#Variants

Brenda M. Githing’u

brendagithingu

(THREAD) Islamic State in east Africa has really battled to take off. In Somalia, between Al-Shabaab, Somali forces and US air strikes, ISS remains quite weak compared to its counterparts

청서

_dirigiste

I've been asked to write a thread about the 'highlighter girl' in the same way that I (tried) to summarise the state of Britpopper Studies and the 'Britpopper' archetype a

Ewan Birney

ewanbirney

I am not full sure people appreciate the impact of B117 strain on the course of the pandemic. TL;DR B117 is "a pandemic inside a pandemic" and demands both monitoring

Gertrud Rey PhD (Trudy)

GertrudRey

What makes a “new strain?” A new strain is a virus with a new biological property. Thank you to the #twiv team for explaining it so clearly. A thread. (1/n)https://www.microbe.tv/twiv/twiv-696/

Murad Banaji

muradbanaji

Mumbai #COVID19 update. The epidemic refuses to die away. The city is still generating about 500 cases daily. That's almost 5% of the national total, and despite many restrictions still

Eric Topol

EricTopol

1. The B.1.1.7 variant could prove to be our last major obstacle to achieving containment of the virus in the US. But it isn't getting enough respect. Many states are

Prof Peter Hotez MD PhD

PeterHotez

Despite the unfortunate title, let me state emphatically, the scientists stand with the teachers. There’s no daylight between us. We are scientists in part because of our K-12 teachers. There’s

Abraar Karan

AbraarKaran

New #covid19 variant #B117 has led to vastly different responses around the globe.Japan, for instance, has stopped all foreigners from entering until the end of January— they had detected cases

Kevin R McCarthy

mccarthy_kr

Sharing this story. What a way to kick things off with @PittCVR How does a virus with a proofreading polymerase rapidly evolve? In the case of SARS-CoV-2 we believe that

Ewan Birney

ewanbirney

A perspective on COVID from a sunny, crisp London house, in a break between zoom calls. Context: I am an expert in human genetics and computational biology; I know experts

Jim Woodgett

jwoodgett

1/ The emergence of Variants of Concern has developed into a huge issue - for increased infectivity and avoidance of immunity. It’s driving Draconian measures in restrictions to travel (at

David Shepherd

DShepYEG

Recently, I & other colleagues have had a number of people reach out to us to express concern about the "Walk for Freedom" & "Jericho Torch March" planned to take

soft boiled egg

babygoblen

HOW DO U SAFELY DINE IN A RESTAURANT WHEN U HAVE TO TAKE UR MASK OFF TO EAT/DRINK!! just tell me. explain how that makes sense even if u wear

Vincent Rajkumar

VincentRK

There are at least 4 possible reasons why some people with COVID have little or no symptoms.1) A rapid immune response that conquers the virus2) Pre-existing cross reactive immunity3) Genetic

David Steadson 🇦🇺🇸🇪🇪🇺🌍

DavidSteadson

Right, back to things that matter rather than petty attacks on citizen activists who disagree with the accepted narrative.There's a pandemic occurring and B117 and other variants on the rampage

Eric Topol

EricTopol

If you want to know about #SARSCoV2 as it started and where it is going, you talk to @edwardcholmes, a leading evolutionary virologist @Sydney_Unihttps://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/943251 @Medscape video and transcripta /1

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