#Spike

aHEMagain Actual

aHEMandias

Correlation isn't causation. Increased detection of #COVID19 Variant Under Investigation (VUI-202012/01) is occurring at same time as a general surge in coronavirus infections in UK. IMO it's premature to claim

alex rubinsteyn

iskander

Saw this paper by way of @apoorva_nyc: "Escape from neutralizing antibodies by SARS-CoV-2 spike protein variants"https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.07.21.214759v1.abstractMy instinct is to expect any preprint on this top

tyro

DoubleEph

The more I read about mRNA, the more I’m in awe of how it makes the old process of making vaccines (which have worked ok for a while) look complicated

Youyang Gu

youyanggu

The COVIDhub Ensemble model that combines all the models did not perform well over the past 2 months.This is due to the fact that the majority of model submissions did

Robert E Kelly

Robert_E_Kelly

As US corona cases spike, it is worth pointing out that a LOT of people predicted this about a month or two ago. It was clear then that the re-opening

Mick Crawley

crawley_mick

Don’t get me wrong. Clapham Tutin & Warburg was a terrific Flora for its time. The problem lies in their superficial treatment of alien species. Because they only included one

Election Integrity Partnership

2020Partnership

1/ Votes are still being counted. Mail-in ballots are often counted after in-person votes, and votes are sometimes reported in batches—which can “spike” counts. These “spikes” are normal and not

Dr. David Shiffman

WhySharksMatter

In the last 2-3 months I’ve noticed a big spike in people I’ve never spoken to before asking for science/conservation/science communication career advice. Here’s why I don’t give anything other

MakerBlock

MakerBlock

Apparently my county in CA, @PlacerCA, is giving upIt LOOKS like things are getting betterBut, that's only because they just changed their reporting criteriaLet me show you.../1 The top chart

Alex Good

goodalexander

I really like @sweatystartup’s tone - and I think it applies to trading Most fintwits try to sound smart and do complex formulas to convince you you’re too dumb to

Mac n’ Chise 🧬🧫🦠

sailorrooscout

Good mRNA vaccine news this morning! Ben Osborn, the UK head of Pfizer, said they do not expect to have to change their vaccine to handle SARS-CoV-2 variants B.1.1.17 and

Ashley Spencer

AshleyySpencer

Hanson has quietly maintained a fiercely loyal fandom ever since “MMMBop.” But after the band’s controversial response to Black Lives Matter and Covid + a shocking leaked Pinterest, 100s of

Eric Feigl-Ding

DrEricDing

“There’s clearly something going on with this mutation”: 7 striking new converging variants with same #677 mutations suddenly found. Experts across US independently found them & are worried—all 7 changed

Erin Banco

ErinBanco

Spoke to Dr. Fauci for a while tonight. Here's a rundown of where we're at with the vaccine:1. "This is a new platform and there was always skepticism about using

Tom Wenseleers

TWenseleers

(1/10) What genomic features make SARS-CoV2 more pathogenic? A study in PNAS looked into this: https://www.pnas.org/content/117/26/15193. "Distinct inserts in the spike glycoprotein are associated with high case fatality rate of

Kelly D Johnston

johnston_kelly

Great thread, but the issues around #VoteByMail have less to do with the @USPS than the poor condition of state voter rolls. Most states that have (mostly) successfully implemented vote

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