#Infections

James Thompson

JamesPsychol

One of the main challenges (for WHO team) emerged after the experts learnt that more than 90 people needed hospital treatment for Covid-like symptoms in central China in the two

Maestro ☈ayo

maestro_rayo

1/n. Everything you wanted to know about Herd Immunity, but were afraid to ask.What is HIT exactly? What’s the relationship with R_t? Will the virus vanish? A thread by @maestro_rayo,

Dr. Faris Durmo MD., BSc.

Dr_FarrisD

1/ MRI study -Prev healthy kids now with COVID19 - Short threadLargest study to date of CNS Imaging features - Cases grouped based on clinical data. 4 groups1. Acute Covid192.

Eric Feigl-Ding

DrEricDing

WORRISOME—Australia suddenly saw 5 infections of the UK B117 variant among 4 quarantined travelers & a cleaner on the same floor—but get this—none of the 5 people occupied the

Prof. Devi Sridhar

devisridhar

New Guardian piece: Confused over what to do over the holidays? Here's my take. With an effective vaccine within sight, preventing infections in the coming weeks is the imperative. The

Aetiologic

aetiologic

#COVID19CD #COVIDBC I don't understand all the evasion around COVID in LTC, and Dix's evasion of @CBCStephenQuinn 's questions. The insinuation is that staff keep bringing in the infection, and

Maria Van Kerkhove

mvankerkhove

1/ Re-sharing this thorough systematic review & meta-analysis of % asymptomatic infection & asymptomatic /presymptomatic/ symptomatic transmission of #SARSCOV2 - @nicolamlow & cohttps://journals.plos.org/plosmedicine/article?id=

Aaron Goodman

AaronGoodman33

How do neutrophils (PMNs) get from the blood into tissue to kill infection?A TweetorialImmunologyPMNs1. Roll2. Adhere3. Transmigrate through endothelium into tissueThe above process depends on different types of adhesion molecules:1.

Carl T. Bergstrom

CT_Bergstrom

A somewhat technical thread about measuring vaccine efficacy.We're used to the notion that certain properties of tests for disease depend on prevalence: positive and negative predictive value do, for example,

Murad Banaji

muradbanaji

Another dubious claim in the Economic Survey 2020-21 backed up by a graph (Figure 10, Chapter 1). This claim is about testing. (With so many charts and graphs surely this

🐍Trouble 🐍

gilltheamazon

Do your medics take UTI meds out to the field with y’all? How about tampons that AREN’T the kind with painful cardboard applicators? Y’all got appropriate places to dispose of

Breonna Taylor #SayHerName

dr_agoglesby

I know this AAP article is receiving a lot of media attention, & epidemiologists are understandably concerned w/ their conclusion. But the decision to return to school is a complex

John Rentoul

JohnRentoul

Greg Clark, chair of science select cttee, is a model of clarity, questioning Vallance & Whitty https://www.parliamentlive.tv/Event/Index/8bbb6325-cbfe-4025-9be9-5f50bc220c73 Clark points out it's not really "optional" adv

Jennifer Jacobs

JenniferJJacobs

White House: “It’s unacceptable and breaking with all norms for Dr. Fauci, a senior member of the President’s Coronavirus Taskforce and someone who has praised President Trump’s actions throughout this

Duncan Hothersall🌹

dhothersall

I see people are angry that Fiona Bruce asked a perfectly reasonable question about lower vaccination rates in Scotland and then allowed the SNP representative to answer it. They absolutely

totoroinatree

totoroinatree

To understand why I’m so angry, I want to explain what it’s been like for me the past 8 months, as a person who is at risk but doesn’t neatly

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