#SARs

Newman Nahas

NahasNewman

PCR testing & the CDC controversy. Some thoughts. Per fascinating paper (see below), we are likely (1) infectious no more than 9d; (2) but can carry VL/test PCR + up

LO Kin-hei 羅健熙

lokinhei

Mask debate is something I have never expected before, maybe coz I live in Hong Kong, & masks have become a "reflex" for us after 2003 SARS.What I think is,

João Rodrigues

jpglmrodrigues

(1/1) On one of our quarantine walks, my girlfriend told me about this tiger in a NY zoo that had tested positive for COVID-19. I was very skeptical and surprised

eric jaffe

e_jaffe

A few morning #COVID19 tweets. 1/ Just released @ScienceMagazine paper looks at the prospect of "digital contact tracing." Haven't read yet and would obv want to see privacy impact, but

Megan L. Srinivas, MD MPH

YourlocalIDdoc

Let’s talk about herd immunity! A thread...(1/8) Herd immunity a type of protection that happens when enough people in a population are immune to an infectious disease, like the influenza

Atila Iamarino

oatila

Saiu o primeiro estudo que vi projetando como/quando podemos sair do problema da COVID-19. Lerei com mais calma e comentarei, mas as conclusões já são tensas (segue fio): projetam distanciamento

Jose-Luis Jimenez

jljcolorado

HUGE DEVELOPMENT: CDC just accepted that the main way in which COVID-10 spreads is through aerosols!!"aerosols [...] produced when an infected person [...] sings, talks, or breathes can be inhaled

Andrew Rambaut 🦠🧬🌲🔮🤦‍♂️

arambaut

I was hesitant to bring attention to this but I suspect it will be picked up soon. I am concerned that a recently posted preprint will cause another panic about

Dr. Ali Nouri

AliNouriPhD

In case there's doubt that the virus can spread through respiratory particles that float in air and travel far, I wanted to share these studies:1. Indoor airborne event: plant worker

Gabor Erdosi 🧩📄📊🧭

gerdosi

New mRNA vaccine technologies may offer 94-95 % efficacy. What an achievement of 21st century science!On the other hand, good old natural immunity provides 100 % protection from symptomatic COVID-19,

Dw i want to shut up too

artfulhussey

extremely worried about ppl wanting to pressure the UK and US to take action, becos what type of action do you think they’ll come up with? how do you think

Yardley Yeadon

MichaelYeadon3

This made me smile. I think seriously they simply weren't aware that CROSS IMMUNITY is actually REALLY COMMON.Recall Edward Jenner vaccinated a boy with cowpox. He was then immune to

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hoodlumhoneyb

COVID is a strand of SARS .The virus doesn’t have SARS in it. Hence why , when you examine your test results , it displays that you were tested for

Michael Mina

michaelmina_lab

.@President_MU I recognize youve heard things like “50% sensitivity”In light of your comments it’s clear there are key pieces youve missedSensitivity nears 100% to catch potential superspreaders and others currently

Liz Szabo

LizSzabo

Excited to be enrolled in a free @MIT class on coronavirus. Today's lecturer is David Baltimore of MIT and CalTechn. #Follow this thread for live tweets. http://web.mit.edu/webcast/biology/covid-19-sars-cov-2-and-the-pandemic/ LIVE: Nob

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billy20__

It’s ummah this ummah that all day until it comes to acknowledging and respecting black Muslims. Y’all acc only respect South Asians and Arabs in this Muslim ‘community’. Nigeria, with