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@NickKristof shared
On Mar 1, 2023
RT @KatherineEban: A significant follow by @WSJ: FBI Director Christopher Wray said that the Covid pandemic was probably the result of a laboratory leak in China. And @SenSchumer commits to a probe. https://t.co/DluN3QbtUA via @WSJ
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FBI Director Says Covid Pandemic Likely Caused by Chinese Lab Leak

FBI Director Says Covid Pandemic Likely Caused by Chinese Lab Leak

Christopher Wray provides the first public confirmation of the bureau’s classified assessment of a suspected laboratory incident.

@bmj_latest shared
On Mar 1, 2023
Vaccination against covid-19 reduces both the severity and the duration of long covid, a study published in @BMJMedicine has found. An estimated two million to four million people in the US are out of work because of long covid https://t.co/GtMrXNnhgg
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Covid-19: Vaccination reduces severity and duration of long covid, study finds

Covid-19: Vaccination reduces severity and duration of long covid, study finds

Vaccination against covid-19 reduces both the severity and the duration of long covid, a study published in BMJ Medicine has found.1 The paper adds to the evidence that patients infected ...

@EU_Eurostat shared
On Mar 7, 2023
🗙 With 1 787 deaths per 100 000 inhabitants, 🇧🇬Bulgaria had the highest death rate in the EU in 2020. Followed by: 🇷🇴Romania (1 622) 🇭🇺Hungary (1 513) Lowest death rates: 🇫🇷France (863 deaths per 100 000 inhabitants) 🇮🇪Ireland (892) 🇱🇺Luxembourg (905) 👉https://t.co/5pVpsMvWCi https://t.co/frVOcc0TD0
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Circulatory diseases killed more than COVID-19 in 2020

Circulatory diseases killed more than COVID-19 in 2020

In 2020, despite the COVID-19 pandemic, diseases of the circulatory system were the main cause of death in all EU countries, except in Denmark, Ireland, France and the Netherlands, where ...

@bmj_latest shared
On Mar 3, 2023
The 100 000 leaked WhatsApp messages sent during Matt Hancock’s time as England’s health secretary give an insight into the UK government’s operations at the height of the covid pandemic. What are the key revelations so far? https://t.co/OKuggYSzAO
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Covid-19: Leaked messages reveal casual policy making—and love for Whitty

Covid-19: Leaked messages reveal casual policy making—and love for Whitty

The 100 000 leaked WhatsApp messages send during Matt Hancock’s time as England’s health secretary give an insight into the UK government’s operations at the height of the covid pandemic, ...

@guardianscience shared
On Mar 2, 2023
How did the Covid-19 pandemic begin? We need to investigate all credible hypotheses | Alison Young https://t.co/SoHnTpZyTv
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How did the Covid-19 pandemic begin? We need to investigate all credible hypotheses

How did the Covid-19 pandemic begin? We need to investigate all credible hypotheses

The news has reignited the overheated public debate over the two prevailing hypotheses for the origin of Covid-19, but the case remains far from closed

@bmj_latest shared
On Mar 2, 2023
In the 35 years before the covid-19 pandemic, the US government invested at least $337m into critical research that led to the mRNA covid-19 vaccines, finds this study by @DrHussainL and colleagues https://t.co/VSyhRTJckT
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US public investment in development of mRNA covid-19 vaccines: retrospective cohort study

US public investment in development of mRNA covid-19 vaccines: retrospective cohort study

Objective To estimate US public investment in the development of mRNA covid-19 vaccines. Design Retrospective cohort study. Setting Publicly funded science from January 1985 to March ...

@bbchealth shared
On Mar 6, 2023
UWE study: Covid-19 shielding affected rheumatic patients https://t.co/ZvBzA91yYb
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UWE study: Covid-19 shielding affected rheumatic patients

UWE study: Covid-19 shielding affected rheumatic patients

Pamela Richards, who suffers with arthritis, says shielding has been "a massive blow" to life.

@guardianscience shared
On Mar 3, 2023
Did Boris Johnson ‘follow the science’ on Covid? He couldn’t even do the maths | Kit Yates https://t.co/zxvKoiHQ0o
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Did Boris Johnson ‘follow the science’ on Covid? He couldn’t even do the maths

Did Boris Johnson ‘follow the science’ on Covid? He couldn’t even do the maths

Leaked WhatsApps reveal his ignorance needing constant correction by advisers, says Kit Yates, director of the Centre for Mathematical Biology at the University of Bath