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New @PressGaney Report Warns That Covid-19 May Have Worsened US Hospital Safety forbes.com/sites/leahbind…
Public Hlth Dr,interested in evid-based health services commissioning,clinical leadership & hlth policy.My views are my own,RTs are no endorsements
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Australia’s vaccination rollout strategy has been an epic fail: Now @ScottMorrisonMP is trying to gaslight us via @MrKRudd theguardian.com/commentisfree/…
Public Hlth Dr,interested in evid-based health services commissioning,clinical leadership & hlth policy.My views are my own,RTs are no endorsements
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Seroprevalence & correl8s of SARS-CoV-2 neutralizing antibodies from a popltn-based study in Bonn, GER nature.com/articles/s4146…
At some point, we'll look back on this period and wonder how any reputable scientist could reject the idea of aerosol transmission of SARS-Cov-2.
In fact, that moment is now. twitter.com/DFisman/status…
Funny-I didn’t think anyone rejected it. The dialogue has always been about terminology & proportion of infections that are a result of airborne transmission. I, like many, have continued to reiterate that it can & does happen, emphasizing interventions like masks/ventilation/etc twitter.com/drdavidmichael…
Raywat Deonandan: Epidemiologist, Associate Professor, Faculty of Health Sciences, uOttawa. Missing parental leave. I also make jokes. Many stupid jokes.
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People who believe in COVID-19 conspiracy theories have the following cognitive biases: jumping-to-conclusions bias, bias against disconfirmatory evidence, and paranoid ideation, finds a new German study cambridge.org/core/journals/…
Para evitar una enfermedad infecciosa hay que saber cómo se contagia‼️
Escucha a @jljcolorado confirmar q el #SARSCoV2 es un virus q se propaga por el aire (🌬aerosoles) y explicar qué sí (y q ya no) debemos hacer para prevenir contagios de #COVID19
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I'm an epidemiologist (#epitwitter) at the Div. of Epi & Community Health at UMN. I like rabbits. I like iced tea. I also like plots that involve time travel.
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"We identified 25 fluent [Ojibwe] speakers in Mille Lacs, and about half a dozen of them died this year, most from COVID." mprnews.org/story/2021/04/…
Canadian in Boston. Hospitalist. MDCM, FIDSA. Book: Shakespeare's Tremor and Orwell's Cough. Atmospheric CO2 421 ppm. #RaisetheWage #blacklivesmatter
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AstraZeneca is gonna be a tough sell
Tolerance of vaccine-related side effects was low even before anti-vaxxers
For context, swine flu vaccine in 1976 led to Guillain-Barré syndrome in 1/100,000 persons, and was considered to be a public health disaster
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Virologist.Likes history, hiking & a good movie.Favourite viruses? Coronavirus,Emerging & Oncogenic Viruses. Job seeker.Favourite country? UK. Dad. Bibliophile.
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#COVID19 #SARSCoV2: 136905617 cases (+603164) (102040 in China (excl. Hongkong and Macau) & 136803577 confirmed cases in other countries) & 2945799 (+7016) deaths (CFR: 2.15%) as of 11 April with data from @ECDC_Outbreaks, @WHO, @ProMED_mail & JH CSSE.
Associate Prof @UMBCPubPolicy. Formerly @UMichSPH. Econ PhD @UMich. Health and economic policy to fight HIV, TB & COVID19. All my takes are evidence-based.
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Just a reminder that the 21 & 28 day intervals were chosen to maximize profits, not effectiveness. The optimal interval with respect to population health is undoubtedly longer.
ID Doc, Assoc Prof @BUMedicine; Dir., Special Pathogens Unit @The_BMC @NEIDL; Human Security @fletcherschool; HealthSys/Outbreaks; @nbcnews @msnbc contributor
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I am testifying at MA State House COVID-19 and Emergency Preparedness & Management Committee on Tuesday organized by @BillDriscollJr w @BillHanage @PBiddinger & others on how do we thread the needle towards normalcy w effective vaccines & new variants.
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Raywat Deonandan: Epidemiologist, Associate Professor, Faculty of Health Sciences, uOttawa. Missing parental leave. I also make jokes. Many stupid jokes.
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Changing my baby's diaper. Is it #1 or #2? Hoping for turd immunity....
