#Moderna

Carl Zimmer

carlzimmer

Today was a day that vaccine researchers had been hoping for and dreading all year, ever since—back on January 10—scientists started designing coronavirus vaccines. Why? A thread! https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/17/health/coronavirus-va

Jonathan Engler 😀

jengleruk

Interesting thanks, but can we really comment on misunderstandings relating to comparisons between vaccines while ignoring the elephant in the room:Relative v Absolute risk reduction?The vaccines are being pushed on

TwistedDoodles

twisteddoodles

#artsummary2020 The first cartoon I drew about #COVID19 was February 26th 2020, 3 days later Ireland was to have its first confirmed COVID case, two weeks later the country entered

Medical Axioms 🇺🇸

medicalaxioms

How mRNA vaccines work: A short tutorial. 1. The mRNA is injected into your arm. 2. Your cells pick it up and are all like “Wut dis?” 1/ 3. Inside

Javier García-Manglano

jgmanglano

Twitter bloquea a TrumpParler, Twitter-clon conservador, suma millones de usuariosAmazon elimina ParlerEl problemaNo es censura vs libertad de expresiónEs nuestra menguante capacidad de compartir una misma realidadO solucionamos esto, o

(((Howard Forman)))

thehowie

My thoughts on 1-dose vs 2-dose approach. TL; DRWrong questions give you wrong answers. We assuredly should want 2 doses, the only issue is the timing of 2nd dose. And

Zucker Doctor

DoctorLFC

The Bharat Biotech (Covaxin) vaccine he received on November 20 has a two dose schedule at a 28-day interval. He only received the first dose. Phase 3 trials (28k people)

Shane Crotty

profshanecrotty

Well, that's a nice surprise!What happens if you have had COVID infection before and you get a COVID vaccine? Some observations last week are summarized here:https://twitter.com/profshanecrotty/status/1356623349862989827?s=20 In a new p

Eric Feigl-Ding

DrEricDing

NOT GOOD—so it seems government researchers have discovered that the already more contagious #B117 has further acquired the other troublesome E484K mutation seen in #B1351 & #P1 variants—in 11

Russia, if you’re listening...

mathvink

Very encouraging.Only downside of this vaccine (and Pfizer’s, which is also messenger RNA-based) is that it apparently still needs two doses to achieve this level of protection.https://twitter.com/cnnbrk/status/1328308048402784262 Side ef

Bob Wachter

Bob_Wachter

1/ Covid (@UCSF) Chronicles, Day 322Today, an update on local situation. Then my take on a few issues of the day. There’s some great news, some good news, & some

Michael Luo

michaelluo

Important caveat from @DhruvKhullar: "we know for sure that the vaccines...prevent severe illness in almost all people who are inoculated...we’re not yet certain that the vaccines can prevent people from

Nick Dearden

nickdearden75

Our new report shows why we can't trust Big Pharma to deal with #Covid_19 fairly. It’s an industry driven by sky high profits. While public money has produced vaccines in

Antonia Bance

antoniabance

Given yesterday’s brilliant news, some thoughts on the campaign we need to get to mass vaccination, from the perspective of a campaigner 1/https://www.bbc.com/news/health-54902908 2/ Accurate verified information matters. We need

VigilantEyes

WomanSci

Vaccine summary : Three main approaches to design vaccine. 1. Use a whole virus or bacterium. 2.Just the parts of the germ that triggers the immune system 3. Just the

joe

JoePoutous

A THREAD. THE GOOD DR'S ADVENTURES WITH THE SECOND MODERNA SHOT.Yesterday at 7:30 am, my girlfriend got the second vaccine shot. 1/ After getting the vaccine, she stopped and picked

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