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Covid-19 Updates!

NCov2019_update

FACE MASKS- A THREADThere's conflicting views about face masks in relation to Coronavirus. We've attempted to gather publicly available information & apply common sense. The following is our take, and

DocTalk

DocTalkSports

Non political thread: 1) Yes, wearing a face covering does actually help protect you. 2) It actually protects those around you more. 3) No, it’s not absolute or perfect (far

Mark Joseph Stern

mjs_DC

Justices Alito, Gorsuch, and Kavanaugh all wrote dissents from tonight’s 5–4 decision turning away a church’s challenge to Nevada’s COVID restrictions, an unusual move in the denial of an emergency

Matthew Bennett

matthewbennett

1. Let's go. The 50th day of this Coronavirus chronicle. Spain now has 169,496 official cases of Covid-19 and 17,489 deaths. And we will have even more if napkin masks

Department for Education

educationgovuk

We have set out the steps which education settings should take to reduce the risk of transmission for children and staff.Find out more: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/coronavirus-covid-19-implementing-protective-measures-in-education-and-

Lisa McNally

Lisa_McNally1

We're experiencing a surge of COVID-19 cases in our area. After searching through our data I have some tips for the UK Test & Trace system...(a thread...) (1/7) (2/7) The

Jose-Luis Jimenez

jljcolorado

1/ Why the arguments against aerosol transmission (AT) of SARS-CoV-2 don't hold water. See my Perspective in MedScape at:https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/934837?src=uc_mscpedt&faf=1#vp_1I have been trying to understand for month

Another Angry Woman

stavvers

soooo I'm looking at the SAGE paper which suggested the "circuit breaker" lockdown and they've modelled which interventions are likely to drive down transmission, and it seems to suggest closing

Joseph Allen

j_g_allen

1/ Listen to the science and reopen schoolsAdding months more to this toll will be an educational disaster that some children may never recover fromA thread... 2/ listen to the

Kirsty Gillgrass #STAY 🏠

KGillgrass

As clinical director for cancer @NHSSheffieldCCG I am increasingly worried by reports that patients aren’t attending appointments for suspected cancer tests due to fear of Covid. This thread is aimed

World Health Organization (WHO)

WHO

Media briefing on #COVID19 with @DrTedros https://www.pscp.tv/w/cdsTuTI2MTAyMHwxZFJKWlp5ZWVubUpCTxAJ4bIH2hV3lQqM0-R42BO0s0C82KC4Jpds5O0b-m0= "Yesterday, 230 thousand cases of #COVID19 were reported to WHO. Almost 80% of those cases wer

World Health Organization (WHO)

WHO

Media briefing on #COVID19 with @DrTedros and @FilippoGrandi https://www.pscp.tv/w/cbt5-jI2MTAyMHwxbkFKRUFQWEVFeUpMMwJdpD_YufsBpmoGQeqTTG1MK8_GF1wI38uc9YGSfpM= "The pandemic is accelerating. More than 150K new cases of #COVID19 were re

Albert Trigg

alberttrigg

My take on the SAGE meeting minutes, published after a FOI requestFirstly there are huge gaps between evidence provided and policy decisions throughoutResulting in huge policy leaps from meeting to

Ciaran Jenkins

C4Ciaran

Yesterday I asked @nicolasturgeon why Scotland had stopped contact tracing against @WHO recommendations. She suggested I had got this wrong. Also yesterday, here is @WHO on the importance of contact

Oliver Lancaster

gasworksollie

***Distributed Gas Generation Thread***16/06/2020 – v high gas generation connected to elec transmission (~70%).Disaggregated data from 10 monitored flexible power generation stations connected to our @WWUtilities network only using 65%

Prof Francois Balloux

BallouxFrancois

I suspect there are multiple causes to the reduction in #SARSCoV2 Case Fatality Rates (CFRs). Improved treatment undoubtedly plays a role. There might be some mortality displacement with a fraction