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Really interesting review comparing #SARSCoV2 (the cause of #Covid19), SARS1, MERS, the 2009 & the 1918 flu pandemics from @MarionKoopmans and some colleagues. Risk of needing ICU care is 5-6X higher with Covid than during the 2009 pandemic. https://t.co/FsEf1qEtbE pic.twitter.com/DHAD1exPIP

— Helen Branswell (@HelenBranswell) July 5, 2020

This isn’t a COVID-19 wave — it’s a tsunami https://t.co/vxsUdSC2kP pic.twitter.com/03gvBMJoEo

— The Verge (@verge) July 5, 2020

Coronavirus: FDA chief refuses to back Trump's vaccine prediction https://t.co/1e6lIFg6F7

— BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) July 5, 2020

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Coronavirus: India overtakes Russia in Covid-19 cases https://t.co/m4VkBw255S

— BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) July 6, 2020

Countries with a #coronavirus leadership plan know that pandemic viruses don't magically disappear: France moving ahead on a 'large scale' coronavirus testing campaign to identify any dormant infection clusters https://t.co/ri2uH66n2d … via @medical_xpress

— delthia ricks 🔬 (@DelthiaRicks) July 5, 2020

Iran's supreme leader publicized an image of himself in a mask in recent days, urging the nation's 80 million people to wear them. But public opinion polling and a walk through Tehran's streets show the widespread apathy felt over the pandemic. https://t.co/HrLgGVbMM6

— The Associated Press (@AP) July 5, 2020

Saudi Arabia announces haj health measures for domestic pilgrims https://t.co/VoTkShraWn pic.twitter.com/n4sGFyoXOd

— Reuters (@Reuters) July 6, 2020

S. Africa deploys military medics to virus hotspot. The deployment to East Cape province comes a day after South Africa recorded more than 10,800 new #coronavirus cases, its biggest 1-day jump in the pandemic. Dozens of military medics have been deployed https://t.co/l9DZ63DN2w pic.twitter.com/h9AiQhLqp0

— delthia ricks 🔬 (@DelthiaRicks) July 5, 2020

Brazil registers 26,051 new cases of coronavirus, 602 deaths https://t.co/HuoM7eHtwp pic.twitter.com/ZAMbkpwqMy

— Reuters (@Reuters) July 6, 2020

Coronavirus: Mexico's death toll passes 30,000 https://t.co/Cb8YRfsXbT

— BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) July 5, 2020

Mexico reports 4,683 new coronavirus cases, total now 256,848 https://t.co/O7xKxblV88 pic.twitter.com/2MTYM1YlXt

— Reuters (@Reuters) July 6, 2020

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Smart piece from @kakape about how one well-designed clinical trial — UK's Recovery — has come up with 3 answers about drugs for #Covid19 & why other trials — including @WHO's Solidarity — have not. https://t.co/396irXHNmd

— Helen Branswell (@HelenBranswell) July 4, 2020

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The United States still doesn’t have a handle on testing six months into the coronavirus pandemichttps://t.co/RGL8lCRqMa

— POLITICO (@politico) July 5, 2020

In Los Angeles County, the number of patients with confirmed #COVID19 infections in intensive care units are up 35% in the last two weeks.https://t.co/1XvwyGmc1m

— Deborah Blum (@deborahblum) July 5, 2020

Arizona protesters gathered on Saturday to protest restrictions put in place to stop the spread of the virus https://t.co/FIZsGPdnzL pic.twitter.com/8WFJ2sbDsW

— Reuters (@Reuters) July 6, 2020

“What’s been disheartening over the past week or two has been that it feels like we’re back at square one." — Houston critical care doctor Mir Alikhan.@sherifink reports from Houston hospitals struggling with #Covid19 cases. https://t.co/3Gia1c0FVV

— Helen Branswell (@HelenBranswell) July 5, 2020

Texas Doctor: I got 10 calls yesterday for young people who will die if they don’t get ICU support, but I only have three beds left. pic.twitter.com/qAAQSuu6bk

— Keith Boykin (@keithboykin) July 5, 2020

Florida (pop: 21.5M) has now recorded more #Covid19 cases than Germany (pop: 83.8M). https://t.co/qBAnCtIYTR pic.twitter.com/ld9jXE0IRA

— Helen Branswell (@HelenBranswell) July 5, 2020

Maybe Mexico will pay for a wall after all. https://t.co/lpIKRh0sWM

— The Hoarse Whisperer (@HoarseWisperer) July 3, 2020

Flare-ups have been occurring in some of Europe’s most deprived neighborhoods, often those inhabited by immigrants or minorities who work in low-paid jobs, crucial to buttressing the economy https://t.co/hQ1SEtsa2H pic.twitter.com/50PsneZhfB

