#Infected

Abraar Karan

AbraarKaran

“Eating indoors at a restaurant is one of the riskiest things you can do in a pandemic,” she said. “Even if there is distancing, as this shows and other studies

Benazir Shah

Benazir_Shah

Finally got a chance to watch @AmberRShamsi's very informative show from the NCOC. Some interesting points: -In a meeting on June 27, the NCOC admitted that testing has dropped by

Adam Kucharski

AdamJKucharski

Why a SARS-CoV-2 variant that's 50% more transmissible would in general be a much bigger problem than a variant that's 50% more deadly. A short thread... 1/ As an example,

Alina Chan

Ayjchan

It looks like the universe will not let me have a day off.@Nature just released an Addendum on the WIV's first paper about COVID, explaining what's up with RaTG13, the

Andrew Perrault

PerraultAndrew

Preprint: can we contact trace with less quarantine? Reducing the duration of quarantine could increase willingness to participate. https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.11.16.20227389v2 and https://www.nber.org/papers/w28135 .

Eric Feigl-Ding

DrEricDing

COVID & BRAIN damage—half of patients report neurological symptoms, including headaches, confusion and delirium. A new study offers the first clear evidence that, in some people, the coronavirus invades brain

Shweta Bansal

bansallab

With the rollout of SARS-CoV2 vaccines imminent, many are asking about the scientific evidence behind prioritization strategies. Here, I summarize the evidence from our past work (on influenza) that can

Misa

misapelater

Edgar #HopeSimpson’s description of the seasonal nature of influenza will be familiar to followers of @FatEmperor @boriquagato @EthicalSkeptic. Seasonality, however, was but one of 21 questions he raised about the

Walid Gellad, MD MPH

walidgellad

This study is getting a lot of attention, but I’m not sure if people are reading it. There is no guarantee these household contacts didn’t get infection at same time,

Rep. Kim Schrier

RepKimSchrier

This is an exciting step in the right direction for at-home testing and it is reassuring to know that there is a path for getting these tests to market. $25

Max Kennerly

MaxKennerly

The GOP's liability immunity bill would make it impossible to sue negligent businesses, while also flooding the federal courts with lawsuits by businesses against people they infected, plus lawsuits by

Nanjala Nyabola

Nanjala1

People forget that Africa gets a fraction of the global intercontinental travel traffic. It's unlikely that we are miraculously immune to COVID-19. More likely that infected people are less likely

K Balakumar

kbalakumar

Was at a small temple today. As is the case these days, only limited crowd. A discourse was being aired and heard through the speakers inside. At one point, the

Bob Wachter

Bob_Wachter

Case #'s in SF worsening. A number I follow is @UCSFHospitals case-pos. rate in asymptomatic pts (ie, pts getting cardiac cath or surgery). Was 0.4% last mth; now 2.1%. So

Matthew Thompson

mattuthompson

“The new variant is 30-40% more deadly!!”Makes for good headlines but v important to say that percentage changes are often misleading. Better to look at the actual numbers themselves. A

Bill Hanage

BillHanage

Some recent credible studies from the UK suggest that the variant B.1.1.7 which was first detected there is not only more transmissible but associated with greater severity, measured by deaths.

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