@bfg900 @Travelingchicky @gregbradyTO We wrote this in March, 2020... Turns out the main thing that no one has really figured out to manage is social media. The rest of it was manageable. https://t.co/6p1GyALK4u
@jessecouk @GYamey I really poured my "heart" out in these first two pieces with very well respected public health and epi folks. But I didn't realize that covid would mean a mountain of commentaries and these would drown among them. Canada: https://t.co
@think_fungus @EricPhDing Indeed, I hadn't even thought about the antisemitic elements but as a jew, glad we avoid it :). I believe that active public health strategies are always far more work than passive ones and raising awareness is suboptimal if folk
@pooya_kazemi @bobepidemiology @pieterstreicher Commentaries have been the death knell to the credibility of high impact journals. In the beginning, we did a number of them also including in CMAJ. But 3 years in? And masked as research with funding from
Lockdowns are associated with direct adverse health consequences from disruptions in delivery of health care and indirect health consequences, such as the mental and physical health effects associated with financial hardship. https://t.co/e8lh1Ay7q5
@ATMLTHFC I never said to do nothing. Not on day one and not today either...but the whole "treat everyone as we are at equal risk" thing isn't really panning out anywhere either. And it never will...even if it protects the rich (including most twitter us
@epi_michael But not really post-hoc...there were playbooks in place for respiratory pandemics. The interesting question to me is why we didn't use at all. Either way, we need to improve these plans and figure out how to manage social media. Wrote mid-m
@gillott_john @mugecevik @sdbaral Looking at their citations, I think this was implied. Eg this in https://t.co/61xeTP2dgr on Canada. What I’ve read about UK decision to lockdown — eg Mark Woolhouse‘s book — makes clear that homogeneity was assumed.
RT @sdbaral: Refs for above: Canada: https://t.co/HRszzKFx3X Asia: https://t.co/5OYtOALlIm Africa: https://t.co/awja2bJlyc South Africa:…
RT @sdbaral: @BallouxFrancois @sudha_lakshmi @james_e_b_ That's fair--ie, there are some arcane examples in history known only to true expe…
RT @sdbaral: @BallouxFrancois @sudha_lakshmi @james_e_b_ That's fair--ie, there are some arcane examples in history known only to true expe…
RT @sdbaral: @BallouxFrancois @sudha_lakshmi @james_e_b_ That's fair--ie, there are some arcane examples in history known only to true expe…
RT @sdbaral: @BallouxFrancois @sudha_lakshmi @james_e_b_ That's fair--ie, there are some arcane examples in history known only to true expe…
RT @sdbaral: @BallouxFrancois @sudha_lakshmi @james_e_b_ That's fair--ie, there are some arcane examples in history known only to true expe…
RT @sdbaral: @BallouxFrancois @sudha_lakshmi @james_e_b_ That's fair--ie, there are some arcane examples in history known only to true expe…
RT @sdbaral: @BallouxFrancois @sudha_lakshmi @james_e_b_ That's fair--ie, there are some arcane examples in history known only to true expe…
RT @sdbaral: @BallouxFrancois @sudha_lakshmi @james_e_b_ That's fair--ie, there are some arcane examples in history known only to true expe…
@BallouxFrancois @sudha_lakshmi @james_e_b_ That's fair--ie, there are some arcane examples in history known only to true experts in infectious diseases. But to suggest, as many do on this hellsite, that lockdowns are basic epi/PH and following basic prin
@jackiecassell @snj_1970 @grodaeu @james_e_b_ @TAH_Sci @casertron3000 @ScienceShared @thepopularpod @ProfKevinFenton @GrahamMedley @kallmemeg @rwjdingwall @apsmunro @michaelghead @istvanzkiss A classic! We tried laying out the heterogeneity article in thi
RT @sdbaral: @joel_c_miller @wilson_hugh Just to note, I have a complementary perspective. Models have great utility but think we need to…
@joel_c_miller @wilson_hugh Just to note, I have a complementary perspective. Models have great utility but think we need to learn a lot more about how to use them. I do also worry about using models in "real time" projecting out more than a month or two