Physician, researcher, advocate for the notion that an ounce of data is worth a thousand pounds of opinion
Views here surely my own
Professor, Dean @Brown_SPH
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Before this upcoming week is finished,
Half of all American adults will have gotten a vaccine shot
And I'm here for it
While nation about 5-7 days away from 50% of adults vaccinated
Bunch of states surpassed that mark:
% of adults with at least 1 dose, in order:
1. NM 57%
2. CT 54%
3. SD 54%
4. MA 54%
5. NJ 54%
and laggards:
46. LA 39%
47. TN 38%
48. GA 37%
49. MS 36%
50. AL 36%
Raywat Deonandan: Epidemiologist, Associate Professor, Faculty of Health Sciences, uOttawa. Missing parental leave. I also make jokes. Many stupid jokes.
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So weird to me that everyone now knows what "contact tracing", "reproduction number", and "test positivity rate" are. Gotta go through my Epidemiology glossary and see which of our terms will be the next big sensation.
Epidemiologist & Health Economist. Health Policy & Justice. Senior Fellow, FAS. Former 16 yrs @Harvard. @JohnsHopkins & @HarvardEPI alum. COVID updates Jan’20-
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Bringing some comfort and humanity back to #COVID19 hospital wards in Brazil 🇧🇷.
Between this and the Brazilian ICU’s “Hand of God” warm water gloves, I’m at least glad doctors and nurses are trying hard to lift the spirits of patients.
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Research Associate Scientist @UNC studying HIV, oncoviruses, and SARS-CoV-2. International AIDS Society & AIDS Malignancy Consortium Fellow.
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In the coming weeks, media outlets will have the opportunity to communicate with nuance on expected COVID-19 cases even among those fully vaccinated. No vaccine is 100%, but these are really close to it.
Rational communication > hysteria.
Some personal/professional news that I’ve been eagerly waiting to share.
I’m excited to share that I’m officially an @MSNBC medical contributor!🍾 I’m looking forward to being a part of the @MSNBC family.
A big shout out to my incredible agent @cse_traciwilkes! twitter.com/msnbcpr/status…
So happy to see this- Dr. @uche_blackstock has been such an important voice during this pandemic (and in public health overall). Glad to see @MSNBC recognizing this and bringing her onto the team. twitter.com/uche_blackstoc…
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Grande notícia. A vacina do Butantan contra Covid-19 protege contra as variantes P1 e P2, tem eficácia geral de até 62% e de até 83% para casos moderados, índices bem maiores do que os 50.3% e os 78% verificados nos primeiros estudos, divulgados entre dezembro e janeiro.
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La noticia difundida por el @butantanoficial.
La vacuna de Sinovac ha mostrado una alta eficacia para formas graves de covid-19 incluso en contextos donde P1 es predominante.
@Vicmunro twitter.com/butantanoficia…
Kirby Institute, UNSW Sydney: infectious diseases; hepatitis C; hepatitis B; health for people who use drugs
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“Brad Hazzard confirmed he and senior ministers were told last year that 24,768 people could die from the virus in 12 months.”
If NSW had same population Covid-19 case rate as 🇬🇧 (despite their lockdowns) it would be 15K deaths. So, maybe conservative est. smh.com.au/politics/nsw/t…
@GregDore2 Of course it’s going to mean we have some interesting discussions in future when we next see a pandemic potential pathogen emerge, but I don’t think it means we necessarily to jump to extreme conclusions in future. We have learned so much.
I've worked on all of science, from B cells to T cells.
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'There have been at least 13,445,000 cases of the coronavirus in Brazil, according to data from state governments. As of Sunday afternoon, 351,334 people had died.'
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🇨🇦 Sr Scientist/Epidemiologist @SickKidsNews @SickKidsGlobal. Associate Prof @UofTMedicine @UofT_DLSPH. 🇧🇷 Alumnus @ufrgsnoticias @UFPel | Views are my own.
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Someone once told me that the countries that didn’t opt for elimination had to make a choice between education and the economy, as you can only maintain some control over infections if you prioritize one, not both. But making schools seem safer than they are changes the focus.
Now it’s a choice between health or the economy, as education is ‘shielded’, out of the equation. The choice seems easier. Now they are choosing the economy, because schools are ‘inherently safe’ and have no role in amplifying infections.
