#Infections

Trevor Bedford

trvrb

Our research group at @fredhutch, @UWMedicine and @BrotmanBaty has sequenced the viral genomes of two SARS-CoV-2 infections that were connected to the White House #COVID19 outbreak. The @nytimes reports here:

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gowinsanjula

Today is #WorldCancerDay as well.Spreading Awareness about cancer is essential as screening and early detection significantly increases the chance of remission and helps you get rid of the nasty

Michael Mina

michaelmina_lab

Moving in right direction to reverse outbreaksHere's how:At-home frequent rapid tests10M/day ->pool 2 ppl/test ->20M ppl tested/day ->Ea house tests 1x/wk ->140M ppl tested/wk!! ->Herd effects: R RAPIDLY

Prof. Mosa Moshabela

MoshabelaMosa

Imagine a room with a wash basin. Upon entering, you find water pouring out of an open tap, the outlets in the sink blocked, the sink overflowing and a mess

Dr. Ali Nouri

AliNouriPhD

1/#SARSCoV2 spread on #Boeing 777. Seven infections identified, at least 4 of which were likely the result of transmission events during 18 hr Dubai to New Zealand flight. Genomic sequencing

InProportion2

InProportion2

1/6Sikora: Let’s declare Covid over and get on with our normal lives* Wuhan has tested millions or residents and found no new cases. A minor outbreak in Beijing is under

Victoria Tenge

vten89

Check out this recent publication from the Estes Lab in @PNASNews using genetically modified #enteroids to study the interplay of host IFN responses and human #norovirus infection: https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2010834117@BCMFromtheLabs 1/4

Eric Topol

EricTopol

From serology studies it is estimated that 80 to 100 million Americans have had covid-19 infections. New data from @florian_krammer and colleagues suggests that, with + antibody testing, 1 dose

Matt McCarthy

DrMattMcCarthy

Vitamin D is in the news today because: 1) England is giving it out for free and 2) This article minimizes its role in the pandemic. But there are some

Kevin Seifert

SeifertESPN

"If you're the NFL and you're looking at what happened with the Marlins, you have to expect that something like this is going to happen to you.” Can the @NFL

Monica Gandhi MD, MPH

MonicaGandhi9

When will there be enough evidence that vaccines reduce asymptomatic carriage (e.g. risk of transmission) to be able to change guidelines for vaccinated people not being a risk to unvaccinated?

zeynep tufekci

zeynep

"One week following the implementation of universal masking on March 31, 2020, we observed a significant decrease in the cumulative incidence rate of healthcare-acquired SARS-CoV-2 infections among HCWs." Red line=hospital

Elizabeth Humphrys

anintegralstate

This by @engagedpractx is excellent. I'm in a high risk group and so have to be very cautious about what I do, and I always feel like I can make

Manavi Kapur

manavikapur

A country of 1.3 billion people seems to have just about got the pandemic under control. What explains India's #COVID19 numbers? I ask @MenonBioPhysics @epigiri @swapneilparikh and Dr Jayaprakash Muliyilhttps://qz.com/india/1973946/has-

Dr. Lynora Saxinger 🇨🇦

AntibioticDoc

Let’s talk about this. COVID-19 cases have been identified in 5% of Berlin’s schools within weeks of opening. We need to look at reports like this and think about what

Louis Rossouw

lrossouw

SA COVID-19 model updated: I have not tweeted about it in some time. So as a reminder the model is calibrated to 90% of excess deaths from the MRC (up

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