#Cases

Justin Walsh

jstpwalsh

Chart update thread: CNN now reports 933,993 known US #COVID19 infections. https://www.cnn.com/interactive/2020/health/coronavirus-us-maps-and-cases/ This is an increase of 5%, the single largest number of new cases so far (43,469 reported). The

David Thunder

davidjthunder

—THREAD BEGINS—NPHET repeatedly cited test-driven case numbers.Can ⁦@ronan_glynn⁩ or NPHET please tell us 1. How many positive cases are active or infectious, given that PCRs detect the virus when it

Acquiescent Soul

AcquiescentSoul

Cases vs. Deaths vs. Rate (per 1 million):Spain: 1373 / 104 / 7.6%Italy: 1,332 / 135.8 /10.2%France: 442 / 25.3 / 5.7%USA: 263 / 3.99 / 1.5%UK: 222 / 11.5

Jason Crawford

jasoncrawford

Myth: polio was already declining before the introduction of the polio vaccine in 1955Fact: the epidemics were actually getting worsehttps://ourworldindata.org/grapher/reported-paralytic-polio-cases-and-deaths-in-the-united-states-since-1910 1952: pe

Jay

OneFineJay

Posting this as a thread in one go coz I need to sleep but also get it out of my head.SARS-CoV-2 has been traced in France as far back as

Chuck Wendig

ChuckWendig

It’s astonishing and terrifying in equal measure to watch our cases go up, and our restrictions go down, and cases in schools going up, and THEIR restrictions loosening too. And

Patrick S. Tomlinson

stealthygeek

People complaining the #COVID2019 death rate of 3.7% doesn't account for asymptomatic cases that go undetected don't seem to realize that's TRUE OF EVERY DISEASE EVER.Of course undetected infections aren't

Natalie E. Dean, PhD

nataliexdean

Early results from a representative household-based survey in Indiana. 4600 participants. 1.7% PCR positive + 1.1% seropositive = 2.8% with active/prior infection. Estimated 11x infections as reported. IFR = 0.6%.

l E T 17

Inevitable_ET

US 1st corona death, evergreen>The patient passed away after test results confirmed the infection last night, according to a letter from EvergreenHealthhttp://www.startribune.com/new-coronavirus-cases-of-unknown-origin-found-on-west-coast/56832700

Gurinder Singh Josan CBE

gsjosan

PERSONAL STATEMENTIt has been published by others that I was a member of the Labour Party Disputes Panel that yesterday considered the case of Jeremy Corbyn. 1/7 These are confidential

James Wilson

jamewils

Many here asked what worries me most about India's #COVID19 trajectory based on tests dataAnswer is look at the number of tests needed to confirm a positive case, call it

Grant LaFleche

GrantRants

Good afternoon, Niagara. I am pouring into the daily #COVID19 for the region, and two things pop out today. First, there is only one new confirmed case. Second, for the

Boomer Beamer (Lu Dort stan but not a real boomer)

ImDerBatman

Random but Chief Justice John Roberts is a conservative I have a ton of respect forHe’s a true conservative but cares about the legitimacy of the court and not acting

Yardley Yeadon

MichaelYeadon3

MOST peculiar that Van Tam is bloviating about “cases”. He must know that Govt has realised that the PCR test has a much higher false positive rate than the prevalence

Kyle

DrKyle

As the Saskatchewan government hasn't been updating school s w/ covid isolations lists, I have had parents send this list of 10 schools to me in the last 2 days:Coronach

Heath Mayo

HeathMayo

Here’s the problem with the “blame the protesters” COVID excuse: if that were the cause here, we’d see equivalent spikes in NYC, DC, Chicago, & other urban areas. We don’t.