Because if schools were perceived as contributing to transmission, there would be much more antagonism between those who want to save their businesses and those who want to protect education while we manage this crisis.
The problem is that denying the risk and role of schools and children is normalising the different treatment of schools during pandemic restrictions. It’s political and economic, not science driven. It’s also cheaper, much cheaper.
No number of studies one throws at this subject will stop the push back. Minimizing the role of schools is what justifies the choice of reopening the economy. It’s what makes reopening possible. School is the public child care that allows the workforce to produce. That simple.
Digital proof of vaccination against Covid-19 would allow Americans to visit family in the hospital, not keep folks out of restaurants, writes @ScottGottliebMD on.wsj.com/2RubkZJ
Corporations accused of price gouging Northern Communities during the pandemic and also a long time before the pandemic thebeaverton.com/2020/05/corpor…
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🇨🇦 Sr Scientist/Epidemiologist @SickKidsNews @SickKidsGlobal. Associate Prof @UofTMedicine @UofT_DLSPH. 🇧🇷 Alumnus @ufrgsnoticias @UFPel | Views are my own.
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If schools were safe we would be drowning in data proving it, comparative trends of absenteeism over time, epidemiological investigations with detailed cluster characterization, and also all the phylogenetic analysis from the school tests from last December.
India said on Sunday it had banned the export of anti-viral drug Remdesivir and its active pharmaceutical ingredients after a record spike in COVID-19 cases sent demand surging. reuters.com/article/us-hea…
Astra Zeneca vaccine & blood clots. Summary.
Rare form of blood clots plus low platelets. ~60% involve veins of brain. Almost all after 1st dose.
Risk (UK MHRA): 1 in 250,000 people
Risk (EU EMA): 1 in 100,000 people
Risk of dying: 20-25% of people with these clots have died
📍AstraZeneca vaccine clots—as an epidemiologist, blood clots are not my expertise—neither is it for virologists. The best experts are hematologists & blood cancer oncologists like Mayo professor @VincentRK who watches vaccines & clots closely. AZN seems best for those age>30. ⬇️ twitter.com/vincentrk/stat…
2) To be clear, the AZ vaccine is highly efficacious and incredibly worth the value for saving you from ICU admissions. This is true even if you’re age 20-29 and high or medium risk (like diabetes or other comorbidity). pic.twitter.com/jtb8Ktymxx
Associate Prof @UMBCPubPolicy. Formerly @UMichSPH. Econ PhD @UMich. Health and economic policy to fight HIV, TB & COVID19. All my takes are evidence-based.
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A strategy for convincing vaccine hesitant friends and family to get vaccinated. I call it the "ride along". Thread 🧵 1/7
Epidemiologist & Health Economist. Health Policy & Justice. Senior Fellow, FAS. Former 16 yrs @Harvard. @JohnsHopkins & @HarvardEPI alum. COVID updates Jan’20-
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What’s worse than losing school days during pandemic? Losing a parent.
Nearly ~40,000 children have lost a parent to #COVID19, black children even more.
"The number of children experiencing a parent dying of Covid-19 is staggering.”
cnn.com/2021/04/05/hea…
3) “The model suggests that each Covid-19 death leaves 0.078 children aged between 0 and 17 parentally bereaved, representing a 17.5% to 20.2% increase in parental bereavement absent of Covid-19”
4) “"As of February 2021, 37,300 children aged 0 to 17 years had lost at least 1 parent due to Covid-19, three-quarters of whom were adolescents," says the research letter.
5) “When the authors factored in excess deaths, they estimated that 43,000 children have lost a parent and looking at a natural herd immunity strategy which resulted in 1.5 million deaths "demonstrates the potential effect of inaction: 116,900 parentally bereaved children."
An Op Ed I wrote early in the week for @denverpost (about the CDC brief) showed up in the Sunday print version this morning. Funny thing is that I wasn’t even totally sure if/when it would run until I got an email from someone with a question. Assume online is to come? pic.twitter.com/Zf5coOACrK
Engineering prof at VT with expertise in airborne transmission of viruses, air quality, nanotechnology. Intellectual omnivore and avid recreational athlete.
