#Immunity

Bill Hanage

BillHanage

Who feels like a sobering wake up call? Well here goes. This paper from @hsalje et al (inc @SCauchemez) examines what we can learn from France’s initial surge in the

Marc Lipsitch

mlipsitch

Two preprints recently make an important point: for any infection, including COVID-19, it is possible that herd immunity can be accomplished with more than 1/R0 of the population still susceptible.

Ron T. Kim

rontkim

6,400-12,000 nursing home residents in New York died because we trusted a market-driven healthcare system to take care of our most vulnerable members during a pandemic.Our political system just followed

Patrick Chovanec

prchovanec

Here’s how it works with a vaccine that’s 90% effective, like polio: when nearly everyone gets the shot, it’s extremely hard for the virus to spread, so the effectiveness jumps

River King

River_King1

#universaltesting @spencemo_c I use to work at IBM and recall a research program back in the day called Project Checkmate. It centered around flu spreading models and a program called

Zinnie Harris

ZinnieH

What the fuck is happening with the tests? The PPE? The deaths? Why are we still talking about Boris’ spirit? Why are MPs getting a pay rise? Who is responsible

James Wilson

jamewils

In the study published in medRxiv, a team at the Lindsley F. Kimball Research Institute of the New York Blood Center and Rockefeller University analyzed 370 plasma samples donated from people who

Eric Feigl-Ding

DrEricDing

Recent study: Levels of an antibody found in recovered #COVID19 patients fell sharply in 2-3 months after infection for both symptomatic and asymptomatic patients, raising questions about the length of

SomethingsNotRight-orLeft

SomethingsNotR3

CANCER. I want to talk about it. This post also encompasses MANY health problems bc they have the same underlying cause and cure. For now, I'm not going into why

Philippe Lemoine

phl43

People keep making this point, which they think shows the strategy adopted by the Swedish government failed, but this only shows they don't understand it. 1/nhttps://twitter.com/Raf_Epstein/status/1290088055974502400 The Swedish approac

Eric Feigl-Ding

DrEricDing

New antibody study: “study eased a niggling worry that only some people might make antibodies. In fact, level of antibodies did not differ by age/sex, and even people who

RapperPandit ↗️

RapperPandit

Many People are Confused whether to Take Rapid Antigen or RTPCR.Rapid Antigen sample is only Nasal , but RT-PCR is both Nasal&OralPls go thru the Chart* Carefully,It can help many

Paul Furber

paul_furber

#BigDickAnon Update: The Herd Immunity Illusion Edition. Sobering thoughts from our well hung insider in reply to a thread about leaked German govt. documents here:https://archive.4plebs.org/pol/thread/252559581/#252566936ID: nTpgK5ik#BigDickAnon Ano

Dr. Shazma Mithani

shazmamithani

Things that stuck out to me at @jkenney’s presser today:1. He mentioned “natural immunity” multiple times - does this mean it’s a good thing so many people are getting infected

Eleanor Barkhorn

eleanorbarkhorn

I don't know what to make of the disconnect I see between articles saying the office is dead, we're never going back to downtown; and all the people I'm talking

Brittany Halloweenie 🎃

Brittany_207

One of my dearest friends is on immune suppressants. If she doesn't take them her immune system attacks her muscles and joints basically crippling her. So, she's been extra vigilant