#Infections

Eric Feigl-Ding

DrEricDing

Fecal aerosols... 9 infections in 3 families due to vertically shared toilet drainage pipes + aerosols from pipes.To even prove it, tracer gas was released into drainage system of one

Deepta Bhattacharya

deeptabhattacha

Tangent: this study estimates the natural inoculum at only a few thousand infectious viruses. https://stm.sciencemag.org/content/12/573/eabe2555 Other estimates using different methods have landed in the same ballpark. https://www.medrxiv.o

Vincent Rajkumar

VincentRK

There are at least 4 possible reasons why some people with COVID have little or no symptoms.1) A rapid immune response that conquers the virus2) Pre-existing cross reactive immunity3) Genetic

Laura Lexx

lauralexx

What I wouldn’t give for it to be Saturday night and I’m in the centre of town rolling my eyes as I walk past a large group of people saying

dirtycitybird

dirtycitybird

Ok. For this whole #TransAwarenessWeek yoke I might spend tomorrow writing up a history of the (first as far as we know) trans women run somewhat underground but weirdly

Adam Kucharski

AdamJKucharski

What are the benefits/limitations of mass testing certain populations for SARS-CoV-2 regardless of symptoms? A thread... 1/ SARS-CoV-2 can transmit before symptoms appear, so by the time a symptomatic case

Migrant Rights

MigrantRights

We are at the end of the year 2020 and it is time to take stock of what this year has meant for migrant workers in the six #GCC states.

Federico Toledo

fltoledo

To fight COVID-19 in Uruguay (luckily we've had nearly 0 new cases in the last few days) we began a new phase: the exposure notification app over #Google and #Apple's

Dr. Joel C. Miller

joel_c_miller

Since a recent "lockdowns don't have any impact" thread seemed to get some traction (including being retweeted by a friend of mine who is reasonably quantitative), I thought it would

Eric Topol

EricTopol

To better understand the #COVID19 immune response, we just did a podcast w/ @VirusesImmunity, an extraordinary immunobiologist @YaleMed @YaleIBIO @HHMINEWS link here: https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/933621w/ @cuttingforstone @Medscape

Gage Moreno

GageKMoreno

Our updated #SARSCoV2 in cats preprint is now available @ https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.11.16.384917v2.full.pdf+html this time with an emphasis on Spike H655Y! A (1/7)@KATarinambraun @tcfriedrich @dho I won't get into th

Larry Sanger

lsanger

To #Ohio Gov. @MikeDeWine: I'm Dr. Larry Sanger, Wikipedia co-founder. I'm an Ohioan.1/ I'm beyond being polite. I demand that you clarify the precise conditions under which all our freedoms

Dr. Tom Frieden

DrTomFrieden

Covid Epi Weekly: Could Covid Kill 1 Million Americans?New strains are a shot across the bow. A message from the virus: We outnumber you. We’re more persistent. We change and

Robert Jones

RJonesSonoEM

Known distal UVJ stone. Has new rt flank pain. Mild hydro but what else? #POCUS #IMPOCUS #FOAMed #FOAMus #MedEd #MedTwitter @ACEP_EUS @SeeWithSound @PhilipsPOCUS @IMPOCUSFocus @medpedshosp @NephroP @jminardi21 @HeyDrNik @TomJelic @cianmcder

Adam Smith Institute

ASI

And we're off!Join us on Facebook live here: https://www.facebook.com/AdamSmithInstitute/videos/719004935641041 https://twitter.com/ASI/status/1323646181696806914 We're kicking off with @s8mb who recently wrote 'Covid: The War W

Dr. Angela Rasmussen

angie_rasmussen

I'm seeing this making the rounds this morning. I have issues with it, specifically two of the claims.1. It's never been shown whether re-positive patients are contagious or not. (It

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