#EPIDEMIC

Angel Mom Virginia Krieger

c0lettea

While people are going bankrupt from COVID and parents continue to bury their children by the hundreds of thousands to the drug epidemic our politicians turn a blind eye showing

Chris Giles

ChrisGiles_

Sufficient data worldwide now exists to conclude that, to date, the UK has the highest rate of excess deaths in the Coronavirus pandemic in the worldFree to read article with

Ruminator Dan

RuminatorDan

_England & Wales Autumn Covid deaths show regional heterogeneity. London, in particular, is interesting_London's more severe & earlier spring growth may well explain why it has, to date, seen less

Dan Friedman

dfriedman33

3,999 participants on line for Trump for President v. Boockvar, featuring Giuliani. So maybe one more slot open? Giuliani: "The best description of what we’re alleging … is that it's

Aris Katzourakis 💙 (for UCU NEC)

ArisKatzourakis

[MEDIUM THREAD] On the topic of covid becoming an endemic virus. You hear this a lot; sometimes in response to critiques against strategies of elimination, sometimes just as a statement

COVID Impact

CovidSerology

A new retrospective analysis of the first 250,000 hospitalized individuals with SARS-COV-2 infection (>20 years) across Brazil may provide some possible explanation for the surge in Manaus. https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanres/artic

Ewan Birney

ewanbirney

A riff on data, models and intervention in a COVID world. When you don't have data, you absolutely need models - it helps you understand what could happen, good and

Tapanui 'Flu ('Tui Tapanui')

TapanuiFlu

1/25 I would like to deconstruct one of the persistent myths about #MyalgicE, because I'm seeing a recurring theme where quite a few #pwme are making sweeping statements on Twitter,

Tommy Tighe

theghissilent

a brief thread on catholics who deny the existence of systemic racism in our nation:denying systemic racism is intellectually dishonest at worst and intellectually lazy at bestit takes almost zero

Amy Barnhorst, MD

amybarnhorst

1/ It's hard to write about this because it's so sad, but it's important - some days working on #GunViolence prevention by myself in my closet feels weirdly irrelevant while

Dr Duncan Robertson

Dr_D_Robertson

Who is in intensive care and where are they? A thread.The Intensive Care National Audit & Research Centre @ICNARC have just published their report on COVID-19 patients admitted to ICU/HDU

Infectious Diseases

InfectiousDz

Denial has always been a part of any epidemic. Pathogens, invisible and wiggling into vulnerabilities and fault lines in society, slip by cloaked by denial. The philosopher Foucault said of

Diego Bassani, PhD 🏠😷

DGBassani

Why are cases surging? I’ll answer my own question. A thread : We are in this situation because all logic about how an epidemic progresses was ignored for months and

Dr. Tom Frieden

DrTomFrieden

1/11 Weekly epi review. Just when you thought it couldn’t get worse….But stay tuned for news Tuesday about a better way to get a nation-wide approach despite lack of national

Michael Harriot

michaelharriot

This might be the most controversial thing I ever tweeted but it’s time America faces the truth about a group of beloved historical figures, so here goes:Blanche, Dorothy, Rose $

Alina Chan

Ayjchan

Estimated 76% Manaus and 29% São Paulo population infected by covid by October."These results confirm that, when poorly controlled, COVID-19 can infect a high fraction of the population causing high

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