#Infection

Robert Dingwall 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🇪🇺 Reunite

rwjdingwall

There seems to be a widespread assumption that a post-Christmas surge in Covid-19 cases is inevitable. Similar claims were widely made ahead of the US Thanksgiving weekend, which was much

Sizwe sikaMusi

SizweLo

Up to now the most recommended action to take when a person exhibits COVID-19-like symptoms has been to quarantine until s/he develop serious respiratory problems, and then take them to

Dr Cathryn Lewis

cathrynlewis

This will present work from ERICA-SA – Evolving Risk Factors for Cancers in African Populations where I’m a proud collaboratorStudying breast, oesophageal squamous & cervical cancer.Funded by South Africa MRC

Nicolas Vabret

neoviral

A few thoughts about this preprint claiming that SARS-COV-2 is reverse-transcribed into human genome (1/7)https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.12.12.422516v1 The human/viral chimeric reads that the authors detect in RNAseq dataset d

Patrick O'Flynn

oflynnsocial

I've been looking at ONS Covid fatality stats for England & Wales by age group in the "2nd wave". So here's a thread for anyone interested in what I found

Debadutta Parija

parija_d

@bmcbbsr (1) Long thread warning..Me and wife are Medical Doctors. My 68 years old mother, who is diabetic and hypertensive (on medication) was diagnosed with Covid. Harrowing experience so far.

Rorschach

EduEngineer

1. This is a thread on the pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) use of HCQ to protect from SARS-CoV-2. First, note that if HCQ is antiviral and has a long half-life in

Ember November - #WearTheDamnMask

ember_november

Hi @jkenney.My largest client just canceled 3 months of work with me, and several other contractors, because of Covid outbreaks.Remind me again how keeping everything open is better for the

UsforThemUK

UsforThemUK

Damning words which show why we simply must reopen schools @dp_williamson @lucyjohnston439. A must-read piece, key quotes in this thread.https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/1385059/School-closures-latest-parents-children-coronavirus"“T

Joseph Cherabie MD, MSc🇱🇧🇺🇸🏳️‍🌈

Jncherabie

It’s starting!!! Updates to come after the presentation but updates to the CDC STI Guidelines @CDCSTD #IDtwitter The current state of Gonorrhea, Chlamydia, primary and secondary Syphilis, Congenital Syphilis, and

Eric Topol

EricTopol

Big news: The JNJ vaccine results of 44,000 Phase 3 trial, a single dose. Overall 66% efficacy, with the contrast of 72% in US but 57% in South Africa, confirming

Claire Paling Physio

PalingClaire

Anyone want to learn the basics of bloods with me? Reading a great book & had fun making this thread about...BLOOD TESTS: WHAT ARE WE MEASURING??! See

Paul Glasziou

PaulGlasziou

How many #COVID19 cases are asymptomatic? The *incorrect* 40% figure keeps being repeated (such as claim below in 21 Oct NEJM Perspective), but best estimates are now closer to 17%

Mark Changizi

MarkChangizi

0/ Masks were NOT designed for EVERYONE EVERYWHERE ALL-THE-TIME !!!A thread... 1/ NO DOWN SIDES!There’s a strain of argument for face masks suggesting that they cannot possibly have any negative

Karl Turner MP

KarlTurnerMP

*Statement on Tier 3 vote*Regrettably, I cannot vote for the Government’s Tier 3 measures tonight. Throughout this crisis, I have been urging the Government to act quickly and responsibly to

Aproko Doctor

aproko_doctor

If you've had sex or are currently having sex, this thread is for you. It might save you from a lot of problems in the futureAre you "clean"?As long as

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