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I'll be flying with my kids this summer, as long as mask compliance remains high. Room for improvement: airlines should run ventilation during boarding & deplaning and install HEPA filtration on all regional aircraft. cnn.com/travel/article…
100% agree Dr. @linseymarr - that’s supposed to be one of the protocols but too often I’ve seen ventilation halt once we’re at the gate. twitter.com/linseymarr/sta…
Epidemiologist, professor at a College of Public Health, author of The Next Pandemic, retired Asst. Surgeon General. Views are my own. he/him/his
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When you ask your doctor for a #COVIDvaccine the response should NOT be that the vaccine changes your DNA and to buy their immune boosting supplements.
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I've worked on all of science, from B cells to T cells.
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'VHL-deficient TILs accumulated in tumors & exhibited a core Trm signature despite an exhaustion-associated phenotype, which led to retained polyfunctionality and response to αPD1, resulting in tumor eradication and protective tissue-resident memory.'
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'In a mouse model of chronic lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus infection, VHL-deficient CD8+ T cells with constitutive HIF activity showed enhanced viral clearance and resisted “exhaustion”
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Associate Prof @UMBCPubPolicy. Formerly @UMichSPH. Econ PhD @UMich. Health and economic policy to fight HIV, TB & COVID19. All my takes are evidence-based.
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I was quoted in @DIEZEIT about biases in real-world studies of vaccine effectiveness by @JaSimmank. We have strong evidence COVID19 vaccines are very effective but we still don't have an unbiased estimate.
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Associate Prof @UMBCPubPolicy. Formerly @UMichSPH. Econ PhD @UMich. Health and economic policy to fight HIV, TB & COVID19. All my takes are evidence-based.
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“Pour crazy amounts of money into a vaccination program, because it’s going to end the pandemic.”- @ZoeMcLaren in @WashingtonPost
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Associate Prof @UMBCPubPolicy. Formerly @UMichSPH. Econ PhD @UMich. Health and economic policy to fight HIV, TB & COVID19. All my takes are evidence-based.
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Last week, @CDCWalensky's communication missteps overshadowed the key result: only 3 COVID cases were found among ~2,500 fully vaccinated essential workers. Fully vaccinated people *can* carry the virus, but it is exceedingly rare. 1/7
Even so, the 90% estimate likely overstates the effect because the analysis isn't making an apples-to-apples comparison like in an RCT. And the confidence interval of 68-97% was very wide. 2/7
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The authors performed weekly COVID19 testing of all participants which confirmed that mRNA vaccination not only prevents severe illness but also reduces asymptomatic cases. That means fully vaccinated people pose an extremely low transmission risk. 3/7
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I normally care for babies having heart surgery. Now my job is threatening to pivot to caring for their parents and grandparents in the ICU. This is really bad Ontario. Follow public health guidance and get a vaccine as soon as you are able! @BogochIsaac @CBCOttawa @nilikm
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ID, Global Health, VHF, Pandemic Prep, Emerging Infections, & Health Policy MD| U.S. Congress COVID-19 expert witness x 2 | ELBI 2020 @JHSPH_CHS
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For anyone who still doesn’t believe that #COVID19 can affect young people, I saw a 47 yo today who has been in the ICU for two months with #COVID19 who has blood clots, neurological sequelae, persistent respiratory failure and infections. Get #vaccinated when it’s your chance!
Really enjoy listening to the Great Barrington Declaration speakers trying to explain to an ONTARIO AUDIENCE how pre-existing immunity is leading to cases dropping.
Associate Prof @UMBCPubPolicy. Formerly @UMichSPH. Econ PhD @UMich. Health and economic policy to fight HIV, TB & COVID19. All my takes are evidence-based.
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For anyone who is on the fence about getting vaccinated: You're probably underestimating how much of a burden it has been to worry about COVID19.
I did not expect to feel SO RELIEVED when I got my shot.
Reporting on this terrible pandemic for Nature @naturenews and former fellow @KSJatMIT. Views are my own. She/her. Email: amy.maxmen at us.nature. com.
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It would be cool if researchers added 4 sentences for lay people at the top of their preprints, which preempt questions the public is bound to ask.
Like, are the vaccinated people with B1351 infections very sick? Have you tested people 2+ wks after dose 2?