#Infected

Dr Zoë Hyde

DrZoeHyde

Case report of a hospital COVID-19 outbreak probably caused by airborne transmission. A child with an infected mother was admitted, after which 6 healthcare workers, 2 child patients, and 1

Chelsea Crooks

chelsea_crooks4

Excited to share my work to characterize African-lineage #Zika during pregnancy in NHP! Thread below with our primary findings:https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.11.30.405670v1.full.pdf+html First of all, these studies take a vil

George Monbiot

GeorgeMonbiot

I think we have to face a very grim and uncomfortable fact. A lot of people could be permanently affected by Covid-19, in terms or both physical and mental health.

World Health Organization (WHO)

WHO

WHO issued an updated scientific brief on #COVID19 transmission, which provides information on how, when and in which settings the virus spreads between people:https://bit.ly/2W251Ma #COVID19 transmission occurs primarily through dire

Alasdair Munro

apsmunro

New findings from Swiss seroprevalence and an good opportunity to learn some more infectious disease epidemiology!A similar prevalence in children aged 6 - 18 y (23%) than the adult population

Karim Ali

NHBugBusterDoc

Hi Tweeps. Being asked about antibody tests for COVID since they are now available. Blurb:1/ all this test can tell us is that we have been exposed to the virus.

Ntate Mdluli🇿🇼

MdluliNtate

The best simile I could think of is a seat belt or an airbag in our cars.1. Does it afford good protection - Yes.Just like vaccine.2. Does it protect you

Deepti Gurdasani

dgurdasani1

Thread on the recent report on the possible risk of increased death associated with the new UK variant (B117)- with a discussion of the evidence around this, and what this

Gro-Tsen

gro_tsen

I should probably write a preventive thread about this, because I feel I'm going to get a few comments of the kind “more than 60% in place have been

Dr Zoë Hyde

DrZoeHyde

1. Updated thread on children & #COVID19 summarising the most recent research.Summary: further evidence children & adults are equally susceptible & equally likely to transmit; school clusters are increasing; precautions

Gummi Bear

gummibear737

Deep Dive!This is an important thread about testing for SARS-CoV-2 which will explain:-why herd immunity is possible at 10-20%-why testing has really let us down and led to bad policy

Bill Hanage

BillHanage

OK some thoughts on the fraught situation with schools and the pandemic. There’s been quite a few good opeds on this recently. I hope to add something useful below 1/goodnessknows

Kimberly D. Manning, MD

gradydoctor

1/#WhatsYourWhy: Day 5 of 7 Neighborhood Pizza SpotThem: “Hey doc. . . gon' be a few more minutes.”Me: *pinching down nose of my mask* “No prob.” Them: “Sorry ‘bout that.

Maximilian Uriarte

TLCplMax

In George Romero's Night of the Living Dead, he cast a black lead actor as Ben in 1968, during the height of the civil rights movement. The ending was a

okenia

DkOkenia

COVID, clotting and long-term recovery - some thoughtsthread/ In the early days of the pandemic, clinical focus was (understandably) on acute management and understanding the disease. However, now that we

Jeffrey Mold

Jeff_Mold

Given the surge in interest by the media in humoral (antibody) immunity - I felt it would be nice to give a brief overview of how it works in laymen

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