#Infection

Danny Boy

Care2much18

Issue is lack of awareness on just how well the Irish people suppressed community infection.New cases, since June 1st:UK: 25,483Sweden: 18,289Portugal: 5,764Romania: 4,002Belgium: 1,959Bulgaria: 1,236Czechia: 1,120Denmark: 692Austria: 538Sw

Prof. Devi Sridhar

devisridhar

Questions I get from young people:1. Am I immune from this virus? -> No, you are likely to have mild symptoms, but this is a nasty virus & you could

Zach Brennan

ZacharyBrennan

A 53-page read on the Pfizer vaccine, courtesy of FDA - ahead of Thursday’s meeting https://www.fda.gov/media/144245/download 2 deaths in the vaccine group: one participant with baseline obesity and pre-existing atherosclerosis

Deepti Gurdasani

dgurdasani1

Results out from the @ONS survey on Long COVID. These are from a general population survey, so including mild cases. 1 in 5 (20%) have symptoms >5 wks post acute

The Telegraph

Telegraph

Infection rates, hospitalisations and vaccinations – these are the targets that will shape the Prime Minister's roadmap out of lockdown on Feb 22.Here’s how the UK currently measures up to

Ryan McNamara 🧬

Ryan_Mac_Phd

Virus Latency, what is it and what does it mean?Been seeing miscommunication about SARS-CoV-2 and latency, so here's a brief thread on what "latent" or "latency" means in virus infection.Viruses

Vincent Rajkumar

VincentRK

Immunity Update: We have more data on why people exposed to COVID dont seem to get COVID. @ASlavitt 1. Immunity from unrecognized prior infection:Up to 80% of COVID is asymptomatic.

Natalie E. Dean, PhD

nataliexdean

As @hankgreen nicely points out, we have to be careful that "we don't know whether the vaccine reduces transmission" doesn't morph into "the vaccine doesn't reduce transmission." How do we

Dr. Jessica F. Hebert

Dame_DNA

I’m getting a lot of questions about all the recent news surrounding COVID-19. Here’s a FAQ that I hope helps! DISCLAIMER: Expertise: 18 yrs bio research, PhD in biology. Not

Rob Lentz

RobJLentz

Pleased to finally present this work! Large (n=1130), global (67 countries) case-control study of exposures associated with HCP illness with COVID-19. Granular look at workplace exposures with respirator vs. medical

Vincent Rajkumar

VincentRK

COVID Vaccines1) A vaccine doesn’t need to prevent infection altogether. It just needs to prevent severe disease and/or deaths. 2) Antibody levels may not correlate with efficacy3) T cell responses

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

Bill Hanage

BillHanage

This is relevant to the situation in the UK and elsewhere schools have been open with minimal infection control. Forget December, we knew *enough* in July to start preparing for

Infospectives

TrialByTruth

This is the cognitive dissonance. There is no other environment in which individuals have such prolongued, face to face, non-distanced, poorly ventilated contact with so many. Children may not be

AAdhira 🌙🇮🇳

Aadhiraspeaks

I never wanted to write a Prof thread here since I wanted this to be break. But some comments regarding Dentistry is pushing me to be writing this, making me

Dr Nisreen Alwan 🌻

Dr2NisreenAlwan

Hello good people of Twitter I have a plea for you: If your rapid covid test is negative, or if you got vaccinated with 1 or even 2 doses, please

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