#Coronaviruses

Stockspotify

stockspotify

Cannot believe people dont know $BCRX has a drug that could cure this #CoronavirusOutbreak. Every crap co out there $NVAX $NNVC $AEMD has popped hard yet a legit name $BCRX

Zara Bourgeois/The Medicine Woman

med1cinewoman

It has recently come to light that the countries with the highest Covid-19 death rates also have the highest rates of influenza vaccine uptake among the elderly. (http://www.bmj.com/content/369/bmj.m1932/rr-15) For 20

Hutchinson Lab CVR

CVRHutchinson

Thread! It’s great to have been able to collaborate with @Scient_Art on a detailed model of the #SARS-CoV-2 virus particle, the cause of #COVID-19, using methods we’ve developed with @GSofASimVis

Philippe Lemoine

phl43

Except for the fact that it's exactly what happens with most other viruses, including other coronaviruses, but I guess if you're retarded enough this doesn't count as evidence https://twitter.com/WHO/status/1253995619921821698 https://twi

Larry Schweikart

LarrySchweikart

1) https://www.nature.com/articles/nm.3985Well . . . anyone remember this? "we BUILT a CHIMERIC virus encoding a novel, zoonotic CoV spike protein—from the RsSHC014-CoV sequence that was isolated from Chinese horseshoe bats1—in

Dr. Angela Rasmussen

angie_rasmussen

Getting in front of this now. Dr. Yan Li-Meng just dropped a new Steve Bannon-sponsored preprint on the origins of #SARSCoV2 and...guess what it's about: Not just a bioweapon, but

Constantinos Tsioutis

TsioutisC

First case of documented #COVID19 reinfection. Second infection (asymptomatic-with elevated CRP) 142d later, by a genetically different #SARSCoV2 strain. Implications:- As in other coronaviruses, reinfection possible.- Immunity from 1st may

Russ Garrett

russss

This paper goes into a bit more detail on the "pulse width modulation" scenario for controlling COVID-19 after the initial peak (among other things). It's...not especially cheery reading.https://science.sciencemag.org/content/early/2020

News18 Graphics

News18Graphics

#Coronavirus l How coronaviruses attack a human body and why a mutating SARS-CoV2 is a challenge for vaccine development? Read on to know...#COVID19 #CovidVaccine Why a mutating SARS-CoV2 is a

Stefan Simanowitz

StefSimanowitz

1/. The #HerdImmunity strategy depends on people developing immunity to #COVID19.But immunity to other human coronaviruses (e.g SARS & MERS) usually only lasts between 12 to 37 months.Studies suggests that

Rajeev Venkayya MD

rvenkayya

This is a thread on the use of antibody tests (serology) to gauge individual risk for COVID-19 infection. It's triggered by the recent @WHO guidance and the push for "immunity

Mr.TweeTy

tw33tz0r

PFIZER FOOLED YOU THREADSpecific data are not given but it is easy enough to approximate the numbers involved, based on the 94 cases in a trial that has enrolled about

Riku Sayuj

rikusayuj

1/ A strange thing about the flu is that at any given time only one strain of flu dominates. Why? 2/10 Influenza virus is highly mutable. New strains are churned

Alina Chan

Ayjchan

tldr RaTG13, the virus most closely related to SARS-CoV-2 was discovered by the WIV in a bat cave in 2013 where 6 miners contracted a viral infection leading to severe

Dex James

The_Dex_J

1. Could @realDonaldTrump's #WarOnDrugs aka #cartels aka Enhanced Counter-narcotics Operations in West Caribbean and Eastern Pacific really be a defensive position against #China? Was the #chinavirus really foreplay or an

Prof Peter Hotez MD PhD

PeterHotez

Thread on POTUS therapies: Being asked about mab cocktail from Regeneron and remdesivir and what it means? I think a key point is that use of antiviral drugs, if they