#Virus

Katherine J. Wu, Ph.D.

KatherineJWu

Rapid tests are already being used to screen people without symptoms for the coronavirus — even though they're not cleared for this purpose, and the data in asymptomatics is sparse.Some of

Pedro da Costa

pdacosta

"This virus is still out there. We respond to 911 calls for covid every day. I’ve been on the scene at more than 200 of these deaths—trying to revive people,

Kimberly Prather, Ph.D.

kprather88

There is a critical message that needs to get out to save lives. Holiday gatherings are going to do enough to accelerate the pandemic without having people think that if

Dr. Angela Rasmussen

angie_rasmussen

I'm seeing this making the rounds this morning. I have issues with it, specifically two of the claims.1. It's never been shown whether re-positive patients are contagious or not. (It

Gabby Stern

gabbystern

At all times, including during #COVID19, @WHO operates in the open. In an imperfect world, we do the best we can to work for the health of all people. We

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GreyTonka

I saw something the other day I thought was interesting. Someone saying all virus pics are not virus pics at all.So I started to look into it. This 1st image

Vinay Prasad MD MPH

VPrasadMDMPH

I got an email from a supporter of school closuresHe said the key to closure was to make sure it doesn't apply to rich kids (private)And that closure should have

Antoine FLAHAULT

FLAHAULT

1/10 - "To make indoor communal spaces safer, they need to be 'well-ventilated.' But what does that mean? We need to think about controlling the source of the virus indoors,

Seafood Boil MD, MBA 🦀🌽🦞🥔🦐

barbersurgeonMD

Breaking down the name “#bamlanivimab”Working backwards, we break down the name into “stem”, “source sub-stem” and “target sub-stem”. 1/x Any therapy ending with “-mab” is a monoclonal antibody - antibodies

_Kevin_🍀

_kevin_dela

How viruses doesn’t exist! SIMPLIFIED (Thread) Am gonna explain how-Viruses don’t exist-What a “virus” really is-Why a “virus” is not contagious -Why your own body creates a “virus”- First, you

David S. Bernstein

dbernstein

So, here's the thing. Starting back in the Spring, there was a widespread argument from Paul & many, many libertarian conservatives in favor of letting the virus run amok. The

Kai Kupferschmidt

kakape

And now for the bad news. *sigh*It looks like #B117, the more transmissible variant first detected in England, has now picked up the E484K mutation as well. That is the

Dr. Angela Rasmussen

angie_rasmussen

Hard to underscore the importance of this beautiful study by @eguia_rachel and colleagues (see @jbloom_lab's great thread).The bottom line is that coronavirus "reinfections" don't occur b/c we don't mount durable

Amir Attaran

profamirattaran

Three comments:1. If the AZ vaccine can’t stop mild and moderate illness in the South African variant, that’s likely true for the other vaccines too.2. What matters most is stopping

Wesley

WesleyLowery

I can't get over the fact that this person I'm supposed to believe is a prominent, enviable, social-media oriented young socialite has fewer than 3k IG followers. I have friends

Yardley Yeadon

MichaelYeadon3

This is a good high level discussion on variants and immune responses & importantly also faces head on the possibility that some people are injured or even killed by vaccines

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