#Antibodies

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

David Fisman

DFisman

Excellent to see new Canadian seroprevalence estimates from @CANBloodServ https://nationalpost.com/news/only-1-5-per-cent-of-canadians-report-covid-19-antibody-immunity-in-second-pandemic-wave-study I think there are some issues with how th

Alina Chan

Ayjchan

Some have reached out to me to ask about the recent preprint by Institut Pasteur International Network on the SARS2-like bat virus that was found in North East Cambodia in

Sam K | Strength

samk_strength

PROTIEN.The building blocks of life. You are underestimating how important it is.It deserves a thread.[Thread] Every damn cell in your body needs protein to functionProtein keeps you ALIVE and

Bob Wachter

Bob_Wachter

1/ Covid (@UCSF) Chronicles, Day 128Grand rounds today: https://tinyurl.com/y3vyakjs . I thought it would be great to hear reports from healthcare leaders in cities w/ surges: @CarlosdelRio7 @EmoryMedicine in ATL, Tanira

The Times

thetimes

The Pfizer vaccine: what you need to knowBritain has become the first western nation to approve a Covid vaccine. Of the three to have reported results in the last month,

Bryan William Jones

BWJones

This is important. Make sure you click through and read to understand what I’ve been on about for the last 6yrs wrt modular NIH funding.With no adjustment for inflation in

Melissa Loh

melissaloh_

I'm currently an undergraduate student @UCIrvine and as I am also an advocacy volunteer for @alznorcalnornev, I have been researching NIH-funded Phase III clinical trial drugs for #Alzheimers! A thread

Ryan S.

wrythink

As I see the news from the UK about serious allergic reaction to the COVID vaccine is making the rounds, now seems like a great time to clear up some

Carl T. Bergstrom

CT_Bergstrom

So various media are reporting a new pandemic flu virus discovered in China.What does this actually mean? Let's look at the original paper. Actually, that's not so easy to do

Laurie Garrett

Laurie_Garrett

Detailed assessment of the new UK #SARSCoV2 variant by @WHO scientific team: https://www.who.int/csr/don/21-december-2020-sars-cov2-variant-united-kingdom/en/Key points in thread. 2/ The @WHO takes a global view:"One of the mutations i

Hensley Lab

SCOTTeHENSLEY

There has been recent discussion of how this influenza virus mouse study that I completed as a postdoc potentially relates to current SARS-CoV-2 evolution, so I thought I would write

rahaeli

rahaeli

I despise Rubio, I despise how he's handled this, I despise failed officials who made this pandemic worse by ignoring every best practice getting a pass on the situation they

Shane Crotty

profshanecrotty

1/ Novavax UK first: ~90% protection again any symptomatic COVID-19. And that high level of protection was accomplished under conditions of very intense community transmission in the UK, which is

Eric Topol

EricTopol

Does #SARSCoV2 directly infect @brain cells?A brief review of the evidence1. An exhaustive @TheLancetNeuro clinical review suggested this but w/ little supportive data https://www.thelancet.com/journals/laneur/article/PIIS1474-4422(20)30221

Carl T. Bergstrom

CT_Bergstrom

1. I'm a strong advocate of testing as an important pillar of the coronavirus pandemic response. There is often confusion about what testing offers, and I think it's helpful to

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