#Immune

NEW THREAD: possible development of anti-Syncytin responses after immunization with the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein-coding mRNA vaccines, based on a "homologous" region shared between these proteins. Syncytin-1 is involved in human
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1/5 - #Pearl4Parents - Nice series of #mask infographics from @healthychildren & @AmerAcadPeds #MaskUpAmerica Masks prevent the spread of #COVID19 & can make a difference in the course of this
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Confirmation bias: A thread. 1/n Confirmation bias, also called confirmatory is the tendency to search for, interpret, favor, and recall information in a way that confirms one's preexisting beliefs or
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This article is worth reading for its firsthand account of the people involved in the fascist uprising, but this particular detail really struck me. https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2021/01/25/among-the-insurrectionists This characterizat
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Pediatric Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome of COVID19 is also a "platelet hyperactivation syndrome", just like Kawasaki's Disease is.The underlying pathophysiology is:Half of circulating platelet biogenesis occurs in lungs fr
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New data from @ECDC_EU and @WHO_Europe show that the number of people living with undiagnosed #HIV is in Europe >136 000 people were newly diagnosed in 2019 – half
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To clarify, "allowing" = Forcing #COVID-positive nurses to continue to work even if exposed to a potentially deadly virus that they could infect their colleagues or patients with because our
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We're facing a fascistic movement that's backed by the wealthy and powerful who want to dismantle government, an administration and party desperate to cling to power, a racist evangelical base,
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No public service broadcaster should be immune to having questions asked of it. But Oliver, I think you’re pursuing rather strange arguments if I may say so. Here’s why
THREAD 1/7https://twitter.com/OliverDowden/status/132608507305416
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NEW: #COVID19 vaccines will probably prevent you from getting sick. No one knows yet whether they will keep you from spreading the virus to others — that information may be
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I promised a thread of my family’s experience of coronavirus (GP confirmed). For context, I’ve had pneumonia & PVF previously, and my immune response is not the best (endocrine issue).
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this appears to be an example of mistaking good news for badcovid-19 is extremely low risk for childrenthere have been 31 deaths from covid under the age of 14 in
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This Thread explains the controversy around delayed 2nd doses of #Covid19vaccines or lowering the amount in each dose. The debate really boils down to what science tells us about maximum
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1. A huge legal defeat for @Twitter, surprisingly at the hands of Bill Clinton ally @Frank_Giustra. A Canadian court has ruled that Giustra is permitted to sue Twitter itself for
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Ruth Bader Ginsburg isn't a perfect person and she definitely has decisions worth criticizing but I'm not here for the anti-feminist need for perfection that erases her trailblazing work so
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1/ Here’s my best guess as to what happened yesterday in #bced. The Ministry folk read N.S. Education start up and thought, “Hey, this looks pretty good”. Forgetting that Nova
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