#Pathogen

Alina Chan

Ayjchan

It looks like the universe will not let me have a day off.@Nature just released an Addendum on the WIV's first paper about COVID, explaining what's up with RaTG13, the

Eric Feigl-Ding

DrEricDing

COVID & BRAIN damage—half of patients report neurological symptoms, including headaches, confusion and delirium. A new study offers the first clear evidence that, in some people, the coronavirus invades brain

Mel Conway

conways_law

Here I will demystify “emergence” and make it utterly concrete.Most people, if they think about it at all, regard emergence as a vague, “woo-woo” concept that philosophers and mystics deal

Sarah Mulhern Gross

thereadingzone

I can't believe that as an teacher I'm being told I am now a healthcare worker. I can't believe that along with bloodborne pathogen training I will now be trained

Statistics Guy 🤓

Stat_O_Guy

Masks, do they work? #COVID19 Since 24th July 2020, the wearing of #Masks in shops became mandatory in England. Prior to this frequent messaging from Whitty, Valance and Hancock was

Maajid أبو عمّار

MaajidNawaz

NEW THREAD1) “New infections have fallen 44% in the US & 30% globally..vaccine is NOT the..driver because only 8% of Americans & 13%..worldwide..received..1st dose”My theoryi)fewer PCR-test cycle thresholdsii) herd immunityJust

Claire Berlinski.

ClaireBerlinski

This is a clear, accessible explanation--in the Economist, paywalled--of the paradox of Covid-19, and the reason no one should be reassured by the overall low case fatality rate: to the

Dr Yusef Smith

PropaneFitness

COVID VACCINE 101 On Twitter, it's difficult to get a clear, objective view on the COVID vaccine. I have just had mine today, after I spent some time reading around

Sizwe sikaMusi

SizweLo

Since we're all going to be vaccinated soon (some against their will), it is only proper that we understand what vaccines are, what they do and how they do it.

Anderson Brito

AndersonBrito_

The past two months have been quite imtense: heavy workload with genomic surveillance of SARS-CoV-2 variants.Beyond my amazing collaborators @YaleSPH, I’d like to give a shout-out to those leading key

Rán blessing the #KrakenOnSteroids

RanBlessing

ThreadSo, the UK reported a new Covid strain. What's up with that?https://www.gov.uk/government/news/statement-from-chief-medical-officer-professor-chris-whitty-about-new-strain-of-covid-19 First, let's take a look at the natural ev

michelle

michkeenah

i’m in a CH room about the covid vaccine and it’s led by black medical professionals, it’s so informative might try and summarise points as they go along.. the

thats a great cat right there

_sophejita

The difference between the Covid-19 vaccines and ones we’ve received in the past is that instead of being injected with a weak/inactive version of whatever virus or bacteria is causing

Dr. Jessie Abbate, PhD 🦠

jessieabbate

Some clarification about this. TL/DR: It's not shocking at all. We expected it. Take-away: Vaccination doesn't give you the right to stop distancing (until everyone is vaccinated and/or the threat

Maciek Boni

maciekboni

Hi #epitwitter short summary here on @athutran's results on optimal vaccine allocation using real-time seroprevalence estimates, for MA and RI (abt 25% to 30% seroprev on Jan 1). Results exactly

Nicholas A. Christakis

NAChristakis

Let’s talk about a COVID19 seroprevalence study, this time well conducted (it seems), which provides a petri-dish type natural experiment. It’s the small Austrian mountain ski village of Ischgl, one of the epicenters of SARSCoV2.

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