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Ryan McNamara 🧬
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Twitter is clearly not a place for nuanced talks on science. Rather, absolutism is favored. I stated today that if everyone wore procedure masks, then COVID-19 prevalence would plummet. That
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Viruses change over time, particularly when acclimating to a new host. Variants increase as prevalence increases. The Great Barrington Clowns proposed letting the virus run rampant through young adults as
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The J&J vaccine reportedly confers 85% protection after 1 month. Some suggest this could be improved with a booster. About that...J&J vaccine uses a replication-incompetent adenovirus (Ad26) to deliver the
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Virus fragments can exert pathogenic effects inside a host, but that's distinct from being infectious.To be infectious, a virus particle must be intact. This includes the virus genome and the
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Been seeing a lot of miscommunication and misinformation on the conflation between virus infection and disease state. SARS-CoV-2 is the virus that causes COVID-19. You can't have COVID-19 without becoming
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Very interesting piece by the @nytimes in regards to SARS-CoV-2 surveillance, or lack thereof, in the U.S. Having been involved in sequencing SARS-CoV-2 among the population, I had a few
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A few months ago I made the argument that working age and young adults (18-49) should be prioritized for the COVID-19 vaccine. TL;DR I was wrongHere's why I made the
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Been seeing this preprint make the rounds about mass rapid antigen testing and a decrease in SARS-CoV-2 spread in Slovakia. Readers will logically ask: "why we can't do this in
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There is nothing magical about 6 feet that prevents SARS-CoV-2 from spreading. It is present in respiratory secretions, which can travel further than 6 feet and remain infectious, especially in
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Thread on miscommunication regarding SARS-CoV-2 PCR testingFalse-positives by PCR testing are quite rare. It is the gold standard as it is sensitive enough to identify the virus during early and
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Been seeing this make the rounds, and I have a few thoughts on it. While outdoor activities can *reduce* risk, it does not eliminate it. Having outdoor rallies where people
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Did the #BlackLivesMatter protests lead to the surge in SARS-CoV-2?Short answer: NoLonger answer: NoooooooooThis is a racist and fact-free claim by those whose goal is to shift blame from
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