#Outbreaks

Dr. Tom Frieden

DrTomFrieden

1/ THREAD: As of this morning, there have been 19,563 deaths in NYC reported as confirmed or probable #COVID19. Staggering. But also an undercount, as detailed in a new @CDCgov

John Burn-Murdoch

jburnmurdoch

NEW: Fri 10 April update of coronavirus trajectoriesDaily new deaths:• US & UK still on clear trend of rising daily deaths. Reporting patterns may give occasional dips, but clearly trending

Bill Hanage

BillHanage

I feel it is important to call out misunderstandings about what 'herd immunity' means. It is clear from this little thread that @TheEliKlein has no idea. I'm not trying to

Prof. Christina Pagel

chrischirp

THREAD: where we are with covid in UK, particularly England, right now ... inc schools and circuit breaks... based on my @IndependentSage briefing today (which you can watch here if

Rohan Khazanchi

rohankhaz

1/ In @OWHnews @OWHopinion this morning, @DrJRMarcelin & I call for racial/ethnic #COVID19 data reporting in Nebraska.We are currently the ONLY state reporting ZERO state-level demographics. Short thread about why

John Burn-Murdoch

jburnmurdoch

NEW: Sat 11 April update of coronavirus trajectoriesDaily deaths:• US & UK still on a trend of more deaths every day• We’re now highlighting success stories in dark blue: Australia,

Kevin Esvelt

kesvelt

Can tracing alone control COVID?Our model: it's possible if we >double efficacy by changing how we trace & use digital apps.Thanks to @willbradbio, @EthanAlley, @jhhhuggins, & epidemiologist @alun_l !https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.05.06.

Hugh Howey

hughhowey

I write speculative fiction for a living, so let's do something fun. I'm going to tell you a story that takes place in an alternate universe, one in which Trump

Heidi N. Moore

moorehn

This, like wearing masks, is the exact opposite of what the CDC was saying two months ago.https://twitter.com/markberman/status/1263811822630637569 There is a temptation to think "oh well, we know so little." And

Ajit Singh

ajitxsingh

This tweet has gotten a lot of attention and been used by right-wing conspiracy theorists to suggest that China and the WHO were misleading or lying to the world about

A Marm Kilpatrick

DiseaseEcology

Very provocative new paper by @dylanhmorris @jlloydsmith on effects of temp & humidity on survival of SARS-CoV-2 on surfaces. Need to be careful in interpreting most novel aspects of this

1 Million Women In STEM

MillionStem

New week, new thread. Women empower other women - so here's to 100 new #womeninSTEM paving the way, inspiring & doing kickass things out there. THREAD 1/100 Meet Caeley Looney

Haleema Khan

haleemak_

:Total cases: 878,000Deaths: 23,000:Total cases: 252,000Deaths: 5,266Why the difference? It boils down to India's mismanaged and unplanned lockdown. The internal displacement triggered subsequently was the reason coronavirus spread in I

Danny Boy

Care2much18

No conspiracy theories. Ok. Deal. I'll go for it.A lot of right wing propaganda in the US suggests the virus didn't make it to Beijing or Shanghai. That's false.Beijing -

MIT Technology Review

techreview

This is a thread about how the world’s largest democracy shuts down its internet, the subject of our newest Deep Tech podcast episode. Hint: A 135-year-old law gives India the

zeynep tufekci

zeynep

Incredible New Zealand study on a mystery transmission in a quarantine hotel. For a while, a garbage can was suspected—one of the very, very few known suspected cases of fomite