#Placebo

Kenneth Macdonald

macdonke

Some other countries are not rushing to deploy a vaccine. UKG is having to because its test, trace and isolate system has been dismal so far. That said, vaccines are

Eric Feigl-Ding

DrEricDing

Folks—we have to prepare people: ‘This is what you need to expect. Take Tylenol and suck it up for a day.’“REACTOGENICITY” is initial fatigue/headache one can get from a vaccine

Hilda Bastian, PhD

hildabast

Phase 3 trial for Sputnik V results landed!To keep in mind: randomized 3 to 1 (not half in vax group, half placebo). It's a pair of vaccines, 1 shot of

Eric Feigl-Ding

DrEricDing

NEW—official full trial results of Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine in 43,448 people:95% efficacy w/ 2 doses52% efficacy after 1st dose (before 2nd)10 severe cases, 9 were in placeboSerious adverse events low &

jada

highandhealing

new age spirituality is very lazy, you cannot “do what you want,” there are rules, not strict rules but just the act of respect. it is not okay to dip

Ahmad Masri

MasriAhmadMD

Thread/ There are many new exciting trials in transthyretin #amyloidosis – as we continue to enroll patients in the CARDIO-TTRansform trial, I thought I would highlight some of these trials

🚩Shepherd🏴

NeolithicSheep

So hey the NYT is saying that the Pfizer/BionTech vaccine may get emergency authorization next month:https://nyti.ms/2GTMq0C This is the vaccine trial I'm in and people have been really nervous about

Kai Kupferschmidt

kakape

Good vaccine news continues:@moderna_tx just announced its vaccine has shown 94,5% efficacy.In the study of more than 30,000 participants, 95 #covid19 cases were observed (starting two weeks after second dose):90

Deepta Bhattacharya

deeptabhattacha

In this piece by @rddysum, I am on record (again) stating that the vaccines will substantially reduce overall infections. I know some of my immunology colleagues think I am being

Mohammed Megri. MD

MegriMohammed

57-year-old male admitted to the MICU with severe CAP complicated by severe septic shock for the last 28 hrs despite proper fluid resuscitation and Norepinep 0.9 mcg/kg/hr his MAP 60-63

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

Paras Chopra

paraschopra

Most surgeries are ineffective!(a short thread on this bold claim) It's also my 2nd podcast episode https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jCG3tzgGV2A 1/ For my 2nd episode, I interviewed @drianharris who is a practicing orthopedic

David Juurlink

DavidJuurlink

Last week I was interviewed for a podcast about hydroxychloroquine.As we were wrapping up, the producer interjected and asked “Some doctors say it works, others say it doesn’t. As a

Ahmad Masri

MasriAhmadMD

#Whycmr substudy of #EXPLORER #HCM (#mavacamten vs #placebo ) presented by @S2beri @AHAMeetings #AHA2020 ---- follow along and read the paper in @CircAHA #Cardiotwitter Background on why #mavacamten and its

zeynep tufekci

zeynep

I'm looking at the list of things that Facebook says it will take down as "misinformation" and is this retroactive? They'd then have to take down most of public health

Eric Feigl-Ding

DrEricDing

BREAKING—Updated results from Pfizer said it’s #COVID19 vaccine is 95% effective (vs 90% in previous early results) and had no serious side effects. 94% effective in older adults. Of 170

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