#Variant

Tacit Subtext

TSubtext

“Are either/both more transmissible? I don't think we know for sure yet, but scientists in the UK seem to believe there are indicators of increased transmission in that variant. We

Naomi O'Leary

NaomiOhReally

BREAKING: Ireland's Covid-19 surge due to increased social mixing, and not new variant - WHOhttps://www.irishtimes.com/news/health/covid-19-surge-due-to-increased-social-mixing-says-who-s-mike-ryan-1.4455748 "My own country in Irel

David Hains

DavidHains

Today I wrote about why the new COVID-19 variants are such a threat, and will make exponential growth that much worse: (Paywalled)https://www.qpbriefing.com/2021/01/29/increased-variant-transmissibility-poses-an-exponential-threat-health-ex

Eric Feigl-Ding

DrEricDing

Oh shit—British traveler visits Japan and violates quarantine upon arrival—decides to go out to restaurants instead. Infects 2 other people with #COVID19 while going out. And guess which

Bruno Waterfield

BrunoBrussels

The government has created a mutation monster as the frontiers now shutting because of the scare - Dutch, Belgian and German travel bans so far… Marc Van Ranst, the Belgian

Gupta Lab, Cambridge

GuptaR_lab

The UK SARS-CoV-2 multiply mutated variant VUI 202012/01 also has an interesting Spike deletion 69/70 we have been studying. The deletion is increasing in frequency (blue), as is the new

Shane Crotty

profshanecrotty

Well, that's a nice surprise!What happens if you have had COVID infection before and you get a COVID vaccine? Some observations last week are summarized here:https://twitter.com/profshanecrotty/status/1356623349862989827?s=20 In a new p

Theo Usherwood

theousherwood

Deputy chief medical officer Jonathan Van Tam is taking your calls on @LBC now. Ferrari: Has mum had the jab?JVT: "Mum has not had the jab yet". She's just turned

Alexandre Bolze

alexbolze

A thread on S gene drop out patterns in SARS-CoV-2 tests done at @my_helix . Summary: - we observe S gene drop out since mid October in US. Up to

Mia Malan

miamalan

[Thread] 1.What does #Novavax #CovidVaccine results mean for SA? The jab has 49.4% efficacy in SA (UK: 89%). The #501yv2 variant likely had an impact on SA's results: participants were

Prof Peter Hotez MD PhD

PeterHotez

1/5: Many thanks ⁦@EricaRHill⁩ ⁦@JohnBerman⁩ for hosting me on ⁦@NewDay⁩: I voiced strong opinions this AM on how to proceed regarding the emergence of the the SARS CoV2 variant B.1.1.7.

Elias Orphelin

eorphelin

Dans le tweet cité, très intéressante modélisation qui représente la courbe épidémique allemande divisée en 2 selon les variants.J'ai essayé un exercice similaire, avec en bleu les cas, en rouge

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”)

Dr. Lisa Iannattone

lisa_iannattone

More detailed thread on AB’s variant wave press conference. I can’t believe Quebec, which is starting in the worst position (highest daily cases, deaths, hospitalisations, full ICUs) is the last

Dr. Ali Nouri

AliNouriPhD

1/Concerning case of reinfection: healthy 45 year old was reinfected with the genetically distinct SARS-CoV-2 variant that harbors the E484K mutation - this is the variant that was recently reported

Matt Garrett

MattGarrett3

The 3 main risks to the vaccines being a panacea narrative has been:1) execution - we got this today2) adoption/usage - ongoing3) a variant strain#3 would be the most shocking.

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