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Alina Chan
Ayjchan
Our preprint is up on bioRxiv! We discuss key findings about the adaptation of SARS-CoV-2 for humans, scenarios for cross species transmission (pangolins, Wuhan Huanan market), and measures to prevent
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Peter Kolchinsky
PeterKolchinsky
3) But damn if some viruses aren’t smarter still. For example, the herpes virus called cytomegalovirus (sounds like a virus from Cybertron) produces a decoy MHC pedestal that cons NK
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Brian Hjelle, virologist
hjelle_brian
Today is day +1 of my vaccine. What is the vax doing? What are my immune cells doing? (Thread)... The recombinant adenovirus has entered into many cells whose only job
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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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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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Karin Litzcke 2019 PPC Candidate in Vancouver East
KarinLitzcke
Great graphics... interesting investigative journalism. The origin story of the SARS2 virus remains interesting.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3bXWGxhd7ic&feature=youtu.be Seems to affirm what was in this video:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bp
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eugyppius
eugyppius1
thread. The West is out of shape. Only 12% of Americans are metabolically healthy. covid19 will be cruel to them. Their institutions are also unfit. The CDC cannot tie its
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Scott W. Atlas
SWAtlasHoover
1/4: I was asked by the President of the United States to help formulate healthcare policy during the biggest healthcare crisis in a century. My extensive background in both medical
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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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Lucre Snooker
LucreSnooker
meme template this is actually from a neat little study of mask efficacy using live SARS2 (https://msphere.asm.org/content/msph/5/5/e00637-20.full.pdf). one point i'm still stuck on is that i don't buy that "no
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Alina Chan
Ayjchan
Get ready. This is going to be an important thread. Election season will be over soon and hopefully more people will devote some attention to this...I'm going to walk through
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Peter Kolchinsky
PeterKolchinsky
Let’s talk COVID testing. Public needs to know how they work, why they can be wrong, what decisions to make based on imperfect “specificity”, & how to tell when a
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Peter Kolchinsky
PeterKolchinsky
Misleading Stanford Covid diagnostic study is all over news. Flaws w/ this study (authors acknowledge) could trick you into thinking that getting shot in the head has a low chance
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Jonathan Mesiano-Crookston @/#COVIDisAirborne
jmcrookston
Finally got around to starting in on the old measles articles. These are the ones that show that measles is "magic" and "airborne" whereas very little else is.So, one infected
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Housatonic ™ 🇺🇸
HousatonicITS
Ralph Baric, UNC scientist who has been chasing viruses for decades, started SARS2-#COVID19 research article at same time #PatientZero was sickBaric has worked previously w/ Sina #BavariBaric was project-lead on
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Alina Chan
Ayjchan
Also people asking me about this @nytimes article about Dr. Limeng Yan, Steve Bannon & Miles Guo. My stance has not changed. We need a way for whistleblowers to get
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