#Mutation

Shäron Moalem MD, PhD

sharonmoalem

Viruses love to mutate. And some viruses mutate more than others. The biggest challenge for our immune system and any vaccination strategy that uses it, are viral mutations.So why did

Mac n’ Chise 🧬🧫🦠

sailorrooscout

Let’s discuss SARS-CoV-2 variants, selective pressure, and mutations. In the face of variants, our best protection is to get more people vaccinated. Vaccination will not automatically select for vaccine-resistant variants,

Amir Attaran

profamirattaran

The UK says it has detected a more infectious, faster-moving viral mutation. So why doesn’t Canada have a travel ban on the UK starting RIGHT NOW while this is investigated,

Arieh Kovler

ariehkovler

Very positive vaccine news: Israeli HMO Maccabi reports just 20 positive coronavirus tests out of 128,000 people who had their second Pfizer shot a week or more ago. None of

Sam McBride

SJAMcBride

Health Minister Robin Swann's paper to the Executive last night (conveying advice of CMO & CSA) - which recommended guidance not to fly into NI from GB, rather than a

Le Doc

Le___Doc

Si on regarde bien, nous ne sommes jamais redescendu au niveau de l'été, après un confinement strict et global.En nombre de nouveaux cas nous sommes au niveau du 13 octobre

Benjamin Millar

BenjaminMillar

Been engaging with “BLM triggered the COVID-19 second-wave” truthers to try and work out why, six weeks after the protest, it’s such a firmly held view.Initially it was ‘this is

Bloom Lab

jbloom_lab

After posting our pre-print mapping #SARS_CoV_2 mutations that escape Regeneron antibodies, been getting questions about implications for therapies/vaccines. I'd like to contextualize results. Summary is don't be alarmed, but pay

Fatima Tokhmafshan (she/elle) 🇨🇦🏳️‍🌈

DeNovo_Fatima

on the new #SARSCoV2 variant identified in the UK. 1st: I’d like to invite you to listen to my primer videos on what a mutation is and what it can

Petros Ligoxygakis

LigoxygakisLab

The evidence on the new SARS-CoV2 variant considered by NervTag was 1) growth rate from genomic data (increased growth rate); 2) studies of R-values and detection of the variant (suggested

Prof Francois Balloux

BallouxFrancois

To give some context to the recent announcement of a new #SARSCoV2 variant/mutation, it may be helpful to realise that in the paper below we identified >12,000 variants/mutations in the

Tomas Pueyo

tomaspueyo

I introduce the "Scary Virus Paradox":"After clearing a threshold, the less deadly a virus is, the more it will kill." (Deadliness here defined as R0 * IFR)(log-log graph)This is obviously

Eric Feigl-Ding

DrEricDing

The Brazil Manaus #COVID19 epidemic is getting epically worse. And many scientists suspect it might be because of the new Brazil P1 variant of #SARSCoV2, which has many multiple

Laurie Garrett

Laurie_Garrett

Detailed assessment of the new UK #SARSCoV2 variant by @WHO scientific team: https://www.who.int/csr/don/21-december-2020-sars-cov2-variant-united-kingdom/en/Key points in thread. 2/ The @WHO takes a global view:"One of the mutations i

Penny Daflos

PennyDaflos

COVID variants are a major concern for health officials right now -- not to mention the rest of us.I'm seeing a lot of ?s about how BC is testing for

Prof. Akiko Iwasaki

VirusesImmunity

My first tweet of 2021 is going to be about 1 dose vs. 2 dose vaccine. I have tweeted in the past of the immunological advantages of a 2 dose

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