#Strains

Siddhartha Mukherjee

DrSidMukherjee

1/n As we watch NEW strains of COVID emerge, it becomes even more important to get vaccinated. New strains can only emerge as the virus multiplies within hosts. More hosts

Reuters

Reuters

As the novel coronavirus swept across the world and killed more than 1.5 million in the past year, it has mutated into several major groups, or strains, as it adapted

Niall Ferguson

nfergus

"Sometimes events are beyond a new president’s control. Sometimes they are unforced errors of his own making. But presidents don’t simply make history. Often, history comes at them fast."https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/artic

honeE🍯

eric_aaaa

So while I’m in on this zoom call, if anyone needs to know why this vaccine was able to be produced as quickly... it’s because COVID was first seen in

Wes Pegden

WesPegden

One possibility I have not seen discussed much is that B.1.1.7 might appear more transmissible just by having a slightly different susceptibility profile than "wild-type" strains.A thread on how this

Blunt_BlocPDX

Blunt_BlocPDX

TERPENES: what are they? Where are they found? What do they do? A thread.... 1/ Terpenes are the most common plant chemicals. They're the

Dr Maia King

_Maia_King

It is great to have some thoughtful coverage of #ZeroCovid on the BBC, including quotes from @devisridhar and @dgurdasani1 - thank you @NickTriggleUnfortunately the article contains a series of misunderstandings

Jen Heemstra

jenheemstra

As scientists race toward a vaccine for Covid-19, you may be wondering how it’s going to be possible to develop an effective vaccine for this virus when the flu shot

Ana Mardoll

AnaMardoll

I keep reading a lot about what vaccinated people should still expect to do (social distance, mask up, etc.) in order to not spread the virus they may not know

Vishnu Som

VishnuNDTV

1. On Sunday, Maharashtra crossed 4000 Covid cases after 39 days. Mumbai reports 600 cases after a month. Covid hasn't disappeared. Every day of delaying the private availability of vaccines

Ronen▼.com

RonenV

Ok, I wasn't going to say anything about this, but it's clear that this is accidentally misleading people in a way that may cause more covid infections: "Pfizer claimed trials

Dr. David Pate

drpatesblog

We must dramatically reduce the transmission of SARS-CoV-2 through adoption of public health measures and getting people vaccinated ASAP. Unfortunately, continued significant transmission is also leading to an increased number

Alex Wickham

alexwickham

EXC: SAGE has told Boris Johnson he has to keep schools closed in January and order a stricter national lockdown than November’s to prevent the virus spiralling out of controlhttps://www.politico.eu/article/coronavirus-uk-government-scien

Marc Daalder 😷 Wear a Mask, Scan QR Codes

marcdaalder

#BREAKING Ministry of Health says genome sequencing has linked one of yesterday's unlinked cases to a different variant of the virus than the current cluster. This variant was present in

Michael Emerman

memerman

In our 5th monthly "Classic Papers in HIV" journal club, we discussed the discovery of the HIV-1 co-receptors Paper 1: HIV-1 entry cofactor: functional cDNA cloning of a seven-transmembrane, G

Asser Khattab | آسِر خطّاب

KhattabAsser

Antun Saadeh was a fascist, a racist, and an anti-Semite. He believed that Arabs tainted their race by allowing themselves to marry Black people after the conquest of North Africa;

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