#Infection

Eric Feigl-Ding

DrEricDing

BREAKING—new #B117 variant & vaccine data from research lab shows mutations in B117’s spike protein yields a ~3.8x reduction in efficacy of vaccine-generated neutralization antibodies compared to wildtype (WT)

Vincent Lee

Rover829

SEOUL, Dec 18 (Reuters) - South Korea reported 1,062 new coronavirus cases on Friday, the second highest since it confirmed its first infection in January, the Korea Disease Control and

Kevin McKernan 🙂

Kevin_McKernan

OK Koch heads... bring your hurt.I’m glad you folks exist as we need people questioning everything.However, I have found the “virus doesn’t exist” arguments unconvincing. The virus isn’t the only

Gummi Bear

gummibear737

Some great data on the developing situation in Spain where cases have spiked but deaths are not followingCases are even returning to the Milan area where I would not have

Joshua Goodman

JoshuaSGoodman

BU just reported the following reassuring facts about campus re-opening:It has already collected 5,376 samples from 3,800+ incoming students. Number of positive tests?8 (0.2%).Returning students have infection rates lower than

Stephen McIntyre

ClimateAudit

New article in journal published by Cambridge Univ Press says that testimony to House Oversight Committee in March 2020 mixed up case fatality rate (CFR) and infection fatality rate (IFR)

Victoria Fox

drvictoriafox

I’m assuming the media’s new found interest in T-cells is directly related to Scott Atlas, and his much needed (all be it simplified) public update on the science of COVID

Deepti Gurdasani

dgurdasani1

This is the exact problem with our government's thinking & response- despite this strategy of 'tolerating deaths' and half-way measures having spectacularly failed, it's quite amazing that our govt still

Chuck Wendig

ChuckWendig

Routinely I hear how kids don’t spread it, it’s fine, it’s fiiiiiiiine, but uhhhhttps://twitter.com/joshtpm/status/1337533583754399747 A thread about it:https://twitter.com/tracynovick/status/1337886434783617026 I remember the year ou

Céline Gounder, MD, ScM, FIDSA

celinegounder

1/ New COVID variants are emerging:- B.1.1.7 from the UK: more transmissible, possibly more virulent. Even if not more virulent, more transmissible = more infections, more disease, more hospitalizations, more

Alex Forsythe

alexforsythe

Think of someone you love. Now imagine watching as they slowly die, their body shutting down because one or more of their vital organs can no longer function well enough

A reasonable excuse

mrkebb

This means that 43% of people earn less than £13,000 per year? That’s the story. But to take the question at face value: no. Because they still pay VAT, road

Stephen Reicher

ReicherStephen

This report, on student behaviour during COVID, is very important: https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/educationandchildcare/articles/coronavirusandtheimpactonstudentsinhighereducationinenglandseptembertodecember2020/2020-12

Howard Steen

HowardSteen4

1/n The ‘Grand Covid Illusion’ is one of a novel virus causing a mysterious deadly new disease that really never was.It is a story of the misuse of science &

David Paton

cricketwyvern

It's hard to exaggerate the stupidity of calls to shut pubs (& restaurants & leisure) in London & Essex because of the rise in infections: the recent increase relates to

Justin Lessler

JustinLessler

We had two preprints out last week. They might seem unrelated, but have lots to do with each other. In this thread I will outline the results and what they

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