Greg Amrofell

Attempts #dadjokes, tackles hard problems, tweets on occasion & tells science-driven stories about global health as CMO @IHME_UW (opinions are my own)

[Greg Amrofell @GregA_rious]

@celinegounder @GrantWahl I am shocked to hear this news. My heart goes out to you, Celine.

[Ali H. Mokdad @AliHMokdad]

@IHME_UW does not project a #COVID19 surge in the US in the coming weeks similar to what we have seen in parts of Europe. Our models suggest that after the end of March there should be a steady further decline in transmission. 1/

[Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) @IHME_UW]

The @G7 summit is the time for leaders from 🇬🇧Britain, 🇨🇦Canada, 🇩🇪Germany, 🇮🇹Italy, 🇯🇵Japan, and the 🇺🇸United States to act on their promises to send surplus COVID-19 vaccine supplies to the MANY other countries where doses remain scarce. #G7UK

🧵 Thread https://t.co/Vn6kTJxtvu

[Greg Amrofell @GregA_rious]

The data indicates that even as things get better this spring/summer, we need to prepare now to manage Covid's return next winter. This isn't about staying in perpetual lockdown, it's about smart steps we know how to take. We can do this.

[Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) @IHME_UW]

✨NEW @JAMA_current Viewpoint 📄 by IHME Director Dr. Christopher Murray and @LSHTM's Dr. Peter Piot, "COVID-19 in the US: Hope, Caution, and Planning Are Warranted."

➡️ https://t.co/1roCkZNEsR

[Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) @IHME_UW]

✨NEW @JAMA_current Viewpoint 📄 by IHME Director Dr. Christopher Murray and @LSHTM's Dr. Peter Piot, "COVID-19 in the US: Hope, Caution, and Planning Are Warranted."

➡️ https://t.co/1roCkZNEsR

[Greg Amrofell @GregA_rious]

Communicating about Covid has been a daunting challenge and I'm proud of how my @IHME_UW colleagues have persisted. Talking about it with @Provoke_News & @andrewshihnyc was a great chance to reflect.

[PRovoke Media @Provoke_News]

#PRovokePodcast: @IHME_UW’s @GregA_rious talks about how the new administration could assert leadership against the Covid-19 pandemic. Listen to the rest of the episode here: https://t.co/fjZ8nxn0Qy

[Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) @IHME_UW]

📄📌PRESS RELEASE: Our new COVID-19 forecasts show the possibility of a spring spike in United States deaths if variants spread widely and people let down their guard.

Details in the thread ⤵️

[Dr. Adnan Khan @Dr_Khan]

We May Never Get to Herd Immunity | Think Global Health @ThinkGlobalHlth
https://t.co/5ydwBcLOMr
Vaccine hesitancy and other behavioral risks reduce the likelihood of herd immunity

[Greg Amrofell @GregA_rious]

Exactly right

[Van Jones @VanJones68]

Today is a good day.
It’s easier to be a parent this morning.
Character MATTERS.
Being a good person MATTERS.
This is a big deal.

It’s easy to do it the cheap way and get away with stuff — but it comes back around.

Today is a good day.

#PresidentBiden
#VotersDecided

[Hillary Clinton @HillaryClinton]

The voters have spoken, and they have chosen @JoeBiden and @KamalaHarris to be our next president and vice president.

It's a history-making ticket, a repudiation of Trump, and a new page for America.

Thank you to everyone who helped make this happen. Onward, together.

[Hans Kluge @hans_kluge]

Dr Chris Murray from @IHME_UW presented #COVID19 projections to Member States. @IHME_UW data shows importance of:
✅Systematic & generalised mask wearing
✅Restricting large gatherings
✅Encouraging people, where possible, to work from home

[Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) @IHME_UW]

With the lowest self-reported mask use in the United States, according to the latest data from Facebook, “North Dakota has the highest covid death rate per capita in the world right now,” said Dr. Christopher Murray, Director of IHME. #WearAMask https://t.co/uNDUbpPpcz

[Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) @IHME_UW]

“If we try to pursue an approach where herd immunity is the backbone of a pandemic strategy, anywhere from 800,000 to 1.2 million Americans may die,” said Dr. Vin Gupta @VinGuptaMD, citing figures from @UW’s Institute of Health Metrics and Evaluation. https://t.co/cptZsXNrVl

[Scott Gottlieb, MD 🇺🇸 @ScottGottliebMD]

My @WSJ Op Ed: It's time we pursue a national mask mandate. We're dangerously behind the curve in confronting rising Covid spread across the U.S. We need to maximize steps that are less intrusive now; so we can minimize those that are more disruptive later https://t.co/wVnRuuEB6T

[Steve Morrison @MorrisonCSIS]

85,000 cases in a day, White House Task Force an empty inert shell. #DrFauci’s call for national mask mandate a welcome step, but tragically late. Gonna take far more than that to fix this runaway national disaster. https://t.co/a6oj8JF26B

[Steve Morrison @MorrisonCSIS]

"We are not going to control the pandemic." White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows

Cynical, defeatist: it has come to this brutal point.

This quote will make it into the historical accounts of this epoch catastrophe,

https://t.co/kLvu5oiMNg via @financialtimes

[Greg Amrofell @GregA_rious]

Wearing masks works. Just read the maps and charts in this thread.

[Eric Topol @EricTopol]

😷😷😷
In the next 4 months, 130,000 American lives could be saved by universal mask use, according to the new @IHME_UW forecast which gets us to >510,000 deaths by end February
@NatureMedicine https://t.co/Y6R17vv0KD

[Greg Amrofell @GregA_rious]

It's simple. Making better information available will lead to a better-targeted response to COVID-19.

[New York Times Opinion @nytopinion]

"Because the government has not allowed outside access to all of its data, key questions are still unanswered nine months after the virus gained a foothold in the United States," writes Christopher Murray, director of @IHME_UW https://t.co/TTYELDfe9u

[Dr. Vin Gupta @VinGuptaMD]

Critical read on critical issues of data transparency on COVID-19 in the @nytimes by Dr Chris Murray, director of @IHME_UW - hope you’ll read it.