#Infection

Danny Boy

Care2much18

Ireland's epidemic has been shadowing the trajectory of most European countries, most closely Denmark, but also countries like Spain and Greece.It's Greece I'm going to focus on, due to a

Stephen Goldstein

stgoldst

I want to spend a bit of time clearly laying out where #SARSCoV2 probably comes from, and how it could have ended up in Wuhan. Though it can't be ruled

Gro-Tsen

gro_tsen

Why the fck is the WHO saying this? I get that they want to discourage the “oh, let's just let everyone get infected” ‘policy’, but “no evidence” at all that

Adam Kucharski

AdamJKucharski

The response to the 1918 pandemic had some remarkably familiar features, as described in this 2010 article (https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2862334/#__ffn_sectitle). For example, there was debate about the effectiveness of mask

Patrick Skinner

SkinnerPm

Today in my state we began to open up businesses. I fear many neighbors have confused ‘start to open up’ with ‘it’s all clear!!’ cuz I saw way less masks

NANA❤️🇨🇦

RagingLibNana

Tell me if I am wrong pleaseLet's say you woke up with a terrible cough, a fever, & severe body aches. Immediately, you rush to the doctor & unfortunately, you’re

DR JAGADISH HIREMATH MD

Kaalateetham

A week ago patient X came to our hospital. He had travelled 350+ Kms to our hospital. He had very high degree of fever and completely toxic looking, had saturation

Dr Dominic Pimenta

DrDomPimenta

Have been asked a few times what adjustments I've made personally to the COVID life, as a doctor, and also with vulnerable family members. So here it is:[caveat; I am

No One 🇺🇸

tweettruth2me

Official CDC analysis of Diamond Princess Cruise Ship COVID-19 cases: On board: 3,711 (all tested)Tested positive: 712 (19.2%)Asymptomatic: 331 (46.5%) Symptomatic: 381Required intensive care: 37 (5%)Died: 9 (1.2% mortality rate)Source:https://www.cd

Ewan Birney

ewanbirney

Some COVID perspective. A reminder - I am an expert in one area (human genetics/genomics); I know many experts in other areas (infections epi, viral genomics, wastewater, clinical trials) worldwide

The Smile Doctor 🇬🇭

Dr_Awua

A long thread... Bad breath, which is scientifically termed as halitosis, is a noticeably unpleasant odor from the breath regardless of whether it comes from the mouth(oral) or non-oral sources.

Nicholas Kristof

NickKristof

The Obama administration’s handling of H1N1 was a model. Prompt response, quick development of a vaccine and then messaging for people to get vaccinated. But Rush Limbaugh and Fox News

Devang Mehta 🌱👨🏽‍🔬🧬

drdevangm

Ok, listing out my issues with this article for non-scientists here:1. Virus load in a nasal swab is very variable. Flu studies have even found differences in virus loads depending

Anish Koka

anish_koka

I spoke to @anupampom this Saturday morning about the situation in Delhi. He notes it is grim, the rate limiting step is oxygen, not beds or ventilators. A summary(not in

Patrick Mellacher

Patrick_M_Econ

Working Paper Alert I proudly present COVID-Town, an agent-based model that allows to study the spread of Sars-CoV2 and its impact on the economy under varying policy scenarios.Key takeaways belowLink:

Barton

Barton_options

Coronavirus, mutations, and remdesivir A story of Risk/reward in medicine and virologyMany people worry about COVID19 mutating as it spreads across the globe, for very good reasons:Will the antibodies of