#Infection

Sasha Clarkson #EarthlingInternationalist

SashaClarkson

At the beginning of this crisis, Sweden ignored @WHO advice, and did no lock down.In the UK, innumerate right-wing pundits opposed to lockdown suggest that Sweden is doing wonderfully well,

Sacha Forstner

sachaforstner

Re: Ontario’s #COVID19 numbers:1) Reopening will come with an increased rate of infection. That is inevitable. But the purpose of the lockdown was never to beat the virus - it

G Kang

GKangInd

Lots of questions about the Astra Zeneca results. Why different results for the sub-sets? How does it work to have a lower dose protect better? My understanding as below, could

Siddhartha Mukherjee

DrSidMukherjee

1/n So, the rate of seropositivity in NYC is 20-25%. Not far from what we had guessed. Open the city, and it will be 50%. But that means countenancing another

Brad Johnson

tuns1999

“We don’t routinely recommend the use of face masks by the public to prevent respiratory illness,” said on January 31. “And we certainly are not recommending that at this time

Jennifer Cabrera

jhaskinscabrera

THREAD"Masks" carries a lot of water in the debate about face masks.When medical personnel talk about masks, they mean surgical or N-95 or other specific masks. These masks are manufactured

रंगा - ரங்கா Iyengar

ranganaathan

We should not blame any particular community for spreading the #ChinaVirus in TN, in fact we should empathize with the community and provide them with more benefits like priority in

David Maizenberg

biologypartners

"The need to assess the potential of vaccine candidates to inadvertently worsen future coronavirus infections through a process called antibody-dependent enhancement was a major topic of discussion" https://www.biocentury.com/arti

Reuters Science News

ReutersScience

People recovering from COVID-19 may suffer from significant brain function impacts, with the worst cases of the infection linked to mental decline equivalent to the brain ageing by 10 years,

Rence

NicohleRc

Hi taylor, First of all sorry for my english because i’m from philippines. I dont want to bother you and I know i’m being so desperate but can i ask

F. Perry Wilson, MD MSCE

fperrywilson

There will be no "antibody passports" for a while. Even if an antibody test has a low (say 5%) false positive rate, if YOU get a positive test, it may

Abdullah Hammoud

AHammoudMI

1/ "Testing is up in MI, therefore cases are up", not exactly true. Epidemiologyon. Let's break it down using SCIENCE - its our friend and helps us understand what's happening.

Ulfgard

ulfgardleo

Right now, people are talking a lot about the "sigmoid" which supposedly shows that we are almost done and there is nothing happening anymore. Most notably @SHomburg in Germany. So,

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

Guy in the red tie

guyinaredtie1

I've always believed that science should be as dry as possible and free from political biasKarol Sikora has never believed this, and now it appears that Sunetra Gupta and Carl

Robert Peston

Peston

I have been banging on about how the number of people dying right now of #COVID19 is much higher than it should be, if @CMO_England and @uksciencechief are right that