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Deepti Gurdasani
dgurdasani1
Matt Hancock: "the way we deal with new variants arising is to respond to them as they arise. The 1st line of defence is to identify & stop spread." This
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Eric Feigl-Ding
DrEricDing
Mulling disclosure that new #B117 variant could increase #COVID19 deaths ~30%. is expected to prolong & tighten lockdown—Schools may close until Easter, overseas travelers maybe quarantined in hotels
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Eric Feigl-Ding
DrEricDing
CRUSH VIRUS NOW OR ELSE WE ARE SCREWED: Denmark’s CDC thinks new B117 #SARSCoV2 variant is so much more contagious (R +0.4 to +0.7) & inevitable that **if any country
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Dr. Jennifer Kwan
jkwan_md
Roberta Place's outbreak is not just due to the #B117 variant: Residents with & without #COVID19 shared rooms Same staff provided care to residents both with & without #COVID19 #COVID19+residents
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Andrewđź’™Croxford
andrew_croxford
".. while measured neutralising antibody titres generated by vaccination with ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 vaccine are lower for the B.1.1.7 lineage, clinical efficacy of the vaccine against symptomatic COVID disease is similar
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Eric Feigl-Ding
DrEricDing
DIFFERENCE A VARIANT CAN MAKE: Early in the Oxford-AstraZeneca’s South Africa trial, before #B1351 variant became dominant, the AZ vaccine had a great efficacy of 75% risk reduction of
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Eric Feigl-Ding
DrEricDing
JUST ONE PERSON—UK scientists think one immunocompromised person who cleared virus slowly & only partially wiped out an infection, leaving behind genetically-hardier viruses that rebound & learn how to
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Eric Feigl-Ding
DrEricDing
Concerning—new data shows the more contagious #B117 variant is growing so quickly in Florida—now almost 10% of all #COVID19 case. California only ~2 weeks behind. Surge of #B117 may yield
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Michael Donnelly
donnellymjd
The latest preprint analysis of the B117 variant has this variant becoming dominant in the US in March. That's similar to my forecasts, though I don't think this analysis has
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Ashish K. Jha, MD, MPH
ashishkjha
Wondering whether the national COVID data is just a blip or something more substantive?I think there is something good going onCases across the U.S. really are falling...and while its only
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Eric Feigl-Ding
DrEricDing
SURGING #B117 WITHIN US—growing 7% per day, doubling every 9.8 days nationally, & expected to become dominant by March 23rd. It is surging fastest in Florida—doubling every 9.1 days. Scientists
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Aaron Derfel
Aaron_Derfel
1) While other provinces are providing detailed breakdowns on the number of #COVID19 variants, confusion and a lack of information persist in Quebec about the more transmissible strains. In this
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Deepti Gurdasani
dgurdasani1
Thread on the recent report on the possible risk of increased death associated with the new UK variant (B117)- with a discussion of the evidence around this, and what this
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Aaron Derfel
Aaron_Derfel
1) Montreal public health authorities revealed on Wednesday that the super transmissible B117 variant is circulating a lot more in the city than previously known, triggering massive #COVID19 screening in
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Eric Feigl-Ding
DrEricDing
Oh shit—British traveler visits Japan and violates quarantine upon arrival—decides to go out to restaurants instead. Infects 2 other people with #COVID19 while going out. And guess which
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Eric Feigl-Ding
DrEricDing
HERD IMMUNITY THRESHOLD HARDER—Vaccine herd immunity is becoming harder. The formula is (1-(1/R0)) depends on virus contagiousness, which #B117 variant is 40-80% higher & will be dominant soon. So instead
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