Finally, an hour where I can lick all the fruit without judgment https://t.co/RBOzJzuXbg
— Andrew Fleischman (@ASFleischman) July 29, 2020
BREAKING: Confirmed deaths from the coronavirus in the U.S. have hit 150,000, by far the highest toll in the world, according to the tally kept by Johns Hopkins University. https://t.co/v46BaOI2sw
— The Associated Press (@AP) July 29, 2020
Coronavirus in the US: Latest map and case count https://t.co/eMv0MEM5gq
— delthia ricks ? (@DelthiaRicks) July 29, 2020
A grim possibility is we'll see a global Covid decoupling, where much of Europe and Asia is mostly able to keep epidemics at bay but the U.S. can't, and sees higher and persistent infection and slower GDP growth; and has a cordon sanitaire remain imposed on us from other nations.
— Scott Gottlieb, MD (@ScottGottliebMD) July 29, 2020
We didn't learn the first time and squandered the gains of the lockdowns.
Why do we kid ourselves into thinking maybe something has magically changed? Most of us remain susceptible to #SARSCoV2. #Covid19 isn't going away. https://t.co/1sSyvL7nVb— Helen Branswell (@HelenBranswell) July 30, 2020
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Tracking the spread of the novel coronavirus https://t.co/gGkBJp7ojH pic.twitter.com/lYHH5f8fub
— Reuters (@Reuters) July 30, 2020
Spikes in novel coronavirus infections in Asia bring warnings over complacency https://t.co/HxWaIdqLak @Colpackham @AlasdairPal pic.twitter.com/xDOhi0x7rG
— Reuters (@Reuters) July 30, 2020
New #coronavirus cluster spreads to 5 Chinese regions. The new cluster in a port city in northeast China has spread to other provinces prompting fresh restrictions. China had brought the virus under control via a series of lockdowns & other measures https://t.co/kjQtFgGYR5 pic.twitter.com/N8AokA8YBh
— delthia ricks ? (@DelthiaRicks) July 29, 2020
Japan braces for spike in coronavirus cases amid domestic travel campaign https://t.co/pFTGYhiBUD pic.twitter.com/cxrc11kyby
— Reuters (@Reuters) July 30, 2020
Mysterious #coronavirus outbreak catches Vietnam by surprise https://t.co/R5XuioVfWf
— delthia ricks ? (@DelthiaRicks) July 29, 2020
Holy water will be consumed from single-use bottles. Pilgrims will get sterilized pebbles to throw at pillars symbolizing the devil. And instead of jostling shoulder to shoulder, worshipers will circle Mecca’s mosque with 1.5 meters space between them https://t.co/zLQhCoVR3Y
— Bloomberg (@business) July 30, 2020
Coronavirus: Australia's Victoria records huge case jump https://t.co/MvlJT3PJTE
— BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) July 30, 2020
To date, all 55 @_AfricanUnion member states reported 871,970 cases of COVID-19 pandemic.
36 from 55 countries on the continent have < 5000 cases.
Dr @JNkengasong, Director of @AfricaCDC #VirtualConferenceAfrica pic.twitter.com/wFOl0P8b8J— Africa CDC (@AfricaCDC) July 29, 2020
UK coronavirus live: England had highest levels of excess deaths in Europe in first half of 2020, ONS says https://t.co/48ZsZ7xzzR
— The Guardian (@guardian) July 30, 2020
Hospitals in Guatemala say they have had to bury dozens of unidentified COVID-19 victims who arrived alone and too ill to give their personal details. One hospital is creating archives in hopes that their relatives will eventually come looking for them. https://t.co/PHiGWRY4OH
— The Associated Press (@AP) July 29, 2020
Mexico's health ministry confirms 5,752 new coronavirus cases https://t.co/GX3NIEnHep pic.twitter.com/cIlTemI1O7
— Reuters (@Reuters) July 30, 2020
New gene study shows how #SARSCoV2 swept through the Diamond Princess cruise ship https://t.co/XlgOZ0InO4 via @medical_xpress
— delthia ricks ? (@DelthiaRicks) July 29, 2020
Sick Ruby Princess passengers were allowed to disembark after an ABF officer mistook flu test results for coronavirus tests.
