#ANTIBODIES

A Marm Kilpatrick

DiseaseEcology

How not to do a #COVID19 seroprevalence studyNew paper out today from CDC that is so problematic I want to cry.(great material for @callin_bull)Quick thread.https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamainternalmedicine/fullarticle/2768834 Backgroun

UK-CIC

UKCICstudy

1/ We’re pleased to contribute to this new @SciImmunology paper showing both T cell & antibody responses are important in #COVID19 immunity at 4 months post mild/asymptomatic infection @Imperialcollege @ucl

Tomas Pueyo

tomaspueyo

Viruses infect bodies. Ideas infect minds.The #coronavirus infected our societies because our social immune system against bad ideas is weak. We need tools for science and truth to prevail. FASTER.[1/6]https://twitter.com/tomaspueyo/status/

Deepta Bhattacharya

deeptabhattacha

Tangent: this study estimates the natural inoculum at only a few thousand infectious viruses. https://stm.sciencemag.org/content/12/573/eabe2555 Other estimates using different methods have landed in the same ballpark. https://www.medrxiv.o

Matt McCarthy

DrMattMcCarthy

COVID question I've been getting: Why do I need a vaccine when there's a 99.7% survival rate? It's a fair point (and makes for a lively discussion!). Here is my

Dr. Arinjay Banerjee

sci_questions

The mutation in the spike protein of circulating #SARSCoV2 has been the focus of many stories over the last couple of days. We and others have shown that coronaviruses exist

Eric Topol

EricTopol

Nature can be beautiful but also evil.It has brought us the worst pandemic in more than 100 years.What is it about #SARSCoV2 that makes it so nefarious? 1/ As compared

Gage Moreno

GageKMoreno

Our updated #SARSCoV2 in cats preprint is now available @ https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.11.16.384917v2.full.pdf+html this time with an emphasis on Spike H655Y! A (1/7)@KATarinambraun @tcfriedrich @dho I won't get into th

Dr. Melissa A. Farmer

Farmer_MindBody

I am pro-vaccine. But not all vaccines are created equal. This thread outlines why there is no clear evidence that covid vaccinations will make you resistant to Covid-19. I also

David Boulware, MD MPH

boulware_dr

Important finding that 50mcg @moderna_tx vaccine dose (1/2 dose) generated the same #SARSCoV2 antibody response as the regular dose. This would double vaccine supply. This important finding will no doubt

KizzyPhD

KizzyPhD

1/n: I’m about to use this morning’s “woke up in a panic ‘cause my ‘to do’ list is longer than my day” rant to address this consistent and *flawed* argument...

Dr. ScratchnSniff Office-Elect 🐸

ketoclarity

(1) Update: The new variant has been labeled VUI-202012/01 and has:•17 functional single-nucleotide variants (8 on the S-gene)•6 variants and 2 deletions in the S-gene (which codes for the spike

Deepta Bhattacharya

deeptabhattacha

Two questions on vaccine efficacy keep coming up: 1) How long will immunity last? 2) Will it limit overall infections/transmission, and not just symptomatic disease? Q1 is exactly what my

Monica Gandhi MD, MPH

MonicaGandhi9

Wonderful news about the Johnson&Johnson vaccine! Let me explain (and also let me tell you I was just on an interview with Dr. Paul Offit, who believes - like me-

Wes Pegden

WesPegden

The following study is being widely shared as definitive evidence that 76% of the population of Manaus, Brazil, became infected with COVID-19.Quick thread on placing this study in the proper

Alyssa Milano

Alyssa_Milano

For those that asked me to post my #COVID19 experience on Twitter. Here is a thread. This was me on April 2nd after already being sick for 2 weeks. I

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