#Disease

This BBC radio doc on Covid from January 23rd is a fascinating historical artefact. All the seeds of Spring 2020 assumptions are therehttps://twitter.com/surplustakes/status/1344564863771795456?s=19 > Academics advising Labour gov during
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In December, the @American_Heart published a Presidential Advisory statement on working against structural racism and health disparities in response to recent news events and #BLM advocacy. #healthequity #CQOSpotlight https://www.ahajournal
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How can a virus with 1% mortality shut down the United States? 1/9 There are two problems with this question.1. It neglects the law of large numbers2. It assumes one
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[Thread] 1. 80 000 Johnson & Johnson #CovidVaccines will land in SA today (weather permitting, etc). Where will they go? @bhekisisa_MG’s @KeMohale made an interactive map of the 16 sites
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Much of the arguments about #HCQ for COVID_19 either for or against have been based on personal convictions and biases than reliable data. We have heard conspiracy theorists claim that
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Weekend Reading?New PublicationThe first in the ILIAID Consortium White Paper series on IHR Reform:"Reforming the Declaration Power for Global Health Emergencies" by @ClareWenham @AlexandraPhelan @MarkRTurner Sam Halabi. Available
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Wonderful news about the Johnson&Johnson vaccine! Let me explain (and also let me tell you I was just on an interview with Dr. Paul Offit, who believes - like me-
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Quick thread on one aspect of vaccination that currently doesn't quite make the headlines but is likely to become very important in the coming months - vaccine reluctance.This different from
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I am delighted to announce the publication of our latest #teamwild paper, "Mutant huntingtin and neurofilament light have distinct longitudinal dynamics in #Huntingtonsdisease" Rodrigues/Byrne et al 2020 in @ScienceTM: https://stm
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Wait. WAIT. #bioweapons twitter - am I the only person who didn't know someone tried to assassinate Abe Lincoln with yellow fever?! And that the rest of DC was just
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i don't want to overstate regional differences on this subject, but it's hard to ignore how covid in this country is a disease of racialized poverty, and the states with
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Interesting Case from @GreggWStone which brings up lots of thoughts. (1) iFR/FFR discordance with angiographic finding is well established. Very 'tight' stenoses can be negative (& leads to much head
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1 When understanding what Trump’s degenerative neurological disease Frontotemporal Dementia is, note:-It’s a 12+ yr illness. Early years go undiagnosed-His span is roughly 2012-2024-His balance loss is right on scheduleThis
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Just to be clear,Many people are already infected and carrying the virus now, but they are not displaying any symptoms. Some will show very mild symptoms only. You may be
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1/4 I know what it is like to be badly ill, both chronically and acutely. I also know what it it like to lose loved ones, my sister and my
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“Covid” is the mass delusion of a cult, similar to the Jonestown massacre. When faced with a pathogen, humans must stay calm and carry on, not convince themselves that if
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