#Infection

Abir Ballan 😊

abirballan

The PCR multiplies a section of the genetic material that codes for a protein specific to C-19 over several cycles. The cutoff being used now is between 35 and 40

Dr. Theresa Chapple

Theresa_Chapple

"In the United States, most coronavirus infections are never confirmed by testing, and most positive tests are never traced to a probable source."https://twitter.com/jfeldman_epi/status/1351549046754848771 I've led CT efforts

Danny Boy

Care2much18

Lost whatever remaining brain cells I had, reading these asinine travel arguments.Expecting the Government to act like your parents, to ground you in your room and lock the door, is

The Lancet

TheLancet

NEW—First full results from interim analysis confirm that the Oxford #COVID19 vaccine is safe and efficacious against symptomatic COVID-19 disease: https://hubs.li/H0CcSs60 (1/6) The vaccine protects against symptomatic disease in 7

Paul Bleicher

pbleic

1/ Immunology Comix - Summary: 1. Virus must get through mucous membranes, a physical barrier. 2. Innate immunity can destroy virus before it starts. 3. Neutralizing antibodies and memory

Jose-Luis Jimenez

jljcolorado

1/ Using CO2 indoors to monitor infection risk - Very good idea- Limitation: one limit (e.g. 800 ppm) does not work for all situations.- Preprint from: @ZheP_AtmChem & I: https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.09.09.20191676v1-

Terry #SlavesNoMore

America1stGal

Cloth masks—dangerous to your health?The widespread use of cloth masks by healthcare workers may actually put them at increased risk of respiratory illness and viral infections and their global use

Apoorva Mandavilli

apoorva_nyc

NEW: #COVID19 vaccines will probably prevent you from getting sick. No one knows yet whether they will keep you from spreading the virus to others — that information may be

Marc Lipsitch

mlipsitch

From giving advice recently to a friend who was symptomatic, got tested and was told to expect a 3-5d delay, I've come to realize a gap in our prevention approach.

Stephen Reicher

ReicherStephen

A pleasure to speak with @dgurdasani1 on @BBCRadioScot today answering questions like 'when can we go on holiday/" 'when will we see large gatherings' - or rather, not answering them

Sarah Rasmussen

SarahDRasmussen

In case anyone wanted to see some examples of prevalence curves that do and do not “mirror what’s happening [in the general population] outside the school gates,” here’s a graph.Hint:

Liz Lemon, MD

babbymd

Flu vaccine thread time!“Why should I get the flu shot?”- Influenza is a virus that:1. Causes millions of Americans to miss work or school2. Hospitalizes hundreds of thousands of Americans

Katarina Braun

KATarinambraun

Preprint Using viral sequencing + some epi data, we show that a majority #SARSCoV2 infections in healthcare workers at our institution occur in the community and can only rarely be

Pakinam Amer will get vaccinated

pakinamamer

I can’t stress enough how stealthy and sly this second wave of COVID is. I’ve been doing everything right (and then some — I’ve literally been criticized as being “too

Kit Yates

Kit_Yates_Maths

Watching the PM on Marr.Marr: “SAGE suggested you won’t be able to keep on top of cases if you keep schools open “BJ: “Well SAGE suggested we take tougher measures,

totoroinatree

totoroinatree

To understand why I’m so angry, I want to explain what it’s been like for me the past 8 months, as a person who is at risk but doesn’t neatly

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