#Infection

Guy's and St Thomas'

GSTTnhs

Our infection control nurse Latchmin Gargee was one of the last of the Windrush generation to arrive in Britain, travelling in 1971 from Trinidad and Tobago to embark on a

Seth Abramson

SethAbramson

It's now clear that America is about to hit a death-toll spike that will shock, scare, and dispirit us. Fatalities are a lagging COVID-19 indicator, so we're just now starting

Gertrud Rey PhD (Trudy)

GertrudRey

Why do some recovered COVID-19 patients test positive again after testing negative? Do these patients really become “re-infected”? (Spoiler alert: probably not). A thread. (1/n) The answer to this question

Dr Zweli Mkhize

DrZweliMkhize

KZN has a high death toll, more than 6 patients have died from one institution. We need to get into why this is so. We have now decided the hospital

econhedge

econhedge

It’s one thing getting to the peak, but squeezing numbers down to acceptable levels is a very long haul ***ITALY REPORTS HIGHEST NUMBER OF NEW COVID19 INFECTIONS IN A WEEK

Gobardhan Das

dasgobardhan

I am an immunologist and have worked on T-cells half my life. In this thread I will present a rebuttal that will hopefully encourage more debate.The idea that herd immunity

Nipun Chopra, PhD

NipunChopra7

Will try to clear up some myths about COVID19 based on latest data:(1) This virus was bioengineered by (insert govt of choice).Verdict: Untrue.Data suggests: Biological origins. CoV detected in humans

Paul Charles 🚦🚦🚦

PPaulCharles

It’s a major update tonight so please read through the thread: These are our latest expectations for traffic light colour categories from 17th May. These are based on vaccine rates,

Joanna Poole 💙

Jopo_dr

CRP - what I wish I’d been taught! This (large!) protein comes as a pentamer of units 23 k-daltons. It has equivalents in almost all species and is found on

Leonardo Ferreira

enhancerleo

"SARS-CoV-2 infects T cells"? They DON'T use #Tcells, they use a T cell line & #flowcytometry NOT PROPERLY ANALYZED: all cells negative after viral transduction, they just drew a gate

Robby Starbuck

robbystarbuck

No, Trump is not telling anyone to inject Clorox or any other disinfectant.Yes, the left is somehow more insane today than it was yesterday. You have to be a

David Berger

YouAreLobbyLud

Dear @GregHuntMP,I hope this article will help you appreciate the kind of change needed to prevent HCW infections and keep our hospitals safe for all. ICEG must go.Yours, David Berger@Stopinfection

Steven Thomas

TheStevenThomas

Infection control is yet another subject on which the President is thoroughly ignorant. #TrumpPressConference And vaccine development. And vaccine production. I wish I’d started this thread in 2015. It would

Mansoor Bangash

bangash_mansoor

A lot of respect for @DrAseemMalhotra , but this is promoting frankly dangerous advice on very shaky ground. Do not stop or change your statin dose without consulting your own

Dr. Angela Rasmussen

angie_rasmussen

Getting ahead of this now: New report of bona fide #SARSCoV2 reinfection from researchers in Hong Kong University, who published in the esteemed journal known as a PRESS RELEASE.https://twitter.com/cwylilian/status/1297830744509698050 Long

Human Systems and Behavior Lab

HSB_Lab

This is Lolar, 28, father of two who was a field assistant for me during my dissertation. He’s Nyangatom, an indigenous group of nomadic pastoralists in Ethiopia. He now works