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#Covid19 strep from @WHO is up (numbers as of 23.59 Geneva time Friday):

Globally
266,073 (+32,000)
11,184 (+1344) deaths

Six new territories here:
Papua New Guinea, Isle of Man, Timor-Leste, Haiti, Cabo Verde, Zimbabwe
@WHO Western Pacific
94,037 (+688) cases
3426 (+21) deaths

Europe
128,541 (+23,950)
6000 (+1,101)

South-East Asia
979 (+61)
38 (+7)

Eastern Mediterranean
22,355 (+1,596)
1466 (+154)

Americas
18,877 (+5606)
235 (+57)

Africa
572 (+99)
12 (+4)
@WHO And if you want a picture with that: Here’s an epidemic curve of #covid19 cases worldwide.
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Kai Kupferschmidt
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I told myself after reporting on the West African #Ebola outbreak to stay away as much as possible from stories about models in an outbreak. Now I've written a story about #covid19 models (with my colleague and editor @martinenserink). Quick thread. sciencemag.org/news/2020/03/m…
@martinenserink First of all what’s the problem with models?
For science journalists:
1. Most of us are more familiar with reading (and writing) about cell cultures than computer models. We tend to ignore or gloss over the assumptions that go into a model (if we even understand them).
@martinenserink 2. Models appeal to the worst instincts in journalists. We end up presenting the most extreme scenario often neglecting the uncertainty around it or the spread of possible outcomes. One of the #Ebola models I wrote about was this CDC projection: Image
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Kai Kupferschmidt
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Daily @WHO presser on #covid19 starts with @DrTedros praising “difficult but wise” decision by Japan and the IOC to postpone @Tokyo2020 Olympic Games. "The pandemic continues to take a massive toll not just on health but on so many parts of life. "
@WHO @DrTedros @Tokyo2020 "Already we have lost more than 16,000 lives. We know we will lose more”, says @DrTedros. “How many more will be determined by the decisions we make and the actions we take now."
@WHO @DrTedros @Tokyo2020 And again: "Asking people to stay at home and shutting down population movement is buying time and reducing the pressure on health systems. But on their own, these measures will not extinguish epidemics.” They just buy a “second window of opportunity”: to attack #SARSCoV2.
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Kai Kupferschmidt
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Regular #covid19 press conference from @WHO preceded today by bit with FIFA president Gianna Infantino. “Less than six months ago WHO and FIFA signed an agreement to work together to promote health through football”, says @drtedros. Announcing campaign to “kick out coronavirus”.
@WHO @DrTedros "More than 300,000 cases of #covid19 have now been reported to @WHO from almost every country in the world”, says @DrTedros. "That is heartbreaking."
@WHO @DrTedros “The pandemic is accelerating”, says @DrTedros.
Says it took:
- 67 days from 1st reported case of #covid19 to reach first 100,000 cases
- 11 days for the second 100,000
and just
- 4 days for the third 100,000.
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Six new #COVIDー19 in bc
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Dr Bonnie Henry says the two positive tests in the care home leading to large investigation into residents and workers and what contact they’ve had.
And there are restrictions on that facility now for who is in and out.
#bcpoli #COVIDー19
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All others in isolation
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#COVID-19: It’s possible to get infected a 2nd time. People recovered by their own immune system, but the meds they use are damaging their heart, and when they get it the 2nd time, the antibody makes it worse, and they die of sudden heart failure.
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I don't find this unexpected. We had similar results in the study of SARS. Challenge with the virus after vaccination actually made the resulting disease worse. One theory is this may be due to an overactive immune response due to a cytokine storm.
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Halo pak @Edhy_Prabowo
Selamat Malam
Semoga bapak baca tweet saya ya.

Saya mahasiswa perikanan, masih belum lulus. Saya sangat menentang tekad bapak untuk melakukan ekspor bibit Lobster.

Dengan segala kerendahan hati, saya rasa Bapak semestinya sadar apa dampak
Yang akan terjadi apabila trend eskpor bibit Lobster terus berjalan.

Saya yakin, bapak sudah mengetahui perihal AMDAL (Analisis Mengenai Dampak Lingkungan), Ekosistem, peraturan dalam Hukum Perikanan dan Kelautan.

Terkait dengan bibit Lobster ini, seharusnya bapak sadar bahwa
Mengkomersialkan bibit Lobster akan merusak ekosistem yang ada dan berdampak pada lingkungan perairan di Indonesia.

Jika berbicara tentang ekonomi pun, bukankah justru lebih bernilai ekonomis Lobster yang sudah dewasa dibandingkan yang masih bibit? Lebih jauh lagi apabila
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