#Variant

Simply Biochemistry

SimplyBiochem

1) THREAD - Why the new SARS-CoV-2 UK variant is NOT a new strain.Unfortunately the way this recent development has been reported has upset a lot in the scientific community.

Deepti Gurdasani

dgurdasani1

Very concerning report - 47 cases of the 501Y.V2 (variant arisen from South Africa) reported in surveillance within the UK. This is the variant with the E484K mutation that has

Greg Harvey 🌍

greg_harvey

I don't normally consider myself a conspiracy theorist, but can anybody point me at an actual scientist prepared to confirm the "up to 70% more contagious" thing we keep hearing

Ryan Saxe

rcsaxe

Boros has two distinct variants in #MTGKaldheim Draft, and I believe they are defined by two different commons: Run Amok and Tormentor’s Helm.Both cards fill a similar purpose: enabling

Dr. Angela Rasmussen

angie_rasmussen

Good and bad news about the Novavax protein subunit vaccine. 90% efficacy in the UK, but only ~50% in South Africa, largely because of the B.1.351 variant. Hopeful news too:

Deepti Gurdasani

dgurdasani1

Matt Hancock: "the way we deal with new variants arising is to respond to them as they arise. The 1st line of defence is to identify & stop spread." This

Bob Wachter

Bob_Wachter

U.S. is now considering idea of a single vaccination shot, delaying shot #2 until months later. Last wk, I thought that was a bad idea – the trials that found

Eric Feigl-Ding

DrEricDing

Denmark even more worried than ever about new #B117 variant—B117 cases increasing 70% a week **despite strict lockdown**, says Denmark’s CDC genome sequencing *every single case in the country* for

Sarah Otto

sarperotto

Not the news we wanted to hear: B.1.1.7 detected in Canada. B.1.1.7 strain has accumulated multiple mutations and shows strong evidence for being selectively favoured over other #COVID19 variants, increasing

Céline Gounder, MD, ScM, FIDSA

celinegounder

1/ New COVID variants are emerging:- B.1.1.7 from the UK: more transmissible, possibly more virulent. Even if not more virulent, more transmissible = more infections, more disease, more hospitalizations, more

seize-en-means

teesenscene

bc @MilestoneFilms released an INCREDIBLE package for the film a few years ago!! and they gave it the TLC it deserved pre- and post- release. & while we’re here let’s

Liam Thorp 💙

LiamThorpECHO

Amazes me how much support there is for this government still, people quick to say how tough this would be for anyone in chargeThat argument might have washed at first,

Lauren Pelley

LaurenPelley

U.K. government scientists say more-transmissible #B117 coronavirus variant may also increase death rate by 30 per cent, @guardian reporting.Teams compared death rates among those who tested positive for new variant

David Bonsall

OxfordViromics

An updated version of our report, investigating an association between SARS-COV-2 viral load and mutations associated with the new U.K. variant is linked here. https://www.coronavirus-fraser-group.org/files/files/updated_report_to_nervtag_o

Dr Duncan Robertson

Dr_D_Robertson

We need to treat the new variant as a new pandemic, and recalibrate our response accordingly.A short thread. The responses to Covid so far - 'Covid-secure', social distancing, etc. have

Dr Emma Hodcroft

firefoxx66

Is the new UK variant the same as the new South African variant (501Y.V2)?No.They both share the same mutation in spike: N501Y (N->Y at position 501). However, the 2 variants

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