#Infection

Jane McManus

janesports

The association between covid and myocarditis has been known since the early summer. Coaches, administrators and conferences practice and play despite these knowable risks. Worse, some colleges seem undeterred by

Phil Greaves

PhilGreaves01

800 years and they're still pretending leprosy is an "infectious disease" caused by bacteria.https://twitter.com/WHO/status/1355822842567413760 "It is not entirely clear how the infection is spread but it is thought to be

Misa

misapelater

Edgar #HopeSimpson’s description of the seasonal nature of influenza will be familiar to followers of @FatEmperor @boriquagato @EthicalSkeptic. Seasonality, however, was but one of 21 questions he raised about the

Mrs_Pinky Thoughts Mambi

MRSpinkston85

Creating a new political party without a plan to correct the problems that the old one had will only form a new group of the same old issues. It would

Prof. Devi Sridhar

devisridhar

Scientists investigating whether it's possible to be re-infected with a new variant of SARS-CoV-2 in S. Africa. Antibodies from previous infection didn't recognise new variant in 21/44 cases but

Dr. Sanjay Gupta

drsanjaygupta

With Pfizer’s vaccine being granted authorization in the UK and the prospect of a Covid-19 vaccine EUA here in the US, I wanted to take a moment to answer some

Emily Case

mlecase

I’ll take a stab at The Atlantic article. I’m a middle school science teacher, not an epidemiologist, but it seems #middleschool teachers are having a moment here. h/t to @rmc031

A Marm Kilpatrick

DiseaseEcology

What is "fatality" of COVID19? Still lots of confusion out there about case fatality rate (CFR) and infection fatality rate (IFR). One is what you want to know but almost

George

georgebatchelor

1/10Covid-19 has gone down. A lot. The estimated number of infections in London is less than 1,000 (compared to +1million in April) - this is around the level in early

Viki Male 💙

VikiLovesFACS

People have been asking me if we might expect the #COVID19 #vaccine to affect female #fertility. The short answer is no. The long answer is... also no, but with more

Megan Ranney MD MPH 🗽

meganranney

Three new important studies came out in the past week about kids & #COVID19. All have limits (the science isn't perfect). But together, they matter, & you deserve to know

Richie5Angels

Demon1111Slayer

The PCR test currently in use is unreliable and essentially worthless..it MIGHT show a few tiny fragments of what may possibly be a novel virus, but it shows NOTHING that

Natasha Loder

natashaloder

From the UK chief medical officers: For both vaccines, data provided to MHRA demonstrate that whilst efficacy is optimised when a second dose is administered both offer considerable protection after

Elaine Doyle

laineydoyle

Let's talk about statistics.Something struck me from @FergalBowers (excellent) coverage of today's covid numbers in Ireland: the breakdown is super weird. 190 cases, of which 75 are close contacts of

Alessandro Sette

SetteLab

1/4 The statement from @Surgeon_General VADM Jerome M. Adams in @FaceTheNation about this novel UK strain and vaccination clarify that: "Right now there is not an indication that is going

Dr Daniel Jolley

djoll

So, lots of (very appropriate) concern among Melbourne HCWs re: adequate PPE amidst current #COVID19 outbreak.Every hospital has its own bespoke protocol on when & what PPE to wear, stratifying

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