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New paper showing very high household transmission of COVID-19 in US. I haven't seen detailed summary, so here's one. There's a ton here to think about. Kids, culture, COVID.Thread.https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/69/wr/mm6944e1

How many SARS-CoV-2 infections are there per COVID-19 case now?Early estimates & guesses suggested there were 10 infections for every case, but these estimates were done when testing capacity was

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

CDC's updated webpage on how COVID-19 is spread & prevention tips is now (almost) in line with science!(WHO please do the same!)(Hooray! only 10 months into epidemic & when Trump

How long are you infectious for SARS-COV-2/#COVID19? This is a huge question with enormous implications. Data have been limited so far but putting pieces together from several sources starts to

PSA: We (STILL) have no data to know the pattern of viral loads over time from infection to recovery. So we don't know how test sensitivity & infectiousness correlate.Tons of

I posted this thread earlier because there's a serious challenge ahead: now that antigen tests are being used on a huge scale (WHO bought 120M; Abbott is producing ~50M/month), key

Lots of discussion & opinions about human trials to test efficacy of vaccines. They provide key data to answer a Q that normal phase 3 trials can't:Does the vaccine reduce

Looking for badly misleading #COVID19 serology data?New paper in top journal http://thelancet.com/journals/laninf/article/PIIS1473-3099(20)30631-9/fulltext & new online tool: http://serotracker.com/Dashboard I *hope* it will get be

New #COVID19 serosurvey in Italy. Report in Italian so I couldn't read it carefully. Nice thread from @stats_q with some details. Some @nataliedean @AdamJKucharski @isabelrodbar are questioning results b/c they

Rampant #COVID spread in a kids camp: a preview of school re-opening?New paper with unsettling details that unfortunately challenges claims that transmission in young children will be lower than adults.More

Do kids transmit #COVID19 less often than adults?New paper published from contact tracing in S Korea.(I'm 1-2d late to the party but other threads are mis-representing the paper/data or missing