#Transmission

Jill U Adams

juadams

I’m sad today. My son will not join us for Thanksgiving. 1/Thread It was his decision, not mine. I thought we could both be extra cautious, essentially self-quarantine for

Statistics Guy 🤓

Stat_O_Guy

So the anomaly in Admitted for Covid - NHS England data.1. We have two data sets, one shows the government dashboard daily admissions of covid-19 patients to hospital. The lower

Koen

KoenSwinkels

1/ Back in the spring Ontario locked down & hospitals postponed elective care in anticipation of a Covid surge. But:-the surge never came-hospitals were running way below capacity creating a

Cleavon MD

Cleavon_MD

PROTECT OUR TEACHERS: There are 3.2 million teachers in the U.S. and they are rightfully concerned of contracting COVID from in-person learning, when preventative measures such as N95 masks and

Aaron Derfel

Aaron_Derfel

1) On Thursday, as Quebec Premier François Legault cancelled larger Christmas gatherings amid a surge in #COVID19 hospitalizations, the province’s chief public health officer warned the #coronavirus is everywhere. In

Aaron Derfel

Aaron_Derfel

1) Although the #pandemic has been largely brought under control in Montreal, a new and disturbing trend is emerging. In this thread, I will address the phenomenon of mostly younger

Adam Briggs

ADMBriggs

Picking up on yesterday's thread on NHS Test and Trace data, PHE's weekly surveillance report now out with data to 6th September.Thread/https://twitter.com/ADMBriggs/status/1304179872760291331 For week 31/08 to 06/09, there were 970

Michael Mina

michaelmina_lab

New efforts w mass testing in Liverpool have dropped incidence by 2/3rds in weeksNot a “clean” pilot study of rapid tests bc other interventions also started at same time. There

SFBART

SFBART

Let's talk air flow in BART cars: BART cars filter & replace inside air about every 70 seconds. This was the case before COVID-19 and is still now. Air is

erica robles-anderson

fstflofscholars

Fewer classes per student. Collaborative teaching. 3-4 week courses. Class sizes of 12. 2 instructors. Run it 4x per semester. Online or hybrid. High touch. Emphasize community aspect of academic

moose

moosechildd

TWITTER NEEDS A LESSON ON HOW TO RESPONSIBLY RECREATE IN THE OUTDOORS. i’ve had too many “debates” recently on this platform for things that simply aren’t up for discussion. here’s

Alex Macheras

AlexInAir

Tomorrow: UK mandatory hotel quarantine for so-called ‘red list’ arrivals begins That’s 55 days since S African #COVID19 variant was detected in UK 1 year since “global health emergency” declared

zeynep tufekci

zeynep

New piece. Hear me out. What if Xi Jinping didn't even *know* of key details of the coronavirus outbreak until it was too late? What if his authoritarian blindspot was

Trent 💊🆔

trentyarwood

It might be a prudent time to talk about the precautionary principle because it seems to be getting its moment in the sun this week.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Precautionary_principle The wiki article is actually

Rosie Woodroffe

RosieWoodroffe

This new announcement https://consult.defra.gov.uk/bovine-tb-2020/eradication-of-btb-england/ means two more years of new #badgercull licences. In 2019-20 new licences covered an area larger than Cornwall, Devon, and Dorset combined so a lo

Ashish K. Jha, MD, MPH

ashishkjha

I want to talk about a conversation I had with my family tonight about opening schools and what it will takeFirst, lets be clear that schools have enormous benefit for

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