#Contagious

Jon Loflin

JonLoflin

Covid is HIGHLY contagious for only 3-5 days, and usually 1-2 of those days are PREsymptomaticTherefore, routine screening [even before or without symptoms] is critical to breaking chains of transmission1/

James Surowiecki

JamesSurowiecki

1. This may sound a little odd, but I think the reason the coronavirus has done so much damage in the US is that it's really bad and yet it's

Austin Statesman

statesman

BREAKING: A new and more contagious coronavirus variant has been identified in Texas for the first time, health officials say 1/https://atxne.ws/3ooHIs5 The adult male Harris County resident had no history

Yossi Gestetner

YossiGestetner

1/ THREAD of what know and/or what we are told:- Coronavirus is VERY contagious so anyone who was in the same room of an infected person (even hours later) needs

aure

maureviv

Sensitivity of a PCR from a swab sample is a funny conceptPCR itself is extremely sensitive, now it should be very specific as wellBut provided that the swab captures RNA

Summer

ChahtaSmmr

Haven’t said anything before now cuz I don’t have energy for a flood of sympathy & well meaning gushing from ppl but I’ve tested + for COVID.Plz spare the very

Cindy Gallop

cindygallop

'Last week its latest stunt was being shared around Twitter, but something about all the adulation (almost solely from white, senior, male adland folk) proved just too much for me

Eric Feigl-Ding

DrEricDing

GOOD NEWS—a mutation seen in a few #SARSCoV2 variants doesn’t seem to harm the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine, finding “no reduction in neutralization activity against virus”.HOWEVER—did not yet test for worrisome E484K

Nico James

NicoJamesBCN

2021 is here. 12 Months in the Year for you to cherish dear12 months to make a life, time to thrive...// A THREAD // 1. The past cannot be changed2020

BettyMowery2.0

0Bettymowery2

Well, when Big Gov Fascism rears its ugly head, again, everyone feels trapped. Gov forcing businesses to shut down, go bankrupt, arrests for staying out past curfew, stealing elections, massive

Nic

niccibelli

While we're talking about the MLB and its #COVID19 cases, I want to take a min to talk about this important paper from @michaelmina_lab at Harvard. I think it's THE

NANA❤️🇨🇦

RagingLibNana

Tell me if I am wrong pleaseLet's say you woke up with a terrible cough, a fever, & severe body aches. Immediately, you rush to the doctor & unfortunately, you’re

Guy Van Vlierden

GuyVanVlierden

An eventual repatriation of all #IslamicState women currently detained in #Syria would pose a much larger problem for prisons in #Belgium than the return of all men, according to a

Fer Machado

fer_machado123

Three tips in case you are the most senior person in the room:Tip #1: People presenting may be nervous. And they probably worked really hard on what they were presenting.

Natalie M-P

NatalieMP3

My thoughts around the anxiety of this moment. All of us on campus, students, professors, staff are experiencing a new vector of risk compared to what many have gotten used

Isabella Cooper

I_mitochondria

Viruses always evolve to be more contagious if they can, while at the same time they evolve to being less virulent/pathogenic, especially respiratory viruses. In their evolution, each virus strives

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