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WHO issued an updated scientific brief on #COVID19 transmission, which provides information on how, when and in which settings the virus spreads between people:https://bit.ly/2W251Ma #COVID19 transmission occurs primarily through dire
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Eric Topol
EricTopol
1. The B.1.1.7 variant could prove to be our last major obstacle to achieving containment of the virus in the US. But it isn't getting enough respect. Many states are
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Deepta Bhattacharya
deeptabhattacha
Tangent: this study estimates the natural inoculum at only a few thousand infectious viruses. https://stm.sciencemag.org/content/12/573/eabe2555 Other estimates using different methods have landed in the same ballpark. https://www.medrxiv.o
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Trevor Bedford
trvrb
Our research group at @fredhutch, @UWMedicine and @BrotmanBaty has sequenced the viral genomes of two SARS-CoV-2 infections that were connected to the White House #COVID19 outbreak. The @nytimes reports here:
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ロコちゃん - hereticalupdate.substack.com
RokoMijicUK
OK guys, I think I need to explain how the virus thing works. I have been saying this for like a year, but it bears repeating. https://twitter.com/HeracleanVision/status/1365404115023638530 The virus replicates
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Z2 Comics
Z2comics
We will try in these coming weeks to be as transparent as possible regarding shipping. As always, COVID has a role to play. This thread will try to answer some
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Dr. Haryax Pathak
HaryaxPathak
Hey #MedTwitterAs promised, taking this thread further, I'll highlight a few more aspects about #COVID19.A) TRANSMISSION and SPECIFIC PRECAUTIONSB) WHAT IS SUPER-SPREADING?C) WHAT IS R0?1/n https://twitter.com/HaryaxPathak/status/133080
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Dr. Tom Frieden
DrTomFrieden
On March 10, 2020, I addressed the question, "Could Covid kill 1 million Americans?"/thread I recalled my first meeting with President Obama @BarackObama. It was in the Roosevelt Room of
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Yaneer Bar-Yam
yaneerbaryam
"Finland and Norway boast the West’s lowest rates of mortality,..now stand out as the closest Western equivalents to Asian nations that have managed to avoid the worst of the pandemic."Their
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Bill Hanage
BillHanage
Very interesting preprint on epidemiology of B.1.1.7 (or the 'Variant of concern' - VOC) in SE England. Have not fully digested but there are some important take homes 1/n https://cmmid.github.io/topics/covid19/reports/uk-novel-vari
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Kai Kupferschmidt
kakape
Across Europe #covid19 cases are surging and the continent is shutting down again. Germany‘s second shutdown began yesterday, Austria‘s starts today, England is following on Thursday. How did we get
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Christian Althaus
C_Althaus
There is great concern about the potential spread of the new #SARSCoV2 variant (B.1.1.7) outside the UK. How many cases do we have to expect in Switzerland and will they
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el gato malo
boriquagato
this has been my bet for some time: when this is all said and done, there is going to be a strong source contamination fecal/oral route infection pathway for covid19.the
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Andrew C Ahn
AndrewCAhn2
Part 6: COVID and OverdispersionIn Part 5, we talked about epidemiological implications of overdispersion.In this section, we explore potential CAUSES of COVID-19 overdispersion1/https://twitter.com/AndrewCAhn2/status/1344792823204360192 1:
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Deepta Bhattacharya
deeptabhattacha
Kept meaning to do this thread on the duration of vaccine immunity, but got paralyzed b/c of length. So instead I'll break it up into 3 pieces, becoming increasingly geekier
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Olga Loblova
olgaloblova
Pubs in Prague and Czechia have been open since May and haven't been linked to superspreading events - until now. The story is getting attn bc the carrier is "a
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