#Virus

Peter Kolchinsky

PeterKolchinsky

I’m a virologist. Public should know covid exposure dose matters. We have to conserve masks for healthcare workers, but masks can help anyone, reducing amount of virus released (even by

Raj Sivaraman

rajsivaraman

Hey, It’s me - a virologist! #SARSCoV2 isn’t man made and here’s why /1 Let’s start with WHY - why would someone make this virus in a lab?Making money from

Brad Setser

Brad_Setser

FT: "Oversupply of hospital beds helps Germany to fight virus"Perhaps the right way to think about it is the other way: Germany had the right number of beds, others had

L.M.Whistleblower

laurenmarie10

Serious question: if Covid-19 has been in CA for months (some day since last fall), why hasn’t the entire state succumbed by now to the dire predictions? We didn’t start

Nina Noichil

noichil

Jangan ngegas, yaaaEmang rekomendasi WHO begituuu~ https://twitter.com/CNNIndonesia/status/1311187550703296512 Dan rekomendasi WHO ini sudah dipakai oleh Kemenkes.Berikut linknya kalo mau baca lebih lengkap.https://www.who.int/news-room/com

Carl Zimmer

carlzimmer

Dear Mr. President: It is important that you and everyone else understand the science of #covid19 because people’s lives depend on it. Let me correct the mistakes in your tweet.

Thomas Connors

ThomasConnors

NPR Nov 7 2014: So Obama paused SARS and MERS chimeric flu-bat hybrid virulent air transmissible via droplets move spike test in mouse tissues and Baric was sad he could

Prof Darrel Francis ☺ Mk CardioFellows Great Again

ProfDFrancis

Thank you @OnoNoKomachi1 for finding this source.Let's have a think. Ultraviolet light inactivates the virus Patients die because the trachea is filled with virus particles, preventing them breathing. Agreed. But

Ian Fraser

Ian_Fraser

Q: Why has Germany had 38 deaths per million from #covidー19 when the UK has had 118? A: Starting on 20th January 2020, Germany traced, tested and isolated infected people.https://www.haaretz.com/science-and-health/germany-coronavirus-success-how-deat

Stephen McIntyre

ClimateAudit

on Jan 27, Fauci interviewed on coronavirus https://www.npr.org/2020/01/27/799925300/coronavirus-spreads-5-confirmed-cases-in-the-u-s . Remember US claims that China concealed contagiousness of virus. Fauci says that China had reported asymptomatic t

Anthony Albanese

AlboMP

We need to get Australians vaccinated.The state-based hotel quarantine system has been an important first line of defence, but it was never meant to be the solution. Vaccinations are the

Dayyan

TheDoubleY

[THREAD] Thailand is looking safe, having been 40+ days without local transmission cases. Is there still any risk of COVID-19 spreading again? I list here some considerations: [1/7] While most

Geoffrey Martin

BartyBartin

Disclaimer: This post may be extremely confusing or disturbing for those who choose not to use their brains and critical thinking skills. 1. The pandemic isn't over May 30th in

David Stuart

davidastuart

1/4. I've been HIV positive for 30+ years.For a decade of that it meant I would die.The world is rallying & showing compassion for people vulnerable with COVID infection.Another viral

Jose-Luis Jimenez

jljcolorado

1/ From virologist Julian Tang, part of our group (can't convince him to get into Twitter)"There is no evidence that SARS-CoV-2 spreads via the contact/droplet routes either – this has

David Cutler

Cutler_econ

Thread from my mentor and friend @LHSummers on the cost of the COVID virus to the US. Even under optimistic assumptions about containing spread, cost = $16 Trillion.https://twitter.com/LHSummers/status/1315679595841101826 Half of