#SARS

Andy Walker

Andy_Walker

Here are some of key papers, docs, and threads on the emergent variant of SARS-CoV-2 that I've come across. Please do comment with more (1/n) (Not directly about the new

Laurie Garrett

Laurie_Garrett

Detailed assessment of the new UK #SARSCoV2 variant by @WHO scientific team: https://www.who.int/csr/don/21-december-2020-sars-cov2-variant-united-kingdom/en/Key points in thread. 2/ The @WHO takes a global view:"One of the mutations i

Dr. Angela Rasmussen

angie_rasmussen

This is not correct. SARS-CoV-2 is nothing like influenza virus from a virological or evolutionary standpoint. A short thread on some big differences:https://twitter.com/drtomfrieden/status/1353020200757686276 Mutation drives evolution. All

Kevin McKernan 🙂

Kevin_McKernan

With all the new followers since October it’s worth revisiting the Mask story since this popular thread was posted.Now consider the Danish study and be sure to read about the

Alexandre Bolze

alexbolze

A thread on S gene drop out patterns in SARS-CoV-2 tests done at @my_helix . Summary: - we observe S gene drop out since mid October in US. Up to

Dr. Ali Nouri

AliNouriPhD

NEW PERSPECTIVE PIECE: masks can be leaky but even when they don't catch all the virus, it appears that they catch enough of it to only cause mild disease. Can

Dr Duncan Robertson

Dr_D_Robertson

Things are getting complicated with variants.The problem is that there are not one or two variants - there are many.A short thread on varaints and mutations. (Naming them after places

Yardley Yeadon

MichaelYeadon3

When is Covid, Covid? - CEBMAnother cracking piece of sleuthing by Prof Heneghan & co. But read this:The Italian government defines a Probable Case as a suspected case in whom

Gergely Orosz

GergelyOrosz

The 12 most important pieces of information and concepts I wish I knew about equity, as a software engineer.A thread.1. Equity is something Big Tech and high-growth companies award to

Professor Karol Sikora

ProfKarolSikora

Yet more evidence on the importance of T cells is emerging. It's significant.This isn't just one rogue study now, it's being increasingly documented.I was saying this months ago, but according

Dr. Ali Nouri

AliNouriPhD

1/The UK #SARSCoV2 variant reported to be 70% more transmissible harbors a set of mutations in the Spike protein––the part of the virus that touches the human ACE2 receptor and

Dr Clare Craig

ClareCraigPath

Test always perform worse than hoped when used in real world situations. What's key here is that the antibody tests used pre-COVID blood as a negative control. They were designed

Nirav D. Shah

nirav_mainecdc

1/Just updated scientific brief on community use of cloth masks to control the spread of #COVID19 from @CDCgov:https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/more/masking-science-sars-cov2.html 2/Important: "Masks also help reduce inhalatio

Sarah

sass_byname

Contrary to what many have read, an mRNA vaccine won't change your DNA. But it does instruct the recipient's body to produce an antigen that the immune system will recognise.

Carl T. Bergstrom

CT_Bergstrom

1. As you may know, I'm a strong advocate of COVID testing. For the past few months, I've been collaborating with the people at @Color Genomics to understand how workplace

The Seeker

TheSeeker268

For those still following the sordid tale: It's more than a year, and there's no trail of the virus until it caused an outbreak in Wuhan. No precursor strains or

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