#SarsCoV2

David Grainger

sciencescanner

1. Lots of the negativity comes from comparison to flu, where we need a seasonal vaccine.BUT flu has a much higher rate of genetic drift, due to its split genome

Stephanie N. Langel

stephanielangel

The harm that Yeadon and others have caused by suggesting that the #SARSCoV2 vaccine would cause infertility is... breathtaking. To not even consider amino acid length or central tolerance.... The

Lucy Walker Lab UCL

LucyWalkerlab

It has been repeatedly argued that exposure to common cold viruses may protect children from #COVID19. A new study in @ImmunityCP now argues against a protective role for common cold

Dr. Thomas Binder, MD

Thomas_Binder

Every health care system is somewhat stressed during the Influenza season. While Italy was hit by #SARSCoV2 probably at almost peak Influenza, other countries, e.g. Switzerland, are in Influenza decline

Interpolations

interpolated

The illusion of containment rests on hubris: that flare ups can be spotted and contained. No, they cannot. Not in the real world. Not in the vast majority of cases,

Laurie Garrett

Laurie_Garrett

While all eyes are on the fallout of the Jan 6 #insurrection the #SARSCoV2 virus is spreading across America at breakneck speed. During the time the entire @WhiteHouse has been

Prof Francois Balloux

BallouxFrancois

We previously analysed recurrent #SARSCoV2 mutations for an association with increased transmission using ~47k genomes. At the time, we found no evidence for any mutation making the virus intrinsically more

Bloom Lab

jbloom_lab

Excited to contribute to this extremely important #SARSCoV2 study by @GreningerLab that provides first direct evidence that neutralizing antibodies are a correlate of protection against #COVID19 in humans! (1/9)https://www.medrxiv.org/conte

David Grainger

sciencescanner

Lots of people highlighting pessimistic estimates of duration of protection for #COVID vaccines - but the facts guides us in the opposite direction: Im optimistic for multi-year duration of protectionWhy?1/n

Prof Francois Balloux

BallouxFrancois

There is a paper out reporting high prevalence of #SARSCoV2 antibodies (IgG/IgM) in Italy from early September on. Factoring in a 1-2 week needed for seroconversion, this would imply that

AL 🙂

Metabo_PhD

1/ 6 weeks ago I wrote a thread explaining why #SARSCoV2 is most likely an endemic #coronavirus, & as a result, how utterly unscientific the concept of #COVIDZero is. Never

Dr. Arinjay Banerjee

sci_questions

The mutation in the spike protein of circulating #SARSCoV2 has been the focus of many stories over the last couple of days. We and others have shown that coronaviruses exist

Dr Zoë Hyde

DrZoeHyde

Study showing that children can be infected with #SARSCoV2, but still test negative.Two parents infected their 3 children, who tested negative 11 times (NP swab PCR test). Antibody blood tests

Whitney R. Robinson

WhitneyEpi

These data aren’t perfect, but some of the best we’ve got in the US. Anyone who wants to understand social determinants of COVID19 inequities should take a look at the

Kai Kupferschmidt

kakape

It’s becoming clearer that one main hypothesis that scientists are looking at with B.1.1.7 is whether its advantage could be that it is better at infecting children. There are a

Eric Feigl-Ding

DrEricDing

GOOD NEWS—a mutation seen in a few #SARSCoV2 variants doesn’t seem to harm the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine, finding “no reduction in neutralization activity against virus”.HOWEVER—did not yet test for worrisome E484K

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