@federicolois @AChandra_TO Tried saying this in the literature in a few pieces... https://t.co/Wckc9pW5t8 https://t.co/6p1GyB3kW2 https://t.co/6jhZXtjSNf
@mgmgomes1 @WashburneAlex @sdbaral @SSI_dk Do you have these? https://t.co/7yxzukRjx9 https://t.co/jIv2nbqOxG https://t.co/CMt2Z0HRA3 https://t.co/GcWw1KJit7 https://t.co/6zBXbHF2im https://t.co/pWjyGecRKy These also worth mentioning in intro perhaps: ht
@WAlfster And lastly, this piece about Canada specifically... https://t.co/D5SUun1Vga
@DouglasPollitt Thanks Douglas. This was our call to action in March/April, 2020 but well, didn't go very far. https://t.co/6p1GyALK4u
@ScienceShared And we also talked about it here: https://t.co/6p1GyALK4u https://t.co/arzyWvLo6g
@Lana_D777 Thanks and indeed, that was from 1968 and still relevant to this day if you ask me! We wrote this piece for Canada specifically last April but just didn't have the traction that we expected or hoped. https://t.co/6p1GyB3kW2
@gregggonsalves Since I know you, I also know that I have little to offer that you haven't already thought of, written about, etc. But we did try and discuss this early...but just no traction. https://t.co/6p1GyB3kW2
RT @sdbaral: There was never going to be "one" epidemic in a country. In April, 2020, we wrote a piece about this to try and advocate for…
There was never going to be "one" epidemic in a country. In April, 2020, we wrote a piece about this to try and advocate for considering specific networks and how to address specific needs. It had zero traction. https://t.co/6p1GyALK4u 3/x
@stewak2 @zchagla and I talk about this a lot. We wrote about this in May, 2020 with what I thought was an impassioned commentary that had literally zero traction. https://t.co/6p1GyALK4u I just hope services scaled in marginalized congregate living sit
@kurtisdekker Totally--supportive and empiric programs are a lot of work, but I think work well invested. We tried writing about this in May, 2020... https://t.co/6p1GyALK4u
@jheighton3 @MichaelSchwandt @freespiritus @NSinBC @CDCofBC Umm... May, 2020: Canada: https://t.co/6p1GyALK4u US: https://t.co/6jhZXtBubP Wave 1 ON https://t.co/cP7y7UNyvs Wave 2 ON https://t.co/sMj2X9MaVZ Wave 3 ON https://t.co/KzRisO4yQr Wave 1-3 ON:
@deb_cohen @kate_skinner1 @rob_aldridge @OutbreakJake @rwjdingwall @GYamey While I focus on disparities in STI/HIV, it was clear early that there is a decent amount of literature on resp pathogens and disparities which makes sense (ie, living and working c
@EmilyPetro22 @thereal_truther Actually, we have tangoed in the past. I think he would seriously dislike some of my earlier threads though. I always find it interesting when I am accused of having an agenda as: 1) it is intriguing 2) I would love to know
@ScienceShared @JoshBiostats @jackiecassell @UKParliament @clarewenham @IndependentSage @rwjdingwall @chrischirp @dgurdasani1 @ADPHUK @deb_cohen @feminineupheave We had a very similar experience over here--publishing paper after paper about unmet needs dri
@Death_Of_Nuance All kidding as aside as this is such a tragedy--but we wrote this in April, 2020. I thought it would get a lot of traction and have been in this space for some time. It got none. https://t.co/6p1GyALK4u
@apsmunro @dr_dmorgan @interpolated @mugecevik @JAMANetworkOpen @JAMANetwork Totally! Your overdispersion is my heterogeneity :) https://t.co/6p1GyALK4u https://t.co/m9eiK31s9F
@shell_ki Txs Dr. Kelly-Irving! We thought pieces like https://t.co/6jhZXtjSNf or https://t.co/6p1GyB3kW2 or https://t.co/RR5I0GNMHr or https://t.co/Hdfd6P9CwB would have traction and worked to get them out by May of 2020...but nothing. If useful, summar
RT @sdbaral: @DrCarolynSnider @zchagla @mishrash @DrKaliBarrett @Barbara_Haas_ Thanks Dr. Snider! There was an earlier piece on essential…
@COVID_questions @SatoshiCrow Thanks! Summarized our essential worker papers here: https://t.co/cjvurUPtUa I think the pick up/drop off are likely high exposure settings necessitating significant IPAC investments transcending masks. Having done outbreak
@BillHanage @VPrasadMDMPH Thanks! Agree that important to consider acquisition and transmission risks separately from an intervention perspective. Ie, same acquisition risk but then downstream infections vary greatly based on size/density of my network.
