#Infection

John Bye

_johnbye

A recent study of results from the ONS Infection Survey seems to directly contradict many of the arguments put forward by people denying we've seen a second wave.Here are a

Tony Cox

The_Soup_Dragon

MK LHL testing data showing increasing prevalence of H69/V70 variant in positive test data - which is detected incidentally by the commonly used 3-gene PCR test. Numerous other mutations are

Dr. Ali Nouri

AliNouriPhD

1/NIH Study: COVID-19 severity could depend on route of infection: Infection through inhaling #Airborne virus could lead to more severe disease than infection from fomites (contact w/ contaminated objects.) To

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

Alasdair Munro

apsmunro

Really interesting pre print looking at school transmission in Northern Italy during the second surgeSuggests huge age dependant differences in risk of transmission in children in these settings (who would

Eric Feigl-Ding

DrEricDing

RE-INFECTION CAN HAPPEN TO ANYONE: 26-year old world class cyclist Gaviria caught #COVID19 in Feb—hospitalized for 2 weeks. Prevailing wisdom suggested he’d at least be immune for foreseeable future.

Festo D Ngadaya | Bonge La Afya 🇹🇿

FestoNgadaya

Fahamu Kuhusu UTI: UTI ni kifupi cha urinary tract infection au kwa lugha rahisi maambukizi katika sehemu ya njia ya mkojo. Tatizo hili husababishwa na bakteria ambao huvamia njia ya

Jessica Pickett

pickettjessica

So in the past week, we've learned that asymptomatic patients may take longer (2 months) to develop fewer antibodies, which then wane just as quickly. Along with concerning implications for

Dr Naomi Wolf

naomirwolf

As a former political consultant, all I need to do is google "images" for Christian Drosten, proponent of the debunked COVID PCR test, to know from the very camera angles

A.R. (Actually Republic) Moxon

JuliusGoat

The way you can tell we have no national pandemic strategy is that our actions are not tied to how the pandemic is going.Imagine a government forcing evacuees back to

Dr David Berger #CovidIsAirborne STOP KILLING HCWs

YouAreLobbyLud

1/ Australia, you need to get a grip. We keep hearing "N95s are too difficult. Fit testing not available. Not easy to throw up dedicated quarantine facilities overnight." This is

Ewan Birney

ewanbirney

Right. Deep Breath. RT-PCR "false positives" and Ct numbers (again). tl;dr it is complex, but the RT-PCR testing systems deployed across the world are sound and the people who run

Dr. Haryax Pathak

HaryaxPathak

#COVID19India - A thread for the Layman.I'll attempt to keep it as simple and concise as possible.A) PrecautionsB) TestingC) VaccinesD) ?? Herd Immunity ??E) MISINFORMATION/MYTHS/CONSPIRACIES 1/n A) PRECAUTIONSThe second

Shane Crotty

profshanecrotty

1/ Our pre-print on immune memory to SARS-CoV-2 is out today. To our knowledge, this is the largest such study for any acute infection. The upshot is that there is

Christian Concern

CConcern

1. Eminent environmental microbiologist, Dr Ian Benkharn, described the government ban on church services as ‘bizarre’, ‘contradictory’, ‘perverse’ and ‘unreasonable’.Find out more. https://christianconcern.com/ccpressreleas

Adam Kucharski

AdamJKucharski

What happens when a population reaches herd immunity? Does it mean epidemics suddenly stop forever? Unfortunately not... 1/ The herd immunity threshold is when susceptibility is reduced to point where

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