I tested very positively pic.twitter.com/lp4fE2bbai
— Sarah Cooper (@sarahcpr) May 21, 2020
Welp, there is it. The world has passed 5 million confirmed cases. https://t.co/1NXC3fpAoy pic.twitter.com/eG5myIghtb
— Maryn McKenna (@marynmck) May 21, 2020
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"…in New York, for example, we estimate that 16.6% of individuals have been infected to date"
PUNCH LINE:
"Our estimates suggest that the epidemic is not under control in much of the US."https://t.co/aslkCeDKuy— Laurie Garrett (@Laurie_Garrett) May 22, 2020
With guidance from this newly released CDC document, federal agencies are modeling the COVID pandemic using implausibly low fatality rate.
Their "best estimate" has a symptomatic CFR of 0.4%
Their worst case scenario has CFR — not IFR — of 1%https://t.co/E34k5kzZSG pic.twitter.com/C4tGpsykHj
— Carl T. Bergstrom (@CT_Bergstrom) May 21, 2020
The more I think about it, the more this bothers me.
These numbers are so far outside of the scientific consensus that this strikes me as a devious and cynical effort to manipulate not only federal modeling but the broader scientific discourse.
— Carl T. Bergstrom (@CT_Bergstrom) May 21, 2020
CNN reports on the CDC's parameters.https://t.co/MkoxMXp7ah pic.twitter.com/hkzFgzBAXG
— Carl T. Bergstrom (@CT_Bergstrom) May 22, 2020
3 questions about shielding:
1. Is it effective? Experience in Sweden & UK shows it's not- look at care homes.
2. Is it acceptable? What healthy >70s think about this & being restricted.
3. Is it ethical? Not sure hiding away elderly/vulnerable & letting healthy circulate is.— Devi Sridhar (@devisridhar) May 22, 2020
#US doctors call for the release of data that convinced health regulators to authorize emergency use of Gilead Sciences’ antiviral drug #remdesivir to treat #coronavirus, so they can direct limited supplies on the right patients.
#COVID_19— Al Arabiya English (@AlArabiya_Eng) May 22, 2020
How does #Covid19 cause such severe disease in the portion of people who become critically ill? Virus knows tricks, @sxbegle reports in a deep dive looking at the aberrant immune response seen in severe cases. https://t.co/oJ7g89FAFq
— Helen Branswell (@HelenBranswell) May 21, 2020
Preventing 'cytokine storm' may ease severe #COVID19 complication. The storm is a severe immune response that can be deadlier than the virus. Doctors are treating COVID pts w/ an anti-inflammatory alpha blocker -a blood pressure drug – to prevent the storm https://t.co/2s67cjUgb5 pic.twitter.com/JTzG5KkLLn
— delthia ricks ? (@DelthiaRicks) May 22, 2020
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