@KPissighing @shawnmicallef Was just thinking--it is a year now since we submitted this piece in CMAJ. It had 0 traction. https://t.co/6p1GyALK4u
@DrCarolynSnider @zchagla @mishrash @DrKaliBarrett @Barbara_Haas_ Thanks Dr. Snider! There was an earlier piece on essential workers: https://t.co/kYsC8vMW2i Also builds on Ontario-wide analysis (Dr. Mishra PI) with consistent results: https://t.co/VQA9i
@EIDGeek @casertron3000 @Jcmurdoch26 Thanks Dr. Lanard! Thread 1: https://t.co/299eTf2dPT Thread 2: https://t.co/waj9IJ71En Balancing Paper: https://t.co/Wckc9qdGRI Canada Paper: https://t.co/6p1GyALK4u Africa Paper https://t.co/awja2bJlyc Asia Paper http
@FallTove @aminamnzr @regionuppsala Tack Dr. Fall! Intressant hur mycket det du beskriver i Sverige liknar det vi har observerat Ontario: https://t.co/0oScWm6Kea Toronto: https://t.co/Ad7N4OWbBS US: https://t.co/RR5I0GNMHr https://t.co/Hdfd6P9CwB Komment
@zeynep @mugecevik Agree! And I really see this as "unmet needs" as very few people want to get COVID-19 and no one wants to infect others--we just need to resource them to avoid these infections. For that, people, need space, time, and resources... htt
@CraigCameronWV Feds need to be pushed for vaccine supply. This closing borders conversation is very March 2020. Once seeded, it's over. Let's try understanding where transmission risk is high first.https://t.co/2kddBOFRX3
@cbcnewsbc just sayin'. Stop the grandstanding and rhetoric and get down to real business please. Fix your LTC homes and structural deficiencies , hold the govt accountable for vaccine supply. See what's driving numbers here https://t.co/2kddBOFRX3
@richardzussman You should really take the time to read this. May shed light. https://t.co/2kddBOFRX3
@EmilyPetro22 @ShivaniM_KC @ONS @mishrash Thanks Emily! We laid out some thoughts for Canada last summer here: https://t.co/6p1GyALK4u But also have a piece coming out tomorrow more UK oriented discussing some of these pieces: https://t.co/NLFzivHD8L
RT @sdbaral: @BranwenNia @vlal42 Hi Branwen, Thanks and shared some earlier papers here: https://t.co/eVxYpwcbUt And then there is a mode…
@BranwenNia @vlal42 Hi Branwen, Thanks and shared some earlier papers here: https://t.co/eVxYpwcbUt And then there is a modeling section in this piece in discussion https://t.co/swyZaHNKzB What do you think?
@AShihipar Thanks--have been trying to since March (in addition to providing care in homeless shelters, outbreak management in shelters, vaccination in shelters, etc). Will keep at it.... https://t.co/FONZIDmJiQ https://t.co/Ad7N4PdN0s https://t.co/6p1Gy
RT @sdbaral: @NeilTho46744230 @kwadwo777 @glengower We have an increasingly good handle on what are the unmet needs driving transmission in…
@NeilTho46744230 @kwadwo777 @glengower We have an increasingly good handle on what are the unmet needs driving transmission in Ontario https://t.co/0oScWlP9mC Toronto: https://t.co/Ad7N4PdN0s And a June, 2020 commentary: https://t.co/6p1GyALK4u But just
@JANEMCARTHUR11 Thanks Dr. McArthur! We tried laying out some ideas about this for the Canadian context last year https://t.co/6p1GyALK4u I think the Ontario data really speak to a need of leveraging an equity lens in developing our intervention strategi
@QaziMishaal Thanks so much! We tried documenting some of these concerns in a commentary in June https://t.co/6p1GyALK4u Followed up with Toronto data https://t.co/Ad7N4PdN0s Ontario Data https://t.co/0oScWlP9mC Such consistent unmet needs driving ris
@NazilaB1 Thanks Dr. B! We need to start supporting folks with resources they need to protect themselves, the folks they live with, the places they work, etc. There is so much unmet need equating to sustained #COVID19 transmission. #resourcesbeforerest
@OfficialShlokG @TorontoIDDoc @BogochIsaac @zchagla I think important to get away from misconception that targeted is less intense or less expensive. To me, targeted means specifically responsive to the many identified network and structural (housing and
Read this article.
