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When will there be enough evidence that vaccines reduce asymptomatic carriage (e.g. risk of transmission) to be able to change guidelines for vaccinated people not being a risk to unvaccinated?
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I am behind - will tweet on the phase I/II data of the Novovax vaccine trial in NEJM tomorrow & press release of phase 3. But remember that immunity (herd
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okay let's put it specifically from NYT since everyone thinks I am Pollyanna: "In official language of research science, vaccine is typically considered effective only if it prevents people from
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One thing that struck me tonight is that the UK roll-out of vaccine is much more in line with public health and practicality than US rollout which is much more
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Know very tempting to feel nervous about variants. Please don't: 1) RNA viruses do mutate and those more fit spread more readily; 2) SARS-CoV-2 has much lower mutational rate than
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Wonderful news about the Johnson&Johnson vaccine! Let me explain (and also let me tell you I was just on an interview with Dr. Paul Offit, who believes - like me-
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At risk of upsetting people, I need to address why I think teachers should feel very safe going to in-person learning after vaccination. Let's start with why COVID-19 was a
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Lots of new variant news - yes, they are more infectious likely due to higher viral loads in nose/mouth but not more "virulent" (not likely to make people more sick)
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But Oxford/AztraZeneca trial did swab every week & asymptomatic infection reduced substantially so we can say with relative confidence now that what is EXPECTED to happen will happen- the person
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I am confused by twitter flurry. Let me message very clearly. Only healthcare workers and residents of long-term care facilities (and not all) will be mass vaccinated soon. After vaccination
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I am going to make time later today to please write out the history of measles to this group as I think it will be illustrative. We do not test
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Ok, let's do thought experiment. Why is #COVID-19 terrible and wreaked havoc? Because it can cause severe disease in some (vulnerable) unlike its cousins- the coronaviruses that cause colds. Say
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