#Vaccines

Apoorva Mandavilli

apoorva_nyc

NEW: Some new variants of the coronavirus may pose unexpected challenges to the immune system, even in those who have been vaccinated, according to two new studies, posted online Tuesday

Andy Slavitt @ 🏡🇺🇸

ASlavitt

COVID Update November 25: Why I will be taking a vaccine and why I hope you do too. 1/ By December 13 or soon after, vaccines will likely be ready

local witch frand

kingdomofwench

Okay so let's talk about a vaccine question I have been seeing a lot!"Can you get COVID from the vaccine?" Or relatedly, "Can you spread COVID from the vaccine?" The

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tehninini

Abruptly woke up, but decided to watch the briefing from Dr. Fauci on the state of the pandemic from global and national perspective. As someone who can understand the scientific

Dr. David Larsen

larsen_da

Mass vaccination campaigns are extraordinary efforts that require extensive planning and execution. Here is a brief thread on how we plan malaria interventions like indoor residual spraying, with applications for

Dr. Literature_Lady 💌📚📜🎙

Literature_Lady

Be careful of fear-mongering headlines. Folks who study RNA viruses are not surprised that it mutated, because that is what they do. But you shouldn't panic. It doesn't mean our

Ryan McNamara 🧬

Ryan_Mac_Phd

The J&J vaccine reportedly confers 85% protection after 1 month. Some suggest this could be improved with a booster. About that...J&J vaccine uses a replication-incompetent adenovirus (Ad26) to deliver the

Openly Black Mikki Kendall

Karnythia

I keep seeing people upset about this & the way folks expect the equivalent of a national forest fire to be put out immediately is fascinating. Could lockdowns help? Probably.

International Network of Street Papers

_INSP

In November, @hinz_und_kunzt reported on COVID-19 vaccine prioritisation for the homeless community in Hamburg. Now, @BigIssue reports on plans in Oldham, near Manchester, to follow in their footsteps.https://www.bigissue.com/latest/it-shou

Terence Hughes

TerenceM_Hughes

Given ongoing conversations about #COVID19 #vaccine distribution, and the political, economic and manufacturing inefficiencies currently holding us back...I spent some time this evening doing some back-of-the-envelope calculations trying to

Kat Arney

Kat_Arney

“The vaccine has been developed too quickly and is unsafe” Here are some things you should know about why the #COVID19 #vaccine has got here so fast and where huge

Eric Sammons

EricRSammons

THREAD: On remote cooperation with evil(1) There’s a lot of discussion in the Catholic world about “remote cooperation with evil” and how it relates to the new COVID-19 vaccines. I’d

Alex T-Ho-Ho-Ho-mson

AlexBThomson

On my way to receive the #COVID vaccine. A lot of people have asked me how I chose between the various available vaccines when booking, so here is a short

Royal Statistical Society

RoyalStatSoc

The Government has said that a dashboard with vaccine stats will be available next week. This is good news – but the devil will be in the detail. A thread

Natalie E. Dean, PhD

nataliexdean

Warning - some in-the-weeds tweets about vaccine efficacy trials, new strains, and decision making under uncertainty. I offer more questions than answers, but hopefully it can generate some discussion...1/6 For

drGarthK

DrGarthK

I recognize the successes of restrictions in some areas such as BC, but I am concerned that gyms and indoor dining are allowed without adequate enforced restrictions. In my opinion,

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