#Immunity

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

John Constas

JohnConstas

Mineral Cheat SheetMagnesium = sleep/anxiety Zinc = immunity/testosteroneCalcium + Phosphorus = Bone healthChromium = blood sugarCopper = iron metabolismIodine = thyroid hormonesIron = oxygen transporterManganese = sugar metabolismSelenium

J.B. Handley

GenRescue

1/ this thread is a repudiation of Fauci’s absurd pronouncement that we need 90% for herd immunity. He’s simply a vaccine salesman. Start w reading this by Doshi of BMJ.https://www.bmj.com/content/370/bmj.m3563

Mark Joseph Stern

mjs_DC

Supreme Court REVERSES the 5th Circuit's decision holding @deray liable for violence at a protest that he did not commit. Advises the 5th Circuit to certify a question of state

Dena Grayson, MD, PhD

DrDenaGrayson

New study of 200 #COVID19 patients, many with mild or no symptoms, suggests that up to TWICE as many people than detected by antibody tests may be immune, based on

Natalie E. Dean, PhD

nataliexdean

THINK LIKE AN EPIDEMIOLOGIST: Lately I have been asked why we are seeing a dramatic turnaround in cases in the US. Is it vaccines? Herd immunity? An artifact due to

Eric Feigl-Ding

DrEricDing

Holy crap—“WE WANT THEM INFECTED”. WH & HHS advisor demanded “herd immunity” strategy. Disgusting!“Infants, kids, teens, young adults, middle aged w/ no conditions have 0 to little risk—so we **use

Apoorva Mandavilli

apoorva_nyc

You know people -- maybe you're one of them -- who were sick with Covid, but tested negative for antibodies. Why would that be? Blame the tests. They miss antibodies

Eric Feigl-Ding

DrEricDing

Very intriguing - SARS-CoV-2 pre-existing immune reactivity might exists to some degree in the general population (maybe 20-50%?). It is speculated, but not yet proven, that this might be due

Dr Philip Lee

drphiliplee1

Thank you, Toby, for providing us a classic example of how to misinterpret seroprevalence data.The stated 68% positive antibody test appears to be from CityMD, an urgent care facility in

Michael Mina

michaelmina_lab

Will delaying #COVID19 vaccine doses cause vaccine immune escape?This nice article misses an extremely important part - that unvaccinated ppl too have so called “partial immunity” while infected.Escape from immunity

John Roberts

john_actuary

The latest @ONS antibody survey is out today, and shows a big jump in the % of over 80s with antibodies in England, though less so elsewhere.In England, the overall

Dylan Morris

dylanhmorris

Quick thread on evolution, mostly so I can refer to it from elsewhere. Adaptive evolution by natural selection requires two fundamental materials: diversity and selection pressure First, let's define some

Tomas Pueyo

tomaspueyo

What will happen in the US in the next few months with the #coronavirus? Unknown, but let's make a few guesses.If the US ends up following a Herd Immunity strategy,

Jason 杰森

jasonboshi

Last week, the wall street reacted negatively to the jump in positive cases of COVID19 in the USA. During the weekend, I analyzed a batch of data. My conclusion: this

Brian Hjelle, virologist

hjelle_brian

Why do virologists hold "cytotoxic T cells" (CTL) in near equal reverence to antiviral antibodies in immunity to viruses? For damn good reason (thread)... CTL specifically recognize viral invaders by

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