#Virus

Trevor Bedford

trvrb

Important new study by Wibmer et al (https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2021.01.18.427166v1) of neutralization by convalescent sera on wildtype vs 501Y.V2 variant viruses circulating in South Africa. It shows that mutations present in

Rainer Ebert 🌍🌏🌎

rainer_ebert

Magufuli: "If the White man was able to come up with vaccinations, he'd have found a TB vaccine by now." #Tanzania has a policy of universal BCG vaccination (against TB)

Eric Feigl-Ding

DrEricDing

Immunocompromised 45 year old suffered from #COVID19 for 155 days before he died. The virus was changing very quickly inside the man's body—it acquired a big cluster of >20 mutations—resembled

Dr Sarb Johal

sarb

1/n thread: The investigations of a probably case in Northland is likely to cause concern for many people. It’s worth remembering people tend to have a blind spot for dangers

Teagan Wall, PhD

TeagWall

This is not a surprise. The fact that this, and how the vaccine works, has been communicated so poorly to the public, however, is a disgrace. Here's a quick "Explain

Will Saletan

saletan

The @washingtonpost reports that Trump, in continuing to tell Americans that the virus is receding, is in fact contradicting an internal White House projection — which, according to aides, alarmed

Shayṭān is truth

ShaytanTruth

If I get vaccinated: 1.- Can I stop wearing the mask?Government Response - No2.- Can they reopen restaurants, pubs, bars etc and everyone work normally?Government Response - No 3.- Will

Apoorva Mandavilli

apoorva_nyc

NEW: All these months into the pandemic, we may have been testing the wrong way. Data from some state labs suggest up to 90% (!!) of people who get a

Lingling Wei 魏玲灵

Lingling_Wei

In 2nd story in @WSJ Covid Storm series, @JNBPage and I revealed the many missteps in China that had prevented its version of CDC from detecting and stopping the virus

The Sunday Times

thesundaytimes

How worried should we be about the new coronavirus mutation? A thread https://www.thetimes.co.uk/edition/news/how-worried-should-we-be-about-the-new-coronavirus-mutation-8h297hhqh?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1608384709

Dr. Keith Rose

TheScalpeledge

Just the facts:-Among the samples collected without a face mask, we found that the majority of participants with influenza virus and coronavirus infection did not shed detectable virus in respiratory

Sarah Cahlan

SarahCahlan

It's difficult to understand a threat we can't see. So, to visually illustrate the risk of coronavirus airborne transmission in real time, we used a military-grade infrared camera capable of

OnCOVID19 Project

oncovid19_

Asymptomatic carriers - how this affects YOU! #covid19 #cdnhealth #onhealth #scicomm #covid19On A negative test does not mean that you do not have the virus! There is a brief window

Prof. Devi Sridhar

devisridhar

Questions I get from young people:1. Am I immune from this virus? -> No, you are likely to have mild symptoms, but this is a nasty virus & you could

Linsey Marr

linseymarr

My thoughts on WHO's updates:https://www.who.int/publications-detail-redirect/modes-of-transmission-of-virus-causing-covid-19-implications-for-ipc-precaution-recommendations is an improvementhttps://www.who.int/news-room/q-a-detail/q-a-

BTS ARMY Medical Union⁷

armymedunion

Happy New Year from BAMU! We're starting the year off with part 2 of our #BAMUCOVIDSeries this time talking about how this nasty virus affects our bodies and cause symptoms.

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