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Prof. Akiko Iwasaki
VirusesImmunity
Do some people have cross-reactive antibodies to #SARSCoV2? If so, who are they? And are these cross-reactive Abs protective against #COVID19? A fascinating study by @KevinWNg et al provides answers.
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Soumya
skarlamangla
Having antibodies doesn't necessarily mean you're immune to the virus. We don't know enough yet to say what kind of immunity antibodies provide or long that immunity lasts. These tests
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Dr Lindsay Broadbent
LindsayBbent
You may have seen a lot of press coverage today about the REACT study from @imperialcollege looking at SARS-CoV-2 antibody levels in the population...A thread... This study measures antibody levels
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Angry Staffer
Angry_Staffer
I’m still going to do the FDA-sanctioned one, but I found a rapid-results antibody test and took it this weekend. Guess who tested positive for COVID-19 antibodies? Will wait on
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Cali Roots - It'll be ok
CaliConsNews
Why is California, the most populous state and the #1 state for travel from China, not seeing the spread like other states?20,212 cases out of163,500 tests (12%)With 40,000,000 people (.05%)
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F. Perry Wilson, MD MSCE
fperrywilson
There will be no "antibody passports" for a while. Even if an antibody test has a low (say 5%) false positive rate, if YOU get a positive test, it may
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Apoorva Mandavilli
apoorva_nyc
You know people -- maybe you're one of them -- who were sick with Covid, but tested negative for antibodies. Why would that be? Blame the tests. They miss antibodies
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Dr 「サマンサ」Sammie 🏴🇪🇺🏳️🌈
curexcomplex
I'm dumping this here so instead of having to answer people over and over again I can link them to this because I'm already sick of it. You stop producing
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Lucy Walker Lab UCL
LucyWalkerlab
Does infection with the novel coronavirus protect you from re-infection? Should we issue “immunity passports”? A thread. 1/14 There is now plenty of evidence to suggest that people infected with
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John Pfaff
JohnFPfaff
Thread, on why a general lack of understanding of Bayes Theorem, in a low baserate situstion—which #COVIDー19 is—will get people killed.We are getting tests soon to see if someone has
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Alex Berenson
AlexBerenson
Remember when @realDonaldTrump made up that story about antibodies not providing protection for #COVID19 and took it back hours later and the media spent a week endlessly replaying his comments,
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Apoorva Mandavilli
apoorva_nyc
NEW!!! So. we've all been hearing stories of reinfection with the coronavirus. And they're alarming. But they are just that--stories, without solid evidence. It may seem like this virus is
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Apoorva Mandavilli
apoorva_nyc
NEW: President Trump has been saying his immunity makes him feel like Superman. But the treatments he got may have prevented his body from making antibodies of his own, leaving
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Andrew Lilico
andrew_lilico
The UK's sero-surveillance data is out, & it shld be quite big news. It finds that at least 17.5% had CV (at least in the sense that some may have
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Caleph B. Wilson
HeyDrWilson
@KYT_ThatsME @Satirony @NakedCapsid @KizzyPhD Does #SARSCoV2 form reservoirs that can start making more virions weeks to months after a patient has recovered from #COVID19?Trying to understand if reinfection happens or
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Andy Slavitt 🇺🇸💉
ASlavitt
NEW STUDY: A Chinese study shows people infected with COVID-19 lose antibodies after only a few months. A good summary article is here:https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/news-perspective/2020/06/chinese-study-antibodies-covid-19-patients-fade-quick
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