@ScienceShared @EvidenceMatters @jackiecassell @onisillos @mendel_random @R_Hughes1 @mugecevik @deb_cohen Thanks! We also tried to call all of this out in the Canadian context--but just never got any traction. https://t.co/6p1GyALK4u
@hswapnil @tanyacroft2 @KwadCast @kwadwo777 @CBCAdrianH @OttawaHospital @hopitalmontfort @VeraEtches @ottawahealth @BobOttawacares I think the issue is that the lockdowns just haven't protected from facility-based outbreaks (healthcare, shelter, LTCF, Amaz
RT @sdbaral: @CrapaudHome @MichaelSchwandt I think a challenge with models is assumption of homogeneity in transmission. Wrote about this…
@CrapaudHome @MichaelSchwandt I think a challenge with models is assumption of homogeneity in transmission. Wrote about this in two pieces: https://t.co/7MyEdmNSJ9 https://t.co/Adl5tx8eX6 Best modeler I know: our models are to test things out, to learn &
RT @sdbaral: @elamin88 https://t.co/6p1GyALK4u I have spent most of my career in public health--and have no idea of how decisions are bein…
@1987Andrewk Thanks! I don't think of things in terms of what to close. I think of how to address risks empirically in work and living spaces. Equity and effectiveness are not at odds. It is hard to achieve one without the other. Laid out more speci
@elamin88 https://t.co/6p1GyALK4u I have spent most of my career in public health--and have no idea of how decisions are being made. And notably, we have a Whatsapp group among public health experts called "You're Not Crazy"...
RT @sdbaral: @sanazhar310 @jeffnagel @BrentRichter @laurenpcollins1 @paulhillsdon @Ayan604 Thanks! Wrote this for Canada: https://t.co/7My…
@sanazhar310 @jeffnagel @BrentRichter @laurenpcollins1 @paulhillsdon @Ayan604 Thanks! Wrote this for Canada: https://t.co/7MyEdmNSJ9 Data for Toronto https://t.co/Ad7N4PdN0s Data for Ontario: https://t.co/WTYrJuesle Story of socioeconomic inequities wa
@BogochIsaac @kateygoalie @CTVNews Thanks Dr. Bogoch! An amazing interview highlighting the importance of this next generation of interventions tackling really difficult structural challenges! Consistent with other Ontario leaders including Dr. Adrienne
@hicsumus @MichaelSchwandt @TwahirwaOlivier @Daouda__DIOUF And then to add to the pile--if interested about Canada. https://t.co/6p1GyALK4u https://t.co/z5qGC2xoGr
Two related papers. #1: https://t.co/NNkxXgxkDs
RT @JuliaLMarcus: Like HIV, #COVID19 risk is heterogeneous and our response needs to reflect that. https://t.co/48qkK11f4w Equity means do…
RT @sdbaral: @kwadwo777 Agree! Wrote this for Canada: https://t.co/7MyEdmNSJ9 Data for Toronto https://t.co/Ad7N4PdN0s Data for Ontario:…
@kwadwo777 Agree! Wrote this for Canada: https://t.co/7MyEdmNSJ9 Data for Toronto https://t.co/Ad7N4PdN0s Data for Ontario: https://t.co/WTYrJuesle Story of socioeconomic inequities was obvious from March and remains the defining characteristic of tran
RT @JuliaLMarcus: Like HIV, #COVID19 risk is heterogeneous and our response needs to reflect that. https://t.co/48qkK11f4w Equity means do…
RT @JuliaLMarcus: Like HIV, #COVID19 risk is heterogeneous and our response needs to reflect that. https://t.co/48qkK11f4w Equity means do…
@tempo36 @Gorlockza @SWAtlasHoover Homogeneity of susceptibility, which is assumed in your comment and was also assumed in the initial Imperial modeling, has been thoroughly challenged and debunked by this point imo, e.g.: https://t.co/RYNzAKDOdS https:/
@Origandclever Totally...wrote this in March https://t.co/Wckc9qdGRI And this for Canada in April: https://t.co/6p1GyALK4u Agree--we could have spent 1/100th of what we have and made incredible investments in our social and health systems that would have
RT @KwadCast: Yes yes yes! This approach might not be cheap but it might save lives & $s in the long run