#Infection

Lewis Goodall

lewis_goodall

Earlier when asked about why the govt didn't act earlier the PM said “I think we were told about the new variant and the way it was taking off on

Dena Grayson, MD, PhD

DrDenaGrayson

WORRISOME: infections in the UK soar with mutant #coronavirus strain B.1.1.7 that appears to spread more easily between people.#B117 strain acquired 17 mutations *all at once* (including 8 in the

Lindsay Wiley

ProfLWiley

Confusion over various endpoints for the covid pandemic is flaring up again. Eradication, elimination, containment, suppression, transition to seasonal/endemic covid, etc. are terms that even scientists use in inconsistent ways.

Patrick Hickey, MD

pwhickey

Important prospective study of #COVID19 in British Schools during June and July. Key findings plus caveats:1/https://twitter.com/thelancet/status/1336453504081256465 Setting: “Educational settings opened when COVID-19 incidence was low, a

Vincent Rajkumar

VincentRK

Breaking: Over 50% of Delhi is seropositive for COVID. @ndtv @divyanshu @rishika625 @GargiRawat @nramind @bimalarya This supports my earlier thread on protection through cross reactive immunity. Otherwise the loss of

Chris Hatton

chrishattoncedr

This is the second big analysis of the deaths of people with learning disabilities in England to be published today. This one is from the @leder_team. It is available here

el gato malo

boriquagato

i noticed some interesting things about the EU covid curves1. the steep part of the decline in death rate came before distancing could have had effect.2. the period of peak

Mark F. McCarty

markfmccarty

@Covid19Crusher @jpkiekens @Ian56789 @gummibear737 How to Crush COVID-19 with Early Treatment SARS-CoV-2 gets into cells either via endosomes, or directly thru the plasma membrane. This requires fusion of the viral

Infectious Diseases

InfectiousDz

So what do we know about the Pfizer vaccine.1. Great news: vaccine, so far, 90% effective in reducing symptomatic COVID, as opposed to saline injection2. Study enrolled 43,538 volunteers and

Gummi Bear

gummibear737

My Hydroxychloroquine Deep Dive - long threadGotta start with this chart many of you have seen by nowIn early June after months of following articles, treatment protocols, declarations, etc. I

kate doyle griffiths

kategrif

Now that we already have maxed out hospitals and still-rising Covid infection and death rate, mass evictions in winter with many times more looming, and have learned that, actually young

ArkansasCovid

ArkansasCovid

Real talk on tonight's AETN Arkansas Week broadcast with Steve Barnes. Words were not minced.It featured:Dr. Cam Patterson from @uamshealth Dr. Joe Thompson from @ACHI_NetDr. Jennifer Dillaha from @ADHPIO Key

Tennessee Stands - Covid Data & Research

TrackingCovid

TN stands recommends following the science. What science, you say?Well, the science that had been established for decades before it was hijacked by politicians.1/ Exhibit 1) Dr William Shaffner, professor

Elaine Doyle

laineydoyle

I don't understand the British media. I really, really don't.Basic things: Ireland and the UK started this pandemic with roughly the same number of ICU beds (6.5 per 100,000 for

Aaron Kheriaty, MD

akheriaty

The original rationale for severe social distancing was to "flatten the curve." We accomplished that. But the lockdowns continue, and nobody speaks of "flattening the curve" anymore. What is the

Anthony Costello

globalhlthtwit

Today we lost 1820 of our citizens. Many of these deaths could have been prevented. I plead with our Secretary of State @MattHancock and @CMO_England to make changes to our

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