#Immunity

Newman Nahas

NahasNewman

Can someone help me understand one aspect of the controversy over the role of T-cells?I know it is possible for a cross-reactive T-cell immune response to be unhelpful (e.g., "original

David Dowdy

davidwdowdy

In the past week, COVID cases have fallen in the majority of countries across the globe (see below for weekly change). But not all countries are locked down.A thread on

Prof. Devi Sridhar

devisridhar

Sweden & New Zealand actually have something in common: scientific advisors in both countries did not think a vaccine would be available soon enough, so they chose their final objective.

Christine Gibson MD

GibtrotterMD

Watched vaccine webinars Alberta Health Services and Public Health Agency of Canada, now sharing takeaway points. This vaccine is critical, lucky that the ones approved by Health Canada 95% effective.

Los Angeles Times

latimes

They are front-line workers with top priority access to the COVID-19 vaccine, but they are refusing to take it.https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2020-12-31/healthcare-workers-refuse-covid-19-vaccine-access Roughly 20% to 40% of the L

Click Fan, M.D. (not a doctor)

mwilly33

THREAD Alert: Astros players served no suspension for the cheating scandal because the players union negotiated immunity on their behalf. Why would the players union do such a thing? Why

Kyle

DrKyle

The New COVID-19 Variant, explained for curious kids and twitterers.Imagine the virus in the book "Goldilocks and the Three Bears". Think of the book cover (pictures and words) as the

Adam Kucharski

AdamJKucharski

There are now several studies out there that together give a useful indication of the possible role of pre-existing immunity (antibodies/T-cells etc.) in SARS-CoV-2 dynamics. A few thoughts/links... 1/ First,

Shane Crotty

profshanecrotty

1/ Our pre-print on immune memory to SARS-CoV-2 is out today. To our knowledge, this is the largest such study for any acute infection. The upshot is that there is

Kristian G. Andersen

K_G_Andersen

It's important to be skeptical, but don't say there's "ZERO evidence" for a theory only to present a theory there's ZERO evidence for (and in this case, not plausible).The emerging

Govind Persad

GovindPersad

Thanks to @JAMA_current for publishing my “The Ethics of COVID-19 Immunity-Based Licenses (‘Immunity Passports’)” (w/Zeke Emanuel) https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2765836 The piece is short—trimmed a lot from 1st

john mcclean : 😷 stay at home 😷

johnmcclean_ie

Manaus has a population of ~2 million.~45,000 are over 70. They have had 4,000 deaths already and are now experiencing a devastating 2nd wave.Ireland has ~450,000 over 70s and the

Eric Feigl-Ding

DrEricDing

MOVE ASIDE ANTIBODY TESTS—Get ready for T-Cell testing for #COVID19 to identify past infection. Unlike antibodies that naturally wane, T-cells persist much longer. Of 70 COVID survivors, T-cell #COVID19 test

Lawrence Gostin

LawrenceGostin

This Thread explains the controversy around delayed 2nd doses of #Covid19vaccines or lowering the amount in each dose. The debate really boils down to what science tells us about maximum

UK-CIC

UKCICstudy

1/ We’re pleased to contribute to this new @SciImmunology paper showing both T cell & antibody responses are important in #COVID19 immunity at 4 months post mild/asymptomatic infection @Imperialcollege @ucl

Mike Becker

mabecker17

There were some interesting treaty interpretation moves in today’s #ICJ judgment in #EquatorialGuinea v #France, which is here: https://bit.ly/2LsyPiS . France prevailed on the ground that 42 Ave Foch never acquired

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