#SARSCov2

Divya Tej Sowpati

TejSowpati

So much misinformation and confusion about the circulating #SARSCoV2 variants in India. Leaving aside that the names are scientifically inaccurate, #B1618 ("Bengal variant") is NOT the #tripleMutant. I will try

Adam Hamdy

adamhamdy

1. Back in February I repeatedly raised concerns about immunity to #COVID19 In March, when the UK government started discussing herd immunity I wondered what the government’s scientific advisers were

Whitney R. Robinson

WhitneyEpi

.@NYTimes has done great data journalism on #SARS_CoV_2, filling gaps left by an incompetent US federal response but their recent coverage re: schools is tipping towards sensationalism & divergence from

Stephanie N. Langel

stephanielangel

Being #pregnant during a #pandemic is no picnic. My advice having experienced it: trust your gut (& public health officials). You do not need to put yourself or your fetus

Trevor Bedford

trvrb

I've written before that #COVID19 has no evidence of genetic engineering and the "bioweapon" theory has no grounds. See, for example https://twitter.com/trvrb/status/1224207086013149184. In this thread I wanted to directly address

Kai Kupferschmidt

kakape

#covid19 presser @WHO starts with @DrTedros saying some countries are considering when to lift #physicaldistancing measures and others when to introduce them. Both decisions must be "guided by what we

Eric Feigl-Ding

DrEricDing

KILLING T CELLS: this could be extremely bad. Researchers in China and the US find that #SARSCoV2 virus that causes #Covid19 can destroy the T cells that are supposed to

Rahul Ganatra

rbganatra

1/Should we use #hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) +/- azithromycin to treat #COVID19 #SARSCoV2? Let’s take a look at the data.Here’s: #HowIReadThisPaper on the only trial published to date on HCQ for COVID19

Dr. Abdul El-Sayed

AbdulElSayed

No, scientists & doctors didn't "lie" to you about #masks. To think so requires a fundamental misunderstanding of science & public health policy. Scientific knowledge changes. Public health policy changes

Eric Feigl-Ding

DrEricDing

Breaking: HUGE MUTATION STUDY—Scientists in Houston just released a study of >5,000 genetic sequences of #SARSCoV2: continual accumulation of mutations, one of which maybe made more contagious—mutation is associated with

Trevor Bedford

trvrb

This article by @USATODAY misleadingly states that there are "8 strains of coronavirus" circulating. Because of this our @nextstrain inbox is today full of questions like "if you get one

David R. Liu

davidrliu

Let’s estimate the total # of people in the US who have been infected by #COVID19 #SARSCoV2 as of Apr 4, and the number of US fatalities that will result

Le Doc

Le___Doc

Beaucoup vont éplucher la grosse étude observationnelle qui vient de sortir dans le @TheLancet sur 96.032 #COVID19 dont 14.888 traités avec l’#hydroxychroloquine ou la Chloroquine ± #azithromycineL’étude est ici et

Jake Scott, MD

jakescottMD

As an ID doc who regularly sees #COVID19 patients & is responsible for starting & discontinuing isolation, a few comments: I understand why there’s distrust but Trump may actually no

Gregg Gonsalves

gregggonsalves

So, I am not religious. But in 2017 I followed several brave members of the clergy into the Senate gallery in DC to protest the @GOP's attempted repeal of the

The Immunologist

eclecticbiotech

A thread on antibody-dependent enhancement (ADE) in #coronaviruses. While developing vaccines, treating patients with convalescent plasma, and considering immunity passports, we must first understand the complex role of antibodies in