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Bruce Y. Lee
@bruce_y_lee
Writer/journalist | Senior Contributor @Forbes | Professor @CUNYSPH | Exec Dir @PHICORTeam | #DigitalHealth #AI Entrepreneur | https://t.co/cIkooIidPM | DM me news tips
Mar 9, 2022 • 11 tweets • 12 min read
1/THREAD -- Maintaining face mask use until shortly after reaching particular #COVID19 vaccine coverages could save the U.S. billions of dollars--per our new study in @TheLancetPH thelancet.com/journals/lanpu…
cc: @PHICORteam @CUNYSPH @PeterHotez @mebottazzi @BCM_TropMed @bcmhouston 2/THREAD -- Consistently maintaining mask use until >70% of the population is vaccinated vs #COVID19 & then ~ 2-10 weeks afterwards could prevent many, many #coronavirus cases, hospitalizations & deaths + save businesses, the health care system, insurance, taxpayers, etc. money.
Feb 6, 2022 • 8 tweets • 5 min read
Some have claimed that a "Johns Hopkins Study" showed that "lockdowns" have been ineffective against #COVID19 and there's been a "full-on media blackout" of this study.
Here I cover for @Forbes this & the problems with such claims
#epitwitter #scicomm
forbes.com/sites/brucelee… 2/THREAD As I detailed in my article, it's not even appropriate to call this working paper a "Johns Hopkins study" as @BadFoxGraphics pointed out. Only one of the 3 authors is affiliated w/ John Hopkins & the university didn't seem to commission or endorse this working paper.
Oct 27, 2020 • 6 tweets • 7 min read
President Trump suggested that doctors are inflating #COVID19 #coronavirus death counts in order to make money. Seriously? As I describe here for @Forbes there are many reasons why such assertions make absolutely no sense. #MedTwitter 1/THREAD

forbes.com/sites/brucelee… First of all, as I wrote, many doctors have been suffering throughout the #pandemic including, as @CTZebrac has documented, some dying from #COVID

2/THREAD
forbes.com/sites/brucelee…
Mar 11, 2020 • 5 tweets • 4 min read
1/5 Beware of “back-of-the-envelope” ✉️ calculations that try to predict how many ppl will get sick or die from #COVID19 #coronavirusoutbreak , especially when they’re done by ppl who have little experience in #infectiousdisease modeling. The current situation is not that simple 2/5 Many different factors may affect the spread of the #SARSCOV2 #coronavirus . These include different assumptions about the virus characteristics (which are still emerging), how much the virus has already spread (which is unknown since widespread testing is not occurring yet),