Michael R. Snyder

Student @TuftsMedSchool / Former analyst @JHSPH_CHS + @ipinst / @FletcherSchool alum / Non-discriminatory ideas lover

[Michael R. Snyder @msnydz1]

The #DRC contains its tenth #Ebola virus outbreak after 22 months. Now countries battling #COVID19 can learn from its resilience and experience in outbreak response. Read my take @ipinstGO @WHO @CDCgov #RDC https://t.co/5YXNaIQKc2

[Dr Seán DOOLAN 🌻🇺🇦🐇🤗 🍃 @SDinPraxis]

@devisridhar Keeping calm, steady & determined is the lesson from controlling #Ebola in Congo DRC also
HT @msnydz1 @jc_carret
https://t.co/x7LnKShUkp

[Michael R. Snyder @msnydz1]

Community engagement was key to effective #Ebola response in #DRC. Countries facing #COVID19 can now learn from its experience getting communities to act @ipinstGO https://t.co/5YXNaIQKc2

[Global Observatory @ipinstGO]

The DRC's success in containing Ebola serves as a lesson to countries battling COVID-19. New analysis from @msnydz1
https://t.co/6BbwR52vh6

[Adam Lupel @ALupel]

Finally some good news: DRC has contained its largest #Ebola outbreak ever. What lessons for #COVID19 ? @msnydz1 breaks it down @ipinstGO https://t.co/1si7Qpt0Eb

[Lawrence Gostin @LawrenceGostin]

It’s been my worry that in using the China model as @WHO advises could lead to mass quarantine in Western democracies. I don’t know how that’s possible in societies that do not have a culture of social control and intrusive surveillance like in China. We abide by rule of law.

[Intl Peace Institute @ipinst]

Industrialized food production, with animals confined to close quarters, exacerbates the risk of pathogen spread.

Revisit our report mapping the landscape of global public health & response to outbreaks like the #coronavirus #COVID19: https://t.co/WvOY5WoEPu
@icm2016

[Dr. Meghan McGinty, PhD @Breukelen299]

Public health officials agree. Don’t stockpile masks. Health care workers need this critical resource. Plus, they’re not effective at preventing community spread of infectious diseases. More on why: https://t.co/7N8HzpPUFG

[Jeremy Konyndyk @JeremyKonyndyk]

This is a picture of outbreak readiness around the world. No one is in great shape (including the US), but Africa and the rest of the developing world are in particularly bad shape. https://t.co/GUiFeMXRgz

[Jennifer Nuzzo, DrPH @JenniferNuzzo]

This summer, my @JHSPH_CHS colleagues & I published "Preparing for a High-Impact Respiratory Pathogen Pandemic" commissioned by the Global Preparedness Monitoring Board. Conclusions are highly relevant to COVID-19 https://t.co/YasWYBfHw6

[Jennifer Nuzzo, DrPH @JenniferNuzzo]

Glad to hear the President of the United States reference the Global Health Security Index, which we co-created with @NTI_WMD @TheEIU. The overarching finding from the Index is that no country is fully prepared for a pandemic.

[Helen Branswell 🇨🇦 @HelenBranswell]

"Can [China's #Covid19 response] be replicated?" @WHO's Bruce Aylward said he's asked. "Why not?"
Said things that China has done can be done by other countries.
My head exploded.

[Ani Shakarishvili,MD @AniShakari]

Lovely tribute to all #healthworkers fighting against #coronavirus #CONVID19 outbreak in #China by Chinese artist Guangjian Huang @hgj__art “To the Warriors”🌹👩🏻‍⚕️🧑🏻‍⚕️👩🏻‍🔬🧑🏻‍🔬👨🏽‍🔬
#Heroes #Sheroes

@DrTedros @jameschau @schwartlanderb @PeterASinger @WHO @Elhadj_As_Sy @AmaSande

[Laurie Garrett @Laurie_Garrett]

Closed borders, cancelled flights, blocking immigrants and refugees, harming trade -- NONE OF THIS WORKS. Yet countries all over the world are fighting #COVID19 as if this were the Middle Ages: pull up the drawbridge & hide in the castle until the plague goes away.

[Michael R. Snyder @msnydz1]

.@WHO has been silent on domestic quarantines (even praising the Chinese gov’t for its efforts) even as it condemns int’l travel bans. I discuss WHO’s balancing act and more @ipinstGO

#ICYMI #Covid19 #SARSCoV2 #coronavirus https://t.co/7UClOmf5Ur

[Caitlin Rivers @cmyeaton]

There will be lots of discussion about whether containment was ever possible, and whether the measures taken to try were justified. But for now we should focus on preparing our communities and hospitals - see @T_Inglesby 's recent thread on this.

[Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus @DrTedros]

.@WHO stands with you @_AfricanUnion and @AfricaCDC in preparations for potential #COVID19 outbreak in Africa. Only together, in solidarity, can we ensure our brothers and sisters are safe from the new #coronavirus.
https://t.co/6AlZveI3wH

[Josh Michaud @joshmich]

With community transmission of #COVID19 in multiple countries it appears that containment of the virus in China will not happen (this outcome was not unexpected). Emphasis in many places could turn from containment to “mitigation”. What does mitigation mean?

[Daniel Bausch @DanielBausch2]

Africa CDC hosting emergency meeting in Addis Ababa on COVID-19. Africa preparing under strong African leadership. #UKPHRST

[Outbreak Observatory @Outbreaks101]

Guest author @HughShirley1 writes, "COVID-19 is the latest in a long line of infectious diseases that have been used by some to justify discrimination and xenophobia under the guise of protecting the public’s health." https://t.co/APN0GfZHZl