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Spotted Toad
toad_spotted
The simple, accurate, anti-WHO name for the disease is SARS2, full stop. This is not just a political decision. There's a ton of data on SARS1 that's useful to keep
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Kevin McKernan 🙂
Kevin_McKernan
A few people have asked me if the current SARs-CoV-2 primers hit SARs 2003?This is a tutorial on how to BLAST these yourself to address such questions. There are many
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Peter Kolchinsky
PeterKolchinsky
As a a virologist, I’m reassured by data out of China showing that a fairly basic vaccine protected monkeys from SARS2 #COVID19-like disease. While this was likely result, details are
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Prof Peter Hotez MD PhD
PeterHotez
Thread on POTUS therapies: Being asked about mab cocktail from Regeneron and remdesivir and what it means? I think a key point is that use of antiviral drugs, if they
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Peter Kolchinsky
PeterKolchinsky
SARS-2, on the other hand, takes up residence in the throat cells first, which doesn’t cause significant symptoms. The person can remain asymptomatic or might not think they have anything
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Peter Kolchinsky
PeterKolchinsky
I’m a virologist, biotech investor (vaccines, drugs, & diagnostics). For ease, here are all my #COVID19 explainers in one place (why is SARS2 worse than SARS1? What are antibodies? Is
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Kashif Pirzada, MD
KashPrime
Really looking forward to this event later today. Heavyweights in the field discussing how Covid is transmitted. Implications are huge, if we agree its airborne, we can protect billions of
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Hannah | Hehua Huang
88549439
1/6 Two proposed interventions from Li Taisheng, the director of ID dept. of Peking Union Medical College Hospital; he works on the frontline for #SARSCoV2 and SARSCov11. "Give IV immunoglobulin
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Peter Kolchinsky
PeterKolchinsky
While not technically alive, there's an evil genius to viruses that never ceases to amaze me. It's one reason I became a virologist. A recent Nature paper reveal a remarkable
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Alina Chan
Ayjchan
Since s on furin cleavage sites (FCSs) are now in fashion, I thought I should do one too.The S1/S2 FCS insertion in SARS2 (the covid-19 virus) is super interesting because
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Steven Sinofsky
stevesi
Much is being said about the role of WHO and China in the pandemic (please don't say "who"…W H O). There's a misunderstanding of how WHO works. While there are
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† Ady Betambeau
adybetambeau
I've been saying since operation warp speed was launched, and the race to make a vaccine in record time begun that this vaccine would be used to harm people.I wasn't
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Juan Pablo
jpablos91
¿Por qué el SARS-CoV-2 (Coronavirus/COVID-19) es distinto al SARS-CoV-1 del 2002-2004 y por qué sí tendremos una vacuna?A continuación un hilo explicativo del virólogo @PeterKolchinsky al respecto que me tomé
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Dr Assala Lamaa
AssalaLamaa
لكثرة الأسئلة عن اللقاحات (وهذا طبيعي)،سأقوم بجردة صغيرة على آخر التطورات. السباق على ايجاد لقاح في أوجه، حوالي ٤٠ لقاح في السباق، وثلاثة على الأقل دخلوا في المرحلة الأولى من
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el gato malo
boriquagato
this is so close to meaningless as to be indistinguishable and this press release is so riddled with errors i question the authors seriouslyfirst, if you search for pretty much
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The Menachery Lab
TheMenacheryLab
Let’s talk immunity to #COVID19. I am on record saying immunity may only last 1-2 years based on serum neutralizing antibody (Ab) to MERS and common cold CoVs. https://bit.ly/3dQQOJz Does this
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