The ABC can reveal that Border Force command only realised the mistake more than 30 hours after passengers had left the ship. https://t.co/y0pzRa9ziq
— casey briggs (@CaseyBriggs) July 30, 2020
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Study: Comparison of unsupervised home self-collected midnasal swabs with clinician-collected nasopharyngeal swabs to detect #SARSCoV2. Result: Midnasal swab done by patient at home detects the virus https://t.co/qhKoED6tTY pic.twitter.com/v2twtOE1qa
— delthia ricks ? (@DelthiaRicks) July 29, 2020
South Korea's Celltrion gets UK approval for trials of COVID-19 antibody drug https://t.co/PuRvC9G60y pic.twitter.com/4JznKwWQxi
— Reuters (@Reuters) July 30, 2020
China's Sinopharm to test potential COVID-19 vaccine in Brazil https://t.co/OTciMmtnLC pic.twitter.com/c0WBjZNwz7
— Reuters (@Reuters) July 30, 2020
Thread:
The time to move to rapid #SARSCoV2 testing is long overdue. It's about switching from diagnosing *infections* to determining whether someone is *infectious*
In minutes, not days. Anywhere. Cheap.
My table here summarizes the differences and why this should be the #1 US priority pic.twitter.com/SYBhOIvv0F— Eric Topol (@EricTopol) July 29, 2020
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An estimated 40% of US adults would be categorized as essential workers during the #coronavirus disease 2019 #pandemic, with 13% living in high-risk households https://t.co/I60JSeDdTM #COVID19
— JAMA (@JAMA_current) July 29, 2020
U.S. economy likely contracted at its steepest pace since the Great Depression in second quarter as the COVID-19 pandemic destroyed consumer and business spending https://t.co/wmJVm4tyx1 pic.twitter.com/Q200mZqu7A
— Reuters (@Reuters) July 30, 2020
Study links spring school closures to decrease in COVID-19 cases, deaths https://t.co/dXW43inIbl pic.twitter.com/fgaiGs3Lg3
— The Hill (@thehill) July 29, 2020
At the same time new cases are descending (including in these 3 key states, and great if sustained), the deaths are ascending. Yes, perhaps representing the lag, but not something that we've seen thus far in the US pandemic. pic.twitter.com/vIqELfHWGS
— Eric Topol (@EricTopol) July 29, 2020
California again breaks single-day record for most COVID-19 deaths https://t.co/pdpd9i64Qc
— Dr Neil Bodie (@neil_bodie) July 29, 2020
Florida reports record increase in #COVID19 deaths for 2nd day in a row w/ 217 fatalities in the last 24 hours, according to the state health department. Florida also reported 9,446 new cases, bringing total infections to over 451,000 https://t.co/c3JMkDKtDm
— delthia ricks ? (@DelthiaRicks) July 29, 2020
BIG RESIGNATION—Arizona’s top emergency preparedness director just quit in protest. “I could no longer support the direction that the governor (@dougducey) was going in.” #COVID19 https://t.co/7qGFkcpOu0
— Eric Feigl-Ding (@DrEricDing) July 30, 2020
I would argue it's not really about being anti-science. it's about the truth of the virus–being dangerous, hurting america–is and was politically inconvenient to an administration that purported to be able to solve anything and make america great again
so it ignored the virus https://t.co/ScFQZyA2EI
— Gerry Doyle (@mgerrydoyle) July 30, 2020
the u.s. gov't response, from top anyway, bounces around from "it's china's fault" to "who could have seen this coming" to "it's not a big deal, what are you whining about" to simply ignoring it and pimping hydroxychloroquine
none of which helps 1,500ish americans dying per day
— Gerry Doyle (@mgerrydoyle) July 30, 2020
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