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Detailed assessment of the new UK #SARSCoV2 variant by @WHO scientific team: https://www.who.int/csr/don/21-december-2020-sars-cov2-variant-united-kingdom/en/Key points in thread. 2/ The @WHO takes a global view:"One of the mutations i
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Why it is time (never too late) to get super-serious1. Holiday surge after holiday surge is small potatoes compared with a superspreader strain. B.1.1.7 is here,
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We interviewed @SteveFDA and Peter Marks @US_FDA about the new vaccineshttps://www.webmd.com/coronavirus-in-context/video/whyte-topol-hahn-marks w/ @drjohnwhyte @WebMD @MedscapeKey points that we covered:1. The EUA tightening that got the t
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BAD NEWS: 2 cases of a new "more transmissible" #coronavirus variant linked to #SouthAfrica identified in the UK.This new variant appears to have *mutated further* than the new B.1.1.7 variant
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The new “Kent” strain of SARS-CoV-2 (officially named VUI 202012/01 for Variant Under Investigation, year 2020, month 12, variant 01) was identified as have multiple spike protein mutations1/n These include
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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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Here is the context: you are going to read and hear about a million and one variant viruses, because viruses mutate by nature. It’s scary, I know. But, a couple
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BREAKING—new #B117 variant & vaccine data from research lab shows mutations in B117’s spike protein yields a ~3.8x reduction in efficacy of vaccine-generated neutralization antibodies compared to wildtype (WT)
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WORRISOME—Key things on new VUI-202012/01 #SARSCoV2 mutation:—Likely more infectious, possibly up to 70% faster transmission.—R0 increase of ~ +0.4—23 unique changes, many in spike protein.—Comprises 62% of recent London
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Manuscript Alert!! Thread. In our latest manuscript, we look at the efficacy of intranasal vaccination with the Oxford/Astrazeneca vaccine, in both hamsters and rhesus macaques:https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2021.01.09.426058v1.art
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I felt it may be helpful to provide an update on the new #COVID19 lineages in the UK and in SA that might both be more contagious than any #SARSCoV2
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I've been reading a bit about the new #SARSCoV2 in #UK. I made a figure and this thread to better understand this #UKvariant with 9 mutations in the Spike Protein.
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It's getting hard to keep up with all the vaccine-related news, so I tried summarizing key developments (with a focus on European supplies) from just the past week: 1, Very
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FANTASTIC NURSING HOME NEWS—Eli Lily’s monoclonal antibody drug can lower the risk symptomatic #COVID19 by 80% when used preventively among nursing home residents. Cuts risks overall by 57% among both
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If you want to know about #SARSCoV2 as it started and where it is going, you talk to @edwardcholmes, a leading evolutionary virologist @Sydney_Unihttps://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/943251 @Medscape video and transcripta /1
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WORRISOME & SERIOUS—You know how the world put travel bans against UK travel out of fear of the #B117 more contagious variant? Well, now, UK put travel ban from
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