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Jerome Adams
JeromeAdamsMD
1/ A #COVID19 FAQ I often get is about “herd immunity.” Here’s a short thread with some relevant links but the punchline is this- in order for the numbers to
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Apoorva Mandavilli
apoorva_nyc
BREAKING: A new type of test detects immune (T) cell response to the coronavirus, and may be a better indicator of prior infection with the virus than antibodies. 1/6https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/10/health/t-cell-test-immunity-coronavirus
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Adil Haque
AdHaque110
1. Short thread on this bit of the U.S. statement opposing ICC jurisdiction over international crimes committed in Palestine. https://twitter.com/StateDeptSPOX/status/1357844884238041088 2. The U.S. *has* long taken the position that agents
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Trevor Bedford
trvrb
I wanted to discuss the degree to which population immunity may be contributing to curbing #COVID19 in Florida, Arizona and Texas, where recent surges have resulted in substantial epidemics. 1/16
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Oliver Johnson
BristOliver
A lot of people have been asking how we have managed to get R below 1 (and in fact comparable to first lockdown levels?), given that we have the new
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Stonekettle
Stonekettle
If you wondered how anyone could be so incompetent in the handling of a deadly pandemic, well......it was on purpose. They WANTED us infected. They wanted Americans to become infected
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Noah Ivers
NoahIvers
So many questions about long term effects of vaccine. So a quick thread about what we know, what we don’t know, and what we’ll find out pretty soon(Apologies if typos)1/
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Andy Slavitt @ 🏡🇺🇸
ASlavitt
NEW STUDY: A Chinese study shows people infected with COVID-19 lose antibodies after only a few months. A good summary article is here:https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/news-perspective/2020/06/chinese-study-antibodies-covid-19-patients-fade-quick
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Ted Petrou
TedPetrou
India has soundly defeated covid with herd immunity.https://coronavirus.dunderdata.com/ Seroprevalence studies show up to 75% positive for covid antibodies.True incidence rate is likely higher as antibodies decay or go undetected.India
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Eric Feigl-Ding
DrEricDing
BOTS DRIVING HERD TOPIC ON TWITTER—Scott Atlas promoting Trump’s herd immunity for #COVID19 on Russia Today TV maybe not an accident. Our team as FAS found striking evidence **HALF** of
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Kristian G. Andersen
K_G_Andersen
This appears to be an interesting study and would be consistent with other studies showing a 4x-5x reduction in risk of (re)infection after previous exposure (i.e. there's immunity, but not
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Matthew Dimitri 🐍🧪
themattdimitri
Jimmy Dore takes Dr. Fauci's comments on masks and herd immunity wildly out of context: "Dr. Fauci is a pathological liar, and should not be heading the coronavirus response. Dr.
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Manavi Kapur
manavikapur
A country of 1.3 billion people seems to have just about got the pandemic under control. What explains India's #COVID19 numbers? I ask @MenonBioPhysics @epigiri @swapneilparikh and Dr Jayaprakash Muliyilhttps://qz.com/india/1973946/has-
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Philip Watson
PhilipWatson_
I'll tweet more about this over the next few days, but I've been chatting to well placed sources in NI on this idea of "immunity passports/vaccine passports". 1. Why were
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Stefan Simanowitz
StefSimanowitz
“Sweden hoped herd immunity would curb #COVID19. Don't do what we did” write 25 leading Swedish scientists“Sweden’s approach to COVID has led to death, grief & suffering. The only example
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Monica Gandhi MD, MPH
MonicaGandhi9
I know I am all over the place today but my 2 favorite COVID-19 topics are masking & immunity. Today good day for masking & here is another study (super
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