#Immunity

Peter Kolchinsky

PeterKolchinsky

If you are hearing about #covid19 “reinfections” in Asia, I can offer you my take as a virologist. The best explanation for what we’re seeing is likely due to three

wednesday 1312

_ytuesday

since masks are mandatory in CA, we have a little kiosk at my work where you can buy masks right when you come in and my coworker told a man

IT Guy

ITGuy1959

Thread.1- If you are wondering what is informing many of @TuckerCarlson views on vaccine skepticism, watch this superb interview with physician and immunologist Hooman Noorchashm..If you can't view this, a

Damian Counsell

DamCou

Interesting thread with (mostly) interesting replies. Twitter, being Twitter, tended to forget how many thoughtful people were in the middle—or weren't even in the middle, but were still open to

Alexander McCarron ⚔

alexmaccaroon

THREAD Sometimes I think about how the government could have said, very honestly, that the old and vulnerable are at risk from Covid, but the young and healthy are not.

Tobias Brunner 😊

TB_TB_TB_TB_TB

1/ The most important tweet for everyone in Belgium - or interested in Covid @alexanderdecroo @PedroFacon @FatEmperor @NickHudsonCT @torfsrik @LievenAnnemansWHAT IS ACTUALLY HAPPENING?These are hard facts to consider before you

Vathany

KVathany

#COVID19 Serology (aka. #antibody) testing is a popular topic. Here is a tweetatorial on where things stand today in Ontario. As @UHN’s Deputy Division Head for Biochemistry, test validation and

Alex Berenson

AlexBerenson

If @realdonaldtrump suppressed a clinical trial showing masks were effective, every news outlet and scientist would be screaming over interference in science. So why the silence on the Danish mask

Paul Bleicher

pbleic

1/ Basics (for non-immunologists) of important new results in COVID-19 immunity. The new finding helps explain how our immune system responds to COVID-19, perhaps why men are more prone to

Richard N. Haass

RichardHaass

Dr Fauci saying US is not where we want to be on #Covid_19 testing. https://bit.ly/3bu2eRP We need tests that are 1) accurate; 2) simple to administer; 3) provide results rapidly

Nanjala Nyabola

Nanjala1

People forget that Africa gets a fraction of the global intercontinental travel traffic. It's unlikely that we are miraculously immune to COVID-19. More likely that infected people are less likely

Eric Topol

EricTopol

To better understand the #COVID19 immune response, we just did a podcast w/ @VirusesImmunity, an extraordinary immunobiologist @YaleMed @YaleIBIO @HHMINEWS link here: https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/933621w/ @cuttingforstone @Medscape

Nassim Nicholas Taleb

nntaleb

Aside from the pathetic modeling behind the "herd immunity": it is morally repulsive.Civilization RESIDES in the enforcement of intergenerational golden (actuallly, silver rules): don't treat your parents the way you

Bootle Labour

LabourinBootle

Govt: We're talking to supermarketsSupermarkets: You're not.Govt: There's a shortage of chemicalsChemicals companies: There isn'tGovt: The science has changedScientists: No it hasn't Govt: We never got the emailEU: Yes you

grodaeu

grodaeu

Ok. The virus is pretty much over and done with in Sweden for now. Who knows if it will come back in September/October? (no one that's who, anyone who claims

Yechezkel Moskowitz 🇺🇸

ymosko

My theory is that this #WuhanCoronaVirus was not ready and leaked from the lab they were manufacturing it.Per Dr. Robert Baker, M.D., currently serving as President of the Westchester County