#Infection

Mark Sleboda

MarkSleboda1

This whole #coronavirus situation might make more sense to people once they understand that nearly every govt in the worlds' policy right now is NOT based on preventing spread of

el gato malo

boriquagato

"doctors and surgeons wear masks, so they must stop disease spread!" seems to be a common refrain these days.but is it true?let's ask the association of american physicians and surgeons

Kurt Eichenwald

kurteichenwald

Speaking as someone who has known Trump for decades, I promise you, he is lying about taking hydroxychloroquine. I also expect he will soon trot out some physician to lyingly

Matt Brunner

mattjbrunner

A few thoughts on GRIFFIN study:D-RVD vs RVD for frontline treatment of myeloma. Phase 2, randomized, unblinded, about 100 each arm. Primary outcome was sCR rate, which was significantly improved

Prof Darrel Francis ☺ Mk CardioFellows Great Again

ProfDFrancis

Thank you to an anonymous person, for looking after her neighbour kindly.Negative thanks for sending me a duff story.So overall, net neutral. 8-)(Details in thread that follows) For the education

Seth Blackshaw

SethBlackshaw

I'm sure that this paper from Zhou et al., which reports direct conversion of Muller glia to retinal ganglion cells, will be attracting a lot of attention, but first some

Crystal moth

Prolapsarian

THREAD: The numbers of cases are so high and are steadily rising so lockdown is now inevitable. It didn't need to come to this, but government inaction, compromise, and risk

CMO Maharashtra

CMOMaharashtra

CM Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray's address to the State today; Today, I am before you to replace the word ‘lockdown’ with ‘Mission Begin Again.’ We are re-starting normal life. This is

Sergio Caltagirone

cnoanalysis

This is terrible. Let me tell you why. THREAD #privacy #infosec #cybersecurity #COVID19 https://www.theverge.com/2020/4/10/21216484/google-apple-coronavirus-contract-tracing-bluetooth-location-tracking-data-app First, health data has ALWAYS been cons

Evidence

ukcynic01

Please read and disseminate if you think worthy.There is reference on here to a Fauci paper dated 2008, which mentions masks causing the vast majority of deaths in the Spanish

Taal Levi

taaltree

Several companies have tests of varying quality, but Cellex makes a FDA-approved antibody test. The goal is to test for immunity due to prior exposure rather than an active infection.

Naomi O'Leary

NaomiOhReally

Ireland typically runs a hospital bed occupancy level of 95%, and over 100% in the winter, with people lying in corridors. Our health system would be the quickest to be

Harris Solomon

harrissolomon

Viral liberalism makes it hard to imagine how to heal a mass public. Zooming with colleague/friends from Amsterdam surfaced Covid contrasts between our worlds. There was a pause, a break,

Yaneer Bar-Yam

yaneerbaryam

In-flight transmission despite required masks, gloves and pre-flight testing. @nntaleb A traveler tested negative for covid-19 before a flight. He had the virus and infected 4 passengers.https://www.washingtonpost.com/travel/2020/11/20/new-

Rajeev Venkayya MD

rvenkayya

This is a thread on the use of antibody tests (serology) to gauge individual risk for COVID-19 infection. It's triggered by the recent @WHO guidance and the push for "immunity

Mr.TweeTy

tw33tz0r

PFIZER FOOLED YOU THREADSpecific data are not given but it is easy enough to approximate the numbers involved, based on the 94 cases in a trial that has enrolled about