#SARS

Eric Feigl-Ding

DrEricDing

BREAKING: The #coronavirus was already present in two large cities in northern Italy by December 18, over two months before the first case was detected, a national study of

Jenna Guthmiller

GuthmillerJenna

I got the first dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine yesterday. I asked the nurse charting my vaccine if they plan to give people the prime and the boost in the

Rupert Pearse

rupert_pearse

News of the lockdown was greeted with grim relief by NHS staff on Saturday. On the one hand, it will ease the pressure on hospitals affected by COVID-19. On the

Tracy O'Connell Novick

TracyNovick

I want to push some of this from @derspiegel out in a thread, because it's based in part on the sort of universal testing (within the study referenced) that we

Dr. David Pate

drpatesblog

Good question, Tracy. First of all, we had an influenza vaccine. Therefore, we could protect many people from the flu. Second, we also have antivirals that have been proven to

Vivek Subbiah, MD

VivekSubbiah

1/10 COVID19 & CancerSeveral studies now provide insights into the enigma surrounding the determinants of COVID-19 & cancer A global effort to understand the riddles of COVID-19 and cancer @NatureCancer

Lauren Richardson, Ph.D

lr_bio

I do love me some scientific serendipity. While everyone is talking about whether it may be safe+effective to give people only half the dose of the new #COVID19 vaccines, @TheLancet

Abir Ballan 😊

abirballan

On Jan 17th 2020, The WHO recommended the use of the Corman-Drosten PCR test as a gold standard for detecting SARS-Cov-2 before the paper was even submitted for publishing. 2/n

JessMet

CJEMetcalf

The brilliant @rebaker64 from @PrincetonEnviro works at the nexus of two challenges: climate change and infectious disease. We chatted (audio here):https://mediacentral.princeton.edu/media/t/1_vo4oz5jp Unpicking how climate variation (tempe

Vinay Prasad MD MPH

VPrasadMDMPH

Let me be perfectly clear: children DO NOT NEED a sars-cov-2 vaccine before they are permitted to return to normal activities, such as school and visiting loved ones.Any claims to

Ashish K. Jha, MD, MPH

ashishkjha

Am optimistic about late spring and summerBut concerned about next couple of monthsSo let's chat whyB117 – the UK variantIts here and spreading quicklyGreat new analysis by @k_g_andersen et al

Heather E Heying

HeatherEHeying

You all ready? Here we go. Science doesn’t work by fiat, or by forced, fabricated consensus. That consensus that you see before you? It’s a mirage. It’s a farce. Science

Natasha Daly

natashaldaly

BREAKING: The USDA just announced that mink at two mink farms in Iowa have tested positive for SARS-CoV-2. Mink in Denmark and the Netherlands previously tested positive, resulting in the

Michael Lin, PhD-MD

michaelzlin

1/nExciting findings on the AZN vaccine:1. big trial (17k)2. tested 1 dose vs 2 doses (assessing 1-dose efficacy correctly, unlike Pfizer), and short vs long delay to dose 23. first

WIRED UK

WiredUK

In each warm body it infects, the virus behind Covid-19 has the potential to change. Most of those changes are slow and inconsequential. But, in some people, the virus hits

Matthew Fox

ProfMattFox

As an @AmJEpi social media editor, this month I’ve picked “Commentary: Surprise!” By Stephen R. Cole, Jessie K. Edwards, and Sander Greenland. https://academic.oup.com/aje/advance-article/doi/10.1093/aje/kwaa136/5869593 To start us of

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