#Antibodies

Gummi Bear

gummibear737

Deep Dive!This is an important thread about testing for SARS-CoV-2 which will explain:-why herd immunity is possible at 10-20%-why testing has really let us down and led to bad policy

P S Narayanan

NarayananPalakd

#COVID19 Mumbai : One encouraging news coming in from Mumbai, which shows us some glimmer of hope.As per ATE Chandra Foundation's model, the Seroprevalence in Mumbai has reached 40%, and

Arnav Bansal ⠕

itsarnavb

If you're aware of the COVID-19 situation in India, you know that there have been a lot of shortages of oxygen, drugs, and blood plasma (example: scroll through #sos)Finding blood

Brian Lang

ProResBri

While there is good reason to believe Regeneron’s antibody cocktail will be a good therapeutic for covid, calling it a ‘cure’ is stupid and dangerous. First of all, Trump’s treatment

A.M.

bhalomanush

A lot of great research on immunity against SARS-CoV-2 and early information on vaccines out in May, but I haven't found a single up-to-date story which puts it all in

Taylor Nichols, MD

tnicholsmd

Nationally, the current doubling time for the spread of the SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, is 3 days. However, with strict physical distancing measures in effect in the Bay

el gato malo

boriquagato

a big part of the initial scare story on COV19 was "it's a zoonotic virus to which humans have no pre-existing resistance."it was never true.yet another study showing that over

Siddhartha Mukherjee

DrSidMukherjee

1/n The AZ vaccine adverse effects are seriously concerning. First, since public money flowed into the project through OWS, we need to have access to the data to figure out

Seanan McGuire

seananmcguire

So a lot of people want to know why COVID-19 is such a big deal, even as death rates are climbing and ICUs are overwhelmed. After all, diseases have always

LuLIV

Kosherqueen_

Seeing a lot of discourse on the tl that is making me uncomfortable so let’s talk COVID-19 cases and Brooklyn Hasidic communities. For some context I am a modern Orthodox

krista. ⭐️

krista_chelle

those of you who think COVID “isn’t real” or that people who are dying from other things (i.e being shot) is being blamed on COVID are grossly incorrect. we can’t

Know Your Enemy

ItsWhatsername

Due to some odd symptoms, my doc Rx'd a bunch of tests since I was covid + at the spike of NYC pandemic 3/10.I assumed it was routine. Turns out,

Prof. Devi Sridhar

devisridhar

Countries have few choices bc can't stay in lockdown much longer:1. Eliminate with border screenings (islands);2. Let it go & hope to build up immunity (takes months as shown by

Chris Viox

chrisviox

Miami-Dade County antibody study. 15x more cases than confirmed, implied IFR slightly under .2%. 50% asymptomatic. I'm sure the critics will find something wrong with this study too. (1/2)https://www.miamiherald.com/news/coronavirus/article242260

Benjamin Meyer

BenjaminMeyer85

1. Since there was a huge discussion about T-cell mediated immunity following the Lancet comment on seroprevalence by @EckerleIsabella and me, I'd like to share my thoughts on this in

Dr. Tara Sander Lee

DrTaraSanderLee

Finally joined Twitter today because I can't let the misinformation circulating about President Trump's #Covid_19 treatment continue unchecked.Uninformed commentators are claiming President Trump received a medication created with t