COVID-19 updates based on what experts on Twitter are talking about.
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Over the last 6 months, we've learned a lot about how SARS-CoV-2 spreadsđŠ
— Muge Cevik (@mugecevik) September 21, 2020
What does the evidence so far tell us about SARS-CoV-2 transmission dynamics, high-risk activities and environments? Thread 𧔠(1/n)https://t.co/zBRmgztnKf
COVID-19 herd immunity in the Brazilian Amazon? https://t.co/YsfOqWPBbb
— Jeremy Farrar (@JeremyFarrar) September 21, 2020
On Friday, @CDCgov updated its guidance to say the coronavirus is airborne.
— Apoorva Mandavilli (@apoorva_nyc) September 21, 2020
On Monday, it went back to the previous guidance, which emphasizes droplets and distancing. What happened? 1/xhttps://t.co/bvZkHXX4GJ
Pentagon used taxpayer money meant for masks and swabs to make jet engine parts and body armor https://t.co/7sjqzclVq7
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) September 22, 2020
SCOOP: FDA set to announce tougher standards (2 month median follow-up) for a coronavirus vaccine that make a green light by Election Day exceedingly difficult @lauriemcginley2 https://t.co/L25odj73PR
— carolyn johnson (@Carolynyjohnson) September 22, 2020
Wait, WHAT? "@CDCgov removes statement on airborne virus transmission, claiming website error" It wasn't error- it is politics at the agency, again. How can anyone trust this #publichealth agency after repeated missteps? https://t.co/5ILqRBNpTT
— Beth S. Linas, PhD, MHS (she/her) (@bethlinas) September 21, 2020
Many said it was impossible, nationalism would prevent it happening, geopolitics would not allow. Today a 'Landmark moment': 156 countries agree to Covid vaccine allocation deal. Progress. https://t.co/ALDqQmJKBY
— Jeremy Farrar (@JeremyFarrar) September 21, 2020
No longer trusting FDA or CDC, the @NationalMedAssn, which represents African-American docs, is creating its own task force to advise whether members should follow agencies' Covid-19 guidance.https://t.co/rhhvVeHYBG
— Eric Boodman (@EricBoodman) September 21, 2020
đšI wrote about what COVID-19 does to the heart, the controversy around the emerging science, and how it ties into this key lesson that I've talked about before: "As pandemics get wider, they feel weirder." https://t.co/7xbin1enxR
— Ed Yong (@edyong209) September 21, 2020
I think 2020 has hit maximum weird.
— Helen Branswell (@HelenBranswell) September 21, 2020
I hope it has hit maximum weird. I don't know if I could cope with weirder than this.https://t.co/KyCJT5AbeK
Just out:
— Trisha Greenhalgh đ· #BlackLivesMatter (@trishgreenhalgh) September 21, 2020
Our open letter to Chief Medical Officers and Chief Scientific Officer, on @bmj_latest. https://t.co/hgbWQUSyiz
a huge big wtf. Looks like the aerosol language that made it on to the @CDCgov website has now disappeared again. It was there 30 mins ago! @linseymarr @jljcoloradohttps://t.co/BMSpLSgvgZ
— Apoorva Mandavilli (@apoorva_nyc) September 21, 2020
h/t @rkhamsi pic.twitter.com/OfdeFsCKF1
Some argue we can open economy locking vulnerable people away. We disagree. Our letter supporting 4 CMOs @trishgreenhalgh @devisridhar @Dr2NisreenAlwan @timcolbourn @SusanMichie @chrischirp @MaggieRae20 @CharlesTannock @GabrielScally @ReicherStephen et alhttps://t.co/mkzbk9sBDf
— Martin McKee (@martinmckee) September 21, 2020
This should frighten anyone who has any stake at all in the trajectory of the pandemic in the United States.https://t.co/ytQCGN64je pic.twitter.com/vlvKkA4qhg
— Carl T. Bergstrom (@CT_Bergstrom) September 21, 2020
âThis is a significant dayâ, @GaviSeth said yesterday. âFrom today we potentially have a truly global solution to a global problemâ. I think this is one of the defining issues of the pandemic. But whatâs the plan? How close are we really? A thread (story: https://t.co/Wcy9wytdfW)
— Kai Kupferschmidt (@kakape) September 22, 2020
Threats and invective hurled at health director who sought to postpone Trumpâs Tulsa rally, emails show https://t.co/HWVfArwvm0
— Daniel Goldberg (@prof_goldberg) September 21, 2020
Former @HHSGov Secretary says "it is not rocket science, we have got to wear a mask and social distance". https://t.co/dW3yln291F
— Carlos del Rio (@CarlosdelRio7) September 21, 2020
AGREE. The White House Coronavirus Task Force needs to stop hiding its weekly reports from the public https://t.co/a516gu4WBD via @statnews
— LenaSun (@bylenasun) September 22, 2020
The crazy thing with @CDCgov guidance documents these days is that one minute they are there and the next they are not! Its like prestidigitation! https://t.co/qKzT7s8bhR
— Carlos del Rio (@CarlosdelRio7) September 21, 2020
1. Three weeks ago, everyone was bashing the University of Illinois for having the audacity to run an in-person semester at a large state school by developing an in-house testing program test to screen 10,000 students per day.
