Model predicts economic & public health repercussions of lifting quarantine before a #COVID19 vaccine exists. Click chart to enlarge https://t.co/jUhzd36VZj via @medical_xpress pic.twitter.com/772vCzL3yS
— delthia ricks ? (@DelthiaRicks) May 11, 2020
Trump, when asked about the projected death toll from the novel coronavirus by the summer, responds by saying, “I don’t want to think about that.”
— Daniel W. Drezner (@dandrezner) May 11, 2020
Follow @Reuters liveblog for the latest developments around the coronavirus outbreak https://t.co/cEBwkoEQ5P pic.twitter.com/FdyEuVTCY6
— Reuters (@Reuters) May 12, 2020
This nurse didn't just create a replacement N95 mask—hers work better https://t.co/UccsPfU33I via @medical_xpress
— delthia ricks ?? (@DelthiaRicks) May 9, 2020
Making a homemade #COVID19 mask? New scientific research explains best fabric choice https://t.co/4d4dkDRQgf via @medical_xpress pic.twitter.com/2j2FjXQfUK
— delthia ricks ?? (@DelthiaRicks) May 9, 2020
… We found that very breathable fabrics are a good choice, like common t-shirt materials. They tend to have low droplet resistance, and their efficiency increases when used in a two-layer mask. The net breathability of the two layers is much higher than the medical masks, too. In fact, the breathability of cotton T-shirt fabrics remains higher than a medical mask, even with three layers. Homemade masks can be an effective tool for the public, together with testing and contact tracing, social distancing and other interventions to mitigate disease transmission…
A new study found that if 80% of Americans wore masks, COVID-19 infections would plummet https://t.co/u0sWuQa8hU
— VANITY FAIR (@VanityFair) May 9, 2020
… De Kai’s solution, along with his team, was to build a computer forecasting model they call the masksim simulator. This allowed them to create scenarios of populations like those in Japan (that generally wear masks) and others (that generally don’t), and to compare what happens to infection rates over time. Masksim takes sophisticated programming used by epidemiologists to track outbreaks and pathogens like COVID-19, Ebola, and SARS, and blended this with other models that are used in artificial intelligence to take into account the role of chance, in this case the randomness and unpredictability, of human behavior—for instance, when a person who is infected decides to go to a beach. De Kai’s team have also added some original programming that takes into account mask-specific criteria, such as how effective certain masks are at blocking the invisible micro-droplets of moisture that spray out of our mouths when we exhale or speak, or our noses when we sneeze, which scientists believe are significant vectors for spreading the coronavirus…
BREAKING: Results from largest national antibody test back. Only 0.7% show antibodies, potential immunity. https://t.co/8yZ0Z6kE4w
— Andy Slavitt @ ? (@ASlavitt) May 10, 2020
Nebraska has more new cases of #covid19 per capita than New York. (91-DIPOC, new cases per day, 7-day avg) pic.twitter.com/crfPsHJRNR
— Lindsay Beyerstein (@beyerstein) May 10, 2020
Coronavirus caseloads are rising in nine states, declining in 15 states and roughly about the same in the rest. https://t.co/rZsY92Imha
— Peter Baker (@peterbakernyt) May 11, 2020
Recently I’ve seen a lot of this:
[insert famous epidemiologist/public health expert name here] ????????? ? ???????? [insert #] ????? ???!”But honestly, for any of us, it’s not the pandemic that’s surprising.
It’s how poorly we’ve managed it that is.
— Craig Spencer MD MPH (@Craig_A_Spencer) May 11, 2020
Here's the thing about #COVID19 : it will continue to circulate in the world, returning over and over, until 7.5 billion humans have been immunized. Also, the Wuhan cases were previously classified asymptomatic carriers, suggesting VERY long incubation times. https://t.co/qw4HH05eCj
— Laurie Garrett (@Laurie_Garrett) May 11, 2020
Reopening from #COVID19 #lockdown is proving difficult all over the world.
South Korea sees fresh cases, connected to nightlife scene.
Germany has new meatpacking cluster: German R0 now = 1.1.
Wuhan has 17 new cases.
Italy & Spain are closely monitoring gatherings & crowds.— Laurie Garrett (@Laurie_Garrett) May 11, 2020
Chinese city of Wuhan drawing up plans to test its entire population of 11 million people for Covid-19, state media sayhttps://t.co/kYWNCN7sQ0
— BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) May 12, 2020
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