Thread by @MackayIM

@Billy__Grove @horrdorr @statnews That we could have a pandemic at any ti..oh you mean 5 months
-new CoV
-doesn't just cause pneumonia, asympto spread, PCR is *not* too sensitive, SARS-CoV-2 doesn't make kids regularly very sick, we can close down nations & stops importation,

@Billy__Grove @horrdorr @statnews -virus naming takes too long and isn't inclusive
-conspiracy theorists love a pandemic
-we still don't have good data on mask use
-finding a treatment fo COVId-19 takes a lot of time despite all the promise of the lit
-very few seem to know much about how viruses can emerge

@Billy__Grove @horrdorr @statnews -SARS-CoV-2 receptor is located all over the body; disease at each of those sites has been identified
-virus sheds for 3wk+ in ill people
-SARS-CoV-2 kills more people than flu
-pandemics aren't just about death but also jobs, people, illness, resources, leadership & POLITICS

@Billy__Grove @horrdorr @statnews -kids get infected, can have high viral loads but we still don't know their role in the transmission
-close and prolonged contact is more important than short distant contact
-outdoors and moving air reduces risk of infection compared to indoors and stale air

@Billy__Grove @horrdorr @statnews -modelling saved so many lives that we can now afford to listen to idiots question whether it was ever right
-many countries have no local manufacturing capacity for many things ( lab consumables and PPE key among those)
-toilet paper is an essential commodity

@Billy__Grove @horrdorr @statnews -having a stash of essential non-perishable items reduces your need to go to the grocery shop and mix it with the festy people

@Billy__Grove @horrdorr @statnews So a few things are new. Off the top of my head.