might be the scariest thing I have seen this week and that is saying something
graphic on front page of @nytimes showing COVID-19 cases in US, from Jan 21 to now.
For every confirmed case of coronavirus, another 5 to 10 are out there undetected, a new study indicates. These cases are often milder and, on average, about half as infectious as confirmed ones -- but are responsible for nearly 80 percent of new cases. https://t.co/rIgXdPiJE0
For areas NOT experiencing surge, 5 priorities to suppress #COVID19
-Aggressive testing & tracing
-Prepare to surge safely
-Preserve health care functions
-Learn intensively
-Adapt to a new normal
I wrote on the range of strategies & concept of operations: https://t.co/pmOD3sZQbZ
As #COVID19 hits the respiratory tract, the 3 progressive phases, a useful classification, and the need to avoid the hyperinflammatory stage
https://t.co/f2D3vyDCAr and potential (emphasizing potential, unproven) therapies
by @HasanSiddiqi5 @MRMehraMD via @nmarrouche
#CoronavirusOutbreak assessment by Former FDA Commissioner @ScottGottliebMD. 6 min video making case for upfront #publichealth community interventions addressing #COVID19. mitigation path forward requires broad #diagnostic testing around outbreak clusters. https://t.co/Aot8F3ZE8O
It may NOT make sense to close schools because of #COVID19. Kids get infected, rarely very ill, unclear how much they spread virus. In flu, closing schools for months can help. For COVID, we don't know. Balance costs & benefits of every intervention. Best guidance: @CDCgov
"We find severe cases first ... so that is going to skew case mortality rates upward," said @JHSPH_CHS director @T_Inglesby. "The more we diagnose mild cases, the more that will drive down the overall case mortality rate." https://t.co/UWRP5TycAK #COVID19#COVIDー19
#COVID19 spreading fast in many countries. Below, countries with >50 cases per latest available report, cases by onset date. @WHO supporting efforts to try to contain wherever possible - the right strategy. Even if we can't contain, efforts to do so will blunt impact of spread.
Tonight administration announced they are allowing high complexity U.S. labs to advance their own tests for #Coronavirus. Coupled with public health labs, which will be at full tilt by Friday using revised CDC test, capacity could reach 10,000+++ tests a day in next two weeks.
New article describes presumed asymptomatic transmission. https://t.co/ZbhBZKu8Ez if this is common phenomenon with this disease, it clearly makes pub health containment and mitigation measures less effective because usual trigger of fever or clinical signs aren’t present 9/x
We have heard your concerns regarding #PAGASIA2020 and are working on making adjustments to the slate of plenary speakers to include more diversity. Moving forward, the committee will make it a priority to ensure that our speaker choices better reflect the entire #PAG community.
The only privately-owned grove of bristlecone pines in the world belongs to The Long Now Foundation in Nevada, surrounded by a National Park, studied by scientists.
They are living 10,000-years Clocks.
@Jack_A_Bobo agreed to allow his opening keynote @PAGmeeting on “Can Agriculture Save the Planet Before It Destroys It?” to be recorded so watch for it on the #PAGXXVIII#PAG2020 website - the Tweetification of Risk