Here’s what “World War Z” gets right: People panic. They get in their cars and run. They loot grocery stores. There are shortages of food, fuel, and medicines. #nCoV2019#coronavirus#coronavirusoutbreak
Here’s what “World War Z” gets wrong: No virus has a 12 second incubation period. It takes at least a minute for your blood to travel around the body, and it takes longer for your immune system to induce an immune response. #nCoV2019#coronavirus#coronavirusoutbreak
Deforestation (& climate change, overpopulation, etc) will lead us to come into contact with more zoonotic (i.e. animal) viruses. We’ll see more and more infectious disease outbreaks if these trends continue. #nCoV2019#coronavirus#coronavirusoutbreak
The bleeding/bruising makeup is beyond fake. The fixation on tracking down the infected monkey makes no sense. They’d already isolated the virus. They could just have injected the virus into other animals to make antiserum. #nCoV2019#coronavirus#coronavirusoutbreak
It would have taken months to make that much antiserum. Also, one monkey could not possibly have provided enough antiserum to save everyone. #nCoV2019#coronavirus#coronavirusoutbreak
@Columbia@Laurie_Garrett "Contagion" describes how different kinds of vaccines are made: inactivated/killed vaccines, live attenuated vaccines, and recombinant vaccines. The movie also accurately illustrates how contact tracing works. #nCoV2019#coronavirus#coronavirusoutbreak
@Columbia@Laurie_Garrett@cdc I’ve left out some other critiques that are a bit more in the weeds. These are the big ones. Key takehome message: Hollywood gets a lot of the science wrong. But it gets human behavior (fear, panic, rumormongering, opportunism) right. #nCoV2019#coronavirus#coronavirusoutbreak
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1/ Tick-borne infections are on the rise around the country
with @CBSMornings @GayleKing @tonydokoupil @nateburleson
2/ A unique collaboration among hunters,
the Texas Parks & Wildlife Department @TPWDnews,
& researchers at @Baylor University
is helping to map what tick-borne diseases can be found where.
3/ Lyme disease is the most common tick-borne infection in the US, but it's far from the only one. hopkinslymetracker.org
1/ #H5N1 bird flu update on @CBSMornings with @GayleKing @vladduthiersCBS @nateburleson
Who's at risk for bird flu right now?
🔹You're at risk if you're a dairy farmworker &/or if you drink raw milk.
2/
🔹If the virus mutates (which is what viruses do!) & becomes transmissible between humans, we could have a pandemic virus on our hands.
3/ 🔹Flu viruses can mutate incrementally (drift) or dramatically (shift).
🔹We see dramatic shifts when 2 flu virus strains infect the same animal or person.
🔹Those 2 flu strains can swap "body parts" & form a Frankenstein virus.
@USDA has announced an indemnification program for dairy farms to be based on the amount of milk🥛 lost from cows🐄 sick with H5N1.
2/ @USDA will also offer farmers support for biosecurity measures on the farm:
🔹to protect against potential spread between animals 🐄 & humans🧑🌾: PPE &/or outerwear laundering services
🔹to make biosecurity plans
🔹to pasteurize milk🥛 before disposal
3/ @USDA will also offer farmers support for biosecurity measures on the farm (continued):
🔹to offset costs of veterinary care for sick cattle🐄
🔹to offset costs of shipping samples for testing🧪