#Infections

Derek Thompson

DKThomp

A dark week, but here are four pieces of good news on the COVID-front.1) There's a growing consensus that COVID reinfection is unlikely. Immunity probably doesn't disappear after a few

𝕒𝕣𝕥𝕖𝕞𝕚𝕤𝕙𝕒 ❤︎

aertemisha

Important reminder that just because conventions aren't a thing (and shouldn't be) this season, please get your flu shot. They are safe and effective in preventing certain flu strains that

Eric Topol

EricTopol

In 2020, T cells were largely ignored w/r to covid infections.In 2021, T cells are being largely ignored w/t to covid vaccinations.In part, because they are rarely assessed.A review of

CBC News Alerts

CBCAlerts

Ontario reports 425 new COVID-19 cases, the 3rd time in 4 days the number has surpassed 400 and the highest daily total since early June. Highest number of cases are

Jennifer Yang

jyangstar

We eat our meals separately, sleep in different rooms, disinfect constantly, and hand wash to the point where our skin is cracked and bleeding. I spent a day clearing our

Prof Francois Balloux

BallouxFrancois

The instantaneous risk (i.e. at any time point) for a vulnerable person to get infected with #COVID19 in a random mixing population is simply the prevalence of the virus in

Robert Plenge

rplenge

Another week and more data on the immune response to SARS-CoV2 and the disease it causes, COVID-19. This information is critical for therapeutic repurposing. A short thread on interferon and

Nicholas Sarwark

nsarwark

There are a number of people who I thought were intellectually honest who have chosen to block people rather than consider that they could be wrong.We learn things during a

Youyang Gu

youyanggu

If you look at places like Arizona, Texas, Florida and Georgia, the reproduction number, Rt, is lower than during lockdown.Are people somehow practicing social distancing more now than during lockdown?

Leah McElrath 🏳️‍🌈

leahmcelrath

The pandemic will be uncontained for the foreseeable future, and global warming—also uncontained—endangers humanity and wildlife worldwide.Yet everyone’s bickering about the same things over and over. Myself included. It’s all

Who's Gonna Be Lucky Indicted #2? - Brian Cates

drawandstrike

Me, right now: https://twitter.com/JackPosobiec/status/1267174385376464896?s=20 "To identify criminal organizers and instigators, and to coordinate federal resources with our state and local partners, federal law enforcement is using o

ArkansasCovid

ArkansasCovid

I asked Dr. Smith today about Washington County's continued low testing and high percent positive (29.3% today). The gist of the answer was that the county offers adequate testing resources

Katharine Child

katjanechild

I am going to do a thread of reasons to end the lockdown or at least go to stage 3. NEASA employers assoc. surveyed its members & 86% of 10

John Burn-Murdoch

jburnmurdoch

NEW: Sat 4 April update of coronavirus trajectoriesDaily new deaths:• US about to go clear of Spain for most daily deaths of any country in the world• UK on steeper

James Pearson

pearswick

Now this is impressive: Days before the first coronavirus infections were detected outside China, Vietnamese state-backed actors were hacking into China's Ministry of Emergency Management and the government of Wuhan,

Liz Specht

LizSpecht

#Covid19 is among the most serious challenges humanity has ever faced, and enormous work lies ahead of us to get this outbreak under control. But in parallel, we need to