#Infection

CarlSagan42

Carl_Sagan42

We discovered the first coronavirus in 1965, and we've intensely studied vaccines for >100 years. We don't typically find serious "long term" issues from ANY vaccine. Real infections cause far

Cab Davidson #FBPE

gnomeicide

Tragically yet another 678 Covid-19 fatalities announced in the UK today, and it looks like we're starting to see the decline in fatalities settle into a trend. Here's the overall

Peter English #FBPE

petermbenglish

A problem with privatisation of testing.Now that we are routinely testing lots of people - including care home staff and residents, and NHS staff - we are picking up positive

Dr. Lynora Saxinger 🇨🇦

AntibioticDoc

A thread about COVID19 mRNA vaccine second dose timing controversies:Basically I think it’s honestly a good move to have a flexible (out to 6 week) second dose (and was lobbying

Aziz Gilani

TexasVC

It's been about two weeks since I flew and boy do I have an update! I've spent some quality ER time. Let's unpack what happened and why flying is a

Dana Fried

leftoblique

TL;DR: The vaccine is the opposite of wearing a mask.(Explanation follows.)https://twitter.com/nataliexdean/status/1357011532106792960 Data seem to show that the vaccine will slow but not stop the spread of Covid-19; what it will

Xolotl Tlaloc (XTC)

sheasie

1) MITMIT confirms: its own COVID19™ tests are set to 40 amplification cycles.https://medical.mit.edu/covid-19-updates/2020/11/pcr-test-result 2) NYT"Most tests set the limit at 40"; "Any test with a cycle threshold above 3

#ReleaseTheKRAKEN BrunoBarking

Bruno062418

[WATER DOWN]POTUS threw the [WATER DOWN] during the Tulsa Rally! https://twitter.com/Bruno062418/status/1275780040035270656 https://twitter.com/Qtah17/status/1275781550764769285 WATCH THE WATER posts. Trump: "a lot of good things have

Hayley Mortimer

BBC_Hayley

THREAD: Lots of people are asking me whether Gloucestershire will move up to Tier 3. So here's my thoughts... Remember, the Government is making a decision today with an announcement

Diego Bassani, PhD 🏠😷

DGBassani

SARS-CoV-2 Transmission among Marine Recruits during Quarantine | NEJMhttps://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2029717#.X6yTHiwpVmM.twitter This study uses molecular phylogenetic analysis to confirm that the infections happened within th

Allen Cheng

peripatetical

Why would we use a vaccine that mightn't prevent transmission? Should we use one particular vaccine, or roll out the vaccines we have as broadly and quickly as possible? I'd

Dr Dan Jones

ECBGreen

1/Hey @TVNZ. Instead of allowing Silly Billy to rant on primetime TV about how masks are bad for the immune system (they aren't), here's a list of new political candidates

Alexander

alexanderrusso

"There is no relationship—visually or statistically—between school districts’ reopening decisions and their county’s new COVID-19 cases per capita," notes @BrookingsInst's @JonValant, using @educationweek data. http:/

Una Galani

ugalani

With everyday life getting back to normal in India, it feels like we are living in a parallel universe. Eg. In the UK, over 1,000 ppl have died in 24hrs

Youyang Gu

youyanggu

I've made a major update to http://covid19-projections.com that tries to better account for the increase in cases and the resulting lag in reported deaths.I believe new infections have likely peaked,

Kit Yates

Kit_Yates_Maths

Is this lockdown 3.0 as tough as lockdown 1?Here are a few pieces of data from the @IndependentSage briefing which suggest that despite tackling a much more transmissible virus, lockdown

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