Dr. Jonathan D Quick

Author, The End of Epidemics. Adj. Professor @DukeGHI. Frm CEO @MSHHealthImpact. Frm Director @WHO. We can make the world safer from pandemics.

[Dr. Jonathan D Quick @jonoquick]

Friends, "The End Of Epidemics" is out TODAY! There will always be new outbreaks. But it is within the power of modern #PublicHealth leaders to keep such outbreaks from exploding into catastrophic epidemics that kill thousands or millions. https://t.co/kdG06CkWdz #EndEpidemics

[Dr. Jonathan D Quick @jonoquick]

Companies keep selling harmful products – but history shows consumers can win in the end https://t.co/Rmp8KvrbsE via @ConversationUS

[Dr. Jonathan D Quick @jonoquick]

@GardinerHarris Just pre-ordered. Despite a warm & principled face, your WSJ & NYT work suggests they're behind a series of smouldering market-driven epidemics https://t.co/rdRjyYShSA

[Dr. Jonathan D Quick @jonoquick]

@GYamey @TIME @EszterRimanyi Pleasure to coauthor with @EszterRimanyi & @GYamey on combatting the preventable harms of misuse & overuse market-driven epidemics from Marlboro to Meta.

[Dr. Jonathan D Quick @jonoquick]

@xi_illarramendi @NASEM_Health Science + DATA + People = Pandemic Prevention.We CAN make world MUCH SAFER from catastrophic pandemics. @RockefellerFdn working to build DATA-DRIVEN early warning, rapid response. @ashishkjha @DukeGHI @Laurie_Garrett

[Natalie E. Dean, PhD @nataliexdean]

THINK LIKE AN EPIDEMIOLOGIST: Lately I have been asked why we are seeing a dramatic turnaround in cases in the US. Is it vaccines? Herd immunity? An artifact due to a drop in testing? Behavior change? Weather?? A few tweets about how I step through this question. 1/6

[Dr. Jonathan D Quick @jonoquick]

Accurate, easily available data on testing is vital preventing spread, opening schools, revitalizing economies. @rockfound @ashishkjha @DukeGHI

New Dashboard Aims to Democratize COVID-19 Data https://t.co/UcHd8bhOGo

[Dr. Jonathan D Quick @jonoquick]

We CAN make the world safer from catastrophic Covid-19s -- but WILL we? Out Dec. 5, South Asian 2020 edition from @AmaryllisManjul @RockefellerFdn @DukeGHI @SerumInstIndia @PaulPolman @GlobalHealthOrg @BMGFIndia @DrTedros @deepalikhanna

[Amaryllis @AmaryllisManjul]

In 'The End of Epidemics', leading public health authority Dr Jonathan D. Quick tells the stories of the heroes, past and present, who have succeeded in their fights to stop the spread of illness and death.
Available for pre-order on @amazonIN.
https://t.co/RrHYCG1ekl

#COVID19

[Dr. Jonathan D Quick @jonoquick]

As I told @tomkeene on @BSurveillance , It’ll take individual sacrifice to gain the collective benefit of ending the pandemic. Not complicated—just difficult. @RockefellerFdn @DukeGHI @ashishkjha @GlobalHealthOrg https://t.co/H60IUx4M6N

[Dr. Jonathan D Quick @jonoquick]

The bitter truth: your zip code & skin color determine your risk for Covid severe disease & death. Health for all protects the most vulnerable. @rajpanjabi @RockefellerFdn @DukeGHI @GlobalHealthOrg
https://t.co/dnqW4AbDl3

[Dr. Jonathan D Quick @jonoquick]

We CAN make the world safer from catastrophic COVID’s. Really enjoyed speaking to @brjwalker at Dialogue @DialogueTweets about pandemic & my book, 'The End of the Epidemics'. #pandemic #WhatToExpect @DGHI @RockefellerFdn @ScribeUKbooks @ashishkjha @LSHTM https://t.co/MdWg3XtyuU

[Dr. Jonathan D Quick @jonoquick]

Frontline pandemic action by governors, mayors, tribal leaders bends curve with testing,contact tracing+distance,masks,handwashing,no crowds. Proud to be part of RF team! @PublicHealth @T_Inglesby @DukeGHI
@RockefellerFdn @ashishkjha @GlobalHealthOrg
https://t.co/F0nZIjkgh2

[Dr. Jonathan D Quick @jonoquick]

Not too late to prevent fall #COVID19+flu disaster with large scale screening testing protocols @ schools, workplaces, nursinghomes + all in on distancing,masks,handwashing,avoid big groups. stopped #COVID19 in NY,NJ,MA,elsewhere. @RockefellerFdn @DukeGHI @JHSPH_CHS @HarvardGH

[Squawk Box @SquawkCNBC]

"We really need to set up large scale screening tests around protocols for workplaces, communities, schools, nursing homes and we haven't had that," says @jonoquick. "We aren't doing anywhere near the amount of testing we need to do."

[Ashish K. Jha @ashishkjha]

Some folks arguing that rising cases of COVID no big deal because people aren’t getting sick

And death rates still falling so its all harmless, right?

Actually, no.

Closer look at data tells a concerning story

Deaths starting to rise. Exactly as we worried about

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[Ashish K. Jha @ashishkjha]

5 truisms of public health, racism, COVID-19.

1. Mass gatherings spread virus

2. Being outside helps – we don’t know how much.

3. Wearing mask helps – may be a lot.

4. Racism kills

5. A destroyed economy kills

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[Dr. Jonathan D Quick @jonoquick]

No question what prevents #covid19: HERD BEHAVIOR (herd awareness) when we all physical distance & use face masks—LANCET review 172 studies, 16 countries, 6 continents. ⁦@RockefellerFdn⁩ ⁦@DukeGHI⁩ ⁦@T_Inglesby⁩

[Dr. Jonathan D Quick @jonoquick]

Watch: Rockefeller Foundation’s pandemic chief calls for ‘herd awareness’ https://t.co/q1nhrcYbUP

[Dr. Jonathan D Quick @jonoquick]

Absent herd immunity from vaccine or infection, best weapon against COVID-19 “herd awareness” preventive behavior: personal space, masks, hand-washing, self-isolation when needed. @RockefellerFdn https://t.co/q1nhrcYbUP

[Caitlin Rivers @cmyeaton]

2001: anthrax
2003: SARS
2009: H1N1
2014: Ebola
2015: Zika
2020: Covid
This pandemic is historic, but health security threats are alarmingly common. We must break the reactive cycle of panic and neglect and prepare our public health and medical systems for the next threat.

[The Rockefeller Foundation @RockefellerFdn]

.@jonoquick spoke with @drrami_do on the Beyond Medicine podcast last week, explaining how we can get from 1 million #COVID19 tests/week to 3M by unlocking lab potential, and from 3M to 30 million tests/week using tech innovations. #MeetingThisMoment https://t.co/rraavCUSES

[Dr. Jonathan D Quick @jonoquick]

That “combatting the epidemic is ultimately about social justice, human rights, and accountability” as true today when I wrote it https://t.co/kdG06CkWdz or Zachie lived it 20 years ago. @DukeGHI @RockefellerFdn @MSHHealthImpact @GlobalHealthOrg

[Richard Pemberton @socratext]

@jonoquick Ring the Alarm - Rouse the Leaders - citizen activists and social movements must mobilise the public and hold leaders feet to the fire - Aids activist Zackie Achmat showed that combatting the epidemic is ultimately about social justice ,human rights and accountability