#Coronaviruses

Barton

Barton_options

1/13 My most optimistic take so far:COVID is just common cold, but sadly we are ALL pre-Columbian native Americans. disclaimer: everything below is entirely theoretical (i.e. speculative). no medical advice.

DrSmith

idomyownexpts

1/n It is vital we get objective analyses of the SARS-CoV2 origin to prevent future outbreaks and recurrence. This long thread details what I’ve learned, hoping to encourage those with

Paul Glasziou

PaulGlasziou

Whether you're pro- or anti- masks (I'm neither), it is important we assess any downsides & investigate ways these could be mitigated. We recently reviewed 37 studies on this which

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IlluminateDark8

#COVID1984 [THREAD]I'm going to get banned for this.... (MAYBE) (AGAIN)It was planned and all the evidence clearly supports that inference. (1) Especially given all the lies in media and ridiculous

Alina Chan

Ayjchan

One question that many people ask me is "how likely is a lab escape vs natural origins of SARS2?"And everyone complains when I refuse to give some kind of probability

Shane Crotty

profshanecrotty

1/ This paper is the first significant evidence that recent infection with a common cold coronavirus could have a functional cross protective effect against severe COVID-19. “Recent endemic coronavirus infection

James 2 passports

brexitisthick

Long Thread (sorry) on the vaccine to answer some common questions: I'm not a leading expert but have worked in Market Access consulting for a decade.1. Why is this vaccine

Isaac Bogoch

BogochIsaac

1/ @nature asked over 100 scientists if they felt that #COVID19 was going to become endemic & circulate on earth for years to come. ~90% felt this was a likely

Dylan Morris

dylanhmorris

New preprint on how temperature and humidity affect the infectiousness of SARS-CoV-2 and other viruses. Key finding: the virus remains infectious longer at low temperatures and extreme relative humidities.https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.10.16.

Apoorva Mandavilli

apoorva_nyc

THE GOOD NEWS: Immunity to the coronavirus might last years, maybe even decades, according to a new study — the most hopeful look yet at this issue. 1/xhttps://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/17/health/coronavirus-immunity.html What this

Eric Feigl-Ding

DrEricDing

NEW—The coronavirus was in the US in mid-December 2019, a few weeks before it was officially identified in China, according to CDC analysis of blood donation samples. This also matches

David Thunder

davidjthunder

—THREAD BEGINS—Here are some un-examined & false convictions circulating in our Western societies about Covid:1. Everyone is equally susceptible to the virus, young & old, healthy & sick.- FALSE 2.

James 🇪🇬

JMZ_UK

I’m about to say some things that I know I’m going to get hung for. But I’ve never really cared for the hangings. I’m trying to emancipate some minds tonight.

Hensley Lab

SCOTTeHENSLEY

Our new paper showing that some humans possessed non-neutralizing antibodies against SARS-CoV-2 prior to the COVID-19 pandemic is now up at @medrxivpreprint. Importantly, we find that these antibodies are not

Gabor Erdosi 🧩📄📊🧭

gerdosi

What a coincidence“The binding epitope on S harbors a sequence motif unique to SARS-CoV-2 (not present in other SARS-related coronaviruses), which is highly similar in both sequence and structure to

Carl T. Bergstrom

CT_Bergstrom

Unfortunately, this is not good reporting from NPR.It takes an extraordinary claim — that SARS-CoV-2 was circulating widely in the US in December 2019 and January 2020 — and presents

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