#Infection

Soutik Biswas

soutikBBC

THREAD: Delhi is seeing an intense Covid-19 winter surge, driving the total number of cases to more than 540,000 and fatalities to over 8,600. Doctors fear the capital may well

Dan the Gnome

brewergnome

It was hard to watch people I thought were compassionate humans dismiss the risks and throw disabled and old people under the bus. But I cut my friends lists and

Wetherby2019

wetherby2019

I'm honoured to say that my sister, an infection control nurse, was one of the many hundred nurses who spent five days at the public housing towers testing residents for

Vincent Rajkumar

VincentRK

Kerala (population 35 million) was the first state in India to get COVID. Today for the 2nd day in a row they have ZERO new cases! https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/coronavirus-for-second-day-in-a-row-no-new-case-in-kerala/article31505865.ece?ho

COVID Perspective

covidperspectiv

Kids with coronavirus are developing symptoms that are being called 'Covid Toes'https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/covid-toes-why-dermatologists-seeing-epidemic-kids-135948618.html Here's a good thread on this from a Dermatologisthttps://twi

Irenes (many)

ireneista

Quick reference to COVID-19 variants of concern:B.1.1.7: first identified in the UK, more transmissible.B.1.351: first identified in South Africa, some vaccines are less effective.We're going to try to use the

Concordian

JimReynolds

My company provides elder care in the hom. We are in this position, but in fairness many people are genuinely frightened. Our clients, for example, are just as reluctant to

Mark Schneider

subschneider

1/ I think I have found my blind spot with regards to @USNavy and Nuclear Safety. The USS THEODORE ROOSEVELT pulled into Vietnam where they had the first case show

Alex Berenson

AlexBerenson

1/ Crucial points about the NYS antibody study: Other studies have shown the first wave figures understate the true prevalence by 50-100%. Thus it is quite likely the real number

Kristin Rawls

kristinrawls

I really hope there aren't a ton of people at this hospital tomorrow because the long weekend is over. The first day after a long weekend is always bad.Tomorrow is

Ashish K. Jha, MD, MPH

ashishkjha

Wrote about why India likely has 25K+ deaths dailyPushback: we lack hard data on crematoriums so we can't be sureTrueBut we get 25K+ deaths no matter how you lookAnother approach:400,000

Stephen McDonell

StephenMcDonell

#Beijing streets busier ever day but still hardly anybody un-masked. #China #coronavirus #covid19 People are still wearing masks in #China to guard against a new wave of #coronavirus infection here.

Prof Darrel Francis ☺ Mk CardioFellows Great Again

ProfDFrancis

What should you do when you see something that supports your beliefs? (H/T to @LCC_DrMalik ) Do you *think* wearing a facemask reduces transmission of Covid? Here is Iqbal's enquiry.

Chris Viox

chrisviox

Miami-Dade County antibody study. 15x more cases than confirmed, implied IFR slightly under .2%. 50% asymptomatic. I'm sure the critics will find something wrong with this study too. (1/2)https://www.miamiherald.com/news/coronavirus/article242260

C-19 & Vitamin D

c19d3k2

My “big picture” conceptual model (as of October 2020) is quite simple: Wherever there’s physical presence of the virus, it will work through the pool of susceptibles until burnout. Susceptibility

C. Michael Gibson MD

CMichaelGibson

BREAKING: Of 408 homeless residents of Boston’s Pine Street Inn, 147 (36.0%) were PCR + for #coronavirus. Symptoms were not frequent: Cough (7.5%), shortness of breath (1.4%), and fever (0.7%)