#Variant

Dr Emma Hodcroft

firefoxx66

There's been a lot of news today about 'new variants in Brazil' & 'S:E484' and 'Ohio variants'. A short thread discussing what we know about each.1/11#SARSCoV2 #Ohio #BrazilVariant #Brazil #COVID19

Eric Topol

EricTopol

Big news: The JNJ vaccine results of 44,000 Phase 3 trial, a single dose. Overall 66% efficacy, with the contrast of 72% in US but 57% in South Africa, confirming

Ashish K. Jha, MD, MPH

ashishkjha

Things are very concerning with the pandemicNot just vaccine distribution but outbreak itselfIt's badYesterday we had more than 4,000 deaths from COVID19Highest single day everBut story is worse when you

Andrew Lilico

andrew_lilico

On the current MRC model IFRs, once we have vaccinated the over-70s the IFR falls to 0.15%-0.19% (upper bound assumes 30% higher lethality of new variant) if vaccines eliminate 90%

Joshua Skewes

JCSkewesDK

Quick thread on the Danish Covid-19 situation, under national lockdown number 2.Good news is infection rate is way down since we closed the country a month ago. From >4000 down

Stephen Reicher

ReicherStephen

Even if everyone follows the new restrictions over Christmas, it still isn't enough. Modelling showed that if 50% of us meet one other household the R number will increase by

Dr. Sanjay Gupta

drsanjaygupta

It’s important to remember that coronaviruses mutate all the time. And, the more they spread, the more mutations can happen. That is why simply reducing transmission is the key to

Laurie Garrett

Laurie_Garrett

Some panic is setting in around Europe regarding the new mutant strain of #SARSCoV2 that has emerged in the UK.In this quick thread I'm going to review findings presented to

Carl T. Bergstrom

CT_Bergstrom

Over the past nine months I've written occasionally about the prospects for the SARS-CoV-2 virus to evolve into a less (or more) virulent form. In general, we can't count on

Trevor Bedford

trvrb

After ~10 months of relative quiescence we've started to see some striking evolution of SARS-CoV-2 with a repeated evolutionary pattern in the SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern emerging from the UK,

The British Navalist

TNavalist

VL-JSM and Type 45 - Making the best of what we've got, a very short thread: 1. Norway's Kongsberg JSM, by all accounts is a very capable missile system, currently

Syam | ശ്യാം

syam_narikkot

The power and scope of random mutations in evolution.People who agree with the power of natural selection still tend to view evolution as far fetched because they doubt that random

ロコちゃん - hereticalupdate.substack.com

RokoMijicUK

A new strain of #COVID19 has evolved in England. It's 70% better at spreading from person-to-person. This is our punishment for not eradicating the disease over the summer. We gave

Mike Crawley

CBCQueensPark

SCOOP: What I've found out about the #COVID19 modelling that Premier Doug Ford says will make you "fall off your chair." #COVID19Ontario https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/ontario-covid-19-cases-modelling-lockdown-doug-for

Lewis Goodall

lewis_goodall

Hancock: "It's your actions now which can make a difference."Plays down prospect of immediate introduction of new restrictions. Few doubt the public must play its part. But legitimate questions about

Larry

Larry64450205

#ncyt #alnov #novacyt has a great capacity in identifying the needs of the market.Many tests developped this year respond to precise needsAnd there are many more to Come this year-

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