#Variants

NurseKelsey (she/her)

nursekelsey

A wonderful thread (NOT my words!) per Friendly Neighborhood Epidemiologist on Facebook (HIGHLY recommended page!):"Should I wear two masks?Yes. Let me help show you why and what types are recommended."

𝓝𝓸𝓼𝓯𝓮𝓻𝓪𝓽𝓾

FourWinns298

1/ So we've been on mockdown for about a month and have seen numbers come down and somewhat stall. During the month there has been no increase in PPE for

Andrew Longhurst

a_longhurst

1) Initial thoughts on int'l travel measures. Better late than never. Will discourage travel. But why not keep it simple, align with #covidzero best practices: only essential travel into Cda,

Dr. David Pate

drpatesblog

Bad news. The day before yesterday, we had confirmation of 3 new variants of concern in the US. As of yesterday, we now have 4. Three of the 4 variants

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

Dr Duncan Robertson

Dr_D_Robertson

Things are getting complicated with variants.The problem is that there are not one or two variants - there are many.A short thread on varaints and mutations. (Naming them after places

Dr Alexandra Phelan

alexandraphelan

*Public health actions to control new SARS-CoV-2 variants*Our paper just published in @CellCellPress w wonderful co-authors @NathanGrubaugh @firefoxx66 @JosephFauver & @mugecevik We describe actions govts should urgently take to protect

Pete Foley

PeteIn280

Further information this week on the South African variant which, along with one of the two Brazilian variants, is of most concern.The South African variant was shown to be resistant

Pete Foley

PeteIn280

Further information this week on the South African variant which, along with one of the two Brazilian variants, is of most concern.The South African variant was shown to be vaccine

Prof Peter Hotez MD PhD

PeterHotez

1/10: My latest thinking after speaking with several important people on our current vaccine dilemma. 2/10: Right now, we just don't have sufficient vaccine supply to go around, and we

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

Dr. Faran Ahmad ⚕️🆔

drfaranahmad

SARS-CoV-2 is getting all these strange mutations . Do I need to get worried, as the vaccine may not work?? The simple answer is: Mostly Likely NO - SARS-CoV-2 is

Yardley Yeadon

MichaelYeadon3

This is a good high level discussion on variants and immune responses & importantly also faces head on the possibility that some people are injured or even killed by vaccines

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

Nicky Whiffin

nickywhiffin

Super excited to share our new preprint!Using exome sequencing data from ~10k patients with severe developmental disorders (DD) from the DDD project we decipher 3 distinct mechanisms through which ‘non-coding’

Dr. Arinjay Banerjee

sci_questions

The mutation in the spike protein of circulating #SARSCoV2 has been the focus of many stories over the last couple of days. We and others have shown that coronaviruses exist

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