#Spike

Laurie Garrett

Laurie_Garrett

Some panic is setting in around Europe regarding the new mutant strain of #SARSCoV2 that has emerged in the UK.In this quick thread I'm going to review findings presented to

Mr. Pepe (T cell evolved) 🐸

realCOVID19_

Daily reminder:— Coronavirus main host is a bat— Bats are not found in Wuhan/Hubei region— Bats would have been hibernating around time of the outbreak— COVID19 is extremely susceptible to

Riot Nu

RiotNu

Let's talk about this bug. It should have never reached players, but it does have an interesting root cause and game dev lesson. The defect was live for several hours

Dr Dominic Pimenta 💙 *Please* Just Stay At Home

DrDomPimenta

A thread about science. “Science is a verb”. /threadhttps://twitter.com/JaeB_so_nasty/status/1138961066153644033 People talk about science as if it’s a body, an organisation :“Scientists say”, “the science says”, “we don’t

Univ. of Maryland

UofMaryland

Due to an alarming spike in #COVID19 cases in our state and county, nearly all #UMD undergraduate courses will transition to online instruction, effective Mon., Nov. 16 through the rest

Alina Chan

Ayjchan

Going to briefly discuss a new SARS-CoV-2 preprint by the FDA, whose senior author said "was intended to investigate something that could only have happened in a laboratory" according to

John Roberts

john_actuary

With more of the 80+s having been vaccinated since the new year, and allowing for protection to kick in, I'm watching the proportion of hospital deaths closely. The was a

MFW

MFWitches

1. So, here’s a short story to illustrate a point.I knew a woman at my kids’ primary school. We became friends when our kids became close. A few years later

iggykimi 🌺

iggythustra

Thoughts on Cowboy Bebop When a creator tries to break the rules there are usually two possibilities, that everything goes wrong, or that he creates something new and innovative,

Dr. Rob Davidson #WearAMask

DrRobDavidson

IMPORTANT: In coming weeks, as #COVID19 numbers stay high (or rise) in many states, @realdonaldtrump may try to blame it on #BlackLivesMatter protests. As an ER doc, I can

Fionna O'Leary, 🕯🇪🇺

fascinatorfun

This is a really helpful article laying out the striking features of this new variant - eg 17 of the 23 mutations seem to have been acquired at once,(“unheard of”)

K

K_krazy_xoxo

You would've thought one year in and people would learn that public health (and medicine and LIFE in general) is basically balancing the tradeoffs amongst different measures but nooooooo people

Mac n’ Chise 🧬🧫🦠

sailorrooscout

Undoubtedly there is going to be a lot of conversation surrounding the new viral variants. This is me being completely transparent when I say this: please don’t panic. The most

bearistotle

gnrosenberg

Rubbish. Absolute rubbish.https://twitter.com/Botanygeek/status/1256484578258272257 The primary "improvement" in the global food system in the last century has been in relationship to labor productivity: it takes less human labor

Jonathan Shecter

SheckyGreen

Q: What's it like to be in a Las Vegas casino during COVID? A: Bizarre... and likely dangerous.A few of the major resorts on The Strip reopened two weeks ago,

Andrew💙Croxford

andrew_croxford

This seems like an important point for understanding Manaus. If your blood donor samples consist of people who suspected they probably had COVID and wanted a result, you may overestimate

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