2/Manufacturing capacity is an underrated constraint on vaccine availability. When evaluating vaccine candidates, make sure to look at how quickly they'll be mass manufactured!
3/We might finally be getting off of the 140k/day testing plateau. Took us long enough, dang it.
4/We really did try HCQ en masse. If it had worked, we'd almost certainly know by now, even without RCTs.
5/What happens if we don't get a vaccine as soon as we hope? Is that a realistic possibility?
6/Yes, when you hear people talk about "herd immunity" and it's not in the context of vaccination, you should be scared.
7/More on why you should be afraid when people say "herd immunity" and aren't talking about vaccination:
8/A really amazing thread of data on asymptomatic transmission of coronavirus.
This, by the way, is why we need #TestAndTrace.
This, by the way, is why we need #TestAndTrace.
9/How much contact tracing do we need to do in order to suppress coronavirus outbreaks?
10/Actually this whole thread on the impact of social distancing measures is important. Note that it's for the UK. The U.S. might be different.
11/A convalescent plasma trial is underway in San Francisco. Join it if you're in SF and you've had coronavirus!
12/Epidemiologists debate Sweden.
13/Beware of studies with large sampling bias.
14/A thread about the feasibility of self-collection of samples for COVID-19 tests.
15/The science of how to kick coronavirus' ass:
16/Coronavirus mostly kills old people. But it can kill young people with blood clotting:
17/An interview about coronavirus with the man who beat the deadliest pandemic of the last half century:
18/More on why antibody levels don't necessarily give you an Immunity Passport:
19/An interesting study about how coronavirus works:
20/THIS IS AWESOME: a real-time dashboard of COVID-19 treatment trials!!
21/Remember: "asymptomatic at the time of testing" often (usually?) just means "pre-symptomatic".
22/If you want to listen to podcasts about the virology of coronavirus, here you go!
23/Australia and New Zealand have done an excellent job containing the coronavirus.
24/A study showing "reinfections" might actually just be relapses...which means they're not contagious.
25/Why is coronavirus causing blood clots?
27/Want an alternative to the IHME model? Here's one from Los Alamos:
28/Remember, even with a vaccine, it's going to take years to stamp out coronavirus.
29/How to be an armchair epidemiologist without making things worse:
30/Screening for COVID-19 symptoms is under-discussed. Tech can help a lot.
31/More on the biology of coronavirus:
32/One of my pet peeves is the idea that #TestAndTrace is mainly about fancy new digital surveillance apps.
It's not.
It's first and foremost about an army of human beings applying very traditional public health techniques.
It's not.
It's first and foremost about an army of human beings applying very traditional public health techniques.
33/Once again: No, coronavirus hasn't silently swept through your town and given you immunity!
34/Why is the U.S. not cooperating with other nations in the search for a vaccine???
35/California alone needs 20,000 people working on contact tracing. NY will probably need a lot more!
36/In general this is just a super-important thread about what we need to do to reopen our economy.
Note that #TestAndTrace gets top billing!
Note that #TestAndTrace gets top billing!
37/ANOTHER live dashboard of coronavirus clinical trials! Awesome!!
38/ covidexitstrategy.org is a good website, and I hope that testandtrace.com will be able to partner with them to help states know when and how to reopen their economies.
40/Seattle has barely been able to contain the virus.
41/Canada testing convalescent plasma too.
42/A thread of coronavirus-related data.
43/A small bit of good news here.
44/As always, read Bob Wachter's "Covid Chronicles" thread.
These are the Twitter equivalent of FDR's "fireside chats". Nothing better in a crisis than that one calm voice you can depend on.
These are the Twitter equivalent of FDR's "fireside chats". Nothing better in a crisis than that one calm voice you can depend on.
45/Well that was fast.
46/And that's all for today, folks!
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