Epidemiology
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don't think the nyt gets it. backyard pig farming is an epidemiological headache requiring a massive, dispersed response in an outbreak. If a disease breaks out in the towers, yo...
3+ years into a pandemic, the general public is still generally confused about what to do when they test positive for COVID19. So let me walk you through what I, an infectious dis...
Breaking! Please read & share There has been a seasonal outbreak in Lassa fever The institute of Viral Hemorrhagic fever has confirmed an increase in the number of admissions of...
Interesting that despite the high levels of immune escape and antigenic divergence of both BQ.1* and XBB variants from other omicron variants & the growth being seen across the UK...
⚠️NEXT BIG ONE—CDC has royally screwed up—unreleased data shows #XBB15, a super variant, surged to 40% US (CDC unreported for weeks!) & now causing hospitalization surges in NY/NE....
PREDICT was an epidemiological research program funded by a United States Agency for International Development (USAID) grant. The program lasted 11 years, from '09-'20 Partners inc...
China’s decision to not just abandon zero COVID but to embrace an extreme “let it rip” policy is a catastrophe for both the Chinese people and the world. It will leave millions dea...
Overflowing hospital morgues—Fever meds shortage, oxygen tanks EMPTY, 🏥 overwhelmed, blood shortage, death tolls soaring among elderly ==>lots of body bags—even at a top Beijing ho...
1/ The origin of SARS-CoV-2 has yet another riddle: How did the pre-pandemic variant manage to confer immunity to entire countries in Asia but bypass most cities in Europe/America...
⚠️THERMONUCLEAR BAD—Hospitals completely overwhelmed in China ever since restrictions dropped. Epidemiologist estimate >60% of 🇨🇳 & 10% of Earth’s population likely infected over n...
A dire warning on the current outbreak of Ebola with a strain for which vaccine has no effect at all: https://t.co/813Wi0YmIA
Latest 'A Tale of Two Viruses' chart show a 'whipsaw' (lower significance) uptick in CFR - the downward trend is still intact. We are currently remain at about half the CFR of H1N1...
IMPORTANT Finally we have an Omicron vaccine! A vax that many unvaccinated ppl have been waiting for But, there's a SERIOUS problem in US! You canNOT get the life-saving Omicro...
A year and 2 days ago today, @drjohnm, @KrugAlli, @ifihadastick & I uploaded our preprint reporting a rate of post pfizer dose 2 myocarditis of 94/mill (1/10,600) in 16-17yo males...
🇩🇰 Child vax rec from Denmark: "Children only very rarely get seriously ill from the omicron variant...from July 1st, it will no longer be possible for children
This is a complicated but very important court case. As someone who did primary research on COVID epidemiology throughout the pandemic, and as a long-time lover of US constitution...
This is Prof. Madhukar Pai, MD, PhD, FCAHS is a Canada Research Chair in Epidemiology & Global Health at McGill University, Montreal. He is global health eminence par excellence....
Quick introduction to autoimmune pancreatitis, based on my recent talk in the @EurPancClub meeting #EPCKyiv2022 #GItwitter #TheAmylaseSchool #PancreasTwitter #PancreasLovers #MedTw...
Spanish Flu started in Kansas Venezuelan Encephalitis is from California Crimean Congo Fever is from Montana's ticks Russia's anthrax started as "Hagan's best" from Iowa Now Th...
The Black Death did emerge from China, despite claims to the contrary by CNN "historians" Issyk-Kul lake was part of Qing Dynasty of China, ceded to Russia after Treaty of Tarbaga...
Yes, @dockaurG, this @NEJM article is great not only bc it shows natural immunity (A) provides greater protection than vax (B) against future infection, but it calls into question...
If you're still interested in the #monkeypox "epidemic" you should definitely familiarise yourself with this paper from 2008. You're welcome. @Daoyu15 @CharlesRixey @2Genervter @...
As the monkeypox virus (MPX) outbreak continues, a lot of data emerging in real-time & being rapidly disseminated (as well as misinformation). I complied the unfolding scientific d...
About 50 million people are living with SCD globally and Nigeria is the epicentre zone with about 4-6 million people living with the disease (1 in every 4 Nigerians has a sickle ce...