#Viruses

Jonathan Mesiano-Crookston @/#COVIDisAirborne

jmcrookston

Chapin 1912.Talking about droplets and airborne. To him "airborne" meant long-range as in many kilometers. Droplet could be through the air more than 1 or 2 m. Plus, he said

Ewan Birney

ewanbirney

Some COVID thoughts on this bright, beautiful Christmas Eve morning in London. Context: I am an expert in genetics and computational biology; I know and chit-chat with experts in viral

foone

Foone

So a weird thing about ultraviolet light, like blacklights and UV-C disinfecting light, is that it's invisible. Kinda. And also Kinda. See there's a distinctive look to blacklights, they look

Brian Hjelle, virologist

hjelle_brian

This virologist has never been more impressed by a bug's ability to quash our innate immune response than by SARS-CoV-2. Now he is starting to think virus is after our

Yardley Yeadon

MichaelYeadon3

I demand we halt mass PCR testing. Everyone should campaign for this. It’s the single action needed to save our society.1. It’s untrustworthy. Govt admits it’s out of control: basic

Joscha Bach

Plinz

Some brain defects let you perceive social reality in a deeply distorted way while often leaving the rest of your reasoning intact, eg. Capgras illusion: in her last weeks, my

Primal Joel

primaljoel_

Okay. So the overwhelm is clear. If people were healthier, hospital visits would be more so unnecessary. So, after 11 months of failing, why not promote the importance of metabolic

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sepiabarcode

THREAD ON COVID-19 VACCINE:Moderna made a new mRNA based vaccine. What does this mean? mRNA vaccine gives us a set of instructions to make a harmless version of a viral

Eric Feigl-Ding

DrEricDing

YOU CAN’T FIND MUTATIONS ==> IF YOU DON’T GENETIC SEQUENCE. Australia & New Zealand is leading the world of ~half of all viruses in their countries sequenced.

Alasdair Munro

apsmunro

Some people are *still* lumping "children" all together in talking about transmission, schools etcThat is a dumb thing to doIt doesn't take a paediatrician to tell you a 2yr old

Bloomberg Opinion

bopinion

We have a new weapon in the fight against the coronavirus, thanks to a group of enterprising researchers at the @czbiohub. It’s cheap, sophisticated and shockingly precisehttps://trib.al/OBYzOVt Seven weeks ago,

Roxanne Khamsi

rkhamsi

#THREAD: COVID-19 could be a double whammy for older people -- they're more likely to die from it and they might be less likely to respond to a vaccine. This

Norma Leespeaking 🙂

NLeespeaking

We are all being held to ransom over the fraudulent use of the PCR test. This is criminal. Lives and livelihoods are being destroyed under false pretences.A short thread........1/n 2/nThis

Megan Ranney MD MPH 🗽

meganranney

Today, the first time, CDC says "Fully vaccinated persons who meet criteria will no longer be required to quarantine following an exposure to someone with #COVID19."THIS IS HUGE. A thread.https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/covid-19/info

Abir Ballan 😊

abirballan

Should guidelines be evidence-based?The PCR test works by duplicating the genetic material in a sample to a point where a specific genetic sequence is detected. Ct is the cycle threshold.

Dr. Angela Rasmussen

angie_rasmussen

So a lot of concern about this report in the @globeandmail that people are getting infected with B.1.1.7 in the course of a few minutes. This might be a good

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