#Mitigation

Christopher Snowdon

cjsnowdon

This 'investigation' rewrites history so much that it amounts to a lie. The central conceit is that the government was set on a herd immunity strategy while scientists and modellers

Daniel Wood

DanielPWWood

New this morning: an ambitious data collection effort by @ProfEmilyOster and @AASAHQ is underway and early results aren't showing widespread outbreaks at in-person schools. @anya1anya and I report their findings

Elaine Doyle

laineydoyle

As of today, there have been 320 deaths from the coronavirus in Ireland, and 9,875 deaths in the UK. Ok, ok, but the UK has a ginormous population, right? Especially

Shane Morris

IamShaneMorris

Here's something the media has done a poor job of communicating to the public. (And consequently, in their void, Trump's administration has been able to fill a hole with nonsense.)"Why

Jeremy PLEASE WEAR MASKS! Konyndyk

JeremyKonyndyk

He's lying again.Public health experts - including Trump's former FDA commish - have been calling SINCE MARCH to transition to a test/trace/isolate strategy that would enable a safe rollback of

Defeat Trump #VoteEarly #BidenHarrisLandslide2020

Defeat_Trump2

1/ When Trump announced that children are "almost immune" to COVID he engaged in a calculated lie. To the contrary, children do contract COVID in large numbers; they do suffer

Guy Benson

guypbenson

THREAD: Ok, I’ll bite. First, I think it’s undeniable that Trump downplayed the virus for far too long & the WaPo piece over the weekend paints a pretty damning picture

Peyton Hanson

peytonhanson_

My perspective on The State of ThingsI’ve found myself awkwardly straddling two spheres in this pandemic: On the one hand, my medical education & the #medtwitter discourse. On the other,

Nduta Kangethe

NdutaKangethe

Re-opening Schools- A threadOn March 13th 2020, Kenya announced its first case of COVID 19. On 15th March 2020, the government closed all institutions of learning. At the time, there

Neale Mahoney

nealemahoney

A few weeks ago, I voiced my concern that debates over Covid-19 policy would fall victim to the false trade-off between the economy and the virus.I now realize there is

Yaneer Bar-Yam

yaneerbaryam

Zero Covid: 42 times fewer deaths and five times less contraction in GDP"Paris, April 2, 2021: The Zero Covid strategy is by far the most effective way to fight the

Elaine Doyle

laineydoyle

I don't understand the British media. I really, really don't.Basic things: Ireland and the UK started this pandemic with roughly the same number of ICU beds (6.5 per 100,000 for

Yashwant Deshmukh 🇮🇳

YRDeshmukh

Thread to explain different "Regions" used by different analysts / newspaper/ channels in a State to analyse elections or any other political trend. Important to know that in India the

Abdu Sharkawy

SharkawyMD

FACT: More people living in LTC in Ontario have died of #Covid19 in the last week alone (27) than in the last 2 mths. Is this an indication that the

Peter Yates

yatespj

I spent some time last week reading through the #Myanmar Govt's #COVIDー19 Contingency Plan. I read it as a governance guy (I don't know anything about health), I read the

Vijay Anand

VijayAnand10

Read this before you come to conclusions!Yesterday Central government released the first installment of Central share of State Disaster Response Mitigation Fund (SDRMF) to State governments during 2020-21 Some of