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Gupta Lab, Cambridge

GuptaR_lab

B1.1.7 has more than 20 changes in genetic code, of which 8 are in the Spike protein (shown below). Spike is the target of many of our immune and vaccine

The Binder Lab

TheBinderLab

1/ Many discussions on #SARSCoV2 / #COVID19 are quite abstract and focus on infection routes and epidemiology. Further, we often get the question "Can you detect actual #Coronavirus at all,

Prof. Akiko Iwasaki

VirusesImmunity

What is the relevance of viral load in #COVID19 disease severity? A very talented @YaleMSTP student @SilvaJ_C found that saliva viral load to be a better predictor of disease than

aure

maureviv

COVID is not like fluAlso it is *not* a sepsisCOVID is no longer a syndromeLate, immune-mediated hurt (primarily vessel) is the main driver of organ dysfunction. Corticoids worksigned, someone who

Nwiss 🇸🇪🇪🇸🇺🇸🇬🇧

Gronnet

In #Sweden the lax herd immunity strategy was based on a series of loose ”brain storming” e-mails between officials and un-official advisors. Most of these e-mails are available to the

megan culler freeman md, phd

mcfreeID

You may have heard my conversation with @jasonbnpr on @NPR this weekend as to why kids make up a relatively low percentage of #COVID cases overall,

Edward Nirenberg

ENirenberg

Hi guys. I just wanted to put a quick thread out here about a concern I'm seeing a lot today re vaccines for COVID-19 and their potential for long-term effects.

jumpjim

jumpjim

For clarity, my retweet of BALPA advising against starting pilot training in the current climate was NOT meant to say “Don’t follow your dreams” and “Don’t become a pilot.” This

Christina Pagel

chrischirp

Last COVID thread of the year! First cases are continuing to go up everywhere and we are starting to get past the Christmas testing / reporting drops. Worryingly, new data

Dr. Angela Rasmussen

angie_rasmussen

So a lot of concern about this report in the @globeandmail that people are getting infected with B.1.1.7 in the course of a few minutes. This might be a good

Barton

Barton_options

Many asked me about dexamethasone today. Sadly, another over-hyped "miracle" drug by certain fame-crazed doctors and science reporters. the effectiveness of dexamethasone for *severe* COVID patients is neither surprising nor

Taiwan New Year Birds 台灣🐦

TaiwanBirding

It’s not about bragging, but sorrowful anger that so much of 2020’s horridness for friends around the world was avoidable. How did #Taiwan ‘beat’ Covid-19 (with no lockdowns, little disruption,

Drew Holden

DrewHolden360

New thread.There seems to be a collective forgetting among the media when it comes to early coronavirus coverage. I dove down the memoryhole for what happened.They weren’t raising alarms. No

Dr. Faris Durmo MD., BSc.

Dr_FarrisD

1/ MRI study -Prev healthy kids now with COVID19 - Short threadLargest study to date of CNS Imaging features - Cases grouped based on clinical data. 4 groups1. Acute Covid192.

COVID Perspective

covidperspectiv

* Short thread & thoughts on the vaccine news *The news is undoubtedly good news. 90% efficacy is well above expectations (50% was the bar for FDA approval, 60-70% the

Kelvin Ward

UCUltrasound

This was by far and away the most important news story yesterday in NZ... however the NZ media appears to have given it only cursory exposure. Maybe they do not

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