#Efficacy

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

Yardley Yeadon

MichaelYeadon3

Combining vaccines is disturbing. It might make sense in one example. I’ve learned that two doses of the AZ vaccine sometimes don’t work optimally because, after the first dose, the

Emily Porter, M.D.

dremilyportermd

Someone asked me, “If I get both doses of the COVID vaccine, am I safe to go to the Indy 500?” The science says that the vaccine will prevent you

Ryan Hisner

LongDesertTrain

The worst-case scenario, while unlikely, is plausible & terrifying: rampant reinfection, increased disease severity (no sign yet but higher viral loads suggest the possibility), & greatly reduced vaccine efficacy against

Health Literate

HealthLiterate

With @pfizer and @BioNTech_Group submitting their latest COVID-19 vaccine results, let's dive into what it means! The vaccine is currently in phase 3, which tests for safety and efficacy in

Diane Marie

DianeMariePosts

Amanda Lang in an interview with Brad Sorensen of Providence Therapeutics asserted that the federal government has not supported Providence's vaccine efforts. He did not correct her. In fact, the

COVID19 Saliva Study

SalivaStudy

Antibodies that circulate through the blood differ from secreted antibodies (i.e. in the nose or saliva) which protect mucosal tissues. We are profiling the secreted antibodies to get a better

Monsieur Prepuce 🕯🇬🇧🇮🇪🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇪🇺⚫

MPrepuce

Thread.I’m getting some questions about COVID & vaccines, largely around dosing & new variants. I’ll offer some thoughts here, from a virologist’s perspective.Using 1 dose of a vaccine, and providing

Mike Bates

MattsBatt

Excellent points. @BorisJohnson your totally incompetent govt should be held accountable for the thousands that have died and will die due to the refusal to use #HCQ.At yesterday's briefing the

Laurie Garrett

Laurie_Garrett

Talk in the UK (& Germany & Denmark) of using just 1 #COVID19 #vaccine dose/person for now, possibly providing boosters months later, is distressing. A quick thread follows.1.) @Pfizer has

Alina Chan

Ayjchan

On the question of how mink outbreaks can impact vaccines, antibody therapeutics, or diagnostics. How realistic is this concern?The idea is that SARS2 spreading and adapting in large populations of

G. Allan Taylor

GAllanTaylor

Questions:— How are college athletes (being tested regularly on campus) made safer by not playing this fall and NOT being tested regularly?— Do we suppose athletes accustomed to training/structure will be

Covid19Crusher

Covid19Crusher

Presentation from Correa, Argentina, has revealed results from an observational study comparing Covid-19 mortality in the 60 days before and after adoption of ivermectin: it was DIVIDED BY TEN from

Mia Malan

miamalan

[Thread] 1. What will happen to our #CovidVaccines when they land today? @PresidencyZA says the 1 million #AstraZeneca jabs will arrive at OR Tambo at 3pm. They’ll be received by

Dr Sumaiya Shaikh

Neurophysik

In the light of various new homologous strains, in addition to the UK one, emerging globally, that may be evolved to escape the neutralising antibodies post vaccinations. It is in

Dr. Angela Rasmussen

angie_rasmussen

Phase 3 data from the Sputnik V vaccine is out. ~92 efficacy. Even though we won't get this vaccine here in the US, it's still great news. 1. We need

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