#Disease

Staf

CdnFootyMK

So after reading the new COVID restrictions in schools (where kids can do outdoor incidental contact activities) and that today we were told that kids aren’t a major vector for

Robert Peston

Peston

The big point about the first dose of the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine is that it massively reduces the risk of serious disease and hospitalisations. In the trials, no one given the

Dr Nicole E Basta

IDEpiPhD

Too often we fail to adequately communicate about #vaccines BEFORE misinformation begins to circulate. By then, it's too late!So, let's discuss answers to some questions that will be on everyone's

Pedro L. Gonzalez

emeriticus

There is nothing so pathetic and deserving of contempt as white men who for whatever reason denigrate themselves, their ancestors, their religion, and their race. You won't see Latinos or

Carrie with a ‘C’

avecleschapeaux

Yes!I ask every single patient, “are you planning to vaccinate when you can?”I’ve made some progress in hearing (and directly addressing) pt concerns & fears. I tell them I’m recommending

Dr. Joel C. Miller

joel_c_miller

I am a mathematical modeler of infectious disease. I believe models are very powerful, valuable, and tell us a lot.https://twitter.com/NateSilver538/status/1340533431638355968 Nate has relied heavily on a model to inform his

Bijan Salehizadeh

bijans

Spent some time today going through late-phase protocols and reported data for major COVID-vaccine programs trying to understand primary/secondary endpoint definitions. Summary: great consistency in definitions of mild/moderate/severe but..

Martin Belam

MartinBelam

Keep thinking about how Australia is opened up with full crowds at sporting events and never had more than 1,000 new cases per day and over here the discourse is

okenia

DkOkenia

COVID, clotting and long-term recovery - some thoughtsthread/ In the early days of the pandemic, clinical focus was (understandably) on acute management and understanding the disease. However, now that we

Dr Simon Ashworth

DrSimonAshworth

Just listened to Luke Johnson telling me that hospitals had plenty of capacity.So was the tripling of ICU capacity in my trust in my imagination? Was the fact we were

John

Johnheretohelp

Been asked to forward this for "Concerned Penn"**"An Out of Control "PEDIATRICIAN" who thinks "she" knows what's best for everyone.Same one who moved "her mother" out of a nursing home

John Lees

johnlees6

Our report on real-time modelling of COVID-19: https://www.imperial.ac.uk/mrc-global-infectious-disease-analysis/covid-19/report-41-rtm/(not yet peer-reviewed)Our model is adapted to the situation in England. First: how R was changed by gov

Max Roser

MaxCRoser

As we show in our testing data, many countries in Africa do not test widely.I think this could mean that the COVID death toll on the African continent is substantially

Paul Sinha

paulsinha

Thread. Parkinsons is a disease process which may or may not deeply affect how I quiz. Though there's no doubt the medication creates irregular bouts of tiredness that don't really

mindfulhealthiskey

mindfulhealth1

A bit of med science y’all?Chicken pox is a virus. Lots of people had it, and probably don't think about it much once the initial illness has passed. But it

Scott Moe

PremierScottMoe

Sadly, we are reporting two more COVID-related deaths today - one person in their 20s and another in their 80s, both from the north central region. Our deepest condolences to

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