#Spike

jonstokes.com

jonst0kes

The present spike we're seeing in Texas isn't a blow-off top. It's just the first of many oscillations in case counts, & the oscillations won't stop until either a vaccine

Dr. Angela Rasmussen

angie_rasmussen

Phase 3 data from the Sputnik V vaccine is out. ~92 efficacy. Even though we won't get this vaccine here in the US, it's still great news. 1. We need

Hannah Weinberger

Weinbergrrrrr

Excited to learn more: Following Pfizer, Moderna (which started testing in Seattle) says its vax appears 94.5% effective, even at preventing severe disease; & bc of surging cases, could have

John S. Olson

pilotolson

A thread on some back-of-the-envelope reflections on the "worst-case scenario" of overheating the economy and inflation: Starting assumptions are1. The CBO has the output gap right2. A very generous (linear)

Matt Haney

MattHaneySF

Now that SF is under CA regional order, apparently visiting w another person, even outside, is again prohibited. So dating, or seeing 1 friend is banned. These overly restrictive, constantly

Rommie Amaro

RommieAmaro

In a new @biorxivpreprint with @McLellan_Lab @ltchong @Terrasztain @LCasalino88 @fiona_chembot @JoryGoldsmith, we show how a glycan gate (at position N343) controls the opening of the #SARSCoV2 spike protein #GlycanGate #glycotimehttps://ww

Dr. Ali Nouri

AliNouriPhD

1) STUDY: two mutations in SARS-2 are correlated with higher fatality: analysis of 12K SARS-2 genomes identified mutation in ORF1ab protein (aids in RNA replication) and mutation in Spike protein

Just An Ordinary Bloke

Unusual_Times

A Laymans Guide to Mutations & Variants.I think we can beat covid in the UK if we really try. It's NOT endemic it's too young and it is still spreading

Geoffrey York

geoffreyyork

South African science was crucial in helping UK discover its new variants; but then the UK govt claimed (wrongly) that the SA variant is more transmissible. No evidence to support

Monica Gandhi MD, MPH

MonicaGandhi9

One thing that struck me tonight is that the UK roll-out of vaccine is much more in line with public health and practicality than US rollout which is much more

Juan Cambeiro💡

juan_cambeiro

Reposting to make some minor corrections. Building on @kristjanmoore and using info available up to today, I assign a 90% probability to at least one of the new variants being

Soumya

skarlamangla

so on my day off yesterday, the head of LA County's public health department put out this ominous statement about how bad things are getting with covid, basically saying that

TIFF

TIFF_NET

Happening now: @TheAcademy Award-winning star @HalleBerry joins host @amanda_parris for a #ShareHerJourney In Conversation With... to discuss her 30 year career and her transition to directing with BRUISED. #TIFF20

Tom Tomorrow needs a new bit for the profile

tomtomorrow

it's really not "politicizing" a death to point out the important data point that an anti-masker died of the virus we are really left, a lot of the time, to

Stefan Marciniak

Prof_Marciniak

The Background 1860s: nucleic acids discovered 1940-50s: the concept that “DNA makes RNA makes protein” is developed (& is called the central dogma)1960s: messenger RNA discovered 1/n Path to the

Charles Ornstein

charlesornstein

After living through and reporting on COVID-19’s siege of New York and New Jersey, I held out hope that other regions of the country wouldn’t have to face the same

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