#Immunity

Based on the data from studies in New York City, Boston, Stanford/Santa Clara County, & USC/LA County it now seems quite clear that the coronavirus is far more common and
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I am Brooklyn, made, born and raised. When asked, I always say I'm American.But the country I love, has left me and my fellow Healthcare workers desolate, and betrayed.I am
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Join us for our third Q&A with @MoNscience about the #coronavirus pandemic today at 2:30pm. Reply here with questions! Read our latest updates on #COVID19 here:https://on.natgeo.com/351K8UV  Great Q! Antibody tests
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Thread:If you were designing the perfect virus what characteristics would it have?1. Spread frequently by people who look healthy2. Long latent period for pre-asymptomatic spread3. It’s Airborne including potential aerosolized
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Quiet revolution taking place under the surface .That's 1.3Cr families where people will have time to do something extra rather than collect water.1.3cr families relatively safer from waterborne disease &
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One reason the Scottish government has been sounding a little confused recently is that there has been a marked shift in policy on coronavirus - broadly from managing it to
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1/7 Serosurveys! We scientists are quibbling about specificity, but what do these study results mean for the general public?My take on what serosurveys can and cannot tell us. 2/7 Emerging
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We aren’t talking enough about what surviving the ICU looks like. It is not a victory. When I woke up in the ICU I was 19 years old. I was
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Myth: polio was already declining before the introduction of the polio vaccine in 1955Fact: the epidemics were actually getting worsehttps://ourworldindata.org/grapher/reported-paralytic-polio-cases-and-deaths-in-the-united-states-since-1910 1952: pe
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LA County just released the results of their antibody study. Tests found that 4.1% of the county's population has antibodies to the coronavirus. That figure is 55 times higher than
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BREAKING: New study shows NY COVID-19 positive rate may be 15%.87% asymptomatic.https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMc2009316 First of all apologies for the caveats. One study. Pregnant women only. A point in time. Only in
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Did Spanish flu, the deadliest pandemic actually originated from China?There has been much speculation about the true origin of the Spanish flu. We know that it did not actually originate
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Why did this happen? The main reason is the strongly asymmetric infections peak. While the maximum occurs on March 23, all of its weight lies to the left of the
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1/ THREAD about new evidence C19 may have been spreading in the U.S. longer than believed and what it means (and doesn't mean) for transmission, fatality and what should happen
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sorry-long thread1/ I'm not a big fan of conspiracy theories, but I'm coming to the conclusion that the Plan A of 'herd immunity' is still actually the real (now covert)
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Social media has given everyone access to platforms via which their views can be spread anywhere in the world. Stupid people. Dangerous people. Lunatics. Monsters. It used to be hard
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