— Carl T. Bergstrom (@CT_Bergstrom) September 22, 2020
Some facts: @WHO has 194 Member States; no one gov't controls us. On Jan. 14 our #COVID19 technical lead told media of the potential for human-to-human transmission. Since February, our experts have publicly discussed transmission by people without symptoms or prior to symptoms.
— Gabby Stern (@gabbystern) September 22, 2020
A cool another self-identified leftist epidemiologist wants a lockdown based on "ethnicity" and socio-economic position rather than trying to keep society-wide covid infections low. Another piece with zero mention of the fact that people live in households. pic.twitter.com/nZKTCgFlnl
— Justin Feldman (@jfeldman_epi) September 22, 2020
Respect and many congratulations to @c_drosten who will be awarded the Federal Cross of Merit this year. After this long year of public engagement and getting a lot of unfounded abuse, such a recognition is defenitely more than deserved. https://t.co/UBRLoGVZHM
— Björn Meyer (@_b_meyer) September 22, 2020
We just published an oped @nytopinion on our concerns about the #SARSCoV2 vaccine trialshttps://t.co/f5jvcdTCx2 w/ Peter Doshi
— Eric Topol (@EricTopol) September 22, 2020
Finally out! @JedMSP and @Kelley__Harris paper analyzing social media posts about biorxiv preprints, with the concerning finding that many papers in genetics, evolution and behavioral science receive substantial attention from white nationalist communities https://t.co/1Fp3MEZpwL
— Kevin Bird (@itsbirdemic) September 22, 2020
What is the best endpoint for Phase 3 vaccine trials? Disease of any severity? Severe disease? Infection? Most trials have selected the first, but this @PostOpinions piece is critical of counting mild cases. A thread in defense of what is being done. 1/6https://t.co/UneLOZiNwM
— Natalie E. Dean, PhD (@nataliexdean) September 22, 2020
NEW: Remember Amazon Care, the virtual health care pilot for Amazon employees in Seattle? Today, the company is expanding it to all staff in Washington state. https://t.co/U0Q4LrYFwg
— Erin Brodwin⥠(@erbrod) September 22, 2020
In this study in Dublin of 128 participants (average age 49 years), more than half reported fatigue at 10 wks post positive #COVID19 PCR test. There was no correlation with initial symptom/disease severity or level of inflammatory markers.#CountLongCovidhttps://t.co/nJ5ivhuvB4
— Dr Nisreen Alwan đ» (@Dr2NisreenAlwan) September 22, 2020
Boris Johnson: âwe have reached a perilous turning point.â Yes, because your government failed to use the summer to build an effective test/trace system. Instead, you outsourced testing to the private sector, a decision with catastrophic consequences for health and our economy. pic.twitter.com/TEqlv0PB2R
— richard horton (@richardhorton1) September 22, 2020
- In the US, Black & Latinx people are more likely to have household members who are âessential workersâ
— Arrianna Marie Planey, PhD (@Arrianna_Planey) September 22, 2020
- Black & Latinx households are, on average, larger & more likely to be intergenerational
Failing to account for that == ethnocentric bias. https://t.co/21GtWRADSn
Independent government watchdog GAO says the U.S. still faces PPE and testing supply shortages, and HHS and FEMA have not taken sufficient action to mitigate supply gaps for pandemic response.https://t.co/iv3J0ABmon
— Josh Michaud (@joshmich) September 22, 2020
Our new study finds that college openings with primarily in-person instructions accounted for 6-7% of the daily #covid19 cases in the US. #UWCHOICE @UW_Pharmacy
— Anirban Basu (@Basucally) September 22, 2020
Pleasure working with @andersen_hecon @AnisabelBento @ChrisMarsicano @KosaliSimon https://t.co/2VYv0CRIrl
It is absolutely inappropriate to DM & harass/threaten people due to a difference in opinions. More & more Iâm seeing/hearing people doing this when it comes to conversations about aerosols - we all respect and communicate with each other - please donât harass us if you disagree
— Dr. Saskia Popescu (@SaskiaPopescu) September 22, 2020
A rough timeline of shifting 'COVID is all over' claims:
— Adam Kucharski (@AdamJKucharski) September 22, 2020
March: Most people have already been infected.
May: Most had undetected prior immunity.
July: The 'superspreaders' have already had it.
Sep: The rising hospitalisations aren't actually COVID. 1/