#Infectiousness

Muge Cevik

mugecevik

A great article summarising our current understanding about asymptomatic infectionsAbout 1 in 5 people w/#COVID19 will experience no symptoms whatsoever, they have shorter viral shedding & will transmit to significantly

Amy Coopes

coopesdetat

Would also say it's really important to acknowledge a few things. One is viral transmission dynamics of SARS-CoV-2. Peak infectiousness is typically at prodrome or symptom onset, not when people

Farzad Mostashari

Farzad_MD

1/ The Denmark variant story was pointed out by several people as being quite concerning- this line struck me - "Cases involving the variant are increasing 70 percent a week

Kevin McKernan 🙂

Kevin_McKernan

Freedom Requires Live-Dead analysis: Subgenomic RNAYou need to pay attention to Wolfel et al and Kim et al.A very elegant method for Live-Dead analysis.But before we dive into that Mol-Bio

Antonia Ho

DrToniHo

Our systematic review and meta-analysis on #SARSCoV2, #SARSCoV & #MERSCoV viral load dynamics, duration of viral shedding & infectiousness out now in @LancetMicrobe @mugecevik @silverfoxdoc @CVRinfo @UofGlasgow @Infection_StAnd http

Sonia Sodha

soniasodha

Will the *scientists* who detrimentally underplayed risk of Covid reflect? It’s not science if you don’t reflect on what you got wrong & why. Hope they’ll be as public about

Dr Aaron Bloch

bloch_aaron

Let's be clear - the snap lockdown is not good. And HQ will need to be re-evaluated again. But many media responses have slammed our contact tracing.Continuous improvement is not

Kevin McKernan 🙂

Kevin_McKernan

Someone has reading comprehension problems.Where does our document say this?Starting off with a straw man is a sign of deception.We are quite clear, that they have no clue what their

Luca Ferretti

LucaFerrettiEvo

Understanding timing of COVID-19 transmission is key to inform good models and to choose appropriate interventions and public health policies. We made an effort to estimate it accurately from transmission

Katherine J. Wu, Ph.D.

KatherineJWu

Rapid tests are already being used to screen people without symptoms for the coronavirus — even though they're not cleared for this purpose, and the data in asymptomatics is sparse.Some of

Simply Biochemistry

SimplyBiochem

1) THREAD - Why the new SARS-CoV-2 UK variant is NOT a new strain.Unfortunately the way this recent development has been reported has upset a lot in the scientific community.

Steve Brown

stevebrown2856

(1/10) An updated thread on observed "epidemic burn-out", with some new links to interesting examples that I have come across. Tweet 4 contains my new favourite graph, so read on...

Eric Feigl-Ding

DrEricDing

Mulling disclosure that new #B117 variant could increase #COVID19 deaths ~30%. is expected to prolong & tighten lockdown—Schools may close until Easter, overseas travelers maybe quarantined in hotels

Dr Benjamin 'Ward Viking' Janaway 💙

drjanaway

#COVID19 Mythbuster thread. Holy shit, get a cup of tea. Let's break these apart. I will take each common myth and address the evidence and provide an explanation. Feel free

Jeffrey Townsend

JeffTownsend

, @crwells10, @abhiganit, @MeaganCFitz, @Alison_Galvani, and colleagues just had our article on optimal COVID-19 quarantine and testing strategies published @NatureComms. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-020-20742-8.epdf?sharing_token

Alex Kettwich

michigan_onesie

A THREAD for Michigan fans that don’t understand the sports shutdown:Michigan athletics has been paused for 2 weeks because 5 athletes (so far) have tested positive for the B.1.1.7 strain

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