#Strains

Anthony Costello

globalhlthtwit

The PM says all frontline workers, people aged 70+ and people with serious underlying conditions will be vaccinated by mid-February. That’s 13 million, so 2 million per week. Potentially doable

Fay they / them

FroggyNH

STOP USING FONTS IN YOUR TWEETS, NAME, AND/OR BIO PLEASE. I CANT READ THEM. TEXT TO SPEECH CANT READ THEM. I see posts spreading awareness about this all the time

Dr. Tom Frieden

DrTomFrieden

Covid Epi Weekly Jan 22: Racing Against Mutants!The post-holiday flood cresting but cases, hospitalizations and deaths remain astronomically high. Viral mutants increasingly concerning. Vaccination is our best tool but only

Marcella Bernardo

Bernardo1130

Latest modelling re: #COVID19 in #BC shows epidemic curve as of February still not flat enough to warrant easing current public safety restrictions. More details coming this hour from Provincial

Robert Peston

Peston

When any case of the South African Covid19 strain turns up in the UK - and “dozens” have turned up according to government officials and scientists - a massive and

😌 grain

swampbabog

People of twitter with a cervix: Go get your smear tests. Sign up with Cervical Check as soon as you turn 25. All you need is your PPS no and

Dr. Tom Frieden

DrTomFrieden

People who have been vaccinated may think they no longer need to wear a mask or distance from others. Not true. First, even highly effective vaccines aren’t 100% effective. Second,

vedran sekara

vedransekara

#COVID thoughtsIn the "west" we're really worried about the current UK strain and fear any new mutation. Our newspapers write tons of articles about mutations no matter how insignificant. Epidemiologists

Wes Pegden

WesPegden

The new release of the randomized ONS infection survey shows the advantage of the variant B.1.1.7 strain has evaporated in regions (London, East, Southeast) where it reached greatest prevalence.[R_0 for

Jeremy Hunt

Jeremy_Hunt

Why lockdown isn’t working fast enough and what we should do next: a thread..... Not just borders and monitoring new strains, but time to fix the biggest flaw in our

Prof Francois Balloux

BallouxFrancois

I felt it may be helpful to provide an update on the new #COVID19 lineages in the UK and in SA that might both be more contagious than any #SARSCoV2

John B

johnb78

Locally transmitted Covid19 cases in NSW since the first local elimination, daily and 7-day average (data from http://covidlive.com.au ). Negative cases reflect reclassifications of false positives. For non-Australian readers, yes, the

Nitish Singh

realnitsin

Noticed many people misinterpreting efficacy as effectiveness while talking or commenting around Pfizer/Moderna vaccines for Covid-19Efficacy is basically the performance of a treatment under an "ideal and controlled environment"

Dr. Angela Rasmussen

angie_rasmussen

This is not correct. SARS-CoV-2 is nothing like influenza virus from a virological or evolutionary standpoint. A short thread on some big differences:https://twitter.com/drtomfrieden/status/1353020200757686276 Mutation drives evolution. All

Kimberly D. Manning, MD

gradydoctor

1/#WhatsYourWhy: Day 2 of 7CashierThem: *ringing up items* “You find everything okay?” Me: “Yup.” Them: “I like your hair.” Me: “Hey—thanks.” Them: *nods while continuing to swipe items**beep-beep-beep*Them: “Is that

Cleavon MD

Cleavon_MD

Are there long term consequences of children getting infected with COVID19 such as subacute sclerosing panencephalitis seen in measles that presents 6-15 years after infection? We don't know! This virus

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