#Infectious

Day 41 of lingering #covid19 symptoms – the day is almost at a close, I’ve discussed my negative PCR swab result with my NHS GP today as well as the
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THREAD: Many analyses try to estimate what the “right” capacity is for weekly #COVID19 testing. One touchstone is positivity rates. Unless diagnostic tests are being administered with unusual precision only
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Early reviews during intermission: Xiao Zhan’s voice and delivery is amazing When he’s angry it’s scary like he’s scolding you He’s so cute, he does piggy snorts and sings a
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The Worst American HypocrisyNo, this isn’t about the naked power grab by President Trump and the Republican Party to create a conservative Supreme Court supermajority after holding a Supreme Court
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The Sunday Times investigation into the government's catastrophic handling of the coronavirus is one of the most important things you've read.It's behind a paywall, so here's a thread with the
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Happening now https://twitter.com/kprather88/status/1378388705535160328 Going to live tweet some of it:#transmissionmatters“Why does acknowledging airborne transmission matter? Because it affects the precautions we put in place.” @kprat
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For all the folks arguing COVID-19 isn’t that bad...what they are missing is that most consumer experiences aren’t that good.You're 55. Are you going to risk serious illness for a
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1. I'm enthusiastic about the prospect of cheap, fast, at-home paper strip COVID tests for daily proactive screening. To get the most out of them, we need to start thinking
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ThreadNo idea who Scott Dworkin @funder is, but his tweet is funny. They're talking about this Politico article, which debunks itself.https://www.politico.com/news/2020/04/03/fauci-endorses-national-stay-at-home-order-162794 "Dr. Anthony Fau
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Why the west needs to move towards centralised quarantining, as soon as is practical. Time-critical policy threat, please retweet. 1/14 @Magda_Skipper @genemodeller @mrjamesob @piersmorgan @guardian @Telegraph when, in
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Pandemic absurdities: Firing people with natural immunity after Covid recovery, even though they are the least likely to spread Covid to others. 1/∞https://brownstone.org/articles/hospitals-should-hire-not-fire-nurses-with-natural-immuni
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A thread on what I think @realDonaldTrump needs to do next in the battle against #coronavirus and the Great Depression we're risking as a result. Not that anyone asked me,
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Thread: more referenced aerosol discussion published in... the globe and mail? The authors deserve credit for presenting some evidence from both sides, but...https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-how-does-covid-19-spread-the-contro
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Is re-instituting lockdowns necessary to stop rapidly rising #COVID19 cases globally?Answer: No. But we're failing at 2 other approaches, due to poor messaging, human behavior & limited public health capacity.Deaths
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Like this tweet and I'll anonymously say something nice about you. Something nice only! You're super cute on my TL but tbh it's about time you changed your pfp
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Yesterday the @IrishTimes again published a #Covid19 piece that had not been fact checked. Piece by Martin Feely suggests the WHO had put forward a mortality of 0.1386%. This is
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