#Infectious

Deirdre Gilhawley

DeeGilhawley

"Aerosol transmission of SARS-CoV-2, whether through direct respiratory droplet transfer or fomite generation, may in fact be a more important exposure transmission pathway than previously considered"#COVID19ireland #Coronavirusireland http

Rebecca McLaughlin

RebeccMcLaugh

Church done properly should be the most infectious thing in town!It should be singing our guts out, hugging friends & greeting strangers, mixing with young & old, homeless & wealthy,

Virginia Heffernan

page88

Long walk in a mask. 1. Far from making me reckless; it was inhibiting & never let me forget that even my breath cd be dangerous to the city now.

Jim Grace

mac_puck

I am not an epidemiologist.But the SIR model (Susceptible, Infectious, Recovered) of infection is actually very simple to model in a quick spreadsheet.Best fit I found was:Ro = 3 Mortality

Fred Fleitz

FredFleitz

1/ Must-watch video. In a February 29 interview with NBC's Today show, Dr Fauchi said Americans did not have to change their lives by avoiding public gatherings like malls and

Richard Trumka

RichardTrumka

Working people are being infected at work and dying to save our neighbors from the coronavirus, and the death count has been made exponentially higher by the historic failure of

Kate Bennett

KateBennett_DC

Dr. Fauci says duration of White House press briefings is “really draining." Monday's was 2+ hours.“If I had been able to just make a few comments and then go to

halvorz ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

halvorz

it occurs to me that sars-2 provides a good example of why pathogens don't necessarily or even typically evolve towards lower virulence we know that sars-2 viral load typically peaks

Rich MacLehose

RMaclehose

Pains me to say it, but @ProfMattFox made a good point yesterday about the difference between ID methods and non-ID methods. I was thinking about that on my dog walk

Sabina Walker 😀 Master Appl Science (Neuroscience

SabinaWalker18

1/x Testing = CasesThis ALSO:(1) #False_Positive PCR results (compared to True Positives)especially if #asymptomatics tested&(2) #NON_infectious cases IF excess Ct cutoffLeads to #erroneous reporting of #NON_infectious

Tom Bollyky

TomBollyky

I am a fan of @MaxCRoser & @OurWorldInData, but this thread is misleading (at best)Most of decline in mortality against infectious diseases in now wealthy nations occurred before widespread availability

Obstrepero

BocktheRobber

I'm not an expert on infectious diseases and that's because my degree is in a different branch of technology and science.For that reason, I'm prepared to listen to experts who

Keh Ke Peheno

coolfunnytshirt

Happy Birthday to the entertainment legend of all time, Kishore Kumar. The maharaja of playback singing. The one with unmatchable golden voice & songs for all moods/genres. Singing so endearing,

Scott Gottlieb, MD

ScottGottliebMD

THREAD: There’s uncertainty how many Americans were already exposed to #COVID19 and developed immunity. Until we do widespread serological testing to see who has antibodies, we won’t know for sure.

Jeremy Howard

jeremyphoward

I've studied over a hundred research and policy papers regarding masks, and used them to answer the most common 17 questions I've seen asked by curious skeptics. Here's the result!See

Eric Feigl-Ding

DrEricDing

BOOM—Dr Fauci torpedoes Trump & says that chasing herd immunity (sans vaccine) is “not a fundamental strategy,” & “certainly not my approach. It’s certainly not Dr. Birx’s approach or any