It‘s become impossible to listen to all the #covid19 press conferences as well as read papers and preprints and do interviews, let alone answer all the emails, tweets, questions that come. So a short thread with some suggestions and resources
Please don‘t retweet and spread unsubstantiated rumours. You have a role to play in this! There is a lot of good information out there, amplify that. Plenty of suggestions who to trust. Read this for example from the great @aetiology: self.com/story/accurate…
@aetiology Some people I follow and trust are (to name just a few): @cmyeaton @MarionKoopmans @JeremyKonyndyk @JeremyFarrar @mlipsitch @BogochIsaac @EckerleIsabella @aetiology @maiamajumder @angie_rasmussen And yes: @WHO @ECDC_EU @CDCgov
@aetiology @cmyeaton @MarionKoopmans @JeremyKonyndyk @JeremyFarrar @mlipsitch @BogochIsaac @EckerleIsabella @maiamajumder @angie_rasmussen @WHO @ECDC_EU @CDCgov @T_Inglesby @MackayIM @AdamJKucharski @BhadeliaMD @alexandraphelan @BillHanage @CT_Bergstrom It’s important to stay informed. We are learning new things about #covid19 and #SARSCoV2. Plenty of journalists are doing incredible work sifting through all the info AND holding officials to account: @juliaoftoronto @laurahelmuth @sxbegle @amymaxmen @marynmck to name a few.
@aetiology @cmyeaton @MarionKoopmans @JeremyKonyndyk @JeremyFarrar @mlipsitch @BogochIsaac @EckerleIsabella @maiamajumder @angie_rasmussen @WHO @ECDC_EU @CDCgov @T_Inglesby @MackayIM @AdamJKucharski @BhadeliaMD @alexandraphelan @BillHanage @CT_Bergstrom @juliaoftoronto @laurahelmuth @sxbegle @amymaxmen @marynmck There’s plenty more and not just in English: @fischblog is doing great work in German for instance. Here‘s a list from my colleague @fedkukso that includes more Spanish language sources:
@aetiology @cmyeaton @MarionKoopmans @JeremyKonyndyk @JeremyFarrar @mlipsitch @BogochIsaac @EckerleIsabella @maiamajumder @angie_rasmussen @WHO @ECDC_EU @CDCgov @T_Inglesby @MackayIM @AdamJKucharski @BhadeliaMD @alexandraphelan @BillHanage @CT_Bergstrom @juliaoftoronto @laurahelmuth @sxbegle @amymaxmen @marynmck @Fischblog @fedkukso Our own coverage at @newsfromscience is here: sciencemag.org/tags/coronavir… @sciencecohen, @martinenserink, @dnormile and more are working hard to screen what is going on and get the most accurate information.
@aetiology @cmyeaton @MarionKoopmans @JeremyKonyndyk @JeremyFarrar @mlipsitch @BogochIsaac @EckerleIsabella @maiamajumder @angie_rasmussen @WHO @ECDC_EU @CDCgov @T_Inglesby @MackayIM @AdamJKucharski @BhadeliaMD @alexandraphelan @BillHanage @CT_Bergstrom @juliaoftoronto @laurahelmuth @sxbegle @amymaxmen @marynmck @Fischblog @fedkukso @NewsfromScience @sciencecohen @martinenserink @dnormile Accept that there is a lot we just don’t know. There is a ton of amazing people doing incredible work trying to answer the questions we all want answered on #covid19. I talk to some every day. But it takes time! And they are human like all of us. Thank you to all of them!
@aetiology @cmyeaton @MarionKoopmans @JeremyKonyndyk @JeremyFarrar @mlipsitch @BogochIsaac @EckerleIsabella @maiamajumder @angie_rasmussen @WHO @ECDC_EU @CDCgov @T_Inglesby @MackayIM @AdamJKucharski @BhadeliaMD @alexandraphelan @BillHanage @CT_Bergstrom @juliaoftoronto @laurahelmuth @sxbegle @amymaxmen @marynmck @Fischblog @fedkukso @NewsfromScience @sciencecohen @martinenserink @dnormile I‘m not gonna start my own thread on what you can do personally to prepare now. @ianmackay has a great piece on that here: virologydownunder.com/so-you-think-y…
@aetiology @cmyeaton @MarionKoopmans @JeremyKonyndyk @JeremyFarrar @mlipsitch @BogochIsaac @EckerleIsabella @maiamajumder @angie_rasmussen @WHO @ECDC_EU @CDCgov @T_Inglesby @MackayIM @AdamJKucharski @BhadeliaMD @alexandraphelan @BillHanage @CT_Bergstrom @juliaoftoronto @laurahelmuth @sxbegle @amymaxmen @marynmck @Fischblog @fedkukso @NewsfromScience @sciencecohen @martinenserink @dnormile @IanMacKay In German: A factsheet from @smcGermany what everyone can do here: sciencemediacenter.de/fileadmin/user… and a great article by @fischblog here: scilogs.spektrum.de/fischblog/was-…
@aetiology @cmyeaton @MarionKoopmans @JeremyKonyndyk @JeremyFarrar @mlipsitch @BogochIsaac @EckerleIsabella @maiamajumder @angie_rasmussen @WHO @ECDC_EU @CDCgov @T_Inglesby @MackayIM @AdamJKucharski @BhadeliaMD @alexandraphelan @BillHanage @CT_Bergstrom @juliaoftoronto @laurahelmuth @sxbegle @amymaxmen @marynmck @Fischblog @fedkukso @NewsfromScience @sciencecohen @martinenserink @dnormile @IanMacKay @smcgermany Through all of this remember: Don‘t panic! Because a) there is no reason to, b) it doesn‘t help you deal with whatever comes and c) Douglas Adams said so and he was a genius.
@aetiology @cmyeaton @MarionKoopmans @JeremyKonyndyk @JeremyFarrar @mlipsitch @BogochIsaac @EckerleIsabella @maiamajumder @angie_rasmussen @WHO @ECDC_EU @CDCgov @T_Inglesby @MackayIM @AdamJKucharski @BhadeliaMD @alexandraphelan @BillHanage @CT_Bergstrom @juliaoftoronto @laurahelmuth @sxbegle @amymaxmen @marynmck @Fischblog @fedkukso @NewsfromScience @sciencecohen @martinenserink @dnormile @IanMacKay @smcgermany Most importantly: Be kind to each other and be mindful of other people‘s worries. You may feel this is nothing to fret about but your 80-year old neighbour or your HIV+ resident science journalist may disagree.
@aetiology @cmyeaton @MarionKoopmans @JeremyKonyndyk @JeremyFarrar @mlipsitch @BogochIsaac @EckerleIsabella @maiamajumder @angie_rasmussen @WHO @ECDC_EU @CDCgov @T_Inglesby @MackayIM @AdamJKucharski @BhadeliaMD @alexandraphelan @BillHanage @CT_Bergstrom @juliaoftoronto @laurahelmuth @sxbegle @amymaxmen @marynmck @Fischblog @fedkukso @NewsfromScience @sciencecohen @martinenserink @dnormile @IanMacKay @smcgermany Social distancing may mean staying further apart from each other physically in coming weeks. We should compensate by caring even more about each other than usually, because we are, of course, all in this together.
