#Sars

Yardley Yeadon

MichaelYeadon3

According to a review in the premier scientific journal, Nature, “The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is the most formidable challenge

c0nc0rdance

c0nc0rdance

In 1993, a new hantavirus was discovered with a focal point near 'Canyon de Muerto' on the Navajo reservation adjacent to the Four Corners region, where UT, NM, AZ, CO

Trevor Bedford

trvrb

With emerging variants of SARS-CoV-2 and initial evidence of antigenic evolution, I've seen comparisons here to seasonal influenza and its rate of evolution. In this thread, I want to ground

Muge Cevik

mugecevik

A great article summarising our current understanding about asymptomatic infectionsAbout 1 in 5 people w/#COVID19 will experience no symptoms whatsoever, they have shorter viral shedding & will transmit to significantly

SGTS6

alilbitredneck

What I know about COVID vaccine: it has been in the works for 3 years, initially for SARS and MERS, first RNA vaccine of its kind. In the initial animal

Andrew💙Croxford

andrew_croxford

Here a link to an article published yesterday in Lockdown Skeptics. It’s a pretty long article (8,400 words). Many areas are discussed, from pre-pandemic population immunity to testing accuracy.https://lockdownsceptics.org/the-pcr-false-p

Michael Baym

baym

Excited to share my latest preprint with @LeeKShaffer and @BillHanage, “Perfect as the Enemy of the Good: Using Low-Sensitivity Tests to Mitigate SARS-CoV-2 Outbreaks” in which we show how the

Bob Moran

bobscartoons

1. Many people are saying they will not spend Christmas with family because it "just isn't worth the risk". But how likely is it, given everything we now know, that

Miguel Hernán

_MiguelHernan

1/ Estimating the infection fatality risk (IFR) of #SARSCoV2 is hard.Our estimates from Spain's #ENECOVID (just published):Men: 1.1% to 1.4%Women: 0.58% to 0.77%After age 80Men: 12% to 16%Women: 4.6% to

David Bonsall

OxfordViromics

An updated version of our report, investigating an association between SARS-COV-2 viral load and mutations associated with the new U.K. variant is linked here. https://www.coronavirus-fraser-group.org/files/files/updated_report_to_nervtag_o

Justin Lessler

JustinLessler

Our recent preprint in @medrxivpreprint with @QifangB @andrewazman @datcummings and others uses serological data to show how #SARSCoV2 entered and transmitted within homes in Geneva, Switzerland. Here are a few

Nancy Baxter MD PhD

enenbee

I thought it was timely to post this really helpful article discussing airborne transmission of COVID19. These are myths that continue to be supported by some "experts" that are causing

Bill Hanage

BillHanage

As might have been expected the UK is reintroducing more intense restrictions over the Christmas period. This may be tied to the 'new variant' common in the SE of the

Charlie White

c_write

Vaxart said its Phase 1 trial vaccine candidate -- a tablet that's stable at room temperature, not a shot -- sparked T-cell responses that were higher than those seen in

Jens von Bergmann

vb_jens

Every two weeks we get a new data release from PHAC and StatCan, so let's see what changed. The Prairies backfilled a lot of the missing occupation data, that's great!

ice9

__ice9

More evidence that endothelial cells are not directly vulnerable to infection by SARS-CoV-2.Endothelial dysfunction in COVID-19 is entirely indirect. https://twitter.com/covidblogger/status/1334618663102476289 Discussion thread on pericytes

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