#Infection

Michael Mina

michaelmina_lab

Why do we need frequent testing over very sensitive testing? It’s easyThe average person is PCR+ for ~30+ days but infectious for ~7. Most people are asymptomatic. So, infrequent PCR

Frieman

MattFrieman

Is there any evidence that the increased levels of ACE2 in either condition enhance the infection of SARS2? Does more ACE2 = more infection in the lung? No evidence this

Steven Riley

SRileyIDD

We seem to be at a crossroads in our COVID response in England. It's different to March. Everyone understands the implications of social distancing and also of higher prevalence of

Joel Miller

Maq_one

You'd think in the face of #COVID19Pandemic , which has taken more than 50,000 lives in over 200 countries, people would pull together.Sadly, it has only united some Indians in

Prof Shamika Ravi

ShamikaRavi

How is #Bihar doing? #COVID19India #StateHealth 1) With 13th highest case load in India (

zeynep tufekci

zeynep

Some "science journalism": "Virus can hang in the air for days" (researchers aerosolized it in a machine). "Found on surfaces for days." (ahem PCR finding vs. infection risk). N=4 study

Eric Feigl-Ding

DrEricDing

SCREEN ATHLETES? “Doctors recommend cardiac screening tests for competitive athletes who have recovered from #Covid19 after a small study found heart damage in 1 in 7 college sports competitors, including

SonaliRanade

sonaliranade

Jara chronology samajhiye. @shekhargupta cites an ICMR study of SARI patients, begun in mid-February, across some 50 hospitals in the country, to track the Covid-19 virus, which probably explains the

Jake Dunning

OutbreakJake

Rachel, as one of the experts who knows a lot about respiratory viruses, IPC/PPE and writes national guidance, I have no choice but to intervene, because you are wrong on

James Cook

BBCJamesCook

The lockdown led to hard choices, risks and sacrifices. Millions can empathise with childcare struggles. It’s not personal, political or callous to ask the UK government where, in its rules,

Dr. Theresa Tam

CPHO_Canada

1/3 Ultimately, the success of a #COVID19 vaccine in will depend on individual Canadians rolling up their sleeves to get immunized. Widespread vaccine uptake is the best shot we

el gato malo

boriquagato

this is an excellent study based on swedish data.herd immunity is reached LONG before the predicted 1-(1/R0) threshold.in sweden, it looks to have been around 17%, not 60%.this is because

Prof Francois Balloux

BallouxFrancois

Recent preprint reporting that 24/24 (100%) people form Singapore infected by SARS-1 in 2003 have pre-existing T-cell immunity against #SARSCoV2, but more surprisingly 9/18 (50%) with no exposure to SARS-1

Vincent Rajkumar

VincentRK

My estimates after reading multiple reports:20% of COVID is symptomatic80% is asymptomatic but infectious Symptomatic COVIDHospitalization rate: 10%ICU rate: 3%Mortality rateSymptomatic COVID ~2%. 7-10% if system overwhelmed. COVID (including asympto

First Doctor

firstdoctorr

7 types of vaginal discharge you should know1. Yellowish 2. Brown3. Green4. Pink5. Thin white6. Thick white7. Creamy greyA thread #VaginalDischarge{Retweet for awareness!} Yellowish vaginal discharge with or without a

Carl T. Bergstrom

CT_Bergstrom

He also seems to have blocked me for reasons I don't know, and to have not read my post closely. As I explained in the last of three posts, the