#Infectious

Mia

miamercuryart

Hey friends! I'm happy to see so much learning and discussion about masks as one way we can help flatten the curve. There seems to be a lot of conflicting

Yoruba History - by NNP

YorubaHistory

The Influenza Global Pandemic of 1918-1919. Á ò rí’rú eléyì rí, a fií dé rù b’omo ni; unprecedented is just a word, there’s really nothing new under the sun! In

Kira Newman, MD, PhD

KiraNewmanMDPhD

There is a lot of discussion about whether #coronavirus infection will result in long-term #immunity. We don't yet have data on this, but in the meantime, a brief discussion of

Michael Mina

michaelmina_lab

Still so much confusion about rapid antigen tests. They get compared to qPCR and bc qPCR is deemed the gold standard, they appear as “low sensitivity”To be clear, the problem

KB

halftwottered

Please RT & share widely.The HSE published a report in August relating to the mass testing of asymptomatic individuals. It was “Approved by the Pandemic Incident Control Team August 14th

Matt McCarthy

DrMattMcCarthy

As the first #COVID19 attending at my hospital in NYC, I was asked to create a set of best practices for future doctors managing #coronavirus. Here are some of suggestions,

Soumya

skarlamangla

I feel like I'm hearing this a lot, so I'm going to try to explain why it doesn't work to get tested Tuesday or Wednesday before Thanksgiving and then be

CEALadyLux

cealadylux

To the Lady Lux athletes. I am sorry you have to feel this hurt. I am so sorry to the Seniors on this team and every team that needed this

Kit Yates

Kit_Yates_Maths

A short thread on herd immunity.Herd immunity is an incredibly important concept. It suggests diseases can be eliminated without everyone having immunity. If you want to eliminate an established disease

Apia Inn Samoa

apiainnsamoa

https://news.sky.com/story/coronavirus-tests-may-be-picking-up-traces-of-dead-virus-12064151 PCR Test Thread.Same story from the BBC:https://www.bbc.com/news/health-54000629 https://www.livescience.com/coronavirus-reinfections-were-false-po

David Murphy - BPS Vice-President

ClinPsychDavid

In developing the NHS Covid Recovery programme, I’ve spoken to many people experiencing persistent effects of #Covid_19. I’ve been struck by how many are NHS staff themselves; analysis of newly

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DrOlufunmilayo

Let me tell you a little story:100 years ago, in 1918-1919, there was a pandemic too.It was called Spanish Flu Pandemic.500 million people (1/3 of the world) got infected and

M Gabriela M Gomes

mgmgomes1

Latest on individual variation in susceptibility or exposure to #SARSCoV2 and #COVID19 with Marco Colombo, Joe Mellor, Helen Colhoun and Paul McKeigue: Trajectory of COVID-19 epidemic in Europehttps://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.09

Matthew Cortland, Esq

mattbc

The rent was due, for most #SSI recipients, one week agoThere's been no move, despite the immense economic shock, to increase #SSI from just 75% of Federal Poverty to something

Dr Zoë Hyde

DrZoeHyde

(1/12) Is Australia's second wave worse because of winter?No.Cases have not increased because of winter, and mortality is not worse.Here's a short thread for those overseas, to explain why you

Apoorva Mandavilli

apoorva_nyc

A few things I said in my new article but they might hear repeating: 1) virus is airborne. Meaning it can linger in air indoors, but will rapidly be diluted