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Stefan Marciniak

Prof_Marciniak

The new Variant Under Investigation (VUI) was re-designated Variant of Concern (VOC) 202012/01 on 18 DecemberThis is an excellent report by @PHE_UK, but it’s a bit technical so I’ll try

Ewan Birney

ewanbirney

Now, a more technical tweet thread to give updates on the science - which is moving fast. Again, I recommend following @arambaut, @firefoxx66, @EBIgoldman, @The_Soup_Dragon, @pathogenomenick and @jcbarret along with

Bloom Lab

jbloom_lab

We mapped all #SARSCoV2 mutations escaping key antibodies used to treat #COVID19 (https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.11.30.405472v1). Surprising observations: one amino-acid mutation escapes *both* antibodies in @Regeneron cocktai

Kevin R McCarthy

mccarthy_kr

Sharing this story. What a way to kick things off with @PittCVR How does a virus with a proofreading polymerase rapidly evolve? In the case of SARS-CoV-2 we believe that

Allan McDevitt

ShrewGod

I'll sign off for 2020 with an appreciation of the wonderful @SalfordPGRs and postdoc team I work with! The year of the panic, quarantines, Lockdowns and Zoom lab meetings! Despite

Alex Morss 🌍⏳

morss_alex

Sorry. This is deeply concerning for a multitude of reasons, which are overlooked entirely by this one sided business story & its promoters. I don’t share the widespread celebrity/rewilder/ billionaire/novice

Ali Zahir Moulana

alizmoulana

Minister of Health tells Parliament today that expert committee recommendation is to cremate all COVID-19 deceased. Hon. Minister, please show us the report, or table such report in Parliament for

PriyankaPulla

PriyankaPulla

PSA answers questions on the science of vaccines. Please watch:https://www.indiascience.in/ PSA says that if we didn't do trials, we wouldn't be able to answer questions on immunogenicity and efficacy. And

Catherine Shaffer

cathshaffer

1/It looks like the “leaked from a lab” conspiracy theory is lighting up again, so I’m going to go over a bit of what we know about the origins of

Miriam O'Callaghan

mir_ocall

Thread on Covid & Govts - an opinion Yesterday was not a good day for Ireland. Eamon Ryan's claim that Govt was caught 'off guard' wby the virus was gobsmacking.

Eric Feigl-Ding

DrEricDing

WORRISOME—Key things on new VUI-202012/01 #SARSCoV2 mutation:—Likely more infectious, possibly up to 70% faster transmission.—R0 increase of ~ +0.4—23 unique changes, many in spike protein.—Comprises 62% of recent London

Eric Feigl-Ding

DrEricDing

Whoa—Scientists have raised possibility that the increase in transmission is maybe due to kids. A new detail on UK mutated variant B.1.1.7–New strain may make children “as equally susceptible

Amanda Garrett

oldhollywood21

I'm here for The Thin Man. FYI: I'll put these Tweets in a thread so those who DVR it can read along later if they want to. #TheThinMan #TCMParty The

Larry

Larry64450205

#ncyt #alnov #novacyt has a great capacity in identifying the needs of the market.Many tests developped this year respond to precise needsAnd there are many more to Come this year-

Eric Escobar

eresc79

Exponential growth of #COVID19BC cases in recent weeks continues. 1/ The growth in cases started in Fraser and is now spreading to Vancouver. 2/ More concerning is the expansion of

Eric Feigl-Ding

DrEricDing

BREAKING—Faced w/ new #SARSCoV2 mutation w/ "significantly faster" transmission rates, Boris Johnson tightened #COVID19 restrictions. Chief medical officer Chris Whitty said scientists consider this new strain to *move more

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