#Infection

Chelle (she or they)

chellenator

In a post-panel chat, someone repeated a sentiment that I keep hearing, that this pandemic has been "a great equalizer".This could not be fucking further from the truth. When I

Dr. Tom Frieden

DrTomFrieden

Covid Epi Weekly: Immunizing Against Herd StupidityBad week for fight against Covid. Reopening without sufficient care. Failure to isolate. Failure to communicate. Dangerously misguided theory on immunity. Cases increasing, hospitalizations

Chris Masterjohn

ChrisMasterjohn

According to this paper I covered yesterday, saying "stay healthy" ten times releases 1/23rd the volume of liquid droplets as one cough. That suggest saying "stay healthy" 230 times at

Ya-Chi Ho

HoLabHIV

SARS-CoV-2: A Storm is Raging: Our Preview/Perspective for Chen on JCI: by day 8 after infection, it's cytokine storm and CD4/CD8 decrease that causes respiratory failure, not viral load. Agree

El País English Edition

elpaisinenglish

[1/7] The coronavirus is spread through the air, especially in indoor spaces, and scientists now openly acknowledge the role played by aerosols in the pandemic. EL PAÍS recreated three common

Matt Kibbe

mkibbe

What is the goal of the lockdown? It was flattening the curve, to make sure hospitals could handle critical patients without being overwhelmed. Honest modelers acknowledged a flattened curve would

John Scalzi

scalzi

1. One of the least intelligent things I've seen re: my still staying at home despite my state opening up is the suggestion that the small rural county I live

Dr Zoë Hyde

DrZoeHyde

(1/3) Study of the #COVID19 outbreak on the USS Theodore Roosevelt aircraft carrier, with follow-up of outcomes. 736 sailors with a median age of 25 years were infected. 20% were

Anjali B.

TheWayfarerSoul

THREAD: Who is eligible to donate #COVIDー19 plasma & how can one do it.If you have fully recovered from COVID19, you may help patients who are fighting the infection by

Leora Horwitz

leorahorwitzmd

I have turned down several press requests to talk about Trump's treatment because I am not his doctor and don't know the situation. But the questions people asked made me

Bethany S. Mandel

bethanyshondark

Then he shouldn’t have gotten COVID.https://twitter.com/maggienyt/status/1314174353312014336 Lots of folks in my mentions like “God he didn’t choose to get it!” You’re not that stupid, don’t pretend to be. He didn’t

David Menschel

davidminpdx

1. Jails and prisons are becoming the epicenter of the coronavirus in America. And it's hard to overstate the degree to which the corrections profession has failed. 2. The infection

Magilla Gorilla 39

39Magilla

(1) Infection Fatality Rate (IFR) v. Age from recent Italian Seroprevalence Study:0-17: 0.002%18-34: 0.02%35-49: 0.11%50-59: 0.40%60-69: 1.74%>70: 8.30% (2) @TimTravis2 reported these Case Fatality Rates for Tennessee. Here's how the

Tim White

TWMCLtd

Traumatic Thursday is behind us on #Coronavirus watch.Here's Friday's megathread.Yesterday a record 25 European countries hit new #Covid19 records. Grant Shapps played Santa, but was embarrassed by Denmark and Germany.

Nate Silver

NateSilver538

The percentage of tests that are coming up positive in NY state remains very high but now falling a bit each day:4/7 (most recent): 41.7%4/6: 42.5%4/5: 46.7%4/4: 44.6%4/3: 46.9%4/2: 48.6%4/1:

Adam Fraise

FraiseAdam

Dr Malcolm Kendrick’s blog has attracted a lot of positive reviews from the anti mask, anti vax, covid denial lobby. I thought I would have a detailed look at what