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Maxx Chatsko
7MaxxChatsko
Will we need to make new coronavirus vaccines each year? Will it change "just like the flu"? Probably not. Coronaviruses and influenzas are very different in how they infect human
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Peter Daszak
PeterDaszak
More details on likely evolutionary timescales behind bat-to-human COVID emergence. Interesting work from @robertson_lab @UofGlasgow @CVRinfo suggests 1) SARS2-lineage bat-CoVs have been circulating for few decades (in bats!).....https://ww
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Monica Gandhi MD, MPH
MonicaGandhi9
okay let's put it specifically from NYT since everyone thinks I am Pollyanna: "In official language of research science, vaccine is typically considered effective only if it prevents people from
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Dr. Angela Rasmussen
angie_rasmussen
This is not correct. SARS-CoV-2 is nothing like influenza virus from a virological or evolutionary standpoint. A short thread on some big differences:https://twitter.com/drtomfrieden/status/1353020200757686276 Mutation drives evolution. All
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Robin Monotti
robinmonotti
CORONAVIRUSES (HCoVs) BEFORE SARSCov2: "The percentage of positive tests peaked during December - March each year..a significant difference in age distribution was noted. Conclusions: Common HCoVs may have annual peaks of
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Maya Wardeh
maroshcka
Where might novel coronaviruses come from? Our study with @Baylism and Marcus Blagrove is now out: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-021-21034-5@LivUni_IVES Thread 1/16 Background:Novel coronaviruses arise by homologous recombination o
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Sam Bowman
s8mb
Toby Young in June:"I’m going to go out on a limb and predict there will be no “second spike” – not now, and not in the autumn either. The virus
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A Marm Kilpatrick
DiseaseEcology
What role does previous exposure to seasonal coronaviruses play in disease severity for COVID-19?New paper (great thread from @VirusesImmunity below) provides some evidence, but I don't think it can explain
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A.M.
bhalomanush
Why do so many pandemics originate in southern China? It is possible to answer this question without being xenophobic or promoting conspiracy theories. It boils down to two main reasons.1.
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Kelly Brown
rubiconcapital_
1/ Other Coronaviruses (non-COVID19) vs. #COVID19 in CanadaComparing %pos by week for past cold seasons vs. the 2019/2020 Novel Coronavirus season.Three provinces: ONT, QUE, BCI honestly don’t know how to
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The Great Gumbino
gumby4christ
Ralph Baric—with the assistance of his USAID funders and researchers at Wuhan's BSL4 lab—genetically engineering virulent SARS-like coronaviruses. He's ostensibly a world-leading expert in coronaviruses. Yet in late Jan., he
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FrX
FrX81266889
Why Novacyt is a buy at current levelsWith a current market cap of ca. £744 M, Novacyt (#NCYT #ALNOV #NOVACYT) looks very cheap compared to analyst fait value estimates of
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Adam Kucharski
AdamJKucharski
'Herd immunity' has been reached during previous epidemics of influenza, measles and seasonal coronaviruses. But it's subsequently been lost (and then regained). What are some of the reasons for this?
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Prof. Akiko Iwasaki
VirusesImmunity
Do some people have cross-reactive antibodies to #SARSCoV2? If so, who are they? And are these cross-reactive Abs protective against #COVID19? A fascinating study by @KevinWNg et al provides answers.
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Kulvinder Kaur MD
dockaurG
#FactsNotFear MUST WATCH: @FatEmperor's interview with Professor Emeritus of #Immunology Dr. Stadler of University of Bern in Switzerland.Dr. Stadler exposes #COVID19 fear-mongering and estimates ~70-80% of us already have T-cell
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Gummi Bear
gummibear737
There’s a lot of fear mongering about how vaccines may not be protective against future strainsWhile this is hypothetically true, we need to put things into perspectiveFirst off you need
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