#Sars

Nicholas A. Christakis

NAChristakis

Let’s talk about the fact that both the attack rate and the death rate among the young is indeed very low with COVID19, unlike most prior pandemics. And let’s speculate

Adam Hamdy

adamhamdy

1. I haven’t been posting about reinfection for various reasons, but this one raises extremely important policy questions. The gentleman concerned was being tested for antibodies on a regular basis.

Farid Jalali MD

farid__jalali

Proper attention to 𝗮𝗹𝗹 aspects of pathology in COVID19, simultaneously, is paramount to proper treatment: pulmonary endothelium plateletsProducts of platelet-endothelial

Brad Crane

ASP_PharmD

My 1st Thread! Some of my comments/questions re: Pfizer COVID Vaccine. ***For the record, I am a pro-vaccines***Sources: > FDA Briefing Documenthttps://www.fda.gov/media/144245/download> NEJM Article https://www.nejm.org/doi/pdf/10.10

JessMet

CJEMetcalf

This pandemic means we've learned so much (it would have been preferable, of course, to learn these things almost any other way) but we now know fascinating pieces of viral

Gertrud Rey PhD (Trudy)

GertrudRey

Hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) Does not Work for Treating COVID-19. THE END. ***Warning! This post may be an emotional trigger for some! I’m just presenting the facts.*** Long thread. (1/n) Sometime at

Mac n’ Chise 🧬🧫🦠

sailorrooscout

A new study out of Harvard offers evidence that SARS-CoV-2 variant B.1.1.7’s increased transmissibility isn’t due to its viral load but rather it’s delayed clearance, resulting in longer duration of

Charlotte Summers

charlot_summers

The SARS-CoV-2 pandemic has highlighted the varied responses of humans to uncertainty: A new virus has many unknowns. People have declared themselves certain on a variety of topics from public

Safe & Effective Media

safe_effective

Why wearing a mask isn't going to protect you, or anyone else, from coronavirus: it's spread through poop.A thread.1/ Researchers have known since the end of February that the whole,

David Steadson 🇦🇺🇸🇪🇪🇺🌍

DavidSteadson

Both FHM and ECDC have predicted ... or, in FHMs case, published a "scenario" .... where they believe sars-cov-2 cases will peek in Sweden in about 2 weeks.This seems to

Áine O'Toole

AineToole

Updated new-variant SARS-CoV-2 report for 2020-12-30 now available at http://cov-lineages.org/global_report.html.A total of 4,579 B.1.1.7 sequences from 18 countries around the world on GISAID as of this morning. @arambaut @viralverity B.1.

Emily Case

mlecase

I’ll take a stab at The Atlantic article. I’m a middle school science teacher, not an epidemiologist, but it seems #middleschool teachers are having a moment here. h/t to @rmc031

Dan Larremore

DanLarremore

Preprint: Viral surveillance testing is crucial, but not all surveillance strategies are equal. We modeled the impacts of test frequency, assay limit of detection, test turnaround time, measuring impact on

Natasha Loder

natashaloder

From the UK chief medical officers: For both vaccines, data provided to MHRA demonstrate that whilst efficacy is optimised when a second dose is administered both offer considerable protection after

AL 🙂

Metabo_PhD

1/ ok folks, grab seat coffee & and have a sit down, because we need to talk about a topic that has been largely ignored by the news media &

Tomas Pueyo

tomaspueyo

The new virus strain is ~60% more infectious. We haven’t processed what that means.1. Western countries that didn’t stop the previous variant won’t be able to stop this one. It’s

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