#Sars

Anderson Brito

AndersonBrito_

The amino acid deletion ∆69/70 has been used as a proxy for detecting viruses from B.1.1.7 ('UK variant'). The same marker has been used in the US, but we caution

Naoki

hanzawaru

1/ In this thread, I show the possibility of inflated covid-19 case numbers in Victoria, based on post-market RT-PCR test kit validation published by the Australian Government. 2/ Australia ordered

Maneesh

Maneesh312

What’s happening in Kerala?Total casesKerala- 9,72,181Nation- 1,08,47,790Cases per millionKerala- 27772 (taking population 35 million)Nation- 8344 (taking population 1300 million) Active casesKerala- 65,413Nation- 1,41,118DeathsKerala- 3,

Conor Ruzycki

caruzycki

1/ Nebulizers have taken a lot of flak recently, in large part due to the use of a neb by an asthmatic patient in an AUS quarantine hotel. There’s an

Trevor Bedford

trvrb

With #COVID19 vaccine efficacy of ~95%, I'm looking forward to vaccine distribution in 2021 bringing the pandemic under control. However, I'm concerned that we'll see antigenic drift of SARS-CoV-2 and

Matthew

Matthew94091812

COVID Masks: Mechanistic View: Part 2: Fine Aerosol Emissions:Masks may increase fine aerosol emissions from: 1) nebulization of large droplets into fine aerosols, or 2) friability of certain mask materials

John Bye

_johnbye

A recent study of results from the ONS Infection Survey seems to directly contradict many of the arguments put forward by people denying we've seen a second wave.Here are a

Alina Chan

Ayjchan

Maybe @WHO forgot, but in 2004, the intermediate host of SARS was found within a week of diagnosing an index patient. When you know what to look for, it doesn't

Andrew💙Croxford

andrew_croxford

One aspect of testing that I’m interested in (but absolutely no expert) is the correlation between +ve qPCR, and subsequent viral culture. The idea being that if you test +ve

Eric Feigl-Ding

DrEricDing

ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION. Smoking long known to cause ED. Why should we care right now? Because #COVID19 causes vascular problems, experts worry about ED being a “likely consequence” among COVID

Carl T. Bergstrom

CT_Bergstrom

We're going to hear more and more about various COVID mutations in the coming weeks and months. Their names, N501Y, D614G, etc. seem cryptic, and they are, but they are

Luke Hutchison

LH

Received my booster shot for the #Moderna #vaccine Stage 3 clinical trial. Experienced mild fever after the 1st shot, but full-on #COVID-like symptoms for 12hrs after the 2nd shot. Fever,

Trevor Bedford

trvrb

Following up on general thoughts on antigenic drift of #COVID19 from this weekend, I wanted to discuss what we know about the new variant of SARS-CoV-2 thats emerged in the

Kristian G. Andersen

K_G_Andersen

This appears to be an interesting study and would be consistent with other studies showing a 4x-5x reduction in risk of (re)infection after previous exposure (i.e. there's immunity, but not

Dr. Ali Nouri

AliNouriPhD

1/BREAKING on #SARS_CoV_2 variants: the emerging variants in South Africa and Brazil that harbor the E484K mutation have "greatly reduced susceptibility" to neutralization by polyclonal serum antibodies derived from some

Alina Chan

Ayjchan

The only primary study proposing evidence of human infection by SARS2 (covid-19) from frozen fish packaging is a Nov 2020 paper by the Chinese CDC. It was cited by Shi

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