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Peter Kolchinsky
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This one might tweak your brain. There would be MORE interest in developing new antibiotics if NO ONE needed them today. Huh? Yep... let’s think about it. Today, no one
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Some people think we overpay for only incrementally better medicines. That only home runs deserve high prices. But as in baseball- most are trying as hard as they can &
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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
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This new variant is making a lot of people REALLY nervous. Here’s why it should & shouldn’t. I’ll hit on infectivity, lethality, vaccine effectiveness, & some “what ifs”. Yes, it’s
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Now this is a covid antibody test! Not only looks good on its face w/ 100% sensitivity (likelihood of seeing antibodies if they are there) & 99.8% specificity (not seeing
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Not since HIV have viruses & bacteria been this ANGRY at a new member. They are so disgruntled by SARS2, they’re helping make vaccines against it. Pathogens are a Mafia-
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You’ve probably heard antibody levels can drop quickly, even to undetectable, within a few months of recovery from Covid. Does that mean people aren’t immune? Not necessarily- here’s a quickly
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Viruses are hoody-wearing hackers, but SARS2 is hardly the cleverest. My votes go to HIV, rabies, and herpes. Here are top 10 virus hacks (each a reason I love virology
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My colleagues & I are debating an issue with implications for funding covid R&D. Question is whether SARS2 will become ENDEMIC or whether it will be ERADICATED. This question has
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