#Viruses

zeynep tufekci

zeynep

We need to give people the right *intuition* on how this pathogen transmits—including its airborne spread—along with the rules. The cut-offs (6 feet etc.) aren't binary and the mitigations stack

Dr Zoë Hyde

DrZoeHyde

Thread summarising an important presentation on the AstraZeneca trial results for South Africa.Key points: Efficacy initially seemed to be ~75%, but dropped to 22% against SA variant. Past COVID-19

linden hawthorne

Haggewoods

No 1 Lotus corniculatus Bird’s-foot Trefoil, Part 3/3Has 130 dependents: inc. 21 Coleoptera (Beetles & Weevils); 6 Diptera (Flies); 6 Hymenoptera (Sawflies, Bees, Ants, Wasps); 6 Hemiptera (Cicadas, Aphids, Planthoppers,

𖤐 Stan36 𖤐

NoUserName36

As promised, this is a thread I'm titling: "Mask mandates are Anti-Science nonsense".In this thread I will be sharing 100+ years worth of scientific research into the efficacy of masks

Hayden O'Connor

HaydenJOConnor

This is opinionated garbage from @annikasmethurst but @TheAge has the audacity to list it in the politics section. A thread! #auspol #springst #IStandWithDan #ThisisNotJournalism https://www.theage.com.au/politics/victoria/rhetoric-may-bac

Yardley Yeadon

MichaelYeadon3

Quarter of people may already be immune to coronavirus..I’m delighted that mainstream newspapers are picking up on ‘prior immunity’. It’s a lot more than 25%, arguably >50%. 1st paper MID-APRIL!!

StanleyMcGeneral

discokilllist

There are many reasons I use wildlife as my main measure of environmental health and ecological sustainability, not least of which because they demonstrate an underlying principle that everyone needs

Dr. Angela Rasmussen

angie_rasmussen

This article contains some really bad advice.There's no need to cancel Thanksgiving...within your own household or quarantine pod. But "playing it safe" means canceling the holidays with relatives beyond that.https://apnews.co

Andrew💙Croxford

andrew_croxford

Back to this: It goes without saying that preventing infection prevents transmission. A vaccine that TRULY prevents infection rolled out in a population will put up roadblocks all over the

Donald Welsh

DonaldWelsh16

How did it come to this? A deeply misguided effort (@joyhataley) to silence @randyhillier, a MPP in the provincial legislature. This reflects poorly on the medical community. How could one

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MackayIM

That website opinion attack piece on the Corman/Drosten RT-rPCR tests has a few confused & sometimes very wrong comments. I'll preface this thread with a *presumption* I'm making - these

Andy Conway Morris 😷🧼🇬🇧🇪🇺

andymoz78

DNA test can quickly identify pneumonia in patients with severe COVID-19, aiding faster treatment. 1st authors @maesmailis @EllenHigginson Joana Pereira‐Dias @JanineLux @jbartholdson @efkay88 @razmahroof @IslamAbdelaziz1 @GordonDougan1 @

Sean Dunn

SeanDunn10

There's an abundance of stupid this Friday the 13th, so it's hard to know what to take aim at. First: a takedown of @ABDanielleSmith obsequious op-ed (a thread):https://calgaryherald.com/opinion/columnists/smith-kenney-should-stay-t

Steve Brule

braidedmanga

"do your own research" part II the problems with telling people to do their own research online and providing no sources/evidence/analysis/reasonings.This person probably isn't the first to get the image,

America-China Watcher

PandemicTruther

Another look at the vaccine situation. Western nations can only take care of their own vaccine needs. Burden of vaccines of the rest of the world lies with China Comprehensive

Matt Hall

cispt2

So here's an update on the abandoned UQ COVID vaccine named UQ-CSL v451https://www.uq.edu.au/news/node/127942 First, the release states that the vaccine worked: vaccine elicited a response and "There were no serious

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