#Vaccines

Abraar Karan

AbraarKaran

1/ I signed on to this effort from @RapidTests & a number of colleagues to urge Congress to utilize rapid antigen testing in a smart way for epidemic control. #covid19https://www.rapidtests.org/expert-letter

Rachel Barnhart

rachbarnhart

People were very unhappy with me when I said I would be dining out again, now that indoor dining is allowed again in my district. I was told I was

Roxanne Khamsi

rkhamsi

#THREAD: COVID-19 could be a double whammy for older people -- they're more likely to die from it and they might be less likely to respond to a vaccine. This

Christine Gibson MD

GibtrotterMD

Watched vaccine webinars Alberta Health Services and Public Health Agency of Canada, now sharing takeaway points. This vaccine is critical, lucky that the ones approved by Health Canada 95% effective.

Tim Harford

TimHarford

Some interesting psychology going on around vaccine rollout. UK rollout is among the fastest in the world right now, but last night I saw a self-flagellating piece comparing UK rollout

mark holmes

gmarkholmes

Today we released Brief 7, which looks at available hospital capacity and the “Runway” we have in North Carolina hospitals. tl; dr: At current trends, we will start to hit

Apoorva Mandavilli

apoorva_nyc

NEW: The British dampened some vaccine joy yesterday with news of a possibly hyper-transmissible variant. How scary is this new variant? Bottomline: Scientists should watch and worry, yes, but the

Simply Biochemistry

SimplyBiochem

1) THREAD - Why the new SARS-CoV-2 UK variant is NOT a new strain.Unfortunately the way this recent development has been reported has upset a lot in the scientific community.

Dr. David Pate

drpatesblog

I don’t think I can get it down to kindergartner level, but I’ll shoot for 5th or 6th grade level. Then you can ask me specific questions about things that

Cory Morningstar

elleprovocateur

New important thread.Explored: Rockefeller communique on #contacttracing, Verified (UN) guide on #vaccine #communications, insights via #vaccine Confidence Project, & a Behavioral Insights report. Today> special report from Oct 15 20

Nikki Wentling

nikkiwentling

.@DenisMcDonough, Joe Biden's pick for @DeptVetAffairs secretary, will testify soon at his confirmation hearing before the Senate VA committee. This will be the first time @SenatorTester leads the committee as

Nick Covington

CovingtonEDU

I worry about our ability to teach our way out of this. Are we really asking the rights questions about the ends & means that will get us there? Put

Sarah Newey

sneweyy

Breaking: GPs are now able to use vaccine doses that were being wasted. Vials of the Pfizer jab was expected to include 5 doses- it turns out you can squeeze

SneakyPeaky

SneakyPeaky4

I came across this video earlier this year, around March time.Not sure who he is, but he knew more than most at the time did.LISTEN carefully, he breaks everything down

🍦🍨🍧 tal yarkoni 🍮🍨🍦

talyarkoni

it should go without saying that complicated decision-making algorithms need human supervision. but this WaPo article making the rounds completely undermines its own argument by picking an example that is

Dimitri Dadiomov

dadiomov

1/ Impressive to see the @gatesfoundation mobilize quickly against Coronavirus. Bill's 2015 TED talk about this seems especially prescient now.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Af6b_wyiwI 2/ Jan 26: the Foundation commits $10m to help Ch

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