#Trials

Katy Stephenson, MD, MPH

k_stephensonMD

Hi friends! Today's news about the NIH-Moderna #COVID19 #vaccine is astonishingly good. I've never seen my colleagues - weathered, skeptical professor types - so giddy and delighted and surprised. Here's

Mean Fat Girl- 🏳️‍🌈💄

Artists_Ali

TW- weight lossIt's fatphobic to refer to weight loss as "taking care of yourself".It's also a total lie because weight cycling increases cortisol which contributes to all the diseases blamed

Joanne Allman

canutes_lesson

Appalled by @BBCNews cheerleading for the #Pfizervaccine and complete lack of any scrutiny or rigorous analysis. Presenters have given up any pretence at journalism and morphed into #vaccine sales executives.

Andrew💙Croxford

andrew_croxford

SMALL THREAD: With the news now of the Pfizer/BioNTech approval in the UK, here a paper summarising an early dose-escalation trial assessing safety, but also immunogenicity (ability to induce an

John Lam - It's OK!

john_lam

THREAD 1. Today's announcement of the 90% efficacy of the Pfizer vaccine, BNT162b2, from preliminary analysis of their Phase 3 study was more great news today. So I'm writing this

Alex Berenson

AlexBerenson

So, yeah, @cdcgov is just making things up now."Masks also help reduce inhalation of these droplets by the wearer (“filtration for personal protection”)."THERE IS ZERO - REPEAT, ZERO - TRIAL

Bob Wachter

Bob_Wachter

U.S. is now considering idea of a single vaccination shot, delaying shot #2 until months later. Last wk, I thought that was a bad idea – the trials that found

Liz Szabo

LizSzabo

Among other achievements, Dr. Tony Fauci was one of the architects of PEPFAR, the President's Emergency Fund for AIDS Relief (created under Republican President George Bush). PEPFAR has saved millions

Tom Forth

thomasforth

One of the reasons (just one of many) that observing a vaccine effect in Covid cases in the UK is that cases are falling so quickly due to lockdown. So

Lachelle Dawn

Lachelle_Dawn

I try to be thoughtful about what I write/say because words matter. I don’t always get it right, but this is a hill I am willing to die on.*clears throat*

Michael Mina

michaelmina_lab

Much excitement over vaccines, BUT we must not wait for them.I've "heard" the rollout of vaccines will be much slower than current WH says.Here, @vivek_murthy suggests same: mid-Summer/Fall 2021 for

David Cassidy

dpcassidyC3

Go to any street in any major population center in America and poll 100 people with the question, "What's the first thing that comes to mind when you hear the

Dr. Sanjay Gupta

drsanjaygupta

I want to take a moment to explain the big vaccine news today. #Pfizer is reporting early data showing their vaccine is “more than 90%” effective in preventing COVID-19. I

Walid Gellad, MD MPH

walidgellad

Listening to @DukeMargolis seminar on Covid vaccine. Peter Marks mentions that they expect a median of 2 month follow-up of safety for individuals in trials at time of EUA. He

Dr. Oni Blackstock

DrOniBee

It’s so lazy to continue attributing Black people’s valid medical mistrust to Tuskeegee. There are more than enough present-day injustices to make us concerned abt our treatment by the health

Emlyn Samuel

emlyn_samuel

News today of potentially drastic cuts to science funding from medical research charities due to impact of #COVID19, inc £150m from @CR_UK. Short-term cuts would mean long-term damage to UK

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