#Infection

Law-or-Fiction

laworfiction

Every set of Coronavirus regulations opens with a statement that they are a proportionate “response to the serious and imminent threat to public health which is posed by the incidence

Adam Kucharski

AdamJKucharski

Some people are interpreting the below study as evidence that people who test positive without symptoms won't spread infection, but it's not quite that simple. A short thread on epidemic

Deepti Gurdasani

dgurdasani1

Worrying data from the most recent PHE surveillance yesterday - despite these data really underestimating infection in children (as they are based on symptom based testing), positivity rates appear highest

Kristian G. Andersen

K_G_Andersen

This appears to be an interesting study and would be consistent with other studies showing a 4x-5x reduction in risk of (re)infection after previous exposure (i.e. there's immunity, but not

Obsidian Geek

JohnTembo1982

A quick thread on COVID-19 diagnostics available now and what a negative or positive test result means in reference to the different tests being conducted to detect COVID-19. First definitions

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

Jose-Luis Jimenez

jljcolorado

It took 40 years to admit TB was airborne. It was thought to be droplet / fomite. Because of ease of infection in close proximity, and cases of shared air

Cleavon MD

Cleavon_MD

Are there long term consequences of children getting infected with COVID19 such as subacute sclerosing panencephalitis seen in measles that presents 6-15 years after infection? We don't know! This virus

Natalie E. Dean, PhD

nataliexdean

Oxford/AZ reports overall reduction in PCR positivity of 54.1%, but only 2% "vaccine efficacy against asymptomatic infection."Confused?Allow me to explain with crudely drawn pictures why the overall findings are still

Mike Crawley

CBCQueensPark

Premier Ford is calling on the federal govt to take further action to prevent travel-related cases of #COVID19. Ontario news release: "1.8% of all COVID cases are related to international

Adam squires

adsquires

Before, for people indoors, I'd have suggested doing three out of: open windows; masks; short meeting (2m. Each cuts down the levels of virus in the air around

A.J. Delgado

AJDelgado13

BTW, folks, I know times are tough for many of us these days, esp w/ COVID but, if you're able, always try to take your #dog to the vet to

Babak Javid

javid_lab

This just out in @ScienceMagazine getting lots of traction, including a write-up in @nytimes by @apoorva_nyc for good reason. Lots of interesting nuggets to mull over...1/nImmunological characteristics govern the transition

Danny Boy

Care2much18

Short of covid19 holding up a sign saying "ok Ireland well played", I don't know what people want. Last 2 weeks, Ireland:Tests completed: 75,548Positive cases: 166Negativity rate: 99.8%ICU admissions: 1Deaths:

Anna-Rose Prior

AnnaRosePrior1

The concept of herd immunity generally relates to achieving immunity SAFELY in as much of the population as possible through vaccination, and by achieving high levels of protection we also

Monica Gandhi MD, MPH

MonicaGandhi9

Thank you for sending me this paper in Science Immunology (one of many now) showing strong immunity developing in health care workers even after asymptomatic or mild infection. Wanted to

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