@profSBVA

Professor of Demography @UMontreal. Director of the Research Group on Aboriginal Demography. Member of the WHO/UN TAG one COVID-19 mortality assessment.

demo.umontreal.ca/repertoire-departement/vue/bignami-simona/
Joined October 2017
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Our paper on "Comparing COVID-19 fatality across countries: a synthetic demographic indicator" is out! rdcu.be/cUIKU
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In “Who Matters Most?”—by Yacine Boujija, Simona Bignami (@profSBVA), Valerie Delaunay & John Sandberg—the authors examine how networks shape internal migration flows from rural villages to Dakar, Senegal, with a focus on tie strength & social capital. ow.ly/VXb650KGWNs
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Italian study shows ventilation can cut school COVID cases by 82% | Reuters reuters.com/world/europe/ita…

Italian study shows ventilation can cut school COVID cases by 82%

An Italian study published on Tuesday suggests that efficient ventilation systems can reduce the transmission of COVID-19 in schools by more than 80%.

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Always important to remember what excess mortality measures, and what it does not. ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle…

COVID-19 et surmortalité : l’interprétation de Legault nuancée par des experts

« Ce n'est pas la bonne interprétation », assure une démographe en réaction aux propos du premier ministre.

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Dr Simona Bignami retweeted
Covid Ecoles Quebec@CovidEcoles9 Apr 2022
« Past research for previous waves shows that COVID does spread through schools, and it’s not just a reflection of COVID prevalence in the community,” Bignami said this week. “Especially when public measures are inadequate — ⁦@profSBVA⁩ montrealgazette.com/news/sch…

Schools trying to contain COVID-19 spread as sixth wave rises in Quebec

Though the province maintains the situation is stable, school absences keep climbing.

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Dr Simona Bignami retweeted
Roxane Borgès Da Silva@Roxane_22 Feb 2022
Décision surprenante dans le contexte journaldequebec.com/2022/02/…

Fin du masque en classe après la relâche

Un peu d’air aux niveaux primaire et secondaire.

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Excellent article. A lire. plus.lapresse.ca/screens/63f…
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I completely agree.
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Dre Joanne Liu@DreJoanneLiu17 Feb 2022
The Moral Danger of Declaring the Pandemic Over Too Soon: « What would it mean to move into a future in which a common fate mattered as much as our own? It would mean no one was disposable. » says @gregggonsalves nytimes.com/2022/02/17/opini…

Opinion | The Moral Danger of Declaring the Pandemic Over Too Soon (Published 2022)

There has to be a better way out of the rubble of the past two years.

nytimes.com
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Juste au cas ou @francoislegault nous revient avec ça...
Andrew Noymer 🇺🇦@AndrewNoymer17 Feb 2022
Replying to @AndrewNoymer
ex.: xitter.cf/MariliaNepo/status/141…
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Dr Simona Bignami retweeted
Don Vinh@DonaldVinh16 Feb 2022
My major concern: abandoning all public health/safety efforts, because of "endemic delusion", is essentially rolling out the red carpet for the next big surge (followed, of course, by the "we didn't see this coming" response).
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Dr Simona Bignami retweeted
Jess@MeetJess12 Feb 2022
Make no mistake .. society may think they are « done » with this virus, but the virus is nowhere near done with us
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What the heck is the down vote button?
Amen.
Dr. Lucky Tran@luckytran9 Feb 2022
Public health policies should be based on science and equity. Not political focus groups.
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Dr Simona Bignami retweeted
Abraar Karan
@AbraarKaran9 Feb 2022
The end of mask mandates while new cases remain this high is as much politics as it is public health. And it is probably more of the former. Upgrade your masks, at least for a few more weeks while cases come down further. Getting infected right now is not inevitable.
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Dr Simona Bignami retweeted
Jess@MeetJess8 Feb 2022
Gestion de nos écoles en ce moment
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“If we continue to treat Omicron’s transmissibility as an intractable problem that makes infection inevitable, we are accepting that, without a scientific silver bullet that so far doesn’t exist, we may be stuck in this pandemic indefinitely.” theglobeandmail.com/opinion/…

Opinion: It’s a delusion to think mass spread of Omicron will end the pandemic

The people who have been saying ‘this isn’t over’ have been ignored at almost every step of this pandemic, and they have also been right every time

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Extremely important also.
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IMPORTANT from @NEJM: "Omicron is nearly as severe as Delta for cases that both would infect. Due to infecting more vaccinated and prior infected individuals, which have milder cases, it seems that it is milder, but is more severe."
Yaneer Bar-Yam
@yaneerbaryam3 Feb 2022
Review: Intrinsic Severity of Omicron: Hospitalization rate is 75% of Delta: "meaningful but fairly small difference" @roby_bhatt @BillHanage nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NE…
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