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/ After the shooting at CDC earlier this month, employees sent a blunt letter to HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
They said that instead of standing with them, RFK Jr. is spreading conspiracy theories about the CDC & their work.
on @CBSEveningNews with @jdickerson
2/ They called this dangerous & made 3 requests:
🔹Stop spreading inaccurate health info
🔹Affirm CDC’s scientific integrity
🔹Guarantee safety of the HHS workforce
Because a major new U.K. clinical trial—the largest & longest yet—found that even “improved” UPFs can’t match the benefits of minimally processed meals. 🍎🥗
2/ Brennan: "...you with the HHS Secretary in this video announcement on Tuesday where Secretary Kennedy said the CDC was removing the COVID vaccine for healthy children & healthy pregnant women from its recommended immunization schedule"