#Virus

Shashi Tharoor

ShashiTharoor

If #COVID19 were human, it would have been insulted by the chants of "Go Corona Go!", deafened by the taalis & thalis, & blinded by the lights & diyas. That

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farrahakase

I keep seeing articles about how everyone should be "hikikomori" during this pandemic.Most hikikomori who refuse to go outside are dealing with depression, anxiety, trauma, etc. They avoid interacting with

Emma McGiggle

Emma_McGiggle

I seen anti-lockdown protesters yesterday. I'm baffled by this! don't they realise reason we are in this mess is because WE didn't take enough responsibility for our own action to

Isaac Bogoch

BogochIsaac

Eliminating #COVID19 is not feasible any time soon."Given the global burden of COVID-19, even if a single area of the world were to eliminate the disease, it would be very

Deepti Gurdasani

dgurdasani1

Given the recent public statements by several govt advisors regarding opening of schools, here's a thread on evidence around COVID in children:The govt (& UK scientific 'experts') have recently cited

Ben Shapiro

benshapiro

This IMHE model suggests another 9,000 deaths in NY, another 15,000 deaths in FL, another 3,000 deaths in AZ, and a whopping 23,000 more deaths in TX. It assumes we

Spencer Cox

SpencerJCox

While I sincerely hope you have been following the Governor’s weekly press conferences, today I will share a couple threads on the seriousness of the coronavirus spread and the Unified

Dana Goldstein

DanaGoldstein

1. Breaking: We are amassing a body of research on the likely impact of the pandemic on children's learning. The news is not good. Some students will lose up

Guy Pilkington

guy_pilkington

As the incompetence, incoherence and rank hypocrisy at the heart of UK government is increasingly exposed it is sad to think of the avoidable harm this has caused. As a

† Jesus Christ †

JesusChristTalk

THREAD: A new Lancet paper reveal that the novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) is stable on surgical masks for up to 7 days! #COVID19 @Drstevenhobbs Link to correspondence: https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanmic/article/PIIS2666-5247(20)30003-3/fulltex

RAMZPAUL

ramzpaul

In a mass hysteria, people reinforce and escalate extreme ideas with each other. The fear increases and otherwise intelligent people cease to be able to think rationally. At that point

Michael Mina

michaelmina_lab

UPDATE: New preliminary results in a german town show high fraction (14%) of population infected, mostly asymptomatically. (In US that would be 45 million people)I do not think we're there

Scared Little Hobbit

LI_politico

Lockdown, day 1: WE GOT THIS TEAM Lockdown, day 2: The courier just delivered 2 packages and I stood outside pointing at them and SCREAMED DRAMATICALLY Lockdown, day 3:

Alistair Haimes

AlistairHaimes

My experience of contact tracing.---My daughter was sent home from school to isolate Tuesday morning, following a positive test by her teacher (who had been isolating since Friday).She rapidly developed

Adam Kucharski

AdamJKucharski

I'm seeing more and more suggestions that contact tracing and/or physical distancing isn't needed and we could solve COVID-19 with widespread testing alone. E.g. just test everyone once a week/fortnight

Farrukh K. Pitafi

FarrukhKPitafi

Let's talk about Pakistan's response to COVID-19 for so much debate is going on. On one side there folks who understandably want to see the lockdown further tightened. Then there