#Viruses

Thomas Christie Williams

Williams_T_C

could a non-segmented RNA virus rapidly evolve to evade a polyclonal immune response, rendering a vaccine ineffective? I think if you'd asked the average RNA virus researcher a year ago,

Mizuho M. Morrison

mizuhomorrison

FLU + COVID = Recipe for DISASTER??Believe it or not...INFLUENZA cases are already being reported in the US (apropos for 2020 right?!). Given the fact that Flu and #covid19 share

Jose-Luis Jimenez

jljcolorado

1/ Using CO2 indoors to monitor infection risk - Very good idea- Limitation: one limit (e.g. 800 ppm) does not work for all situations.- Preprint from: @ZheP_AtmChem & I: https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.09.09.20191676v1-

Michael Eisen

mbeisen

There are good political/social reasons for wanting SARS-CoV-2 to have entered humans directly from animals, and many pushing the WIV lab accident hypothesis have nefarious intent. I am nonetheless surprised

Abdu Sharkawy

SharkawyMD

Much angst over the recent reports of mutations in mink population of Denmark causing infections in humans. There is NO need to panic at all. Here's a few points to

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balljointeddork

What I've learned about gen z from being on tik tok a thread.......... 1. They will make a whole ass video talking about how they're gonna wreck all us adults

Subhasree Ray

DrSubhasree

Role of Zinc (Zn) during #COVID19: Probably The 2nd most important nutrient after #VitaminD. Zn is a must with antivirals in standard COVID care.1. A study from Spain with 249

Vinci Zijun Wang

VinciZijun

Our newest data showed antibody and memory B cell responses in a cohort of 20 volunteers who received either the Moderna (mRNA-1273) or Pfizer/BioNTech (BNT162b2) vaccines. 1/https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2021.01.15.426911v1 mRNA

Web Sant

web_sant

vaccinationwhat is the objective?I have seen two possible objectives presented1 - eradicate the virus, e.g., get to herd immunity2 - stop people from dying from the virus getting to herd

Hannah Thornton

HannahVThornton

1/10 Wrote my thesis about use of upper respiratory swabs to diagnose RTI in the community. Imagine if GPs could use a swab and point of care test to tell

Alex John London

AlexJohnLondon

When you make an argument like this, please show your work. Let’s think of the cases1. So we deploy an investigational vaccine that doesn’t actually confer immunity or strong immunity.

Child of Ala🌍

Di_okpala

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LynnFynn3

1) BREAKING: Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko said via Belarusian Telegraph Agency, BEITA, that the World Bank and IMF offered him a bribe of $940 million United States Dollars in the

Alina Chan

Ayjchan

Public service: This is now the link to the archived Fact Sheet released by the previous State Department concerning activities at the Wuhan Institute of Virology that could point to

Sentient Media

Sentient_Media

As we continue to battle #COVID19, birds worldwide are catching #BirdFlu.The outbreak of avian flu is an example of how intensive #farming enables zoonotic diseases to spread among animals and

el gato malo

boriquagato

many have said things like "we should have done what japan did" or "singapore epidemiologists got it right" but i find this unpersuasive.the whole pacific rim had basically no covid

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