#Variants

Andrew💙Croxford

andrew_croxford

OK, a couple of comments and my immediate reaction to the presentation in South Africa that is about to set Twitter alight. This isn't the moment and this isn't the

Mac n’ Chise 🧬🧫🦠

sailorrooscout

Good mRNA vaccine news this morning! Ben Osborn, the UK head of Pfizer, said they do not expect to have to change their vaccine to handle SARS-CoV-2 variants B.1.1.17 and

𝓝𝓸𝓼𝓯𝓮𝓻𝓪𝓽𝓾

FourWinns298

1/ Lockdowns are painful. Even Ontario's version will cause suffering for a lot of people. Compliance is high when people see results that are working and can see tangible proof

Eric Feigl-Ding

DrEricDing

Immunocompromised 45 year old suffered from #COVID19 for 155 days before he died. The virus was changing very quickly inside the man's body—it acquired a big cluster of >20 mutations—resembled

Marc Burleigh

marcburleigh

The European Commission and its boss VDL have run into flak over #covid19 vax contracts signed from mid-2020, back when their efficacy was unknown and months before any were authorised

Michael Mina

michaelmina_lab

Short thread:Cases are starting to plummet quickly. This isn’t from vaccines (yet). Possible we may be starting see a combination of seasonality on our side and likely seeing herd effects

Mac n’ Chise 🧬🧫🦠

sailorrooscout

Let’s discuss SARS-CoV-2 variants, selective pressure, and mutations. In the face of variants, our best protection is to get more people vaccinated. Vaccination will not automatically select for vaccine-resistant variants,

Thijs

notmobydick

Am I correct in the assumption that allowing the virus to spread among the "young and healthy" with stronger immune response means allowing for the conditioned emergence of variants even

Folding@home

foldingathome

PAPER ALERTIntroducing DiffNets, a deep learning approach to identify structural features responsible for the biochemical differences between protein variants. This thread is about the work and our plans to apply

Paul Brand

PaulBrandITV

NEW: I understand the government will announce tomorrow that ALL passengers arriving in UK will have to be tested for Covid on days 2 and 8 after they arrive. So

Aleksandr Lakuntcov

HalfWiccan

Handy guide how to tell apart the most common fighters of the Su-27 family, that are currently operated by the Russian Air Force.At the moment, the only early Su-27 variant

Richard Zussman

richardzussman

I will start this thread to touch on the comments on the restrictions and the Q and A. #bcpoli Dr. Bonnie Henry says there has been a dramatic decrease in

Tom Inglesby

T_Inglesby

Both positive trends and concerning news happening on COVID in recent days. Great news in the 40% reduction in reported new cases since the peak 3 weeks ago. Lowest daily

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

Dan the Gnome

brewergnome

So this article's been going around! It can be a bit scary. First and probably the most important thing: This doesn't change what we do. We still vaccinate or shield

BEARSTROM JD MASKS UP! 🐾🤎📚 📖 📘📙📗

AceBearstrom

1/The Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases has said that it makes common sense that more than one layer of masking would be more effective.#CovidMasks https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/what-do-coron

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