#Disease

C-19 & Vitamin D

c19d3k2

n=240, 2-center "double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled trial [...] in Sao Paulo, Brazil" of 1-time 200k IU D3 vs. placebo did not see a difference in timespan from randomization to discharge or

Ryan Bourne

MrRBourne

In my view, lockdowns again are, more than anything else, a societal and policy failure. A failure to do the marginal things on mask wearing, ventilation, avoiding large indoor gatherings,

Prof. Akiko Iwasaki

VirusesImmunity

Very excited to share this work by the heroic team - @carolilucas Pat Wong @sneakyvirus @tiago21bio et al on “Longitudinal analyses reveal immunological misfiring in severe COVID-19”. A thread on

Sunshiny

sunnshiiny

Using the premise identified by Scott, think back 200 years. Before widespread vaccines and modern healthcare.This is exactly how disease has been addressed through history. If you lived through to

Sebastian Milbank 🥀

JSMilbank

I think the greatest harm, especially at this time, that we suffer in the west is the epidemic of loneliness, and its consequences. When we are cut off from other

Misa

misapelater

Edgar #HopeSimpson’s description of the seasonal nature of influenza will be familiar to followers of @FatEmperor @boriquagato @EthicalSkeptic. Seasonality, however, was but one of 21 questions he raised about the

Speaking Truth to Power since 1976

r_diamond

I've spent today toggling between being baffled and being angry - reading post after post from anti-maskers (HOW IS THIS A THING) and science-deniers, folks who follow 45 wherever he

Kai Kupferschmidt

kakape

Science asked me to -briefly- reflect on what happened in 2020. So, a thread on this year in science, the breakthroughs and breakdowns and where my head is at at

Anneesa

Anneesa_M

CALLING ALL MEDICAL STUDENTS Endocrinology can be hard. Here’s my first #tweetorial with @MedicsAcademy about Graves’ disease to make it a bit easier...#MedTwitter #sdocs #medicalstudent #gravesdisease #thyroid #endocrine #preclinical @

Jordan Gauthier

drjgauthier

Our new paper on second infusions of CD19 CAR T-cells is finally out *in print* in @BloodJournal !https://doi.org/10.1182/blood.2020006770Time for a little Tweetorial Please retweet for your CAR T-cell friends/aficionados [THREAD

Jarvin Tan #MoveforMH

Jetlax

Dr. Laura Ajram reviews the history of psychopharmacologic drug discovery. Despite the increase in technology the past years, we haven't seen this matched with much progress #BAPsych We're seeing a

Lewis Goodall

lewis_goodall

Looking through @ONS data on European deaths, it is v clear how poor the performance in England (and to a slightly lesser extent across GB) really is. Note the excess

Dr. Winder Gill

winder_gill

An important thread here on the importance of #vaccination if you'll bear with me. This is a great infographic by @WHO that nicely exemplifies #vaccine safety. They use the example

Kai Kupferschmidt

kakape

"The number of reported cases of #COVID19 globally has now declined for the fifth consecutive week”, says @drtedros at @WHO presser. "The number of weekly reported cases has fallen by

Maneesh

Maneesh312

We have two vaccines in India Covishield by SII and Covaxin by BB. One is a botched up trial and another with no phase-3 trial data and phase 1 and

Sterghios A. Moschos

DocMoschos

On AZ/Oxford vaccine: Ok the media love a scandal, you know that. @WIRED have one thing right: you cannot meta-analyse studies that do not have common design aspects. On the

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