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Anna-Rose Prior
AnnaRosePrior1
The concept of herd immunity generally relates to achieving immunity SAFELY in as much of the population as possible through vaccination, and by achieving high levels of protection we also
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Dr. Tom Frieden
DrTomFrieden
1. Mask better 2. Distance better 3. Hope no big problem with vaccine production, adverse effects, or variant vaccine escape: by March deaths should decline, by June cases should decline
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wear a mask
jvinopal
Assuming immunity from covid is even possible, herd immunity is estimated to happen when 67% of the population has been infected. That means 3.35 million citizens of Alabama would have
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Harry Stevens
Harry_Stevens
Curious about how herd immunity works? Want to know how far we are from getting there? My latest #coronavirus story in the @washingtonpost is for you.'A vaccine, or millions of
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David Dowdy
davidwdowdy
I don't usually tweet threads, but I wanted to give 8 reasons why we should consider shifting language away from "herd immunity threshold :: Rt
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Michael Story ⚓
MWStory
A lot of the confusion comes from the 'herd immunity strategy' also being known as 'flatten the curve' or 'mitigation' depending on who's talking and when.https://twitter.com/Birdyword/status/1350051885663870979
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Michael Mina
michaelmina_lab
This is one of the best reports about immunity to #COVID19It doesn’t sensationalize anything and gets insights from leading immunologists all pointing at the same -> immunity to COVID is
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Subhasree Ray
DrSubhasree
Immunity and Nutrition: During #COVID19, immunity is the most used word. This thread will discuss:1. Different types of #Immunity & how they work?2. Role of protein, energy deficiency3. Role of
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Kulvinder Kaur MD
dockaurG
How many of supposed "experts", journalists & partisans attempting to discredit powerful pre-existing cross-protective Tcell immunity & strong natural Tcell responses against #SARSCoV2 have actually published research re n
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Joe Pilot, MD
JoeSilverman7
Another study demonstrating long lasting immunity to COVID-19 after infection. Remember, the immunity conferred by the vaccine is twice as powerful and more targeted than natural immunity.https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronaviru
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Prof Francois Balloux
BallouxFrancois
The Gomes 'herd immunity' paper is, I believe, mathematically correct. I find it actually useful to conceptualise why 'pandemic waves' die out, well below classical 'herd immunity' thresholds and despite
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Andrew Lilico
andrew_lilico
Is there any good reason yet to believe that CV reinfection (or vaccine-evading infection) with a new strain might be any different (lethality variation aside) from reinfection with the same
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Sumanth Raman
sumanthraman
India's seroprevalance survey shows only 21% seropositivity to #Covid19 ,hardly enough to have created herd immunity. Yet cases are falling consistently. There are 3 broad areas we need to work
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Vincent Rajkumar
VincentRK
The way the immune system works is that specific immunity to anything (whether virus or bacteria; first infection or recurrence) will only kick in after the infection gets into you,
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Michael Mina
michaelmina_lab
Important: on the resurgence of SARS-CoV-2 in a place where herd immunity was already attained.The authors lay out 4 reasons:1) didn’t actually attain herd immunity2) waning immunity3) new strains evading
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Prof Francois Balloux
BallouxFrancois
I'm a bit puzzled that some still deny the concept of 'herd immunity' despite the incoming vaccines. Please let me state this one more time, there's nothing political about herd
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