#Infection

zeynep tufekci

zeynep

Heard about the new variant? That it appears to be much more transmissible but not more lethal? That's true but no relief. Transmissibility is an *exponential* risk and thus a

Paul Romer

paulmromer

It is strikiing how much of his reputation for journalistic integrity @DouthatNYT was willing to trade away for a chance to claim that Trump’s pandemic response was mediocre. 1/Nhttps://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/05/opinion/sunday/covid-19-t

Deepta Bhattacharya

deeptabhattacha

This article is not too bad in the grand scheme of things, but I admit I had a visceral reaction to the headline--'Not this again!' h/t @KurtadikarKetan. There are important

Alasdair Munro

apsmunro

People can't stop talking about schools and #COVID19 Here's a thread on school transmission studies!Summary:- If prevalence high in the community, it will be high in schools and some will

Little Poteets

littlepoteets

I don't have many followers, so this thread won't reach far, but as a Clinical Pharmacist I've read the drug product monograph for the pfeizer vaccine and am optimistic about

Isaac Bogoch

BogochIsaac

1/#COVID19 transmission on a train:This study quantified the risk of infection based on duration and proximity to an infected person."Overall attack rate of COVID-19 in train passengers with close contact

Andrey Zarur

andreyzarur

Mutations to the Covid-19 virus in the UK are worrying, but not surprising. There are thousands of known mutations to the virus, it was only a matter of time before

Jon Deeks

deeksj

MHRA exceptional authorisation of Innova for asymptomatic individuals was issued on 22nd Dec.This is a LIMITED approval, and the details of how and why it is LIMITED are important. It

Catherine Moore🦠🧬🇪🇺

SmallRedOne

Why do people think you suddenly lose all immune memory of meeting a virus? You don’t. It might become undetectable in the assays used, but biologically it’s still there. What

Christine Herman

CTHerman

The University of Illinois reopened with frequent mass testing -- and found more COVID-19 cases than they were hoping.@LeeVGaines got a breakdown of COVID-19 cases among students at @Illinois_Alma.Here are

Fiona

ficoolone

1. Schools and COVID: a personal account.I'm a teacher in a secondary school. My husband is a supply teacher. 2. Ten days ago I came home from work with a

White House COVID-19 Response Team

WHCOVIDResponse

Our commitment to the facts and offering updates for you straight from the experts themselves led us to host a Twitter Q&A today to address some of your most-asked questions

Mrs.Q.❤🤍💙

MrsQAmerica

Cv-19 vaccine thread! It DOES NOT prevent CV infection or spread of the disease. Masks and social-distancing are still "required". Please note,Page 2 below that of the 3410 individuals who

Eric Feigl-Ding

DrEricDing

So a new study claims #SARSCoV2 can integrate into human DNA genome. Semi-doubtful. David Baltimore, a virologist who won the Nobel Prize, describes the findings as “unexpected” & notes

Deepti Gurdasani

dgurdasani1

Just an observation that while we're still debating mask use in schools in the UK, countries in Europe are revising policy on grade of masks in school (e.g. France on

Emilia C Skirmuntt 🦇🧬🦠

ESkirmuntt

(Thread about COVID vaccines) More and more countries are rolling out their vaccination programmes. It is an amazing triumph of science that we have been able to efficiently introduce vaccines

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