#Comorbidities

Tamas Szakmany

iamyourgasman

Let's talk about "rationing" of intensive care in the context of #COVID19 (thread)First of all, it's not happening in the UK. There are lots of misconceptions, which stem from the

Luciana Borio, MD

llborio

THREAD: 1. Many are asking questions about the latest RCT on hydroxychloroquine (HCQ), preprinted on @medrxivpreprint Chen A, et al. Efficacy of HCQ in patients with COVID-19: results of a

Rafael Fonseca MD

Rfonsi1

*** When will we know we are making progress against #COVID19? ***When we understand the dynamics of the number of deaths. But there are many limitations to the data and

Varun C. MD, DM

drcheruvarun

Why do we need to correctly count all covid deaths?To spread doom and gloom for the sake of it? No.Coz it's an important tool for epidemiologists? Not only that.To deal

Na Cai

caina89

New review with @EikoFried and @karmelchoi in @hmg_journal on #heterogeneity in #depression - we identified three sources of #heterogeneity in #depression in #genetic studies (mostly from past 10 yrs): operationalization,

Eric Feigl-Ding

DrEricDing

The most important vaccine in Latin America—SinoVac’s CoronaVac reports new trial results from Brazil —Efficacy against symptomatic #COVID19–50.7%. Moderate & severe: 83.7% / 100%. Delayed 2nd dose no issue. Neut.

Jayanth P

Jayanth_TNIE

#COVID19 curve in #AndhraPradesh is showing flattening tendency. There are more recoveries than the no. of active cases. The active cases graph is also downwards. Our #containment strategy is working.

Jayanth P

Jayanth_TNIE

15 govt VRD labs and 4 pvt labs are testing #COVID19 samples in the state. The govt labs have 47 RT-PCT machines. We have done 9.71 lakh tests (18,200 samples

stuart mcdonald

ActuaryByDay

They’re back! The intensive care national audit & research centre (@ICNARC to its friends) has resumed weekly reporting in response to rapidly rising ICU admissions.A short thread follows in which

Jason Puckett

JasonPuckettTV

FALSE/Misleading CLAIM: "This week, the CDC quietly updated the Covid number to admit that only 6% of all the deaths recorded actually died from Covid."Lots to unpack here. Bottom line:

Abraar Karan

AbraarKaran

THREAD on my new op-ed in WaPo1/ I spent the last 2 weeks on clinical service in our emergency room #covid19 pod.Caring for patients was tough, but it was even

Cory Doctorow

doctorow

Flushing and Corona are two adjacent neighborhoods in Queens, NY. They are both working-class immigrant neighborhoods whose residents experience high degrees of covid comorbidities like hypertension. 1/ Both neighborhoods are

Mark Changizi

MarkChangizi

0/ Thread on how mass-media-induced fear of COVID irrationally transformed our priors.I have talked a lot about the mass hysteria that was created...https://twitter.com/MarkChangizi/status/1239995212572876802?s=20This thread gets more at th

josh wang

joshwangmd

was supposed to be in Tallinn, Estonia this week for @eapcctinstead spent the morning reading abstracts from the cancelled conference, eating pickles, and drinking beer (ran out of квас)some highlights

Abir Ballan 😊

abirballan

Professionals can draw recommendations based on scientific evidence using their own critical thinking. The authors' interpretation is not sacred unless science has become scripture now. 1/nhttps://twitter.com/Chaitmac/status/13906114055

Maggie Koerth

maggiekb1

And now, a few science reminders ... this will have to be a thread because there's a lot going on here.https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1313449844413992961 1) Flu deaths seldom top 100,000. Estimated flu deaths