This is what having the novel coronavirus looks like pic.twitter.com/mu7Sj1pq28
— Tech Insider (@techinsider) March 22, 2020
Not sure we've communicated well enough that social distancing interventions will pay dividends in 1-3 weeks. Anything that happens in the next 10 days was already baked in prior to that. A surge in cases now would NOT mean that social distancing isn't working.
— Kate Allen (@katecallen) March 20, 2020
The coronavirus did not escape from a lab. Here's how we know. https://t.co/hDfoJDIp6n
— Peter Daszak (@PeterDaszak) March 21, 2020
Beijing absolutely orchestrated a cover-up and triggered this global pandemic. And the White House has been insanely, dangerously, unforgivably incompetent. Both narratives are true and have unfortunately existed in deadly unison. Binary thinking will help no one. https://t.co/6COj7rjTik
— Alex Gladstein (@gladstein) March 21, 2020
Gov. Andrew Cuomo says new cases of #coronavirus up by 3,254 in #NewYork since yesterday. There are now 10,356 confirmed statewide. Majority are in NYC: 6,211.
Says state is carrying out more tests per capita than #China or #SouthKorea and more tests means more confirmed cases.— Melissa Kent (@KentUNCBC) March 21, 2020
For every confirmed case of coronavirus, another 5 to 10 are out there undetected, a new study indicates. These cases are often milder and, on average, about half as infectious as confirmed ones — but are responsible for nearly 80 percent of new cases. https://t.co/DFjEyUHZpg
— NYT Science (@NYTScience) March 22, 2020
Physicians at the epicenter of Italy’s #Covid19 outbreak warned that medical practice may need to be turned on its head — with care delivered to many #coronavirus patients at home. https://t.co/3zVIptN5c6
— STAT (@statnews) March 21, 2020
In these times of crazed panic-buying, here's Angela Merkel showing how it's done:
– one (1) pack of toilet roll
– a smattering of sundry items
– four (4) bottles of wineThis is the correct procedure. https://t.co/TMAkshKAlk
— Jeremy Cliffe (@JeremyCliffe) March 21, 2020
South Korea may be a model for slowing disease’s spread. The woman behind the plan is showing the world how to fight an epidemic https://t.co/Pks8bYWJml
— Bloomberg (@business) March 22, 2020
Guangdong government texts my mainland mobile number 2 weeks before the annual tomb sweeping day – Qingming – to ask people to postpone the tradition of visiting graves of ancestors in order to avoid mass gatherings.
“Your health is the best consolation to the deceased.” pic.twitter.com/fbL8n3nEdy
— Kinling Lo ??? (@kinlinglo) March 20, 2020
#China state media report a Chinese vaccine is being tested on humans. Volunteers from the epicenter Wuhan between ages of 18-60 have received the injection. (#China has indicated it wants to win the global race for a #coronavirus vaccine.) https://t.co/XDrRv3l4wa
— Eunice Yoon (@onlyyoontv) March 21, 2020
The number of imported #COVID19 cases in China has increased from 85 to 269 over the past 10 days, with an increase of 216%, which is faster than the 98% growth rate of confirmed cases globally during the period, according to the National Health Commission on Saturday. pic.twitter.com/Wi3qjM9IHL
— People's Daily, China (@PDChina) March 21, 2020
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