#Variants

Deepti Gurdasani

dgurdasani1

The Great Barrington declaration, a dangerous ideology grounded in pseudoscience promoted by libertarians with vested interests has now embraced the government's policy as the 'focused protection' strategy they outlined.We shoul

Naomi O'Leary

NaomiOhReally

CNN reports the UK's contract with Astrazeneca was actually also signed in August - like the EU's just one day prior - and uses the same 'best efforts' language.It goes

The Globe and Mail

globeandmail

Why have global #COVID19 cases dropped by half? Experts are looking for explanations. Story by @kellygrant1 https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-why-the-number-of-covid-19-cases-is-dropping-globally/ Why are COVID-19 cases droppin

Eric Feigl-Ding

DrEricDing

BREAKING—Novavax says its #COVID19 vaccine is 90% effective, but likely only 50% against the #B1351 variant found in South Africa. 50% better than 0%, but clearly we have challenges with

Robert Kwolek

RobertKwolek

The doors of Bath: a multitweet photo series Part 2Of particular interest here are the twin doors lower right with their protruding entry halls Part 3The monolithic nature of the

Eric Feigl-Ding

DrEricDing

Behold... a #ZeroCovid utopia without any #COVID19, no variants, no drug or vaccine or syringe shortage crises, no mask wars, kids in schools, and people just having fun...It’s all possible

Just An Ordinary Bloke

Unusual_Times

Bradford: covid wave 2Watching the Doctors and Nurses on Channel 4's news in Bradford Royal Infirmary is heartbreaking. They look shellshocked exhausted and helpless.I was born in one of the

Yardley Yeadon

MichaelYeadon3

Epitope-resolved profiling of the SARS-CoV-2 Ab response identifies cross-reactivity with endemic human CoVs“...SARS-CoV-2 (immune) response appears to be shaped by previous CoV exposures which have the potential to raise broadly

Bob Wachter

Bob_Wachter

1/ Covid (@UCSF) Chronicles, Day 329So many competing forces & trends. As dramatic as a thriller, but very decidedly – and tragically – as real as it gets. Everything's leading

elissa taub

ejtaub

My thoughts on today's executive action re Covid travel restrictions:1. Unlike the Trump admin, which used bogus econ arguments, these bans are designed with public health in mind. They don't

Peter Kolchinsky

PeterKolchinsky

New data from Novavax vaccine just showed that UK & esp South African variants are more problematic in real world than lab experiments suggested. Implications are profound for 2021 and

Laura Seay

texasinafrica

Friends, please know that you do not have to directly experience trauma to be affected by it. Acute Stress Disorder, PTSD, & their variants work in complex ways. If you

Geoffrey York

geoffreyyork

South African science was crucial in helping UK discover its new variants; but then the UK govt claimed (wrongly) that the SA variant is more transmissible. No evidence to support

Tony Perez

perezbox

My friend @scottbolinger was sharing his frustration with "marketing" earlier today and that sparked a bunch of feedback from folks.. one of the things I offered was to focus on

Dr. Angela Rasmussen

angie_rasmussen

Viruses don’t evolve to get around masks, distancing, or disruption of the virus particle by detergents or disinfectants. Mutation doesn’t defy the laws of physics. B.1.1.7 is transmitted the same

Aaron Derfel

Aaron_Derfel

1) The Montreal public health department released its weekly report on #COVID19 outbreaks on Wednesday, reporting a dramatic drop in clusters. But behind the headline number are worrisome trends. In

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