— Bloomberg Opinion (@bopinion) July 3, 2020

"We feel absolutely abandoned": How the pandemic in Russia tanked the economy and plunged families into crisis https://t.co/E3srARoyR6

— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) July 3, 2020

Coronavirus: Japan's mysteriously low virus death rate https://t.co/qFUdyNO1Ct

— BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) July 3, 2020

India coronavirus cases hit record high amid monsoon rains https://t.co/SoERphVVi4 pic.twitter.com/tjUecHoL6w

— Reuters (@Reuters) July 4, 2020

Saudi Arabia passes 200,000 #coronavirus cases. The country passed the grim milestone, the health ministry said Friday, weeks ahead of an annual hajj pilgrimage which has been drastically cut back because of the pandemic https://t.co/mzXp2Q5YAE pic.twitter.com/NtKrP9BJcd

— delthia ricks 🔬 (@DelthiaRicks) July 3, 2020

Melbourne public housing units locked down as Victoria records 108 new coronavirus cases https://t.co/fJJ57NUNhg

— ABC News (@abcnews) July 4, 2020

Brazil set to pass 1.5 million coronavirus cases, cities reopen anyway https://t.co/LebRivCEgo pic.twitter.com/uoef9HpMfx

— Reuters (@Reuters) July 4, 2020

Mexico logs 6,740 new coronavirus cases, passes Italy's total https://t.co/AH1Ifkb8ON pic.twitter.com/peIz33e5p8

— Reuters (@Reuters) July 4, 2020

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Important (IMO) thread:

The trillion dollar question. Why are COVID cases increasing while deaths are decreasing? The answer is simple. It's called Simpson's paradox and it's the result of incorrectly pooling data and arriving at a false conclusion. A thread 1/9 #COVID19 #ThursdayThoughts

— Miles Beckett (@mbeckett) July 2, 2020

8/9 The truth is simple, and horrifying. We are about to have dozens of NYCs around the country. The next 8 weeks are going to brutal, no matter what we do. ICUs overflowing, ventilators rationed, hundreds of thousands of deaths. pic.twitter.com/ir2Oe8cKiW

— Miles Beckett (@mbeckett) July 2, 2020

Explainer: what's the new coronavirus saliva test, and how does it work? https://t.co/K0wFCaYz9w via @medical_xpress

— delthia ricks 🔬 (@DelthiaRicks) July 4, 2020

The US has bought most of the world's supply of remdesivir. Here's what that level of selfishness means for everyone else https://t.co/p9iKYcgT2Y via @medical_xpress pic.twitter.com/FoqgjDuZB8

— delthia ricks 🔬 (@DelthiaRicks) July 4, 2020

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Health experts agree the July 4 weekend will be a pivotal moment in determining whether the U.S. slides into a deeper coronavirus mess. The fear is that a weekend of crowded pool parties, picnics and parades will worsen the already surging outbreak. https://t.co/c3jTdozd1c

— The Associated Press (@AP) July 3, 2020

Arizona seeing 25% test positivity. https://t.co/kZcOfq4XyN pic.twitter.com/GOQcZf3Vjx

— Carl Zimmer (@carlzimmer) July 3, 2020

Also remember ~10x as many people are infected than reported cases. Therefore you should keep social distance & wear a mask including around family outside your home group. Sorry, thats only if you want to reduce risk to you and them. 2/2

— Gary Slutkin, MD (@GSlutkin) July 3, 2020

Coronavirus Victoria: everything we know about Melbourne's Covid-19 clusters https://t.co/DczkFVE3j8

— The Guardian (@guardian) July 3, 2020

Coronavirus: Why has Melbourne's outbreak worsened? https://t.co/1E1U0y8Lz5

— BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) July 3, 2020

Delay pregnancy for two years: Papua New Guinea doctor delivers coronavirus warning https://t.co/vdg0vCnDnI

— The Guardian (@guardian) July 2, 2020

Rio de Janeiro's bars and restaurants reopened Thursday after more than three months of coronavirus lockdown, despite criticism by health specialists in Brazil, one of the world's worst-hit nations https://t.co/Dd3pwygnSz

— AFP news agency (@AFP) July 2, 2020

Mexico posts record daily coronavirus tally to overtake Iran https://t.co/nOtwk71H0p pic.twitter.com/fJnS4iMABB

— Reuters (@Reuters) July 3, 2020

Canadians wary of COVID-19 spikes in neighboring U.S. https://t.co/hy6xhBTyC8 pic.twitter.com/mFBC4D99Pb

— Reuters (@Reuters) July 2, 2020

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“It’s very challenging to keep up with the science”, says @doctorsoumya at presser after @WHO’s "second research and innovation forum” on #covid19 ends. (Couldn’t agree more.) Says daily review includes "500 sometimes up to 1000 publications on a daily basis”.

