#Pathogens

Kai Kupferschmidt

kakape

With all the breaking news on vaccines and variants I’ve barely had a chance to talk about this piece on microbes moving between humans and animals.I think it’s important for

Gertrud Rey PhD (Trudy)

GertrudRey

Does a first infection with SARS-CoV-2 make a person immune to a second infection? This question is one of the prevailing issues in the current pandemic. A thread (also at

Conor Ruzycki

caruzycki

1/ Nebulizers have taken a lot of flak recently, in large part due to the use of a neb by an asthmatic patient in an AUS quarantine hotel. There’s an

Marc Morano

ClimateDepot

Horowitz: Exposing the maskerade: The questions every American should be asking about indefinite mask mandates - Conservative Review -https://www.conservativereview.com/news/horowitz-exposing-maskerade-questions-every-american-asking-indefi

Stuart Todd

LastDaysoflifeR

1. the excellent @PHE report of mortality and covid19 in people with learning disabilities, is as @Chrishatton suggests probably the best account we will have. There are important questions. Why

Ryan McNamara 🧬

Ryan_Mac_Phd

Virus Latency, what is it and what does it mean?Been seeing miscommunication about SARS-CoV-2 and latency, so here's a brief thread on what "latent" or "latency" means in virus infection.Viruses

Marc Lipsitch

mlipsitch

This week @US_FDA called for confirmed infection (+-symptoms) as a primary or secondary endpoint in #SARSCoV2 #vaccine trials. Last year @rebeccajk13 @Steve_Bellan Rui Wang and Matt HItchings we recently proposed

Eric Feigl-Ding

DrEricDing

COVID & BRAIN damage—half of patients report neurological symptoms, including headaches, confusion and delirium. A new study offers the first clear evidence that, in some people, the coronavirus invades brain

The Great Gumbino

gumby4christ

Ralph Baric—with the assistance of his USAID funders and researchers at Wuhan's BSL4 lab—genetically engineering virulent SARS-like coronaviruses. He's ostensibly a world-leading expert in coronaviruses. Yet in late Jan., he

Statistics Guy 🤓

Stat_O_Guy

Masks, do they work? #COVID19 Since 24th July 2020, the wearing of #Masks in shops became mandatory in England. Prior to this frequent messaging from Whitty, Valance and Hancock was

Gregg Gonsalves

gregggonsalves

Dorms are like cruise ships on land or prisons without bars: people living in proximity, in frequent contact, over extended periods of time. For many infectious pathogens, such settings are

Dake Kang

dakekang

1/ NEW: During 12 fateful days in January, Chinese authorities failed to report any new coronavirus cases, lulling Wuhan residents into complacency.Why? In part, because of cronyism and secret deals

Eric Feigl-Ding

DrEricDing

GOOD news—if you have certain Neanderthal DNA & get #COVID19. People with certain Neanderthal genes on chromosome 12 have lower rates of ICU. This region encodes proteins that activate

Dr. Ali Nouri

AliNouriPhD

1. CDC: Postponing travel & staying home is the best way to protect yourself and others, especially if those you're visiting are at increased risk of getting very sick from

Kimberly Prather, Ph.D.

kprather88

As #covid19 numbers escalate, it is important that people work together to fight this virus. There is growing evidence that this virus has stealthily spread globally by being emitted in

Ian Seiple

IanSeiple

(1/9) We had our first year-end "best of" group meeting yesterday! Each lab member presented one of their favorite papers from 2020 in 5 minutes. The variety in topics was

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