#Transmission

2) Israel is seeing a sharp rise in the number of children and teens getting infected with coronavirus, according to Health Ministry. “This is something we did not witness
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Two months ago, I summarized the status of people w/ #SARSCoV2 infections who don't manifest symptoms (asymptomatics) vs presymptomatics https://twitter.com/EricTopol/status/1270178612457598976With so much more we've learned since,
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Thread: Wearing masks is our best defense against the #coronavirus.@WhiteHouse press secretary said today that masks are no longer required in West Wing. Many tweets also advise against masks.Result: Colossal
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The Great Barrington declaration, a dangerous ideology grounded in pseudoscience promoted by libertarians with vested interests has now embraced the government's policy as the 'focused protection' strategy they outlined.We shoul
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A thread on the Covid-19 Testing and Screening Expert Advisory Panel's first report - full report here: https://www.canada.ca/en/health-canada/services/drugs-health-products/covid19-industry/medical-devices/testing-screening-advisory-pa
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How should we interpret #COVID19 case counts given the enormous variation in testing? A quick cautionary thread.As everyone knows the # of "confirmed cases" for COVID19 are a small fraction
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Re-telling of covid's origin story in @guardian today misses key points about the whistleblowers, the seafood market, test kit and vaccine development in China, and publication of the first SARS-CoV-2
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Learning is the priority but two things children are also missing right now are organised physical exercise and seeing their friends, both key to mental and physical health, motivation and
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I really don’t think those in charge understand the rage so many of us are feeling. If it makes me a bad doctor that I am now enraged at the
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Wow. Dutch Outbreak Management Team (OMT) now concedes that the assumption that high school students play a very limited role in covid transmission was "a mistake." Literature this assumption was
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NOTA BENE—Don’t be deceived if you see nobody in a room. CO2 levels can still be high if room is poorly ventilated. Remember #SARSCoV2 aerosols can stay airborne from 20
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#COVID-19 & schools- there have been recent papers from Norway & US & Australian data have found that school mitigation measures prevent onward transmission & that schools are unlikely to
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The most effective way to keep Covid in check and return to semblance of normality (far more so than blanket restrictions) is to have as many people as possible being
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1/ On the need for a **true multidisciplinary approach** to aerosol & droplet transmission (aka “the Godzilla thread”) 2/ This thread is offered constructively to point out a problem &
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Some really important publications about school re-opening during a pandemic over the first few days.A thread, and some musings.PLEASE READ MY WHOLE THREAD BEFORE THROWING STONES. Let me start by
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1. Let’s Recap where we are at.-the LRB of BC has a clause that states that a union can withdraw services due to H&S concerns.-We are in a global pandemic
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