Caitlin Rivers, PhD
Outbreak science + epidemiology + health security. Assistant professor at Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security (). ELBI alum.
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Kerkdienst in Nieuw Rijsenburgh niet begin uitbraak corona op G-O
Eilanden-Nieuws.nl 17h 1 tweets
SOMMELSDIJK - De kerkdienst op zondag 8 maart in woonzorglocatie Nieuw Rijsenburgh in Sommelsdijk was niet de oorzaak van de uitbraak van het coronavirus op Goeree-Overflakkee. Dat blijkt uit onderzoek van de afdeling Viroscience van het Erasmus MC,...
U.S. Representative Anthony Gonzalez
U.S. Representative Anthony Gonzalez 38h 1 tweets
Anthony is currently serving in Congress and has pledged to be a conservative problem solver and seek bipartisan solutions to America's biggest problems.
Protecting Americans from the Threat of Infectious Disease
Cdc.gov 21h 1 tweets
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Caitlin Rivers, PhD "Because of the nature of infectious diseases, everyone remains vulnerable, including people living in the United States, until every country in the world can rapidly identify and contain public health threats." (map: NIAID) 21h
5 ways to save the most lives in the coronavirus pandemic
Vox 3d 10 tweets
It’s time to fix the glaring gaps in death data and drastically improve measures to keep the coronavirus out of nursing homes.
READ: HHS report to Congress on coronavirus testing plan
CNN 3d 1 tweets
The Department of Health and Human Services has issued a coronavirus testing plan to Congress in which it largely places responsibility on the states. Read the full report below.
Caitlin Rivers, PhD This HHS report to Congress on testing has helpful detail. It would be great to see this for personal protective equipment, protection of vulnerable populations, epidemiological data collection etc. 3d
How Sweden wasted a ‘rare opportunity’ to study coronavirus in schools
Science | AAAS 7d 12 tweets
One of the few countries to keep primary schools open failed to collect data on children’s role in pandemic
Public Health On Call: 078 - Dr. Caitlin Rivers from the Center for Health Security Answers More COVID-19 Questions
Johnshopkinssph.libsyn.com 7d 1 tweets
Is Vitamin D deficiency correlated with severe outcomes? Is it safe to use dry bat guano fertilizer? People in my area seem to be social distancing, so why are there still so many cases? If I received a flu shot, will it help protect me from severe...
Let’s Remember That the Coronavirus Is Still a Mystery
Nicholas Kristof - Nytimes.com 9d 27 tweets
Respond to it with humility, and apprehension, too.
Report 23 - State-level tracking of COVID-19 in the United States
Imperial College London 8d 13 tweets
Report 23 - State-level tracking of COVID-19 in the United States
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Caitlin Rivers, PhD A new resource for state-level reproduction numbers and scenario-based forecasts is now available from Imperial College 8d
Governor Larry Hogan - Official Website for the Governor of Maryland
Governor of Maryland 8d 1 tweets
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May 12 Tele-Briefing: Recovery and Reopening – The Role of Contact Tracing
United States of Care 15d 1 tweets
We hosted a tele-briefing on contact tracing, Recovery and Reopening: The Role of Contact Tracing during which, four experts in different areas of national and local efforts to scale national contact tracing shared their expertise.
We Live in a Patchwork Pandemic Now
Ed Yong - The Atlantic 9d 64 tweets
The coronavirus is hitting different parts of America in different ways, making the crisis harder to predict, control, or understand.
Health leaders: We stuck together to #StayHome, now we can start together to #OpenSafely
USA TODAY 9d 20 tweets
We don’t believe we need to wait until there is zero risk. Many states are already beginning to reopen, and this must happen in the safest way possible.
Thread by @cmyeaton: Most states have begun to reopen. Here is my guess for what that will mean for transmission. A thread. 1/ The best possible scenario would h…
Caitlin Rivers, PhD - Threadreaderapp.com 10d 1 tweets
Thread by @cmyeaton: Most states have begun to reopen. Here is my guess for what that will mean for transmission. A thread. 1/ The best possinario would have been that communities have capacities to do widespread diagnostic testing + contact tracing...
Cut Through the Fog of Coronavirus War
WSJ 12d 7 tweets
The CDC needs to streamline and publish clinical data to help doctors on the front lines.
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Florida Department of Health COVID-19 Outbreak 12d 1 tweets
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Caitlin Rivers, PhD Florida has a 793 page PDF coronavirus situation report, of which 758 pages is line list data. 12d
Filling in the Blanks: National Research Needs to Guide Decisions about Reopening Schools in the United States
Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security 14d 2 tweets
Filling in the Blanks: National Research Needs to Guide Decisions about Reopening Schools in the United States
Life in Danish primary schools 4 weeks after reopening
Tes 15d 3 tweets
Danish primary school pupils returned to classrooms four weeks ago – this headteacher explains what happened next
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Caitlin Rivers, PhD Life in Danish primary schools 4 weeks after reopening. "Students have learned to be self-sufficient - they can't share anything and, as such, need to bring their own water, pencils, pens, and other school materials to get through their school day." 15d
Select Subcommittee Member Briefing on Testing, Tracing, and Targeted Containment
YouTube 16d 2 tweets
On Wednesday, May 13, 2020, the Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis, chaired by Rep. James E. Clyburn, will hold its first briefing with a bipartis...
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Caitlin Rivers, PhD Panelists at the Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis briefing are unanimous that testing, tracing and isolation is the best way to reopen our economy safely. Witnesses are and Drs Benjamin and McClellan 16d
Coronavirus Models Are Nearing Consensus, but Reopening Could Throw Them Off Again
Josh Katz, Margot Sanger-Katz - Nytimes.com 17d 4 tweets
The convergence coincides with growing uncertainty about the effects of changing public policy.