#Infections

Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering

QEPrize

Hello everyone! I'm Esther Odekunle (@EstOdek) and today I'll be tweeting from @QEPrize to take you on a journey of what being an antibody engineer is all about. Hold on

Alasdair Munro

apsmunro

Here is a good lesson in basic epidemiologyThis data is difficult to interpret in a number of ways:1. There is no denominator, either of institutions or populations2. It counts the

David Steadson 🇦🇺🇸🇪🇪🇺🌍

DavidSteadson

Sweden's Covid catastrophe in context - Did we squander a Nordic advantage?Anders Tegnell has recently become fond of claiming that Sweden isn't unusual in our high death toll - that

Risu

ReallyRisu

I am the perfect example argument against “girls don’t actually like video games.” I’m an only child. I was homeschooled until college. I didn’t date til I was 17. I

Anosognosiogenesis

pookleblinky

Suppose that, miraculously, 99% of americans do not do thanksgiving. They stay home, do not expose loved ones, etcThat remaining 1% would be 3,280,000 million people.In a country where 1

Odi sinistram

Odi_Prasinorum

It takes an electron microscope to see a virus. That means even the photons of visible light are too large to image themLook at the holes in masks, countless viruses

Oliver Johnson

BristOliver

A lot of people have been asking how we have managed to get R below 1 (and in fact comparable to first lockdown levels?), given that we have the new

Ashish K. Jha, MD, MPH

ashishkjha

Heard of SARS-CoV2 variant from Japan?No?How about one from South Korea?No?Surely variants from New Zealand & Vietnam?Of course notBecause these places haven't given rise to scary variantsBut what places have.....has

Orla Hegarty

Orla_Hegarty

[Thread] Understanding the science of HOW #Covid19 spreads is the key to breaking the chain & stopping new infections Here’s the work of world leading scientistsDr Don Milton, Professor of

Informema

informema

A new CDC weekly COVID survey and a whopping 14.5% of school-aged children tested positive, a much higher rate than other age groups. School-aged children (5-17) have now had the

Michael Eades, M.D.

DrEades

Here is some more data from New York. This is NY state, not just NYC.On the left are the daily death stats. On the right are the daily new cases,

Deepti Gurdasani

dgurdasani1

Prevalence of infection in secondary school children is 1 in 50- the highest in any age group in England. Increases in prevalence among secondary school children, with possible early increases

Eric Topol

EricTopol

The United States has an ambitious plan to get to population level immunity, but it doesn't have the vaccines to accomplish it (no less the buy in of Americans)@WSJgraphic by

Feminitt

feminitt

It’s International Men’s Day and with the help of some fantastic men we’re here to encourage you to take care of your health and well-being!Reflect, rethink, talk it out.Let’s do

Andy Slavitt @ 🏡🇺🇸

ASlavitt

NEW STUDY: A Chinese study shows people infected with COVID-19 lose antibodies after only a few months. A good summary article is here:https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/news-perspective/2020/06/chinese-study-antibodies-covid-19-patients-fade-quick

Kevin Yamamura

kyamamura

It's Budget Day in California. 11 a.m. release. It turned out to be a smart decision by @GavinNewsom and his team to roll out major pieces in advance given how

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