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[World Health Organization (WHO) @WHO]

🔝 tips to identify #COVID19 misinformation or disinformation:

1⃣ Assess the source 📇

Who shared the information with you and where did they get it from? Even if it is friends or family, you still need to vet their source.

👉 https://t.co/7vsGKvB21F

[World Health Organization (WHO) @WHO]

We are all being exposed to a huge amount of #COVID19 information ℹ️ on a daily basis, and not all of it is reliable.

Here are 7⃣ tips for telling the difference and stopping the spread of misinformation.
https://t.co/moExSVJXsQ

[Angel @AngelMagar]

👏👏👏#1 person to get #COVID19Vaccine outside clinical trials in the world at @nhsuhcw

[NHS England @NHSEngland]

'I can’t thank May and the NHS staff enough who have looked after me tremendously, and my advice to anyone offered the vaccine is to take it — if I can have it at 90 then you can have it too!'

[Angel @AngelMagar]

#1 #COVID19Vaccine outside clinical trials #vaccinations #delivered in the world at @nhsuhcw

[UHCW NHS Trust @nhsuhcw]

The eyes of the world have been on UHCW today.

Our wonderful staff have risen to the challenge of delivering the first COVID-19 vaccine outside of clinical trials.

We would like to say a heartfelt thank you goes to everyone who has made this a reality.

https://t.co/lqpCkVar1W

[Angel @AngelMagar]

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[Angel @AngelMagar]

Dexamethasone reduced deaths by 1/3rd in ventilated pts (RR 0.65 [95% CI 0.48-0.88]; p=0.0003) and by 1/5th in other receiving oxygen only (0.80 [0.67-0.96]; p=0.0021). But no benefit among those pts who did not require respiratory support (1.22 [0.86-1.75; p=0.14).

[Oxford Population Health (OxPop) @Oxford_NDPH]

First patients in the #RECOVERYtrial have received convalescent plasma to investigate whether it is effective in treating #COVID19.

Find out more ➡️ https://t.co/Qj5RPlpPPc

@NHSBT

[Maarten van Smeden @MaartenvSmeden]

After retracting their @TheLancet and @NEJM articles yesterday, @Surgisphere's highly questionable risk prediction models are still online and available

https://t.co/PWNlBlLujw

[Angel @AngelMagar]

#SocialDistancing in the #hospital #curridor #COVID__19

[The BMJ @bmj_latest]

In the face of a mindless virus, we have become mindless and the principles of evidence based medicine are being neglected, says @JKAronson. He lists criteria that give a method for prioritizing one hypothesis over another when urgent treatments are needed https://t.co/qPhVZ0tFxW

[Angel @AngelMagar]

Couldn’t imagine your battle with the virus #PeterPiot, LSHTM family is always with you. https://t.co/RgHaH8kYF8

[Angel @AngelMagar]

It is dangerous when politicians ignore expert advice. But it is just as dangerous when politicians outsource their judgement to experts, especially if the margin of error is huge and the advice is contested... https://t.co/zbX78vXak7

[Angel @AngelMagar]

Low income countries need different lockdowns to prevent severe deprivation and hunger https://t.co/TrC96PXKPP

[Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine @CebmOxford]

Our rapid review found a lack of evidence that #bcgvaccine protects against #COVID19.

Two clinical #trials are ongoing to determine if BCG vaccination protects healthcare workers during the pandemic.

#EvidenceCOVID

https://t.co/wiCXZzb9yr

[MSc EBHC Systematic Reviews @OxEBHC_SR]

Wondering what the “R” is regarding #COVID19 here is a summary from @CebmOxford

“When will it be over?”: An introduction to viral reproduction numbers, R0 and Re  https://t.co/uTTYMvBiCU

[National Institute for Health and Care Research @NIHRresearch]

Over 8,000 participants are taking part in the NIHR-supported RECOVERY trial, assessing a range of potential #COVID19 treatments. Data will be regularly reviewed so effective treatments can be quickly identified & made available to all patients https://t.co/v57T754jwz @UKRI_News

[Annette Pluddemann @apluddemann1]

Chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine in covid-19 https://t.co/OMsZhUoJFd

[University of Oxford @UniofOxford]

We're looking for volunteers from around the world for a study to see how social distancing is affecting your life. You'll complete an online survey to track your feelings and experiences over a 3-month period. Find out more about the study here: https://t.co/GqJoe9DiDC

[Oxford Lifelong Learning, University of Oxford @OxLifelongLearn]

Recommended by Professor @carlheneghan, watch this fascinating TED talk by @bengoldacre examining how evidence can be distorted in the news. Watch 'Battling Bad Science' here: https://t.co/GiFLn3zBoc or head to https://t.co/gkbUwhzqlm to discover even more! #CuriousMinds