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English Coronavirus updates for Switzerland

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(Thread) BAG press conference on the #COVID19-situation in #Switzerland. 5.1.2021. #CoronaInfoCH Virginie Masserey (BAG): 'Reproduction rate is 0.89. 428 people with Covid are in intensive care units, in four cantons

zeynep tufekci

zeynep

From the last day of 2020. I got the usual push-back for calling the new variant a "ticking time bomb". Alarm isn't alarmism if it's warranted. Now it's more than

Charlie Stross

cstross

The spinning wheel was a very late arrival (circa 1000AD) and shares basics with the barrow (wheel on a frame). Better: the spinning jenny (a multiwheel variant spinning 8 or

Andrew Bostom, MD, MS

andrewbostom

1/ Top German Covid expert pours scorn on Boris Johnson's ‘mutant strain’ claims, saying ‘politicians simply called it 70% more infectious’https://mol.im/a/9075233 2/ "Suddenly there's a figure out there, 70%, &am

Carl T. Bergstrom

CT_Bergstrom

No cross-strain protective immunity? Based on what evidence? Even the linked story—which @UW_IHME wrote—says nothing of the kind.I think people still listen to @UW_IHME even after last spring's modeling fiasco.

Paul Masiowski

PaulMasiowski

The “Canadian Shield” proposal for Covid suppression (linked below) is interesting.Saskatchewan has been close to meeting the targets here (Rt 0.85-0.9, new cases per day average declining by ~15% per

Eric Feigl-Ding

DrEricDing

NEAR VERTICAL—I expect this near-vertical case surge line may soon be the US in a few weeks. We know the new B117 #SARSCoV2 variant is already here in the US,

Dr Emma Hodcroft

firefoxx66

Following some increased interest tonight in S:E484, a new focal build is now up!This build is created by pulling out all sequences with a mutation at nucleotide 23012 & adding

PriyankaPulla

PriyankaPulla

Some extra points I learnt while reporting this story. Bharat Biotech has claimed that because it is a whole virus vaccine and attracts a wider range of antibody responses (to

Dr Emma Hodcroft

firefoxx66

The S:N501 build is now updated with data from 25th Jan. Remember, you can always check on any country by just typing that country name in the 'Filter' box on

Eric Topol

EricTopol

For evaluating the vaccine trials (and any trials), it's important to look at the number of endpoints and their severity.The J&J trial has the same number of endpoints as @Pfizer/

Matt Perkins

mrperki

It’s DEMI GLACE DAY! This is my variant on the Adam Ragusea recipe/technique, which is itself a variant on the Chef John technique. Ragusea’s video is very good and he’s

Bob Wachter

Bob_Wachter

1/ Covid (@UCSF) Chronicles, Day 322Today, an update on local situation. Then my take on a few issues of the day. There’s some great news, some good news, & some

zeynep tufekci

zeynep

We need to give people the right *intuition* on how this pathogen transmits—including its airborne spread—along with the rules. The cut-offs (6 feet etc.) aren't binary and the mitigations stack

Trevor Bedford

trvrb

With #COVID19 vaccine efficacy of ~95%, I'm looking forward to vaccine distribution in 2021 bringing the pandemic under control. However, I'm concerned that we'll see antigenic drift of SARS-CoV-2 and

Dr Ali G #NHSBlueHeart💙- Please #WearAMask 😷🇪🇺

AlisonGeorge10

Morning @krishgm,Re #schools - the question that should be asked of EVERY MP/commentator supporting #schoolsreopening fully next week is very simple - “Would you feel happy to work in a

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