#Variant

Monica Gandhi MD, MPH

MonicaGandhi9

Pfizer study shows vaccine should work against this B.1.1.7 UK and South Africa variant of SARS-CoV-2. mRNA sequence in Pfizer vaccine likely propietary but Pfizer took a virus with the

Deepti Gurdasani

dgurdasani1

Extremely concerned by the quarantine and travel restriction policy in the UK - which is not based on evidence - and *still* doesn't go far enough, despite the really concerning

💀 damned sinker 💀

dansinker

It's remarkable that *one year later* we're seeing the same mistakes play out with the UK strain as with original covid. Europe is getting hammered and locking down harder than

Dr. Janice Fitzgerald

CMOH_NL

THREAD We have received confirmation that the outbreak in the metro area is indeed due to a COVID-19 variant of concern, specifically the B.1.1.7 variant which was first recognized

Yascha Mounk

Yascha_Mounk

I've been grappling with an apparent paradox:According to postmodernists, there is no such thing as truth. I disagree. But as many institutions come to adopt postmodernist premises, the idea that

The Glasgow Sugar Aristocracy

glasgow_sugar

The idea of Scottish political parties censoring historic connections with slavery is an interesting one. One bona fide case I'm aware was the (Labour led) Scottish Executive booklet in 2006-7

Eric Fauman

Eric_Fauman

Welcome all! We've added several hundred followers over the past few weeks, so as a quick intro, I use this account mainly to explore interesting issues related to the biological

Dr Zoë Hyde

DrZoeHyde

(1/7) Spectacular news from Novavax. The efficacy of their vaccine matches Pfizer & Moderna, but it doesn't have the same ultra-cold storage requirements. UK phase 3 trial results:95.6% original COVID-1985.6%

David Fisman

DFisman

Some very simple models of covid case trajectories in Toronto based on decomposition of old variants and novel variants (b117 right now). The dashed lines are forward projections. Solid lines

Eric Feigl-Ding

DrEricDing

DIFFERENCE A VARIANT CAN MAKE: Early in the Oxford-AstraZeneca’s South Africa trial, before #B1351 variant became dominant, the AZ vaccine had a great efficacy of 75% risk reduction of

Dr Clare Craig

ClareCraigPath

About this new variant....a) it's not new - it's been around since September (and it didn't make much difference)b) the conclusions about it spreading rapidly are based entirely on this:

Tomas Pueyo

tomaspueyo

The new virus strain is ~60% more infectious. We haven’t processed what that means.1. Western countries that didn’t stop the previous variant won’t be able to stop this one. It’s

Eric Feigl-Ding

DrEricDing

As horrific as #COVID19 looks right now, it is almost certainly about to get worse—“I’m very very concerned that we’ve now gone from a virus that we could control to

Helen Simpson

hormone_doc

Watching Boris and co on the telly. Evidence new variant clinically more severe. Which fits with observations at work. Younger pts being admitted and on Itu. Vax seems to work.

Dr Emma Hodcroft

firefoxx66

The latest S:N501 focal build is now up, with data from 28th Dec:We can see new sequences from Italy, Israel, Spain, France, & Ireland in the SE England variant (501Y.V1)

C. Coq-Chodorge

ccoqchodorge

L’interview de JF Delfraissy sur @BFMTV ce soir signe un tournant dans la pandémie de coronavirus. Avec les variants, on est devant « l’équivalent d’une deuxième pandémie » Thread difficile

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