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Jake Scott, MD

jakescottMD

As an ID doc who regularly sees #COVID19 patients & is responsible for starting & discontinuing isolation, a few comments: I understand why there’s distrust but Trump may actually no

Mark Changizi

MarkChangizi

Infection Fatality Rate by age COVID19 Influenza0-19: 0.003% 0-19:

Dr. Sanjay Gupta

drsanjaygupta

After announcing a positive Covid-19 test early Friday morning, President Trump ended the day at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, where we are told he’ll remain for “the next

PoliMath

politicalmath

Having carefully read this, I'm not sure I would have green-lit this piece to run.I'm not sure the words "mainly from Europe" conveys enough accuracy. I'm not sure a layman

June Shannon

juneshannon

The @WHO has issued new advice on the use of masks in communities, during home care, and in health care settings in areas that have reported cases of COVID-19- it

U.S. Surgeon General

Surgeon_General

(1/6) A #SaturdayMorning thread this #MemorialDayWeekend to clarify some of the confusion on masks and face coverings. Follow along to get the facts & remember – I wear my mask

U.S. Surgeon General

Surgeon_General

(1/6) I still regularly get asked Qs about . Follow along to learn why you should #WearAMask, what to look for/avoid in one, and how to remove & clean it.

Tom Bollyky

TomBollyky

The WH decision to nix this USPS initiative to distribute 600m masks to at-risk states will be hard to defendThat especially true given the late March timing & what President

Caitlin Rivers, PhD

cmyeaton

All proposed plans for reopening, incl ours, rely on testing + contact tracing. The US is at ~ 1M tests/wk. @ashishkjha thinks we need 3.5M/wk minimum. Others wants several times

Dr. Elizabeth Murray

DocEMurray

Lots of discussion in NY today about whether or not @NYGovCuomo is hinting that schools will require frequent testing of students in conjunction with opening. Let’s remember what testing can

The Other Mike Wazowski

karchmic

Yeah, this ain't it chief...1) Only preliminary evidence (albeit growing) suggests that there is a *reduction*, not elimination, of infection and transmission.2) We have little data to describe how effective

Taiwan Formosa Club 🌐

taiwanformosan

Based on #2019nCoV therapy review (https://f1000research.com/articles/9-72/v2), further evidence was found in the 6 genetic variants associated with higher ratio of ACE2 cells. This weaponized coronavirus appears to be optimized for

Stuart Lau

stuartlauscmp

It's official. The WHO just revised the advice on wearing masks, and acknowledges that wearing a medical mask is one of the prevention measures that can limit the spread of

Southwest Airlines

SouthwestAir

We require all Employees and Passengers ages 2 and above to wear a properly fitted face covering when traveling with us. And here’s why. THREAD (1/5) A recent study from

Atomsk's Sanakan

AtomsksSanakan

1/YThread on a fallacy I've seen a lot since the pandemic's beginning. Someone may have named it before, but if so, I can't find it.So I'm calling it:the ebola fallacy,

sandeep chakraborty

sanchak74

1/ @DrTedros @WHO @CDCgov @ScottGottliebMD @US_FDA This is two-pronged attack by a bacteria and the coronavirus.Like here.https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3168281/We need to add anti-bacterial to the therapy. Half of the 20 million reads