#Coronaviruses

David

mitter81

some reminders.According to the latest immunological and serological studies, the overall lethality of Covid-19 (IFR) is about 0.1% and thus in the range of a strong seasonal influenza (flu).1/ In

Yardley Yeadon

MichaelYeadon3

Coronavirus testing lab 'chaotic and dangerous', scientist claims - BBC NewsDr Julian Harris & another, unnamed, scientist resigned from a major coronavirus testing lab, citing chaos & even poor safety

Gabriel Bosslet

gbosslet

Earlier this year, @bossletMD and I tweeted about how we were planning on handling the summer.Winter is upon us.As a critical care doc and a pediatrician with 4 school aged

Miguel Hernán

_MiguelHernan

Europe and US in total or partial lockdown to mitigate #COVID19.Soon more hundreds of millions will be confined to their homes. Huge personal sacrifices. Staggering economic losses.Ok, we accept the

Eric Meyerowitz, MD

EricMeyerowitz

1/ I'm going to try to contain myself, but very important/elegant article out tonight in Cell with potentially critical implications for immunity as well as a possible explanation for differential

Atomsk's Sanakan

AtomsksSanakan

1/EVarious southeast Asian nations suffered relatively few COVID-19 deaths per capita, especially in comparison to many "western" nations.There's been a lot of speculation on why this is. So this thread

Detective Nancy Drew-Ruiz

brittertwits

In 2011 outrage from Scientists abt "gain-of-function" research was causing virus's that impact livestock to start causing death & injuries to humans. @CDC & @NIH decided to keep that data

Rupert Pearse

rupert_pearse

Someone asked if I could explain the various treatments which have been proposed for COVID-19. This is just my take and you may find some doctors disagree. Lots of research

James Todaro, MD

JamesTodaroMD

1/ My thread on T-cell immunity got about 7 million views.It's great to see so many people interested in understanding the science and medicine of this pandemic, even in a

Dr. Angela Rasmussen

angie_rasmussen

"New evidence has emerged from China indicating that the large majority of coronavirus infections do not result in symptoms." (cue internal screaming) The BMJ should know that asymptomatic and presymptomatic

TXinTimeOut

TXstillWatching

I brought ccr5-delta32 mutants, -rh blood types, and using ccr5 antagonists as possible treatment back when Pradhan published the "Uncanny similarity of unique inserts in the 2019-nCoV spike protein to

Gummi Bear

gummibear737

Vaccine Passport - Deep Dive There’s a lot of talk about the morality of C-19 vaccine passportsI want to focus on the issue of whether they make sense from a

Peter Kolchinsky

PeterKolchinsky

SARS-2, on the other hand, takes up residence in the throat cells first, which doesn’t cause significant symptoms. The person can remain asymptomatic or might not think they have anything

Gummi Bear

gummibear737

I'm revisiting my model of #COVID19 spread that I did over a month ago and see what I got right, what I got wrong and what changes I would makeFor

Leo Trasande, MD, MPP

leotrasande

There has been quite a bit of chatter about #AirPollution & #COVIDー19 severity. But it's not the only factor in the mix. And, yes, it's those pesky synthetic chemicals you

Hydroxybenzeneazobenzoic acid (HABA)

JcDumbledore

This is worth the share! We can all learn from this! PLEASE TAKE TIME TO READ:Repost:From Dr. Edsel Salvana regarding testing for COVID:(THREAD)@MedtechMustKnow 1. Mass testing is not testing everyone.