#Infection

Dr. Angela Rasmussen

angie_rasmussen

Woke up to Twitter going wild about #dexamethasone treatment for #SARSCoV2 #COVID19 #coronavirus infection.Went to look at the paper. Still looking...uh oh, this looks like another case of trial results

Doc 🍥

DocAtCDI

Good Morning My Friends, serious post here, we vote in 2 days (if we haven't already) we have increasing infection rates and rising death tolls, we all know there will

Faheem Younus, MD

FaheemYounus

COVID Myth-busting Thread: Too many myths floating around. Here’s part 2.1/10: Avoid shipped packages/gas pumps/shopping carts/ATMs or you’ll die.Wrong. Coronavirus surface survival is one thing; that surface causing an infection

Peter Kolchinsky

PeterKolchinsky

Now this is a covid antibody test! Not only looks good on its face w/ 100% sensitivity (likelihood of seeing antibodies if they are there) & 99.8% specificity (not seeing

Adrian Madaro

adrianmadaro

4 months ago, I wrote about how East Boston had the highest COVID numbers in Boston. That hasn't changed.I said rates were 4x the MA average. That also hasn't changedExcept

A Marm Kilpatrick

DiseaseEcology

Vaccine efficacy in blocking infection & transmission(I think) We can now estimate the (minimum) reduction in transmission from the Moderna vaccine.Threadtl;dr Moderna vaccine blocks >90% (87-93%) of infections & 91%

Prof Francois Balloux

BallouxFrancois

Vaccine safety and persistent post-infection symptoms (long-COVID) are both important issues that require our scrutiny and attention. Though, inventing and spreading lurid and fanciful #COVID19 scare stories (e.g. exploding hearts

Gertrud Rey PhD (Trudy)

GertrudRey

Did you know that our cells produce antiviral molecules that are similar to small molecules in antiviral drugs? And that bacteria make these exact same molecules to fight off infection

Dr. Seema Yasmin

DoctorYasmin

Pfizer has said “There are no data to demonstrate that protection after the first dose is sustained after 21 days.”So why are thousands of Brits - elderly and vulnerable -

Dr. Faris Durmo MD., BSc.

Dr_FarrisD

1/ MRI study -Prev healthy kids now with COVID19 - Short threadLargest study to date of CNS Imaging features - Cases grouped based on clinical data. 4 groups1. Acute Covid192.

Kendall G Pace

KendallGPace

Freaking brilliant. THEY LOOKED AT DATA!“Crowded subways pose little risk, if windows are open & passengers wear...Sitting diagonally, rather than directly across from each other can reduce risk of infection

Rachel Clarke

doctor_oxford

These are repurposed bin bags. They have just been sent to a GP practice as official PPE.Thank you, @drTeaLady for sharing.@MattHancock please can you explain as a matter of urgency

J.J. Sylvia IV, Ph.D

BigDataJJ

1/ I've been seeing a lot of discussion about studies that show transmission of COVID-19 does not occur as often from children to adults. This is being used to support

Michael Baym

baym

I don't think it's widely appreciated how incredible an achievement this is. Biotechnology has advanced unbelievably in the last fifteen years, but even still, going from new virus to completed

Tom Kelsey

TKelsey915

1/ Some interesting ideas in this short piece on tackling our toxic political discourse. THREAD on the abuse of MPshttps://twitter.com/RichardHRBenyon/status/1349672697261920256 2/ tl;dr: The language politicians themselves use is statistic

Livia Scott

LiviaLove

Please take a minute to read this and share it. Vote like your life depends on it. Because it does. #USPS Good advice for people who feel unsafe about voting

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