#Antibody

mel 🐝

melissapaige313

We actually don’t know yet whether or not immunity conferred from a vaccine makes it so you cannot transmit the virus to others who are not immune. It’s possible, but

Thomas Massie

RepThomasMassie

2% of blood samples collected in California in December 13-16th, 2019 analyzed in this study had antibodies reactive to SARS-CoV-2. It’s possible some are due to cross reactivity of antibodies

Midas Mulligan

MidasMulligan6

$ONCT - Now that #biopick2021 submissions have been announced, I would like to share the reasons why I do not agree with the $ONCT bull thesis (NOTE: I do not

Jennifer Nuzzo, DrPH

JenniferNuzzo

A long thread about test positivity: Tracking positivity is important. Unlike number of tests, positivity is linked to the number of infections out there. It can help give us a

Michael Mina

michaelmina_lab

"Please allow 6-10 days [or 'even longer]for results" This is not only useless testing but worse, absolutely misleading testing @cvspharmacy 6-10 day turnaround time will not help prevent spread to

Dena Grayson, MD, PhD

DrDenaGrayson

New study of 200 #COVID19 patients, many with mild or no symptoms, suggests that up to TWICE as many people than detected by antibody tests may be immune, based on

Karim Ali

NHBugBusterDoc

Hi Tweeps. Being asked about antibody tests for COVID since they are now available. Blurb:1/ all this test can tell us is that we have been exposed to the virus.

Eric Feigl-Ding

DrEricDing

Great news—MOTHER TO INFANT ANTIBODY TRANSFER! New study demonstrates #SARSCoV2 IgG antibodies were transferred across the placenta to infant cord blood in 87% of pregnant women with antibodies. Potential for

david friedberg

friedberg

The Pandemic War is an actual war we must fight and win. the virus is surging, and evolving. we must surge back, and evolve faster than the virus. here's my

#IfScientistsAndThePeopleTrustedGovernment

CaribeWellness

Know Your COVID Tests; Don't Get DupedThere are different types of tests for COVID. - PCR (this tests for the genes of the virus. Very similar to looking for DNA

Mac n’ Chise 🧬🧫🦠

sailorrooscout

With all due respect, you as an epidemiologist should be quite ashamed for pushing such fear-mongering tweets and circulating this highly misleading study. You are relying on the fact that

Jeffrey Mold

Jeff_Mold

Given the surge in interest by the media in humoral (antibody) immunity - I felt it would be nice to give a brief overview of how it works in laymen

Gupta Lab, Cambridge

GuptaR_lab

The UK SARS-CoV-2 multiply mutated variant VUI 202012/01 also has an interesting Spike deletion 69/70 we have been studying. The deletion is increasing in frequency (blue), as is the new

i am not defined by my hiv status

niqitapieterse

HOW DOES HIV SPREAD DURING SEX?To spread HIV during sex, HIV infection in blood or sexual fluids must be transmitted to someone. Sexual fluids come from a man’s penis or

Andrew💙Croxford

andrew_croxford

“Neutralization of N501Y mutant SARS-CoV-2 by BNT162b2 vaccine-elicited sera” was published as a preprint yesterday. The N501Y substitution is present in both the South African and UK (B117) variant.https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.11

Monica Gandhi MD, MPH

MonicaGandhi9

Know very tempting to feel nervous about variants. Please don't: 1) RNA viruses do mutate and those more fit spread more readily; 2) SARS-CoV-2 has much lower mutational rate than

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