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My horoscope for this week (and the next, and the next…) is very accurate. I am a taurus by the way. Source: https://t.co/qQ9XMwsnha pic.twitter.com/aS4UAxCZrN
— Simon Kuestenmacher (@simongerman600) March 26, 2020

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Trump wants everyone mingling by Easter

Posted on 2020/03/25 by Carl Robitaille

https://twitter.com/stuartathompson/status/1242959826541596672?s=20

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It Wasn’t Just Trump Who Got It Wrong

Posted on 2020/03/25 by Carl Robitaille

It Wasn’t Just Trump Who Got It Wrong

“Health systems are prone to nonlinear dynamics exactly because hospitals are resource-limited entities that necessarily strive for efficiency.”

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Early in the epidemic: impact of preprints on global discourse about COVID-19 transmissibility

Posted on 2020/03/25 by Carl Robitaille

Early in the epidemic: impact of preprints on global discourse about COVID-19 transmissibility

Our study evaluating the impact of preprints on global discourse about #COVID19 transmissibility is now peer-reviewed & up at @LancetGH – including an analysis of early basic reproduction number estimates & agreement regarding epidemic potential there-in: https://t.co/nZPIGd1uMc pic.twitter.com/bW1fmfIX7C
— Dr. Majumder is writing 🖋 (@maiamajumder) March 24, 2020

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What do we know about the risk of dying from COVID-19?

Posted on 2020/03/25 by Carl Robitaille

What do we know about the risk of dying from COVID-19?

If someone is infected with COVID-19, how likely is that person to die?

Simple question, difficult to answer.

We take a look at the metrics on mortality risk and what we can and can’t say with the available data:https://t.co/f5gFVvGZfj pic.twitter.com/WFqW8gsPmd
— Hannah Ritchie (@_HannahRitchie) March 25, 2020