#Severe

Kai Kupferschmidt

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More vaccine news, this time from phase 3 trial of Johnson&Johnson:According to the company, their vaccine based on an adenovirus was 66% effective at preventing moderate and severe #covid19, 28

Dr. Arinjay Banerjee

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When were the first human #coronaviruses (CoVs) discovered and studied? How were these viruses associated with human #disease? It's time to learn our history about human CoVs, and the scientists

Eric Feigl-Ding

DrEricDing

BREAKING—Moderna just announced its experimental coronavirus vaccine is nearly 95% effective at preventing illness, including severe cases, in preliminary analysis. And of 11 observed severe cases, all were in the

Natalie E. Dean, PhD

nataliexdean

What is the best endpoint for Phase 3 vaccine trials? Disease of any severity? Severe disease? Infection? Most trials have selected the first, but this @PostOpinions piece is critical of

Rajeev Venkayya MD

rvenkayya

Agree with this piece and the "strawman" messaging at the end. One clear opportunity is to focus on prevention of severe disease and death (where most vaccines are very efficacious)

Atul Gawande

Atul_Gawande

NEWS: Important UK study of severe COVID risk by occupation. Healthcare workers = 8X risk vs non-essential workers.Social care (eg child/elder care) = 2.5X Transport =2.2XFirst responders=1.6X Teachers = 1.4X

Peter Higgins

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THREAD: More data about PPIs and SARS-CoV-2 coming out. Is there a consistent association across studies? @statsepi @DrToddLee @supermarioelia @mikejohansenmd @ADAlthousePhD Increased prevalence of ARDS in those taking PPI at

Jennifer Franco

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#NEW: Scientists from King’s College London analyzing data from a widely-used COVID-19 symptom-tracking app have found there are six distinct types of the disease, each distinguished by a cluster of

M. Kit Delgado, MD, MS

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1/ Had a patient present to the ER with severe nausea and vomiting. As has become my practice, I asked "Have you struggled with pain killers, heroin, or fentanyl?" and

Carrie Diulus, M.D., FAAOS

cadiulus

#DOC Heads up about the COVID vaccine. First I am SUPER grateful to have been vaccinated if this is any indication what my experience w/ COVID would have been. Also

Shematologist, MD

acweyand

A physician died of severe thrombocytopenia (low platelets) a few weeks after #COVID19 vaccineHis death is currently being investigated and is not currently thought to be 2/2 the vaccine. A

Jeremy Buckles

JeremyBuckles

Looking over the data from last Sunday's tornado outbreak, it's another good reminder that it's often helpful to stand back and look at the base data. Derived parameters and indices

Zain Chagla

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Vaccines currently need to be sold as personal protection over herd immunity. Taking the vaccine reduces your risk of severe outcomes and death. It’s a personal choice to have this

Prof Francois Balloux

BallouxFrancois

Comparing #COVID19 infection fatality rates (IFRs) of #SARSCoV2 with influenza can be problematic. As the piece below touches on, the IFR estimates for seasonal influenza are very poor. Though, another

Muge Cevik

mugecevik

There is a lot of confusion about the efficacy of AstraZeneca/ChAdOx1 vaccine against COVID19 due to B.1.351 / 501Y.V2 - summarising the results of phase 1b/2a double-blind randomized trial conducted

Aliza Norwood, MD, AAHIVS

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I just got the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine, here’s why you should too when you can. #CovidVaccine #MedTwitter @DellMedSchool @uthealthaustin The vaccine has been studied for 2 months in volunteers which is

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