#Variants

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

Jonatan Pallesen

jonatanpallesen

In the new podcast with @samharris and @kph3k, they discuss the 2017 article from Vox called in which they assign quotes to Sam Harris he never said in order to

Kai Kupferschmidt

kakape

What do we know about the new #SARSCoV2 variants? How worried should we be? What does it mean?I promised to summarize the main points from my reporting over the last

Dr. Angela Rasmussen

angie_rasmussen

So you may have heard concerns about the mink variant of #SARSCoV2 that was discovered in Denmark and is leading to the decision to cull all farmed minks in the

Patrick W. Watson

PatrickW

In Denmark, where they DNA-sequence *every* positive COVID case, the B117 variant is growing 70% per week, yes, per week, despite strict lockdown.https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/uk-variant-covid-denmark/2021/01/22/ddfaf420-5453-

Nora Loreto

NoLore

Thread --Pay attention to how the UK variant continues to be reported. Journalists are focusing on the public threat (you can get this within seconds of contact!) That may be

Anton Muscatelli

UofGVC

A short thread on the implications of the new #SARSCoV2 and variants, vaccinations and the economy (1/9) 2. The emergence of the new variants makes the endgame of

Dr. Shazma Mithani

shazmamithani

I think it's time we talk about how healthcare workers are managing the burden of this pandemic. A thread...Your healthcare workers are tired. We have been fighting to keep you

Ed Rybicki 🇿🇲🇿🇦🍷🚀

edrybicki

The Guru Alan Cann said in his most excellent textbook that "“Mutant,” “strain,” “type,” “variant,” and even “isolate” are all terms used rather loosely to differentiate particular viruses from each

Redi Tlhabi

RediTlhabi

Hi Western media. This "Dark Africa" tone in your reportage is NOT cool. Viruses mutate. The reason you know about "South African" variant is because our scientists have the tools

Mark Shrime, MD PhD

markshrime

Let’s talk about why we can’t just rely on vaccines to end this #pandemic, now that the new variants are around A thread based on this paper from the

Anderson Brito

AndersonBrito_

The past two months have been quite imtense: heavy workload with genomic surveillance of SARS-CoV-2 variants.Beyond my amazing collaborators @YaleSPH, I’d like to give a shout-out to those leading key

Dr Emma Hodcroft

firefoxx66

There are many, many #SARSCoV2 #COVID19 variants out there! A few have caught the attention of scientists in Europe - we're trying to monitor them!I'll be maintaining updated information here:https://github.com/emmahodcroft/cluster_

Growth Tactics

GrowthTactics

THREAD: How to improve your startup's conversion rate through A/B testing.We've consolidated learnings from running 1000s of A/B tests for companies like Segment, Microsoft, and Tovala. A/B testing = the

Isaac Bogoch

BogochIsaac

1/ What is the #COVID19 situation like in Canada now?Cases are down & the situation is improving in much of the country, but we still have a long way to

Ben Zimmer

bgzimmer

Decent @snopes treatment of "shanty" vs. "chanty"/"chantey" by @davidpmikkelson. But the Google Ngrams graph with spelling variants is misleading, since the frequency of "shanty" is significantly boos

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