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Pandemics Explained – unlocking evidence for better decision making. 1918 Pandemic Influenza: Three Waves. ECDC 07/02/20 Infographic: Novel coronavirus. Pandemic, Epidemic & a Glossary of Other Coronavirus Terms. A disease cluster or infection cluster is a group of similar health events that have occurred in the same area around the same time.

Pandemic, Epidemic & a Glossary of Other Coronavirus Terms

You may have heard some new cases of the current coronavirus described as "outbreak clusters. " Community spread is spread of a disease among a certain area, in which there is no direct knowledge of how or when someone contracted the disease. While some cases of coronavirus can be pinpointed to certain trips, associations between people or other events, instances of "community spread" are less specific and harder to trace. The coronavirus is actually not one type of virus; it is a large family of viruses that also includes SARS and other minor to major respiratory illnesses. Coronaviruses can be spread between animals and people, as we have seen with this current strain.

COVID-19 is the specific illness related to the current epidemic. An epidemic is a situation where a disease spreads rapidly among many people, and in a higher concentration than normal. Do high rates of vaccination make us safe? Let's talk about herd immunity. - Truth Snitch. Most of us have probably heard of the “herd immunity” concept.

Do high rates of vaccination make us safe? Let's talk about herd immunity. - Truth Snitch

It goes a little something like this: If 95% of the population become immune to a disease via vaccination, there will not be enough vulnerable individuals to allow the disease to spread, thus protecting the portion of the population (herd) who cannot be vaccinated (those who are too young or immunocompromised in some way). Here is a nice little vaccine propaganda diagram explaining the concept of herd immunity visually, but leaving out the important bit of information about having no idea what individuals are highly susceptible to substantial vaccine injury: This mantra is reinforced over and over and over.

We hear it on TV. You read about it online. Here’s a nice little meme explaining to those who choose not to vaccinate how their sub intelligence level is endangering the planet: Does “herd immunity” exist? The problem is, herd immunity through vaccination– does NOT exist. The problem is- it didn’t work. Dr. And voila! Dr. What the term coronavirus positivity rate means. Covid-19: Breaking Findings & Research. Coronavirus Update (Live)

How dangerous is the virus? There are three parameters to understand in order to assess the magnitude of the risk posed by this novel coronavirus: Transmission Rate (Ro) - number of newly infected people from a single caseCase Fatality Rate (CFR) - percent of cases that result in death Determine whether asymptomatic transmission is possible How contagious is the Wuhan Coronavirus?

(Ro) The attack rate or transmissibility (how rapidly the disease spreads) of a virus is indicated by its reproductive number (Ro, pronounced R-nought or r-zero), which represents the average number of people to which a single infected person will transmit the virus. WHO's estimated (on Jan. 23) Ro to be between 1.4 and 2.5. [13] Other studies have estimated a Ro between 3.6 and 4.0, and between 2.24 to 3.58. [23]. Preliminary studies had estimated Ro to be between 1.5 and 3.5. [5][6][7] An outbreak with a reproductive number of below 1 will gradually disappear. The Path to Zero: Key Metrics For COVID Suppression – Pandemics Explained. Harvard Global Health Institute, Harvard's Edmond J.

The Path to Zero: Key Metrics For COVID Suppression – Pandemics Explained

Safra Center for Ethics, Rockefeller Foundation, CovidActNow, Covid-Local, CIDRAP and many others join forces, launch new COVID Risk Level map and COVID suppression guidance for policy makers and the public Cambridge, July 1, 2020 -- Uncertainty is the currency of pandemics. As evidence on the new coronavirus, how it spreads and who falls ill from it emerges slowly, policy makers and the public have to base their decisions on the best information available. Experts help interpret the evidence, but they may differ on details that can be confusing for non-experts -- and filtering out what matters from a rising sea of misinformation has become a daunting task. To help cut through the noise and sometimes conflicting advice, a network of research, policy and public health experts convened by Harvard’s Global Health Institute and Edmond J.

“Robust TTSI programs are key on the pathway to suppression. WHO Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) Situation Dashboard. TrackCorona - COVID-19 Tracker and Live Map. COVID-19 tracker. Event Horizon - COVID-19. => numbers last updated: Sat, 28 Mar 2020 21:11:04 CET <= As of March 28, 2020 , 593291 total cases of COVID-19 have been confirmed worldwide.

Event Horizon - COVID-19

Background The current outbreak of the COVID-19 virus started in Wuhan City, Hubei Province, China. While the first cases were reported as early as December 8, 2019, the outbreak gained global attention on December 31, 2019, when the World Health Organization (WHO) was alerted to “several cases of pneumonia” by an unknown virus. The new virus was soon identified as a novel coronavirus and named COVID-19. Current situation The spread of the virus on an international scale is dominated by air travel. All case data on this site is provided by Johns Hopkins University's Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) via their online GIS dashboard.

COVID-19 Resources. Tracking Africa's coronavirus cases. Covid-19: Data tracking / Projection.

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Illuminating invasions. SARS-COV-2 Interventions. COVID19 COVAX. Fire in the Hole! New Equalibria. Post Pandemic. Viral Loads. All in this together. Health Facts. MEDICO Processes. SCI Modes. WORLDWIDE. Do Us Depart. Healthy Lives. Human Nature. Pandemic Problems. PANDEMOCRACY. General information around the world on COVID-19| Information générale à travers le monde sur le COVID-19.

Covid-19 / SARS-CoV-2 / the new Coronavirus.