/2 Be wary of anyone expressing any certainty at this point. There's just too much we don't know. We have great people working on analyses of sequences & transmission & clinical data/risk factors but we're just too early to know how this will play out.
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/3 Think of the early days of W. Africa's Ebola outbreak: numbers were all over the map, and breathless op-eds were written based on worst case scenario. I understand that people want certainty, but those promising any concrete outcomes right now are going beyond the data.
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/4 If you feel you need to "do something," 1) make sure you're vaccinated for influenza so if a case comes to your area, you're one fewer febrile person to be tested and potentially isolated.
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/5 2) Be careful about what you're RTing and spreading elsewhere on social media. Rumors spread quick; defusing those is tougher. Don't be part of the problem.
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/6 3) you'll see some disagreement among scientists. That's ok; were still working it out. Again, there will be lots of uncertainty from limited data in the early weeks. 4) lots of good people to follow from suggestions in this thread. https://twitter.com/EpiEllie/status/1220867564240285696?s=19 … /fin
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What does R0 mean and does that range entail?
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It's the basic reproductive number. Essentially, if a person is infected, how many others do they infect? Numbers for
#nCoV2019 suggest it's about 2.5 on average. If interventions can be put in place to get it below 1, the outbreak will be extinguished. - Još 4 druga odgovora
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This warning came in 2017 amid new trade rules re: Chinese chicken Under Trump admin rules it doesn't have to be labeled where it came from when sold in
#coronarovirus Chinese chicken on
plates is a potential health hazardhttps://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2017/07/07/the-dark-side-of-trumps-much-hyped-china-trade-deal-it-could-literally-make-you-sick/ … -
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#nCoV2019 is from chicken. I'm not a fan of these rules for other reasons (eg antibiotic resistance) but this is unfounded. - Još 1 odgovor
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Are reports that the first cases were near a facility that stores dangerous bacteria and viral diseases legitimate? Meanwhile video of dozens of excavating dozers frantically rushing to build two specialty hospitals in China looks, well, concerning.
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They built hospitals during SARS too. I haven't found good confirmation either way of the other rumor.
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