#Immunity

Jeremy Farrar

JeremyFarrar

Finland detects UK & SA variants. As immune pressure on virus grows, evolution will speed up & any variants that escape that immunity will have selective advantage. Both variants huge

halvarflake

halvarflake

A thread about my feelings as an immigrant to Switzerland, watching the handling of COVID right now:It feels like watching a slow-motion bus crash from inside the bus.A few numbers:

Jake Williams

MalwareJake

Alrighty - here's my $.02 on the topic (was trying not to poison the well, but will also use this thread to collect my thoughts).First, it's important to note that

Bob Wachter

Bob_Wachter

1/ Covid (@UCSF) Chronicles, Day 259The vaccine news remains astoundingly positive. Reacting to my upbeat mood, a reporter asked me if there’s anything that keeps me up at night. Aside

Mikel Jollett

Mikel_Jollett

I don't think the general language we are using in the discourse about covid vaccines is appropriate.So far, 140 million people have received a covid vaccine worldwide. There have been

Olivia Smith

OliviaSmithHist

Following the great news that the Oxford AstraZeneca vaccine is approved for use today, here is a thread of women who helped modern vaccines get to where they are today:

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sailorrooscout

It is important to point out that the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine is effective against the B.1.1.7 variant and reduces virus shedding and transmission. With this most likely being the dominate strain,

legalnerd

alegalnerd

1. @JonathanTurley Trump has only been out of office and, therefore, no longer (purportedly) immunized from criminal prosecution for ~1 month. Also, because of R delay, Garland is still awaiting

Shane Crotty

profshanecrotty

1/ The second COVID-19 vaccine trial results have been released. 94.5% estimated efficacy! Outstanding news. These are Moderna vaccine results, independent of the Pfizer results a week ago. So there

Alex John London

AlexJohnLondon

When you make an argument like this, please show your work. Let’s think of the cases1. So we deploy an investigational vaccine that doesn’t actually confer immunity or strong immunity.

The Medical M.A.B.

Oga_DoctorBlue

Ive had a few conversations with non-medical folk about taking the vaccine, most recently with the boys I grew up with. Real questions have come up, and they're not stupid

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RokoMijicUK

lol I'm even more pessimistic than this poll. There's a good chance that lockdowns will become the new normal, at least until 2030 or so. Our governments are a combination

Daniel Lee for CA State Senate 30

danielwaynelee0

Looking forward to the Trump administration coming to an end tomorrow but it will not be the end of white supremacy, police brutality, income inequality or lackluster responses to the

Yamiche Alcindor

Yamiche

NEW: Dwayne L. Palmer & his mother, Rose, were among the families who met w/ Pres Trump for about an hour. Palmer told me Trump was sympathetic but used a

Céline Gounder, MD, ScM, FIDSA

celinegounder

1/ Sadly, "natural herd immunity" hasn't worked out so well for Sweden or the USA:https://www.nytimes.com/live/2021/01/09/world/covid-19-coronavirus/a-new-law-in-sweden-gives-the-government-more-power-to-impose-virus-restricti

Nate Silver

NateSilver538

This is not correct. Not only was it imaginable... it was widely predicted in March that COVID would be a highly persistent problem.1. An expert panel in March predicted ~200K

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