#Antigen

Dr. Tom Frieden

DrTomFrieden

Covid Epi Weekly: Death Won’t Take a Holiday this Holiday SeasonDivided government. Divided country. Just when we most need unity to stop the pandemic. Covid skyrocketing. 100-fold difference between S

Robin Monotti

robinmonotti

FACT: The PCR or lateral flow tests do not test for Covid19 nor do they test for even a single or even many SARSCoV2 particles or virions. The PCR is

Prof. Akiko Iwasaki

VirusesImmunity

New exciting collaboration work with @Aaronmring lab reveals diverse and functional autoantibodies in #COVID patients. Our findings provide clues for why COVID affects many organs, induce range of symptoms that

Peter Kolchinsky

PeterKolchinsky

New data from Novavax vaccine just showed that UK & esp South African variants are more problematic in real world than lab experiments suggested. Implications are profound for 2021 and

Michael Mina

michaelmina_lab

ImportantThis virus is not happening in a vacuum where no information existed previouslyOn Immunity, On testing, On serology, On transmission, On masks, On treatments...We must stop this narrative that we

Gertrud Rey PhD (Trudy)

GertrudRey

Does a first infection with SARS-CoV-2 make a person immune to a second infection? This question is one of the prevailing issues in the current pandemic. A thread (also at

BBN

BigBiteNow

1/25There are very good reasons why #AVCT is holding strong at these levels.6th Aug RNS ;"production capacity of millions of tests per month""continuing our discussions with other manufacturing partners to

Michael Mina

michaelmina_lab

HERE IS THE PLAN TO GET US OUT OF THIS #COVID19 WAR • NO lockdowns• NO waiting for vaccines• Reverses cases in weeksA true public health approach focused on the pplTo end the

Aaron Ring

aaronmring

Our lab's first paper (https://rdcu.be/b49xK ) is now out at @nature. We found that the cytokine IL-18 can drive potent anti-tumor activity from the innate and adaptive immune system, but that

Karthik Sunder

karthikadhaigal

Finally have some time post duty to explain something. I have been personally and professionally abused & ridiculed but it's time i explained scientifically . As a doctor,who was tired

Fiora Esoterica

fioraesoterica

You probably know of a few vitamins. But maybe not this massive boy: Vitamin B12. It's the coolest vitamin, and has a fascinating history.B12 is an absolutely bizarre vitamin. Yes,

Varun C. MD, DM

drcheruvarun

Ok, took me a few days to properly process the stunning results of the Delhi serosurvey. Unfortunately we only have a press conference with a few slides telling us that

John Walton 🏳️‍🌈🇪🇺

thatjohn

Incredible news to hear about the 90% efficacity of the Pfizer/BioNTech trial COVID-19 vaccine — but be cautious. These are very early results, but there is hope they will carry

Florian Krammer

florian_krammer

1) SARS-CoV-2 Vaccines - I promised a Tweetorial and here we go. This is going to be long and nerdy. But I'll make sure it is easy to understand. If

Eric Feigl-Ding

DrEricDing

GOOD news—if you have certain Neanderthal DNA & get #COVID19. People with certain Neanderthal genes on chromosome 12 have lower rates of ICU. This region encodes proteins that activate

Tyler E Miller, MD, PhD

TylerEMiller

Our latest #COVID19 preprint “Clinical Sensitivity and Interpretation of PCR and Serological COVID-19 Diagnostics for Patients Presenting to the Hospital”A thread on the interpretation framework we @MGHpathology are using to

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