#SuperSpreader

Ruth H. Hopkins, B.S., M.S., J.D.

Ruth_HHopkins

2020 was the most prolific year of my career as a Native writer thus far. Here is a year end thread featuring my favorite pieces from the past 12 months:

Eric Feigl-Ding

DrEricDing

VIRUS IS AIRBORNE. Repeat, the #SARSCoV2 coronavirus is airborne. Epidemiologists & aerosol Scientists have been saying it for months. Now 239 scientists have penned a letter to @WHO, coming out

Pit Schultz

pitsch

posture gymnastics. a symtomatologic collection of radical mediocracy in german journalism covering cultural politics of digital technologies in the year 2020. using metaphors by one of the long standing examples

Naseem Tarawnah

tarawnah

#JordanElections2020: 52k workers at polling stations + 18k volunteers. Hope they all stay safe. They're being unnecessarily put in harm's way as #COVID19 infections & deaths rise under a strained

Laura Henderson

SixandLaura

1/ The k value, the dispersion of the R0 among cases, is low in SARS-cov-2, as it was in SARS 110-20% of cases cause 80-90% of new infections. *7/10 cases

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sharanvkaur

Let's talk about Bethel Church, what it has to do with Singapore, and what it means to import "culture wars".https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bethel_Church_(Redding,_California) Bethel Church is a megachurch in Redding, Californi

Thomas Wiesel

wieselT

Je me réveille et je découvre ce qu'il s'est passé hier au premier meeting de campagne post-Covid de Trump en Oklahoma. Ça enjolive mon dimanche (THREAD) Déjà, il a choisi

Ingrid M

iMusing

good morninghappy Sunday! Today on #Insiders are Guardian politics journo and legendary live blogger Amy Remeikis, former Liberal Party staffer and murdoch columnist Niki Savva, and ex-murdoch man (Qld tabloid

Crab’s Melbourne Tour 🇦🇺🦀

Glaven1994

1/ November 2020 has seen a shift in the Australian covid-19 landscape. As Victoria achieved elimination and NSW edges closer to it, one formerly "covid-free" state has stolen all the

Benjy Renton

bhrenton

Vaccines don't save lives, vaccinations do. The Trump administration's plan to get vaccines in to the arms of Americans has largely failed, with now only 28.4% of the distributed doses

Michael Otsuka

MikeOtsuka

The UK government's response to concerns regarding airborne Covid-19 transmission in courtrooms is alarming. It indicates that they're ignoring an increasing body of evidence of such transmission. 1/10https://www.lawgazette.co.uk/ne

Roby Bhattacharyya

roby_bhatt

At the risk of shouting into the void, on papers from 2020 that most changed how I think abt COVID, as an ID physician-scientist. 280-char summaries + URLs for

Cleavon MD

Cleavon_MD

Wyoming state @GOP Rep. Roy Edwards said COVID was overblown for political reasons & would vanish after the election. On Oct 18, COVID swept through his church infecting many. Oct

Jose-Luis Jimenez

jljcolorado

1/ This article (https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2768396) was recently published in JAMA, and argues against aerosols being an important transmission pathway for COVID-19. Although better than other similar articles, the a

Cleavon MD

Cleavon_MD

Iowa Republican Congresswoman-elect Ashley Hinson, 37, tests positive for coronavirus. She is a two-term state representative and a former television news reporter and anchor. @GOP https://desmoinesregister.com/story/news/politics/2020/11/1

Albert Pinto

70sBachchan

Corona Scandals:Bungled tests Delayed lockdownsTravel from hotspots (Europe,NYC) seeding outbreaksNo Corona HotelsCDC Mask snafuPPE shortages & black marketsNursing home neglectHospital mis-mgmtMeatpacking/Prisons clustersAny others we

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