#Outbreak

A common canard in NZ, spread by talk show hosts, misguided academics and conspiracy theorist political candidates, is that the @WHO revised down its estimate of the death rate of
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Back in March, a study on how long the coronavirus lasts on surfaces fueled what one author called “the great fomite freakout.” People scrubbed everything from mail to groceries. It's
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The @RossMemorial in Lindsay, ON declared an outbreak on Saturday, April 18th, 2020. On Mon, April 20th, 2020 it was confirmed that 2 staff had tested positive.https://kawarthanow.com/2020/04/20/two-staff-members-test-positive-for-covid-19-at-ross-me
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A thread: Reporters from @aldotcom have worked nonstop to tell the #Alabama stories about #COVID19 so we can all be safer, smarter. And now, for the first time, we're asking
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It occurs to me that the last few Coronavirus months have been a grand natural experiment in "planning" versus "spontaneous order."And, it seems reasonable to conclude, that, thus far, "spontaneous
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Today's @NPR @MorningEdition is a snapshot of our world, and a little beyond. Hit Play on a few of these voices. @nprgreene talks with an American astronaut who has spent
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and because you have managed to piss me off ...let's do a thread to prove it ..shall we @WHO ... Let's start here https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8199719/Dr-Tedros-Ghebreyesus-career-politician-running-China-centric-WHO.html Hmm the
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Today I'm pleased to announce the Viral Emergence Research Initiative (VERENA), a consortium of virologists, ecologists, and data scientists working to predict which viruses could infect humans, which animals host
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Our third free coronavirus webinar, “Coronavirus Conversations: Club Operations Part 2,” is about to begin. Follow this thread for updates. A recording of the webinar will be posted for those
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1) With schools across Quebec set to reopen in less than three weeks, community transmission of the #coronavirus in Montreal is still higher than it was in mid-June. In this
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A brief look at @RFAArgus Argus is an old lady with an interesting history. For almost 40 years, she’s quietly gone about her business with little public recognition and (it
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Today is #WorldAutismDay 1 in 160 children has an autism spectrum disorder. #Autism begins in childhood and tend to persist into adolescence and adulthood http://bit.ly/2HUmOjc  Interventions for people with
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Like everyone, I am desperate to send my kids back to school. Remote learning is hard on my wife and me, and terrible for our kids. If we thought it
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Better late than never - my thread on the US public health (PH) system.This doesn't cover everything, but does provide an outline of how funding & structures work with each
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Some key points made by Deepak Parekh (HDFC) in his Webinar (post Covid-19 outbreak)1. This is a Human Economic Financial (HEF) crisis. Completely different from 2008. Will take minimum 9
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Data thread thru 5/23Sunday and the rollercoaster is about to go upData is from:https://worldometers.info/coronavirus/country/us/and https://github.com/CSSEGISandData/COVID-19/tree/master/csse_covid_19_data/csse_covid_19_time_seriesWant mor
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