Keya Joshi

Infectious Disease Epidemiology PhD Student @HarvardEpi @CCDD

[Keya Joshi @KeyaJoshi3]

@mlipsitch https://t.co/BoWIinkzap the star behind the tweet!

[Kevin @KevinGShanks]

I just got kicked out of a flat earth Facebook group because I asked if the 6 foot social distancing guideline had pushed anyone over the edge yet.

[Katie Gostic, PhD @KatieMG]

As many of you have already realized, it's challenging to estimate R(t) accurately and in near real time. We worked with a great team to summarize lessons learned (1/n)

https://t.co/Z16SjlniOg

[Marc Lipsitch @mlipsitch]

A big group effort led by Katie Gostic, Lauren McGough, and @sarahcobey - hope useful to the many of us trying to do this well.
Practical considerations for measuring the effective reproductive number, Rt https://t.co/gkRjo7RooM

[Marc Lipsitch @mlipsitch]

Comment on https://t.co/mK8cjpNMyd with @sarahcobey @KeyaJoshi3 shows conclusions change dramatically if use more appropriate Wallinga-Teunis method for R(t) estimation. Comment on the site and at https://t.co/1lp03Eku8Z with figure