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A note about the world's worst super-spreader events:
3 of the worst were from churches
South Korea (Feb 9/16) >5,000 cases
France (Feb 17) > 2,500 cases
US (March 10) 53 cases
Here are another >220 cases spread through church events, none as large as the 3 above, from @gmknght's remarkable spreadsheet tally
docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d…
This April church event in Sacramento, California, led to at least 71 cases
capradio.org/articles/2020/…
Adding a new report in Germany of 107 people infected from a church service in Frankfurt w/ social distancing measures in place wsj.com/articles/more-… by @berlindiary
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I'm correcting the title @TheEconomist
Supportive global data for the vital use of masks
economist.com/science-and-te… #MasksforAll
In contrast, via @MollyJongFast, the ignorant people who ignore the data
And why did Japan do so well without a lockdown and so little testing?
Masks.
They gave masks out to 50 million households. An expert panel believes this was the main reason for their success.
japantimes.co.jp/news/2020/05/2…
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On the day that the United States reached the 100,000 death toll by @JHUSystems:
All in < 90 days. (February 28th was the 1st)
The country stands alone in the world —not just on this graph of loss of American lives—but also as the only country with no plan.
Most of the 1st 100,000+ deaths were unnecessary.
First there was no testing capacity for 60 days
So No #TestTraceIsolate to get ahead of it.
Then there was delayed stay-at-home, mitigation.
Now another 100,000 deaths are projected in 90 days
With no national, coordinated plan
The next 100,000 deaths projection.
Where are we?
Without: leadership, massive testing & tracing capability, any accountability
With: premature reopening
Watching the loss of our fellow Americans as if we're in the 3rd world. Helpless. It's beyond belief.
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A cruise to Antartica
217 passengers + crew
128 (59%) test positive for #COVID19 infections
But only 24 (19%) became symptomatic
The other 104 (81%) remained without symptoms
Another cohort showing the high frequency of asymptomatic infections
thorax.bmj.com/lookup/doi/10.… @ThoraxBMJ
A hospital in the UAE screening its patients with cancer, without #COVID19 symptoms
7 of 85 (8%) were positive. But they all subsequently developed symptoms. Highlights presymptomatic admixture and also screening in high-risk patients
@JAMAOnc
jamanetwork.com/journals/jamao…
fixed link: thorax.bmj.com/content/early/…
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