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I wanted to express my gratitude to those taking time to put together informative writing/graphics for the public during the #COVID19 pandemic. Animated articles by folks such as @SiouxsieW & @XTOTL are illuminating, impactful & so helpful during these challenging times. [1/4]
Colleagues such as @pleunipennings, @big_data_kane &
@SenayYitbarek (along w/ featured images from @OliviaPhamNow) have put together videos tackling important epidemiological concepts, such as the case fatality rate & basic reproduction number (R0). [2/4]
vimeo.com/396866214
A recent video by @OsmosisMed nicely highlights that the health care crisis we face requires not only proactive measures to limit viral transmission (#FlattenTheCurve) but also expansion of the capacity of the health care system (#RaiseTheLine) [3/4].
Because this is such an important message, I made a 20-second video summary of the @OsmosisMed piece echoing some ways to #FlattenTheCurve & #RaiseTheLine (w/ a few additional bits). And thank you to all these creative educators- your efforts mean more than ever these days! [4/4]
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Benjamin Kerr
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I’m growing increasingly concerned that some advice to socially distance is being targeted only at the most vulnerable within our community (w/ high #COVID19 complications risk). Low-risk individuals also have a big role to play here & we really need to be emphasizing this. [1/8]
To illustrate the point, @ocornejoPopGen and I built a model (SEIR w/ high- & low-risk groups). Because low-risk people are more common, their behavioral change can have *greater* impact on lowering peak number of infections. Ideally, everyone limits interactions, but... [2/8]
...we shouldn't ignore effects of low-risk individuals changing behavior. Let’s focus on high-risk infected cases (y-axis scaled as before). If only low-risk individuals limit interaction, this has greater impact on *high-risk cases* than if only high-risk individuals do so [3/8]
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Benjamin Kerr
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I am really proud of a grad in our group, but not for the reasons most commonly shared on Twitter... [1/7]
She got some very tough experimental results that cast serious doubt on an exciting interpretation of a long-term project. Despite how much effort she had invested & how hard the results were to process, she conducted careful & creative follow-up work to figure things out. [2/7]
Sadly, the challenging results were real and our earlier exciting interpretation evaporated. The reasons we were misled were very subtle, but she untangled them. Further, she fully embraced how the results could change the project. [3/7]
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The @CDCgov @WHO and @NSWHealth put personal hygiene as one of the major strategies to slow the spread of #COVIDー19
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This is a thread about why it is absolutely essential that we get people out of jails, prisons, & immigration detention during the #COVIDー19 pandemic. It will include information & demands for how to #StopCOVID19inJails .

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As a Hong Konger, I continue to be baffled by the public response in Europe. Though most are concerned, many are still acting like it's nbd. HK was in the news because of #COVIDー19 a month ago. There are travel advisories against HK. Peopled abroad asked me about it. 1/
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So those running our governments can be held accountable in the future for their reckless prioritising of profit over public interest re: #COVIDー19 I want to start a discussion about what action should have been taken to prevent the spread of this virus.
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Below I will list some of the obvious action I think should have happened to stop the spread of #COVIDー19.
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Day 8 of aggregating information on what goes on with #COVIDー19 in Iran.

Picking up from yesterday:

As stated before:

Finally authorities are putting Mazandaran province on quarantine: only fuel and food trucks are allowed. This late, its effectiveness will be limited.

The same authorities have had argued for quarantine to be "non-scientific" and "from middle ages".

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