible for c44% of transmissions).Test early symptomatic and super fast tracing of