#Transmission

So, as an aside, if you read my whole comment, which I'm happy to see @eliza_relman used, this tweet I'm QTing is like a prima facie example of The Problem.https://twitter.com/luscombeland/status/1384324170926936066
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1/6 #COVID19 key concerns in : As we continue to make progress to #SlowtheSpread of COVID-19, we are experiencing bumps in the road that remind us we can’t let down
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Another 255 people have tested positive for #coronavirus in Scotland in the past 24 hours – 6.3% of newly tested103 in Greater Glasgow and Clyde, 47 in Lanarkshire, 30 in
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Lessons learned will prove crucial in controlling a second wave of COVID-19The intervention that proved far more important was universal masking – requiring all hospital staff to wear surgical masks
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Trends in other countries (WITH MASS TESTING) show slowing at around the three week mark. Anecdotally, I guess we can assume the same. But, we can't.Because. Testing.(We sort of have
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Eager to get back to normal? Hate wearing a mask? Read on and feel free to share. A helpful Q&A: π—œ 𝗱𝗼𝗻'𝘁 𝗳𝗲𝗲𝗹 π˜€π—Άπ—°π—Έ, π˜€π—Ό π—œ 𝗱𝗼𝗻'𝘁 𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗱 π˜π—Ό π˜„π—Όπ—Ώπ—Ώπ˜†
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it occurs to me that sars-2 provides a good example of why pathogens don't necessarily or even typically evolve towards lower virulence we know that sars-2 viral load typically peaks
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I spent a few minutes looking at social media transmission of WHO Jan 14 tweet "https://twitter.com/WHO/status/1217043229427761152" purely as a meme. Original tweet went almost entirely unnoticed both at time and
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THREAD: Key points from my overview of latest #COVID19 numbers in the weekly @IndependentSage briefing. Firstly, for the first since 11 April, the 7 day daily average of new cases
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"Hi, I'm Jean Rossouw, the Skukuza Golf Course superintendent , otherwise known as the 'green keeper'. The past few weeks have been hard work, doing maintenance work on the infrastructure
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Our movers are here and our belongings will up to our new home today. Still waiting to hear a response from SA Health to a letter sent by Nick McBride
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Let's game this "but the economy" argument out. Just for hell of it. Assumptions: 1) the economy (which really wasn't on anything but a bad sugar high anyway thanks to
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If you can tear your eyes off oil prices and covid for a sec, I have some China energy charts for you! Here's a word cloud about what key experts
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Frustratingly, this article did not link to the actual report. I had to hunt it down. Here it is, so you can read for yourself, along with some of my
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I need to set the record straight about something: Papa D designed and sent the 1974 Arecibo message. Carl Sagan was one of several folks he tested the message on,
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A thread on why @bankofengland moving to negative interest rates could do more harm than good, based on my latest @OMFIF piece & with links to further research:https://www.omfif.org/2020/05/uk-negative-rates-could-do-more-harm-than-good
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