#Severe

facts&effects

EffectsFacts

(1/12) Big thread with 16 diagrams to investigate the “dry tinder” hypothesis (mild preceding seasons affecting future mortality). We begin with a deep dive into the Nordics – in short:

Roya Hakakian

RoyaTheWriter

4-Later in 2008, Jalalian was arrested by the Intelligence service of the Islamic Republic of Iran. To Iran’s rulers, the mere affiliation with the PJAK, especially as a Kurdish woman,

Irenes (many)

ireneista

Quick reference to COVID-19 variants of concern:B.1.1.7: first identified in the UK, more transmissible.B.1.351: first identified in South Africa, some vaccines are less effective.We're going to try to use the

A Marm Kilpatrick

DiseaseEcology

Lots of discussion & opinions about human trials to test efficacy of vaccines. They provide key data to answer a Q that normal phase 3 trials can't:Does the vaccine reduce

Razorblade Snowflake (Keffy R.M. Kehrli)

Keffy

Criticism of the nominees is good, but please don't throw up your hands and run off because I'm honestly not happy either but we're honestly at "everything is on fire,

Caitlin Rivers, PhD

cmyeaton

I'm seeing unconfirmed reports of a few community acquired cases in the US. Again, this is a function of testing - it is not a live feed of transmission. I

Ned Nikolov, Ph.D.

NikolovScience

Did you know that, in 2019, WHO published a report on the effectiveness of Non-Pharmaceutical Interventions (NPIs) such as social distancing & travel restrictions in fighting pandemics (https://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/handle/10665/329438/9789

C-19 & Vitamin D

c19d3k2

My “big picture” conceptual model (as of October 2020) is quite simple: Wherever there’s physical presence of the virus, it will work through the pool of susceptibles until burnout. Susceptibility

SK

karthikadhaigal

(Thread)Will try to bring some clarity to the on going covid second waveYes, the situation is bad but don't panic(1/n) 1. Why more cases?No one knows what causes 2nd waves.

Anand Giridharadas

AnandWrites

Now @jack’s gift enters the picture.Whomever the gift is from, these are the issues for me:Read @teddyschleifer’s full story here: https://www.vox.com/recode/2020/4/7/21203179/coronavirus-billionaires-philanthropy-bill-gates-larry-ellison-mark-zucker

Sayed Tabatabai, MD

TheRealDoctorT

The Urine Rainbow, a thread.. starting with purple!This happens rarely with certain kinds of bladder infections in chronically catheterized patients. (Image from NEJM).I’ve also attached an article that describes a

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robdn

Time to check all sufferers at home:Concerns are raised that people isolating at home with worsening Covid symptoms may not call for medical help early enough when they enter the

Dr Ellie Murray

EpiEllie

THINK LIKE AN EPIDEMIOLOGIST: why are COVID deaths *still* not going up 3 weeks after case counts started increasing? There are many possible explanations, but one I haven’t seen mentioned

C.Forbes

theatregeek4192

Parents with young uns struggling with home learning. Please remember that this is home learning and not a home school. Go with their interests. Look at what has been set

Sagittarian Leo with a Pisces candy coating

Uncreativebtch

Welp I polished off a half bottle of gin fairly quick Gin and lemonade is I’ve worked a week straight so I feel like I’ve earned this, especially with working

Zavén Sargsyan

sargsyanz

Eosinophils matter:Inspired by yesterday’s @CPSolvers case + last week’s NEJM case, reprising this thread with 5 more real case examples of this take-home point: In acute presentations, eosinophilia is often