#Antibody

Jesse Case

jessecase

THREAD (uh oh)A few nights ago I tweeted about the vaccine and went viral (the irony!). I've since received quite a bit of hate mail, all along the lines of

Infectious Diseases

InfectiousDz

The story of Manaus is worrisome1. Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil had an overwhelming initial surge (44% seropositive, likely 76% infected)2. Cases now surging again3. Mutant variants found spreading4. Variants like the

Stefan Simanowitz

StefSimanowitz

1/3. On 13 March, @Channel4News reported on a new rapid #coronavirus testing kit - made in the UK - that diagnoses #coronavirus in 10 minutes!They aren't available in the UK

Dr. Angela Rasmussen

angie_rasmussen

This is a must-read article by @mlipsitch and @kesvelt and I strongly agree with the central points: we urgently need to step up genomic surveillance & get transmission down now

Ben Alderson-Day

aldersonday

As the dark farce of 2020 nears its end, what better to do than to add to the list of reviews of the year? It's time for the @echrgroup roundup.

Dr Eliza Wolfson

eliza_coli

Day 3 of #MicrobeArtWalk and I'm going to share the rest of my shopping picks later, so keep your eyes peeled. But first I want to talk a bit about

Dr. Angela Rasmussen

angie_rasmussen

Hard agree. And if this is useful, let me share something that often gets omitted (not by @kakape).Variants always emerge, & are not good or bad, but expected. The challenge

Cleavon MD

Cleavon_MD

As an ER doctor that has lost 3 colleagues and a 27 y.o. cousin to the virus, let me RECAP 42 WAYS Trump failed America during the pandemic! 1. Months

Dr. Angela Rasmussen

angie_rasmussen

I hate to be the reviewer 2 who jumps in here to rain on the Moderna parade, but their mRNA #SARSCoV2 #COVID19 #coronavirus vaccine doesn't totally "start to look like

Andrew Junkin, MD

Dr_Junkin_MD

Seeing as the COVID-19 #vaccine will be an extremely limited resource initially, should we consider testing each potential recipient for SARS-CoV-2 IgG positivity before administering the vaccine in distribution Phase

Andy Slavitt @ 🏡🇺🇸

ASlavitt

COVID Update December 26: The wind is invisible too, but you can feel it change.Not with COVID where the stillness is deceptive. And deadly. 1/ I talked to a friend

Gummi Bear

gummibear737

And now the bombshells: 2020NIAID got $700 mil more for COVIDI looked at top 236 projects: 36 C19-related, 200 others1) 81% of the C19 budget is for a vaccines2) Therapeutics

Prof. Akiko Iwasaki

VirusesImmunity

Here is a thread to explain the findings of this study, that used computational tools to predict T cell reactive sequences in #SARSCOV2 subunit vaccines. The bottom line: there is

Arjun Gupta

guptaarjun90

1/ M protein ?!?Ever ordered an SPEP and been uncertain whether to get a UPEP as well? Should one obtain any other tests? How does one interpret the results?Read on

Jon Deeks

deeksj

21 WAYS TO SPIN RESULTS FROM A COVID DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY (morning thoughts whilst walking the dog - please add others I've missed). I'm putting this out to help

Dr Dominic Pimenta 💙 *Please* Just Stay At Home

DrDomPimenta

Here’s 10 reasons why this “push to reopen early” is utterly insane.1. MUTATION2.MUTATION - unmitigated spread + partially vaccinated pop. = inevitable resistant COVID variant. 3. GODDAMN MUTATION FFS4. Long

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