Mastodawn

"...
All the men were linked. They had been given the task of clearing out piles of bat faeces in an abandoned copper mine in the hills south of the town of Tongguan in the Mojiang region. Some had worked for two weeks before falling ill, and others just a few days.
..."
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Who sent the men to clean the mine? Why was an abandoned mine being cleaned?

https://www.thetimes.com/uk/healthcare/article/seven-year-covid-trail-revealed-l5vxt7jqp

#SARSCoV2 #Pandemic #CoVid19 #originofcovid #InfectiousDisease #IDX #IDTwitter

Revealed: Seven year coronavirus trail from mine deaths to a Wuhan lab

In the monsoon season of August 2012 a small team of scientists travelled to southwest China to investigate a new and mysteriously lethal illness. After driving through terraced tea plantations, they reached their destination: an abandoned copper mine where — in white hazmat suits and respir

The Sunday Times

TrueInfections Dec 16

"During the COVID-19 pandemic with lockdown mandates and social distancing, doctors, researchers, and the public were able to find refuge and community online; for the infectious disease community, it was on the social media platform Twitter, and more specifically under the widely used hashtag, #IDTwitter. Under new ownership from 2022, however, Twitter’s name and brand changed to what we now know as X, and “the heyday of #IDTwitter ..."

https://communicable.transistor.fm/episodes/communicable-e42-should-doctors-stay-at-x-twitter-or-leave-it

#Medicine #ScienceCommunication

Communicable | Communicable E42: Should doctors stay at X (Twitter) or leave it?

During the COVID-19 pandemic with lockdown mandates and social distancing, doctors, researchers, and the public were able to find refuge and community online; for the infectious disease community, ...

Communicable

Gabriele Pollara Nov 9, 2024

Right, the #IDtwitter community really has regathered at #IDSky now! Welcome...

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:lc7wetf4bqnty4x3wsqkdwnp/post/3lajutzewnk2k

ECDC Jan 25, 2024

RT by @ECDC_EU: Our new issue is available

Read it here 📰 https://bit.ly/EUS294

#hospitals #rsv #influenza #tracing #covid19 #publichealth #IDtwitter

🐦🔗: https://nitter.cz/Eurosurveillanc/status/1750546686777213212#m

[2024-01-25 15:50 UTC]

Eurosurveillance | Volume 29, Issue 4

eurosurveillance.org is the online home of Eurosurveillance, Europe's journal on infectious disease surveillance, epidemiology, prevention and control.

ECDC Dec 15, 2023

RT by @ECDC_EU: Check out our new issue

🗞️https://bit.ly/EUS_2850

#immunisation #vaccines #shingles #herpeszoster #varicella #mpox #epidemiology #outbreaks #epidemics #COVID19 #hospitals #PublicHealth #IDtwitter

🐦🔗: https://nitter.cz/Eurosurveillanc/status/1735340414528377221#m

[2023-12-14 16:46 UTC]

Eurosurveillance | Volume 28, Issue 50

eurosurveillance.org is the online home of Eurosurveillance, Europe's journal on infectious disease surveillance, epidemiology, prevention and control.

ECDC Nov 23, 2023

RT by @ECDC_EU: Join us now to start our #ESCAIDE seminar on

Changing urban environments and impact on infectious diseases epidemiology, surveillance, prevention and control

#SDGs #infectiousdiseases #PublicHealth #IDtwitter

🐦🔗: https://nitter.cz/Eurosurveillanc/status/1727668436501705157#m

[2023-11-23 12:40 UTC]

drjudystone Oct 30, 2023

New! A Disfiguring #Parasite From Sand Flies Is Endemic In The U.S. via @forbes https://www.forbes.com/sites/judystone/2023/10/30/a-disfiguring-parasite-from-sand-flies-is-endemic-in-the-us/ #IDTwitter #Texas #Oklahoma #microbiology #epidemiology #leishmania

A Disfiguring Parasite From Sand Flies Is Endemic In The U.S.

The Leishmania found in Texas and OK causes the mildest form, cutaneous leishmania, affecting only the skin. Will more serious leishmania strains become established, too?

Forbes

davidvanduin Aug 22, 2023

@GermHunterMD are you still active on mastodon? I’m trying this again but unsure about servers etc. I hope we can re-create original #IDtwitter community here.

drjudystone Jul 29, 2023

Question for #IDTwitter expats on Mastodon #IDPharm - do you know any Rx for #quinolone related neuro toxicity-- Pain and peripheral neuropathy? Supplements for #mitochondrial disorders? Any centers studying this? Thanks

ECDC Jun 25, 2023

RT Eurosurveillance
Our new issue is available including a rapid communication on severe #hepatitis in neonates caused by #echovirus 11 from 🇮🇹
📰 https://bit.ly/EUS2824
#TB #tuberculosis #Ukraine #epidemiology #COVID19 #vaccination #VaccineEffectiveness #pandemic #epidemic #Mpox #IDtwitter https://t.co/hkyhXAXFiB

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/Eurosurveillanc/status/1669405280512163848

Eurosurveillance | Volume 28, Issue 24

eurosurveillance.org is the online home of Eurosurveillance, Europe's journal on infectious disease surveillance, epidemiology, prevention and control.