#EPIDEMIC

A Marm Kilpatrick

DiseaseEcology

What is "fatality" of COVID19? Still lots of confusion out there about case fatality rate (CFR) and infection fatality rate (IFR). One is what you want to know but almost

Trevor Bedford

trvrb

Following up on general thoughts on antigenic drift of #COVID19 from this weekend, I wanted to discuss what we know about the new variant of SARS-CoV-2 thats emerged in the

Robinson Meyer

yayitsrob

Mayor Bowser’s COVID mitigation plan is failing. Simple as that.Remember in July when we were yelling about how Georgia had lost control of its epidemic?DC now has 407 cases per

Holly Snape

HollySnapeWang

I think this gets the Chinese approach wrong... (1/6) “Xi has gambled on rural migrants being tested before returning home, and on local officials being able to deal with isolated

Vijay Pande

vijaypande

1/ @Jeff_Jordan and I are excited to announce that @a16z is leading @Levels $12M Seed Round to bring biowearables into the mainstream and improve metabolic health.https://www.levelshealth.com/blog/levels-raises-12m-investment-round-improve-

Dennis R

DennisR38458475

Thread: Time and time again, we find ourselves having to debunk the same flawed arguments regarding #SARSCoV2 impact on children,Including mortality and transmissibility. I will say I do respect @NBSaphierMD

Lalyta 💔🇮🇹💔🇧🇴

lalytatweets

There is a harmful cognitive dissonance in this #coronavirus pandemic. "We are not China, won’t happen to us.""We are not Italy, won’t happen to us.""We are not Europe, won’t happen

Radical Transparency UK

RadTransparent

Last week @RobinToal met @IndependentSAGE Chair and Founder, @Sir_David_King King to discuss the UK government response coronavirus pandemic and trust in science. With #PubsReopening in England, furthering the possibility of

Federico Andres Lois

federicolois

[1/n] Well @gummibear737 pushed me into a position to have to explain our theory of how universal mitigations (for ex. lockdowns) kill over time more people than what Sweden did.

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐔𝐬

therestofus5

When they say that transwomen are at more risk than women, when they say transwomen live in a state of perpetual victimhood, when they hold women morally responsible for what

Fellow

somefellow6

>White guy working 6 days a week>Gets home on Saturday>Feet hurt, just want a beer>Reads story about 19,000 British children being raped by foreign men>Turns on tv, told he has

Dr Duncan Robertson

Dr_D_Robertson

One thing civil servants learn is to write things down. Here is @acadmedsci's 14 July report commissioned by @uksciencechief. For the record. It sets out what was known in July,

CanaDutchian - full of Dad vibes

CanaDutchian

These measures mean nothing @SaskParty. Let me get into this, a thread if you will:First, the amazing amount of loopholes is a failure. By allowing exceptions you create a lack

Friendly Whale Shark Jackson

TAJackson20

Progressives going from blaming capitalism and hierarchy for the obesity epidemic to saying "this is a positive good #healthatanysize" was one of the first things that made me seriously question

Abir Ballan 😊

abirballan

@gummibear737 I was against the lockdown when the epidemic started. Any one with a background in public health could’ve known back in March the following: 1/nhttps://twitter.com/gummibear737/status/1298246378657808384 1. In March, WHO

jourdain

jourdayen

after looking at some of my old essays I made a promise with myself never to write a full essay about twitter again. I almost broke that promise today to

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