Emil Iftekhar

Researcher on COVID-19 at the Max Planck Institute for Dynamics and Self-Organization. Trying to maximize my positive impact on the world.

[Ganna Rozhnova @GRozhnova]

🔔🔔🔔 I am hiring a PhD student in infectious disease modeling. Please share! 🔔🔔🔔 https://t.co/Gknd4rveom

[The Lancet @TheLancet]

"Social science shows that apparently simple or blanket solutions to public health problems are not as straightforward as they seem."

@PickersgillM & colleagues outline the importance of social scientists in pandemic preparedness & beyond. https://t.co/Gt3tvMzeM6

[Emil Iftekhar @EmilIftekhar]

@ECMOKaragianni1 Stimme vollkommen zu. Eine Erweiterung mit pathogenagnostischen Detektionsmethoden wäre auch sehr hilfreich.

[Emil Iftekhar @EmilIftekhar]

@Simon__Grimm @RsrchRabbit

[Nikos Bosse @nikosbosse]

My colleague @JDMunday gave a presentation about his research where he would mark all strong assumptions with a literal 'elephant in the room' (with different sizes).
I love this. This should be standard procedure in science communication. Every paper needs an elephant herd!

[Viola Priesemann @ViolaPriesemann]

We have an open position for an intern or research assistant to support us in conducting online surveys about COVID-19 spread, and evaluating them. The project starts as soon as possible. For details, please see:
https://t.co/6nS5UE90Wd

[Emil Iftekhar @EmilIftekhar]

@JVLazarus @CarlosdelRio7 @swang8 @cdchep @rixwolff @MargaretHellard @GlobalFund @FINDdx @ProjectECHO @EASL_ilf @Hep_Alliance @jljcolorado @aireamos @libresdecovid @yaneerbaryam @OliuBarton @BaryPradelski oh, should have replaced the handwashing instead...

[Lothar H. Wieler @mikrowie]

Die Abwassersurveillance kann ein sehr wertvolles Frühwarnsystem sein. Dank an all jene, die unsere gemeinsamen Pilotprojekte möglich machen 🙏

[DWR eco @DWR_eco]

Die #Bundesregierung bereitet ein neues Maßnahmenpaket für ein klimaneutrales Stromsystem vor; u.a. mit Booster für die #Erneuerbaren, #Wasserstoff sowie #Sektorkopplung. Wir haben uns die Pläne genauer angeschaut! @David_Wortmann @JakobMedick
#EEG #Friedensenergien

[Benjamin Todd @ben_j_todd]

There's $1bn+ available for these anti-pandemic megaprojects:

1. Int early detection centre
2. Actually good PPE
3. Rapid & broad antivirals & vaccines
4. Bioweapons watchdog
5. Self-sterilizing buildings
6. Refuges

If you might help, fill out the form:
https://t.co/ILeXx8MLHJ

[@PriesemannLab @priesemannlab]

Mitigating the spread of #COVID-19 relies on voluntary and mandatory action.
In our recent paper, we show how voluntary contributions can greatly mitigate the spread --- if the mandatory rules are moderated well.
https://t.co/XLAeouV8Vm (1/17)

[Peter Willeit @PeterWilleit]

On 11 Feb at 1 pm, I will present our Tyrol-wide SARS-CoV-2 antibody study in blood donors to @WHO Solidarity II. Please visit the link below if you are doing research in this area and wish to join the collaboration. Thanks @Polina_Brangel for inviting me!
https://t.co/8EBCVzQlC6

[Benjamin Meyer @BenjaminMeyer85]

Here is a bit of a longer explanatory thread on our recent paper on “Infectious viral load in unvaccinated and vaccinated patients infected with SARS-CoV-2 WT, Delta and Omicron”. You can read the full paper here: https://t.co/R2FSyck6Nn

[Mohsen Bagheri @BagheriMos]

With masks for Omicron, the upper bound of infection risk is lower than Delta. We assumed that Omicron is three times more infectious than Delta and is mainly in the URT. 😷😷
We ran the same model as https://t.co/E7BOuF1GoZ for Omicron.

[André Calero Valdez @Sumidu]

The #Omicron variant is spreading rapidly across the world. But what should #Europe do as a response to this threat? In our statement at @bmj_latest, we identify three goals and call for urgent action. https://t.co/iyutIcE8Pc

[Jeffrey V. Lazarus @JVLazarus]

@EmilIftekhar @Sumidu @BPrainsack @martinmckee @BaryPradelski @ISGLOBALorg Europe must also adopt a Vaccine Plus approach: sustain low infection rates through a combination of vaccination, public health measures, and financial support measures - https://t.co/jr06vyzYAv @EU_Commission @EU_Health @SSTSundhed @sanidadgob @SusanMichie @theAliceRoberts

[Guntram Wolff @GuntramWolff]

Omicron transmits easily & cases increase rapidly. This Omicron tsunami puts critical infrastructure, services, health care systems under strain. It's important to slow down transmissions with appropriate measures. joint call with > 30 researchers https://t.co/hAlrShLpEi

[Thomas Czypionka @CzypionkaThomas]

New paper on a joint European strategy against #Omicron out in @bmj_latest by a muti-disciplinary and international group of researchers
https://t.co/QtjYqnfti2

[André Calero Valdez @Sumidu]

-- Thank you to all authors for the amazing collaboration. @EmilIftekhar @LilianKojan @OliuBarton @martinmckee @robert_bohm @sarah_cuschieri @CzypionkaThomas @udumpis @claudiahans @HelZdenek @IlonaKickbusch @Jen_BMJ @JVLazarus @HelenaCFMachado @matjazperc @Petelos1

[Jeffrey V. Lazarus @JVLazarus]

"Europe must come together to confront omicron" -that's the message and in https://t.co/XcMVzoz4bi we put forward three recommendations including that Europe also needs to do more to make the world safer. @EmilIftekhar @Sumidu @BPrainsack @martinmckee @BaryPradelski @ISGLOBALorg