#SARSCOV2

Stefan Simanowitz

StefSimanowitz

1/. The #HerdImmunity strategy depends on people developing immunity to #COVID19.But immunity to other human coronaviruses (e.g SARS & MERS) usually only lasts between 12 to 37 months.Studies suggests that

Eric Feigl-Ding

DrEricDing

US Pentagon has funded a blood filter for a dialysis machine that removes the #SARSCoV2 coronavirus from the blood - FDA has approved it for emergency use. It has been

Tim Skellett

Gurdur

1/n Folks: there's a huge difference between "airborne" and "aerosol" in medicoese (yes, & I had to learn the difference too, it's important). Y'all should listen to @DrMoragKerr &

Kelly Brown

rubiconcapital_

1/ Toronto is entering full lockdown.In this thread, I’ll show the absurdity of a citywide shutdown, simply using by-neighbourhood case/positivity data, w/ census data integration.Unmeasurable, unnecessary collateral harm is coming;

Hannah | Hehua Huang

88549439

1/7 France has done the first pharmacokinetic (PK) study of HCQ for ICU patients of #COVID19, a fantastic job for dosage optimization. 13 patients, average weight=82.7 kg46% pts BMI>3012 on

Dr. Angela Rasmussen

angie_rasmussen

"New evidence has emerged from China indicating that the large majority of coronavirus infections do not result in symptoms." (cue internal screaming) The BMJ should know that asymptomatic and presymptomatic

RDC TrackCovid-19

19Trackcovid

#Covid_19 en #RDC [THREAD] Ce rapport hebdomadaire publié par Nextrain utilise des données génomiques partagées publiquement pour suivre la propagation de COVID-19. Cette semaine, ces scientifiques se sont concentré sur

Miriam van Gool

MiriamvGool

What is the role of children in #transmission of #coronavirus #SARSCov2? The scientific jury appears to be still out, though thankfully more data & studies now surfacing & debated. Below

Eric Feigl-Ding

DrEricDing

CRITICAL—a negative coronavirus test is **NOT** a ticket to freely socialize without precautions—many are dangerously misguided that it is. It does not negate quarantining, masking & distancing. Here is why

Anthony O'Connor

Antcon7062

Seeing a lot of people giving NPHET a good kicking, even Pat Spillane. I understand why people are frustrated but we need to be a small bit realistic too. There

Michal Elovitz MD

DocElovitz

Calling on the brilliant twitter minds on #vaccine #pregnancy #placenta #mrna #immunology #fetalLet's talk SarsCOV2 vaccine and pregnancy 1/ it is acknowledged that pregnant and lactating people were NOT included

Dr. Angela Rasmussen

angie_rasmussen

This graph has been making the rounds today on the effect of masks at reducing #SARSCoV2 #HCoV19 #COVID19 #coronavirus transmission. There's a lot more going on here than mask/no mask

Abraar Karan

AbraarKaran

1/ Presymptomatic transmission is one of the most complex parts of controlling the #covid19 epidemic.Quantitative #covid19 viral loads have been found to be equally high in those with or without

Alicia Dennis MAKE WORKPLACES SAFE FOR #HCW

AliciaTDennis

A THREAD 10 completely reasonable questions /topics for #journalist to ask medical professor who is present @DanielAndrewsMP presser todayAll within scopeAll part of their responsibilities#HCW need answers & more importantly

Anish Koka

anish_koka

I spoke to @anupampom this Saturday morning about the situation in Delhi. He notes it is grim, the rate limiting step is oxygen, not beds or ventilators. A summary(not in

Robin Monotti Graziadei 🌸

robinmonotti2

INDIA: After a long consideration of hundreds of articles & witness statements, I am calling it today: we are seeing a textbook case of mass vaccine antibody-dependent enhancement.https://twitter.com/robinmonotti2/status/139098549929312