#Immunity

This is a false, irresponsible statement by the WHO, which will panic people in the name of not raising false hope. I will reply to this thread with evidence that
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Q: How hard is it to model covid cases in the future?A: Very hard.This CDC paper on modeling scenarios on vaccine efficacy/uptake and NPIs has gotten its share of Twitticule:https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/70/wr/mm7019e3.htm?s_cid=mm7019e3
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Did you know avoiding germs makes you weak. Masks and sanitizer is the equivalent of benching your star player. You immune system has to encounter germs to know how to
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I've made an important observation that strongly supports a pre-existing immunity based model for C19@MLevitt_NP2013 agreesThe strong correlation between winter travel patterns in this area that confer nationwide "Asian/Oceana Immu
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1 -Here's what I know + PCR test results do not equal clinical disease. Immunity occurs at many levels, IgA mucosal, T-cell immunity, innate memory cells and finally IgG. IgG
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#COVID19| THREADImportant scientific update from the @TheLancet — one of the world’s oldest medical journals used by many epidemiologists I have spoken to for navigating COVID.*Ignore the political BS, read
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As we celebrate the #SCOTUS DACA victory today, we must remember a few very important things. A thread! This victory would not have happened without the work & sacrifice of
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1 of 3:Covid-19 deaths increase away from the source.This chart plots C-19 deaths as a % of the > 65 population (at risk group).Lockdown stringency does not consistently increase away
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Immunologists on failures of communication in a pandemic: when you express appropriate uncertainty ("we don't know for sure!") in a global crisis, you may leave people believing that a very
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Today, I have had loads of people getting in touch to say “Oh now I get what you’ve been on about.”The sight of crowds on the streets of #Soho or
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When will the #JohnSnowMemo authors formally reject @marcbonten’s signature? He is an outspoken mitigation /‘immunity buildup’ advocate since the start of the pandemic. 1/N In this tweet, @MarcBonten, a prominent
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I’m tired.*a thread* I’m tired of the fact that people are losing trust in what science is after people have been distorting it left and right for political agenda. I’m
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What are currently being described as 'second waves' of covid-19 are actually first waves. There are no locations that got hit hard in the first wave that are experiencing second
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I see a lot of question re flu shot timing in my timeline. Since I'm on clinical service, doing one single main tweet on it here: Generally CDC recommend Sept-Oct
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Visited my new GP practice for serological testing for immunity to SAR-CoV-2 but she didn't have a clue about them & sent me instead for a PCR test miles away
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"Herd immunity" and "protect the vulnerable", a thread. These terms have become very divisive, and having an extreme libertarian group promote them doesn't help. But for me, they reflect the
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