#Viruses

This is for those who question why scientists have made Covid19 vaccine in less that a year but they have been struggling to get us vaccines for HIV and cancer.
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Why do virologists hold "cytotoxic T cells" (CTL) in near equal reverence to antiviral antibodies in immunity to viruses? For damn good reason (thread)... CTL specifically recognize viral invaders by
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We started out with Sweden's plan; Sweden's plan was accepted as THE WAY to deal with pandemics before March.We were told that we needed to "pause" to make sure we
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If you want to come up with a prior* for the possible long-term dynamics of SARS-CoV-2, there are two recent papers that I think are useful... (*Prior: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prior_probability) 1/ First,
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Why #Masks, including #N95, do not work against #COVID19A micron = 1 millionth of a meterBacteria = 1/2 micron on average#Coronavirus = 1/10th of a micronYou could stack 7 thousand
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Best thread on Masks 101:Masks are being worn incorrectly.Masks are not NIOSH certified to protect against viral transmission.NIOSH certification requires that each type of mask be tested for transmission of
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Warning, COVID related thread ahead: perhaps the most aggravating issue in the COVID panic of 2020 is the allegation that if one challenges the mandates - the lockdowns, the forced
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25 things I’ve learned in 2020 (in no particular order):1. Sitting for long periods of time truly is bad for you. 2. To always keep a little extra toilet paper
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I don’t think I can get it down to kindergartner level, but I’ll shoot for 5th or 6th grade level. Then you can ask me specific questions about things that
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Just had an amazing chat with a colleague within a foundation. They're talking about "post covid"... 1/x I said to them, "post covid?" 1st - until/unless every person in every
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The WHO & other agencies of disinformation claim antibiotics do not work against viruses, only bacteria, and yet the best health care providers are using macrolide antibiotics in patients with
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There’s a lot of concern and confusion right now about the new #sarscov2 variant identified in UK. I’ve spent today and yesterday talking to a dozen people working on this.
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There is a whole load of misinformation out there on what a virus is - and I don't know enough about them.So I asked a virologist - a thread:"Live virus
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Reassurance isn't what's called for. And it's not what people are searching for. What's needed is honesty. Here's what I say: 1/https://twitter.com/nytimes/status/1338629858210033669 1. mRNA vaccines (Pfizer, Moderna) ap
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Interesting read when you see it through the eyes of a member of the Greatest Generation.I talked with a man today, an 80+ year old man. I asked him if
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1) THREAD: The evidence FOR & AGAINST the new UK SARS-CoV-2 variant being more transmissible than the original, making it a new strain. 2) In order for a variant to
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