#Zoonotic

Cory Doctorow #BLM

doctorow

My latest @locusmag column is "Full Employment," in which I forswear "Fully Automated Luxury Communism" as totally incompatible with the climate emergency, which will consume 100%+ of all human labor

The Seeker

TheSeeker268

For those still following the sordid tale: It's more than a year, and there's no trail of the virus until it caused an outbreak in Wuhan. No precursor strains or

A Marm Kilpatrick

DiseaseEcology

What role does previous exposure to seasonal coronaviruses play in disease severity for COVID-19?New paper (great thread from @VirusesImmunity below) provides some evidence, but I don't think it can explain

DrSmith

idomyownexpts

1/n It is vital we get objective analyses of the SARS-CoV2 origin to prevent future outbreaks and recurrence. This long thread details what I’ve learned, hoping to encourage those with

Will

willehelmwonka

A few days back in a Twitter exchange I once again was told by some one that China (and its supporters) should “go atone in Tibet”. As a child of

Prof. Akiko Iwasaki

VirusesImmunity

Do some people have cross-reactive antibodies to #SARSCoV2? If so, who are they? And are these cross-reactive Abs protective against #COVID19? A fascinating study by @KevinWNg et al provides answers.

Hensley Lab

SCOTTeHENSLEY

Our new paper showing that some humans possessed non-neutralizing antibodies against SARS-CoV-2 prior to the COVID-19 pandemic is now up at @medrxivpreprint. Importantly, we find that these antibodies are not

Kit Prendergast

BeeBabette

"The #Bee Is Declared The Most #Important Living Being On The #Planet" Actually #no. I actually think this is a terrible piece of science communication. Firstly, what is "the bee"?

🚩Shepherd🏴

NeolithicSheep

So hey the NYT is saying that the Pfizer/BionTech vaccine may get emergency authorization next month:https://nyti.ms/2GTMq0C This is the vaccine trial I'm in and people have been really nervous about

Ami Vet

ami_vet

Have you seen this letter in @vettimesuk? If you haven't it, the TL;DR is this: farm vets are 'conniving' and supporting 'systemic abuse' on farms in the UK, and our

Marion Koopmans

MarionKoopmans

Great thread by @K_G_Andersen summarising why the epizootic of SARS COV 2 is worrying. One more aspect: we picked up circulation on several farms from surveillance, rather than disease notifications.

9jaSavage ✞ ✞ #BBNaija

iam__remy

Tbh if we bring out time to interview Nigerians that China has empowered and given a source of living, we will keep interviewing for years. This man here and alot

el gato malo

boriquagato

one of the striking features of covid has been how much it has been a disease predominantly affecting the very old.unlike flu, a notorious killer of children, it has left

National Geographic

NatGeo

Join @MoNscience for our next #COVID19 Q&A today at 1pm ET. Leave your questions below and stay tuned for answershttps://on.natgeo.com/3iWDXYX That’s an interesting question—and one that’s created some public confusion.As

el gato malo

boriquagato

a big part of the initial scare story on COV19 was "it's a zoonotic virus to which humans have no pre-existing resistance."it was never true.yet another study showing that over

Angela Mayfield

pinkrocktopus

It’s always a good time to talk about rabies exposure!!1. It’s a virus (you’ll see it as lyssavirus, too)2. If untreated, rabies is fatal. It will kill you dead as

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