#VACCINES

Prof Peter Hotez MD PhD

PeterHotez

I believe this week’s #COVID19 numbers will portend what’s in store for our nation later this fall winter. I believe we might have forestalled this had I been successful in

Andy Kim

AndyKimNJ

This is India’s moment of need and America must answer the call to help. Biden admin announced strong initial steps. I urge Biden to now authorize release of AstraZeneca vaccine

Tessa Dooms

tessie18

Comrades. I'm no Bill Gates stan, but this is hardly about him. We need to test as many people in South Africa and Africa for Covid19 if we hope to

Deepti Gurdasani

dgurdasani1

A bit concerned by scientists claiming with absolute certainty that VOCs will not evade vaccine responses & that this has never happened in 'real people'. This has happened in clinical

Aaron Rupar

atrupar

Eric Trump, on This Week for some reason (he's supposedly an independent businessman), can't understand why the media accurately reports that mass gatherings at the White House have the potential

Stacia #ChooseUnity

OriginalStacia

Some misconceptions regarding the Covid vaccines:1. That it's just as safe as any other vaccine.2. That if you understand how the concept of mRNA vaccines work in theory then you

Dr Niraj B Vasavada

nirajvasavada

A new #controversy! Reduced cases in #Ahmedabad due to #herdimmunity or due to #AmdavadAMC ! The fact is everything contributes a bit but mostly it’s the huma-virus coexistence ! Virus

Eric Feigl-Ding

DrEricDing

My take—I personally think the Oxford AstraZeneza #COVID19 vaccine at 90% efficacy (with its half-then-full dose regimen) simple refrigeration vaccine that costs $2.5-4/dose is superior. Cheaper + much easier to

Eric Topol

EricTopol

Diagnosis: Uncontrolled spreadhttps://www.covidexitstrategy.org 1/ A ladder. Off the chart again with 83,000 new confirmed infections the past 2 days. Years from now people will look back and think how is this

Contented Independent

ContentedIndie

There is a specific kind of person on here who constantly argues Trump should get credit for the vaccine rollout, and that kind of person is absolutely obnoxious. No, he

Steve Inskeep

NPRinskeep

Dr. Francis Collins, head of NIH and member of coronavirus task force, tells @NPR the group haven't met the president "in quite some time." The president instead hears from two

Maggie Koerth

maggiekb1

And now, a few science reminders ... this will have to be a thread because there's a lot going on here.https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1313449844413992961 1) Flu deaths seldom top 100,000. Estimated flu deaths

#MaskUp Dr. Haryax Pathak

HaryaxPathak

Let's talk about Vaccines.Still seeing a lot of confusion going around about the Mechanism of vaccines in use. I will attempt to explain it as simply as possible.Please read, and

Andrew Morris

ASPphysician

Reluctantly, I feel I need to clarify some issues around why AZ doesn't make sense for most of Canada right now.When NACI evaluated—using the hard endpoint of deaths—the risk-benefit of

Isaac Bogoch

BogochIsaac

1/ A few points to clarify a few points...These vaccines are really really good, but not perfect.One dose of a vaccine provides excellent protection against #COVID19 infection, but of course

Erewhon.in.Aussie

Erewhon_Tramp

While the msm works tirelessly to make Donald Trump out to be a buffoon, over the last week President Trump did the following, but you probably won't hear about it:1.