#Variant

Dr Duncan Robertson

Dr_D_Robertson

Here are the heatmaps for Covid detected cases, positivity, hospitalizations, and ICU admissions. This is up to week 52 (21-29 December). This covers Christmas, so data should be interpreted with

Deepti Gurdasani

dgurdasani1

A thread discussing recent evidence on longer gap dosing with Astra/Oxford, Pfizer, current gaps in our understanding of impacts, as well as the possible impact of new variants on vaccine

Nicola Sturgeon

NicolaSturgeon

1/5 The rapid increase in Covid cases, driven by the new variant, is of v serious concern. The steep increases & severe NHS pressure being experienced in other parts of

Adam Hamdy

adamhamdy

1. Over Christmas, Dr Fauci suggested America would need to vaccinate 70% - 90% of its population in order to achieve herd immunity. Today, chancellor & play pretend scientist, Rishi

🇨🇦 Bill Comeau Crush the Curve 📉

Billius27

on the Toronto area SGTF (S-Gene Target Failure) study to detect B117 (UK variant). It looked at 11,485 positive tests over Dec 16 to Feb 3 and found 448 had

Jonathan Mesiano-Crookston @/#COVIDisAirborne

jmcrookston

Just a reminder that R0 for SARS-CoV-2 may in fact be higher than 2.5-3.5.In fact, perhaps even double that (R0 = 5-7)https://twitter.com/jmcrookston/status/1297571423041585153 (or higher) New variant increases R by 0.4

Ceron Lab

CeronLab

I've been reading a bit about the new #SARSCoV2 in #UK. I made a figure and this thread to better understand this #UKvariant with 9 mutations in the Spike Protein.

Peter Kyle MP

peterkyle

“As prime minister it’s my job to take tough decisions”Make no mistake: we’re in this mess because he hasn’t, can’t or won’t, until it’s too late. The foundations for today’s

Bob Wachter

Bob_Wachter

1/ Covid (@UCSF) Chronicles, Day 310What a joy watching Fauci's press conf. today. Last yr must have been torture for him, a brilliant man of great integrity. How liberating to

Dr Emma Hodcroft

firefoxx66

The situation in the UK right now is deeply, deeply concerning. And it's a situation no other country should want to see itself in.But after cozy holidays, reduced testing in

Paddy Mallon

HIVTox

Thread: we've released results (pre-print) of an analysis examining #SARS_CoV_2 variants in #Ireland from hospital cases during 2020. This is the largest analysis of its kind to date in Ireland

Bob Wachter

Bob_Wachter

1/ Covid (@UCSF) Chronicles, Day 303Exciting day. @UCSF Grand Rounds, we covered our vaccine rollout, vaccine issues more generally (w/ @drpauloffit), & then the new viral variants (w/ Charles Chiu

Maneesh

Maneesh312

What’s happening in Kerala?Total casesKerala- 9,72,181Nation- 1,08,47,790Cases per millionKerala- 27772 (taking population 35 million)Nation- 8344 (taking population 1300 million) Active casesKerala- 65,413Nation- 1,41,118DeathsKerala- 3,

Dr. Jennifer Kwan

jkwan_md

Roberta Place's outbreak is not just due to the #B117 variant: Residents with & without #COVID19 shared rooms Same staff provided care to residents both with & without #COVID19 #COVID19+residents

Lauren Pelley

LaurenPelley

BREAKING: Ontario issuing a stay-at-home order, effective Thursday, to combat spread of #COVID19.Order requires everyone to remain at home with exceptions such as going to the grocery store or pharmacy,

Prof Francois Balloux

BallouxFrancois

To give some context to the recent announcement of a new #SARSCoV2 variant/mutation, it may be helpful to realise that in the paper below we identified >12,000 variants/mutations in the

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