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Odi sinistram
Odi_Prasinorum
It takes an electron microscope to see a virus. That means even the photons of visible light are too large to image themLook at the holes in masks, countless viruses
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Cleavon MD
Cleavon_MD
OMG! Stop the BS! The reason influenza is NOT RISING is b/c we are NOT TESTING FOR INFLUENZA! Hospitals don't have enough swabs to test for influenza, b/c the swabs
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Lauren Hough
laurenthehough
I don’t argue with covid hoaxers or antivaxxers because they always tell me to do research and I don’t want to. I believe in science so that I do not
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Jens von Bergmann
vb_jens
There has been a lot of talk about the high positivity rates for COVID testing in BC. In a recent chat @dancoombsUBC hypothesized that the rise in positivity might (in
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Mac n’ Chise 🧬🧫🦠
sailorrooscout
That’s not how this works. That’s not how any of this works. Viruses need one thing to mutate: a host. Protect the host, stop the mutations. We REALLY need to
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Richard H. Ebright
R_H_Ebright
"The world needs an inquiry that considers not just natural origins but the possibility that SARS-CoV-2.. escaped from a laboratory. The WHO team, however, plans to build on reports by
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Isabella Cooper
I_mitochondria
Viruses always evolve to be more contagious if they can, while at the same time they evolve to being less virulent/pathogenic, especially respiratory viruses. In their evolution, each virus strives
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Hamish Mackay
HamishMackay
Thread on how a Covid story I was working on last year almost turned into a #Handelsblatt moment of my own. It started when a hand sanitiser manufacturer got in
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Dr. Angela Rasmussen
angie_rasmussen
Hard to underscore the importance of this beautiful study by @eguia_rachel and colleagues (see @jbloom_lab's great thread).The bottom line is that coronavirus "reinfections" don't occur b/c we don't mount durable
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CarlSagan42
Carl_Sagan42
We discovered the first coronavirus in 1965, and we've intensely studied vaccines for >100 years. We don't typically find serious "long term" issues from ANY vaccine. Real infections cause far
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Helen Branswell
HelenBranswell
1. Seeing as it's a Friday in what typically would be #flu season, here's a flu update, from week 4 data (ending Jan. 28) from @CDCgov.There continues to be almost
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Ted Petrou
TedPetrou
Masks are the ultimate symbol of fragility and fear that plague modern humanity.Hundreds of millions of years of evolution have given us a very complex and robust immune system capable
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Gareth (Gary) Trubl 🏃🏼♂️🦠
gtrubl
Want to learn about viruses before the live session next week? The talks are pre-recorded & available now, so what are you waiting for? Let's highlight the invited talk by
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Dr. Alex Wild
Myrmecos
Speaking as a biologist, this “lab accident” story is bullshit by a non-scientist mistaking conjecture for evidence.https://twitter.com/nymag/status/1346083232664727553 Humans are such narcissistic creatures. We have to insert ourselves
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Jen Heemstra
jenheemstra
As scientists race toward a vaccine for Covid-19, you may be wondering how it’s going to be possible to develop an effective vaccine for this virus when the flu shot
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Eugene Gu, MD
eugenegu
Let me attempt to explain why I believe that Big Pharma’s push for monoclonal antibody treatments may have played a role in the development of the more contagious B.1.1.7 coronavirus
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