— Kai Kupferschmidt (@kakape) July 2, 2020

#PSA: PLEASE don't make #colchicine into the next #COVID #hydroxychloroquine fad/fiasco!! It has an extremely narrow therapeutic window with well-known toxicities leading to fatal outcomes at doses as low as 7 mg! #DATA needed on #efficacy & mechanism!https://t.co/JpjLLfECiX. https://t.co/wu1tjwMJll

— Dr. Cassandra Quave (@QuaveEthnobot) July 2, 2020

Japan is using big teams of public health nurses to perform "cluster busting" contact tracing. A thread summarizing their approach, as described in this translated (almost official) guidance document now on the web. 1/11https://t.co/DLv9qokXHFhttps://t.co/TRdt6JNDHB

— Natalie E. Dean, PhD (@nataliexdean) July 2, 2020

As of July 2, 2020 #Covid19 has infected at least 90,626 healthcare workers–nurses, doctors and allied medical personnel across the United States–and killed at least 500 more. Daniel Lucey describes — https://t.co/29wI59jnu9

— Annie Sparrow (@annie_sparrow) July 3, 2020

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A combined 25,000 daily new confirmed coronavirus cases in Arizona, California, Florida and Texas are fueling a surge as the U.S. heads into a holiday weekend. https://t.co/azBbtKwCL5

— The Associated Press (@AP) July 2, 2020

With the record surge in new COVID-19 infections across the West and South of the U.S., there is an overwhelming demand for testing. From Miami to Houston, people are lining up – sometimes for hours https://t.co/Uz6yG1JrxP pic.twitter.com/kDKNCo5BBM

— Reuters (@Reuters) July 3, 2020

Fox News streaming service was set to give coronavirus skeptic Alex Berenson show, but show page (below) has been scrubbed.

“This guy has nothing to do with Fox News,” spokesperson told me.

Bigger story is that Fox News is changing pandemic coverage. https://t.co/ri2aFvwlvv pic.twitter.com/YqEBUKyQjg

— Alexander Nazaryan (@alexnazaryan) July 2, 2020

Exactly this. There's so much virus in the US now. It's not going to stay where it is. It won't just infect younger people. Younger people have parents. Grandparents. This is just ratcheting up the entire country's problem.
Didn't have to be this way. #Covid19 https://t.co/0z3B5BUMsg

— Helen Branswell (@HelenBranswell) July 2, 2020

In about 5 wks, California went from #COVID19 success story to cautionary tale. Health experts say no single thing went wrong but factors included a populace made complacent by several positive trends, rapid re-openings & a patchwork of local rules https://t.co/t7yLIOEo8G pic.twitter.com/h4lx54j5Ub

— delthia ricks 🔬 (@DelthiaRicks) July 2, 2020

With a population of 21 million, Florida announced 10,109 new covid cases today.

With a combined population of 2.6 billion, China, Japan, Korea, Vietnam, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, the Philippines, Australia, and the European Union are averaging 6,760 new cases. pic.twitter.com/B5zHka3oNn

— Matt O'Brien (@ObsoleteDogma) July 2, 2020

This tweet is missing about five asterisks. Could be a lot of Texas (at least by territory) where neither happens https://t.co/ULckUzmcy8

— Dana Houle (@DanaHoule) July 2, 2020

Limiting order to counties—of which TX has 253—w 20 or more cases is idiotic. 130 counties have fewer than 20K people. 18 have _fewer than 2K_. Infection _rates_ more important. (Plus, uh, ppl do travel btwn counties)

This is policy by &/or for people who can’t calculate a tip https://t.co/5xMReRp5P0

— Dana Houle (@DanaHoule) July 2, 2020

Recall that on April 27, Abbott signed an executive order that (among other things) prohibited local governments from requiring face masks. https://t.co/6PYazDvueZ

— Matthew Yglesias (@mattyglesias) July 2, 2020

INTERNAL MEMO: Arizona is the first to activate a ‘Crisis Care’ plan in the country.

It’s also the first time in the state’s history, the internal memo from Banner states.

Reiterates how 🏥s like Banner are in crisis. ⬇️ pic.twitter.com/ykPNH5Y7cV

— Nicole Grigg (@NicoleSGrigg) July 3, 2020

Good (by current standards) news! — seldom been so happy to hear something was a hoax:

A tidbit for the people who pushed back at me for questioning the total lack of evidence and examples in all the "Alabama coronavirus party" stories.

"The Alabama Dept of Health…'has not been able to verify such parties have taken place.'”https://t.co/VV3Xvds1wA

— Mark Pitcavage (@egavactip) July 2, 2020