#SARSCOV2

"--- we have a severe undercount of cases in the U.S." Up to 96% of the #COVID19 positives are asymptomatic. It might not even be as lethal as the seasonal
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New paper shows that smoking cigs increases expression of the #SARSCoV2 receptor ACE2. The idea here is more ACE2, more infection, worse #COVID19.This is a faulty assumption.https://www.atsjournals.org/doi/abs/10.1164/rccm.202003-0693LE#.XqW1P4Cg3FM.
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1/ Last week @mlipsitch - a Harvard epidemiologist - wrote a blistering @washingtonpost piece attacking any plan for herd immunity. Letting people at low risk for #Covid become infected “could
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As some communities begin to lift #COVID19 stay-at-home orders, let’s talk about #masks. There is extensive evidence that masks protect you, and thus protect those around you. For example, this
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There are a lot of phylogenetic trees getting bounced about in the midst of #COVID19 and they’re getting really really big. A phylogenetic tree is a valuable resource mid #pandemic
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One intriguing aspect about the #COVID19 pandemic is that we still have no good idea about the virus' Infection Fatality Rate (IFR), and we don't even seem to be making
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Getting in front of this now. Dr. Yan Li-Meng just dropped a new Steve Bannon-sponsored preprint on the origins of #SARSCoV2 and...guess what it's about: Not just a bioweapon, but
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1/ A lot of people are jumping on the @cdcgov statement just 6% of US #Covid deaths list #Covid alone as the cause. But to use that figure to claim
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We should take Cycle Threshold (CT) values of PCR seriously, because they indicate1. the viral load of an infected patient2. if he is infectious too3. if he is at high
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This nice piece by @carlzimmer lays out very clearly how our understanding of how #SARSCoV2 spread around the world and established itself in certain places is evolving (with all the
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The news on #SARSCoV2 vaccines is highly encouraging. There are now 4 vaccines that seem safe and highly effective; two mRNA vaccines (Pfizer and Moderna) and two adenovirus ones (ChAdOx
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1/ #SARSCoV2 #COVID19 transmission isn't equal: some cases transmit much more than others. We know that close, crowded, poor ventilated places (esp w loud talking/singing) link to superspreader events.Minimising these
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These autopsy findings from a study of the remains of #COVID19 victims in NYC are HUGELY important and revelatory not just about coronavirus deaths—but also about the damage #SARSCoV2 is
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US FDA is recommending a pause in the use of the J&J #covid19 vaccine while they investigate 6 reported cases of the kind of rare clotting disorder seen after AZ
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Today is Friday, July 3. In case I can't keep my days straight, I've now added a whole column in my #COVID19 spreadsheet to dictate the day of the week.
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We should take Cycle Threshold (CT) values of PCR seriously, because they indicate1. the viral load of an infected patient2. if he is infectious too3. if he is at high
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