#Sars

Robin Monotti

robinmonotti

FACT: The PCR or lateral flow tests do not test for Covid19 nor do they test for even a single or even many SARSCoV2 particles or virions. The PCR is

Shane Crotty

profshanecrotty

1/ There are various tweets misinterpreting COVID-19 “pre-existing immunity” and making dangerous claims about herd immunity. Since many of those claims refer to our scientific papers, we will reiterate the

Alina Chan

Ayjchan

Some people are super confused about RaTG13, one of the most closely related viruses to SARS-CoV-2, because of how sparse/disjointed its descriptions have been in interviews and papers. I'll try

IndiaSpend

IndiaSpend

New research has shown that pre-existing antibodies for the common cold could help protect people, especially children, from #COVID19. Read this thread for insights: Scientists at the University College London

Jeffrey Mold

Jeff_Mold

Given the surge in interest by the media in humoral (antibody) immunity - I felt it would be nice to give a brief overview of how it works in laymen

Gabor Erdosi 🧩📄📊🧭

gerdosi

What a coincidence“The binding epitope on S harbors a sequence motif unique to SARS-CoV-2 (not present in other SARS-related coronaviruses), which is highly similar in both sequence and structure to

Jennifer R Hamilton

JRo_Hamilton

I’m excited to share the @igisci saliva-based assay for SARS-CoV-2 detection, now on #medRxiv. We developed a fully robotic saliva sample RNA extraction pipeline for asymptomatic infection surveillance in the

Don Milton

Don_Milton

WHO released a new "Scientific Brief" on Transmission of SARS-CoV-2 today. New recommendations are a mixed bag, some good to hear but others are a real problem. https://www.who.int/publications/i/item/modes-of-transmission-of-viru

Kristian G. Andersen

K_G_Andersen

The "mink mutant virus" stories have focused too much on the mutations and not enough on the fact that we have a raging COVID-19 epidemic in mink. The decision by

Daniel Reeders 🏳️‍⚧️

engagedpractx

I want to quickly address this point. The WHO recently issued updated technical guidance that found there is still no reliable evidence that Covid-19 is airborne. https://www.who.int/news-room/commentaries/detail/transmission-of-sars-cov-2-

Marion Koopmans

MarionKoopmans

@pjvanerp Ok, see if I can save some time later in the week with this ongoing nonsense: there is a group that claims that the original PCR assay developed by

Frederik Lermyte

FLermyte

Thread: mRNA vaccines will not affect your fertility. A rumour was started recently, and it has people worried. Unlike most anti-vax nonsense, these guys actually wrote a petition to the

Kevin McKernan 🙂

Kevin_McKernan

1\But but... you ran it to 40-45 cycles? This is an argument that needs dissection. The protocols you see in EUAs are speaking to the Camera time not the Call

Healthcare Infection Society

HIS_infection

Updated COVID-19 IPC guidance: Added COVID-19 risk pathways to support returning services. Main changes in thread below. (1/7)https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/wuhan-novel-coronavirus-infection-prevention-and-control Main changes1.

Siddhartha Mukherjee

DrSidMukherjee

1/n The governors of Texas, Arizona and Florida need to face a moment of reckoning. A phase wise opening, with mandatory masks and safety, would have prevented thousands of sicknesses

Andrew💙Croxford

andrew_croxford

“Neutralization of N501Y mutant SARS-CoV-2 by BNT162b2 vaccine-elicited sera” was published as a preprint yesterday. The N501Y substitution is present in both the South African and UK (B117) variant.https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.11

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