#Disease

Dr. Sweta Chakraborty

swetac

I'm a scientist who studies threats like pandemics, esp how climate change accelerates risk of diseases. The next super virus is right around the corner. Read about Disease X in

Paul D. Miller

PaulDMiller2

Hi @ostrachan. With respect, I'd like to push back on a few things you say here.https://twitter.com/ostrachan/status/1328413157325410304 It is not true that "99 percent of people" recover from COVID. I think

Sunset Bitch

InnocentAcan

This is a PSA to young doctors who are hesitant to request exhaustive work up tests for patients because they’re concerned about the cost implications for the patient and they

Matias Kaplan

matias_kaplan

Elon Musk's testing tweet is pretty dumb but shows how testing probabilities can be tough. Musk likely was using the BD Veritor antigen test (if I'm wrong please correct me).

Gautam Bhatia

gautambhatia88

"Personal liberty."https://twitter.com/LiveLawIndia/status/1327506427514998784 "Personal liberty."https://m.thewire.in/article/rights/sudha-bharadwaj-heart-disease-byculla-jail-covid-19/amp?__twitter_impression=true &quo

HawkEye

Q17Follow

What is the EO of 2018 and why is it so important? What is a National Emergency? And why does it matter? Listen. https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/proclamation-declaring-national-emergency-concerning-novel-coronavirus-disease-

Robson Fletcher

CBCFletch

As the fight against COVID-19 continues & public-health measures wear on, it may be encouraging to recall our many public-health victories of the past.Here's a short list of diseases that

P. D. Mangan Health & Fitness Maximalist 🇺🇸

Mangan150

A guide for new followers.The number 1 cause of chronic disease, whether heart disease, cancer, Alzheimer's, gout, or almost anything you care to name, is insulin resistance. What causes insulin

Jerome Adams

JeromeAdamsMD

1/ A #COVID19 FAQ I often get is about “herd immunity.” Here’s a short thread with some relevant links but the punchline is this- in order for the numbers to

MoneyMadeMinds🧠

MoneyMadeMinds1

Quality Sleep Will Change Your Life5 Healthy Benefits//THREAD 1. Weight Maintenance •Lack of sleep disrupts daily appetite fluctuations•Leads to eating more calories•One of the strongest risk factors for obesity 2.

Abraar Karan

AbraarKaran

Some of the framing around impoverished countries not getting adequate vaccine doses center on this being bad for wealthy countries because there will be ongoing reservoirs of disease/ more mutations

Zain Chagla

zchagla

1. COVID currently is not going to be eliminated. Islands/small countries can exploit geographic advantage - but are susceptible to the world given how deep this has infiltrated. Compare to

Venkatesh Rao

vgr

Scenario Z: Covid is never brought under control, mutates too much every season to be managed like the flu, and goes endemic with higher base fatality rate and is too

Joel Hellewell

HellewellJoel

Important but missing from lots of long term covid strategy is an account of why previous disease elimination attempts were failing. Often mobilised to paint covid elimination as impossible but

Faheem Younus, MD

FaheemYounus

So many treatments for COVID and so much confusion. Why? Does plasma work or not? Will steroids be life saving or life threatening?This thread explains why this “confusion” is the

Maajid أبو عمّار

MaajidNawaz

THREAD on WHO & herd immunity:Without explanation, the World Health Organisation @WHO appears to have *changed* their definition of “herd immunity” from June to November 2020 by explicitly removing “immunity

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