#Infections

Prof. Mosa Moshabela

MoshabelaMosa

DIY - do it yourself. With the surge of new infections, the goverment machinery is no longer coping with contact tracing. So folks, you may have to do contract tracing

Andrew Bostom, MD, MS

andrewbostom

1/ Indians must have no confusion about how we reached impressive Covid herd immunity: "India’s masses didn’t have the luxury to ‘work from home’ and follow social distancing, but they

Aaron Richterman, MD

AaronRichterman

Here is one more look at Supplementary Table 18 from the Moderna NEJM paper, the best direct data we have on this question. Follow me here for a moment

Jason Beale

jabeale

Perhaps the lowest form of life, at the moment, is inhabited by those blaming infections and deaths from a virus no one on the face of the earth understands on

Kenny Lawrence

Kennylawrence_

7 INFECTIONS YOU ARE LIKELY TO GET FROM YOUR BARBERMen, pls gather here 1) Folliculitis-is when a hair gets inflamed & the most common type is the one caused by

A Marm Kilpatrick

DiseaseEcology

Vaccine efficacy in blocking infection & transmission(I think) We can now estimate the (minimum) reduction in transmission from the Moderna vaccine.Threadtl;dr Moderna vaccine blocks >90% (87-93%) of infections & 91%

Oliver Johnson

BristOliver

Might take a bit, but I want to try to explain (in 2-3 bursts) why I think ATM the ONS Infection Survey is like trying to weigh out cake ingredients

Mike Famulare

famulare_mike

Leaving the WA #COVID19 beat for a moment and looking nationally, remember that no matter how out of control your local epidemic is, hunkering down tight will not only stop

Murad Banaji

muradbanaji

Chapter 1 of the Economic Survey 2020-21 (https://www.indiabudget.gov.in/economicsurvey/ ): a glowing report on the govt's handling of the COVID crisis, and a case study in what happens when science is abandoned

Health Nerd

GidMK

This week, a bunch of headlines have popped up saying that a Norwegian study has proven that you can go to the gym safely Sounds like good news! Unfortunately, this

Abir Ballan 😊

abirballan

36:48“If I’m wrong I want to be corrected so I can be right next time”- @MichaelYeadon3 Micheal, you have all my admiration. This is a rough transcript (not verbatim) of

Monsieur Prepuce 🕯🇬🇧🇮🇪🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇪🇺⚫

MPrepuce

Thread.I’m getting some questions about COVID & vaccines, largely around dosing & new variants. I’ll offer some thoughts here, from a virologist’s perspective.Using 1 dose of a vaccine, and providing

Lela Alston

LelaAlstonAz

Gov. Ducey says he is listening to our community leaders and health officials, but then why is he refusing to increase the COVID-19 mitigation efforts they recommend? Researchers from UofA,

Luciana Borio, MD

llborio

Today marked the start of Phase 3 RCT for @moderna_tx mRNA #COVID19 vaccine. Will enroll 30,000 volunteers across 87 locations. Half will receive two 100 microgram injections & half (control

A Marm Kilpatrick

DiseaseEcology

How should we interpret #COVID19 case counts given the enormous variation in testing? A quick cautionary thread.As everyone knows the # of "confirmed cases" for COVID19 are a small fraction

Newman Nahas

NahasNewman

1/ Keep hearing I shouldn’t be citing Iceland’s data. Because that country is too small. Here is why that makes no sense. 2/ Size of a country irrelevant to whether

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