#Infected

Andrew Wilson

AJWTheology

A short thread on racism, and the response of the white majority church:The world loves a good continuum. We are prone to thinking that the various positions on an issue

Kai Kupferschmidt

kakape

What do we know about the new #SARSCoV2 variants? How worried should we be? What does it mean?I promised to summarize the main points from my reporting over the last

Mac n’ Chise 🧬🧫🦠

sailorrooscout

A new study out of Harvard offers evidence that SARS-CoV-2 variant B.1.1.7’s increased transmissibility isn’t due to its viral load but rather it’s delayed clearance, resulting in longer duration of

Yaneer Bar-Yam

yaneerbaryam

Let’s talk virus mutations as in UK & South Africa that can transmit more rapidlyAttached is a simple model of hosts (green) and virus (red). The virus mutates, brighter shades

Bill Hanage

BillHanage

There is a new ‘variant’ clearly identified today, P.1. And it is worth saying a little about what we have learned about it, and from the variants we have identified

Prof. Devi Sridhar

devisridhar

Scientists investigating whether it's possible to be re-infected with a new variant of SARS-CoV-2 in S. Africa. Antibodies from previous infection didn't recognise new variant in 21/44 cases but

Gertrud Rey PhD (Trudy)

GertrudRey

Do memory T cells induced by seasonal coronavirus infection protect us from SARS-CoV-2 infection and/or disease? I attempt to answer this question in this thread. Also at virology blog. (1/n)

lvehlewald

LVehlewald

Plain English TL:DR on the new @SaintLouCo @StLCountyDOH health orders: Safer at Home is NOT a shutdown order. Here's what else it means: + Stay home as much as possible.

Anthony Costello

globalhlthtwit

Modellers believe that spreading out our limited supply of vaccine as single doses for 3 months will save up to 6000 lives. One concern though is whether single doses might

Forrest Maready

forrestmaready

In this thread, I'm going to present a collection songs, comics, and advertisements showing how no one really cared or worried about a #measles infection before the vaccine came out.

Elaine Doyle

laineydoyle

Let's talk about statistics.Something struck me from @FergalBowers (excellent) coverage of today's covid numbers in Ireland: the breakdown is super weird. 190 cases, of which 75 are close contacts of

Joshua Dairen Miller

joshuadairen

Saw an article that said Black people aren’t really volunteering for the COVID vaccine trials. WELL, this country has awful history with Black experimentation. From Black women slaves being tortured

AG

AGHamilton29

Berenson consistently misleads people with partial or out-of-context data. Good example. We know that it takes several weeks for the vaccine to build up immunity.2 weeks after 2nd dose, Israel

JHSPH NCRC

JHSPH_NCRC

Making plans for Thanksgiving or the holiday season? Will multiple households or social bubbles come together? This paper presents a case study of transmission from an asymptomatic index case at

Robert Bean

healthyheating

RIGHT HERE - RIGHT NOW - proper ventilation in schools ordered by the President of the United States...there is only one reason to have proper ventilation - #COVIDisAirborne deal with

Richard McElreath 🦔

rlmcelreath

Many performers of music cannot read it. Okay. There are other, often more intuitive, ways to learn music.Scientists perform stat models. Most scientists cannot read them. This is less OK,

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