#Variant

Dr. Ali Nouri

AliNouriPhD

1) STUDY: two mutations in SARS-2 are correlated with higher fatality: analysis of 12K SARS-2 genomes identified mutation in ORF1ab protein (aids in RNA replication) and mutation in Spike protein

Eric Feigl-Ding

DrEricDing

Ireland & N. Ireland are in a serious #COVID19 crisis. Cases surging past . Ireland also has increased presence of the B117 variant—now found in **25%** of cases that

Kai Kupferschmidt

kakape

There’s a lot of concern and confusion right now about the new #sarscov2 variant identified in UK. I’ve spent today and yesterday talking to a dozen people working on this.

Brian Arome☆

aromebrian

Trial and error is hands down the most important factor to getting results with A/B Testing.Especially in 2021, when competition is getting tougher.Here's my shared approach...*** 2021 A/B Testing Thread

Tomas Pueyo

tomaspueyo

Cases in the UK are up and to the right.Probably due to the new strain.What does that mean for your country? Deaths are ~2 weeks delayed vs cases in

Ed Conway

EdConwaySky

I’m dearly hoping govt releases some actual data on the lethality of the new variant.Holding a press conference to announce this ominous news alongside vague caveats about uncertainty is not

Great Barrington Declaration

gbdeclaration

1, Government messaging has become progressively hyperbolic and confusing. Balance and perspective is in short supply. As a result, the information we receive often feels alarming and frightening. 2, Trust

Peter Kolchinsky

PeterKolchinsky

This new variant is making a lot of people REALLY nervous. Here’s why it should & shouldn’t. I’ll hit on infectivity, lethality, vaccine effectiveness, & some “what ifs”. Yes, it’s

Trevor Bedford

trvrb

Following up on general thoughts on antigenic drift of #COVID19 from this weekend, I wanted to discuss what we know about the new variant of SARS-CoV-2 thats emerged in the

Lee Roberts

Leerob72

Tim Farron doesn't appear to be critical of County Council and of Colin Cox as the conservative MPs seem to be...The situation was triggered by the rates of cases, the

Thomas Bollen

mrtbollen

Waar blijft de update van het @rivm over de Britse variant? Kan het bericht dat die variant op 2 feb al goed was voor 2/3 van de besmettingen in NL

Eric Feigl-Ding

DrEricDing

GOOD NEWS—a mutation seen in a few #SARSCoV2 variants doesn’t seem to harm the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine, finding “no reduction in neutralization activity against virus”.HOWEVER—did not yet test for worrisome E484K

Meg Tirrell

megtirrell

Novavax gives us first vaccine efficacy data we’ve seen against B117 (UK) and B1351 (South Africa) variants, from trial results just reported.In UK the news is good: 89% efficacy in

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lambdadmitry

2020 is not over yet!- a new strain of covid was discovered in the UK, named VUI-2020/12/01- up to 70% more transmissible- the severity of measures has to go up

Matt Carr

MattCarr55

The #Kent lorry debacle was not caused by Brexit. But it is very Brexity. Why? Firstly, because it shows once again the lack of preparation that has become a hallmark

Trevor Bedford

trvrb

Given that the US has not detected SARS-CoV-2 variant viruses 501Y.V1 or 501Y.V2, what bounds can we place on their current frequency in the US based on sample counts? 1/12https://twitter.com/trvrb/status/1341446447045087232

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