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Billy Bostickson 🏴👁&👁 🆓
BillyBostickson
Let Uncle Ralph educate youSynthetic Viral Genomics: Risks and Benefits for Science and Society https://www.jcvi.org/sites/default/files/assets/projects/synthetic-genomics-options-for-governance/Baric-Synthetic-Viral-Genomics.pdf "Alte
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Dylan Morris
dylanhmorris
A friend asked me about why results from our recent paper on aerosol and surface stability disagreed with those from another study that got press suggesting the virus was "viable
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Kira Newman, MD, PhD
KiraNewmanMDPhD
There is a lot of discussion about whether #coronavirus infection will result in long-term #immunity. We don't yet have data on this, but in the meantime, a brief discussion of
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Carl Zimmer
carlzimmer
The hidden history of #Covid19 is written in the genomes of coronaviruses. Here’s my @nytimes story about its discovery.https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/08/science/new-york-coronavirus-cases-came-from-europe-genomes.html Some folks are asking “Where i
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Patrick Hsu
pdhsu
The best coronavirus/SARS-CoV-2 biology lecture I have seen so far, by Britt Glaunsinger @UCBerkeley @berkeleyMCB @HHMINEWS @igisci. Covers where it comes from, how it gets into the cell, replicates in
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James Todaro, MD
JamesTodaroMD
1/ There is growing evidence that T-cell immunity allows populations to reach herd immunity once only 10-20% are infected with SARS-CoV-2.This would explain why a highly transmissible virus in densely
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Leo Reap
Leo_ReapDO
Proposed COVID-19 Pathophysiology [Part 1 of 3]What do #COVID-19 and #Dengue fever potentially have in common?The answers have significant potential clinical implications in COVID-19.Buckle up. It's a long one.Let’s take
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Gabor Erdosi 🧩📄📊🧭
gerdosi
“we detected SARS-CoV-2−reactive CD4+ T cells in ∼40-60% of unexposed individuals, suggesting cross-reactive T cell recognition between circulating ‘common cold’ coronaviruses and SARS-CoV-2.”https://twitter.com/profshanecrotty/
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Amit Schandillia
Schandillia
[QUICK THREAD: CANNON TO KILL VIRUSES?]1/21This news attached here made headlines on all mainstream rags earlier this month. It speaks of a groundbreaking device that can kill coronaviruses with electron
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TheRealRobtQuinlan
RCQ92130
1. CORONAVIRUS OUTBREAKTIME TO FREAK OUT, OR JUST IGNORE?The question here is simple: is this a human-engineered biological weapon specifically developed for mass death, that accidentally escaped containment, or is
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Kelly Brown
rubiconcapital_
28/ But wow… separating all visible minorities into Asian and ‘other visible minorities’, and running the same regression vs. neighbourhood positivity, we see a MUCH WEAKER correlation to positivity in
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Zara Bourgeois/The Medicine Woman
med1cinewoman
You think social distancing, mask wearing, toxic hand sanitizers and quarantines are keeping the numbers low? You may as well believe that snapping your fingers keep the tigers away. Such
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Khanoisseur 🐶🤦🏻♂️🌎
Khanoisseur
1. Because of risks and public health concerns, the Obama administration had banned (in October 2014), federal funding on efforts to weaponize three viruses – influenza, MERS, and SARS. Trump
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The 33 Mutiny
33Mutiny
1.) A thread of coronavirus related incidents prior to Covid-19. We can see from this thread, the threat posed for a long time and how advice to cope with outbreaks
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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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Neeta 🌸
neetaoudit
Crash course on SARS-CoV-2 strains:The virus has a surprisingly low mutation rates but scientists believe that this is bc the virus has already been "optimised" to infect humans so little
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