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Varun C. MD, DM
drcheruvarun
This is a general info tweet:If you see or hear the phrase "boost your immunity" just run in the opposite direction.Your immunity is not a battery that you can charge,
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Elinor Elliot
ElliotElinor
Can we clear something up in this herd immunity/suppression debate? There is NO evidence that "herd immunity" would emerge if covid_19 were to become endemic. None whatsoever. Firstly because it's
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Lewis 'Horticultural Lad' Bartlett 🐝🍰
BeesAndBaking
I need people to understand that tweeting 'HAHA! antibodies rapidly fall! no immunity! no herd immunity strategy you fools'is not - even remotely - the 'got you' you think it
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Kit Yates
Kit_Yates_Maths
A short thread on herd immunity.Herd immunity is an incredibly important concept. It suggests diseases can be eliminated without everyone having immunity. If you want to eliminate an established disease
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Ashish K. Jha, MD, MPH
ashishkjha
Will we reach herd immunity?We might. In some places. For periods of timeAnd not sure it matters that muchExperience from UK, Israel clearGet enough folks vaccinated, pandemic fades into the
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Cheryl Rofer
CherylRofer
I want to know that I'm safe from the virus, that it's going to go away soon, but I am also a scientist. Don't share these studies on presumed immunity.
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Tom Chivers
TomChivers
On immunity passports, Bayesian statistics, and why a "95% accurate" test saying you've had Covid-19 does not mean that there's a 95% chance you've had Covid-19(I think this is quite
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Iz, screaming in epidemiology
goodluckIz
The comments on this are missing the point so to clarify: WHO is not saying that if you’ve been infected you are just as suspetible to the virus as anyone
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Michael Walker
michaeljswalker
It's still not clear to me why mass antibody testing would be a game changer, other than for health-workers.Assumption seems to be that mass testing would limit extent of lockdown,
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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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miko
ohitsmiko
1) What is herd immunity - 'Herd immunity,' also known as 'population immunity,' is the indirect defense against an infectious disease that occurs when a population has acquired immunity through
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𝕲𝖚𝖗𝖚 𝕭𝖗𝖚𝖓𝖔 🇮🇳
spinesurgeon
What is the common cause of death in CoVID19 ?Cytokine StormWhat is Cytokine Storm ?That is over acting Immune System producing various chemicalsWhat is treatment of Cytokine Storm ? Reducing
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Jeff “Rather Be The Hunter Than The Prey” Terry
nuclear94
“There is currently no evidence that people who have recovered from COVID-19 and have antibodies are protected from a second infection.” Jt: if immunity from reinfection doesn’t occur, everyone is
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Governor Mike DeWine
GovMikeDeWine
.@DrAmyActon: Antibodies are formed in our bodies when we fight off this infection, and there is some immunity that builds up. No one is certain how long that immunity will
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Ashish K. Jha, MD, MPH
ashishkjha
Slaoui, speaking to @jaketapper, lays out an aggressive vaccination timelineIf he's right, we'll see virus spread starting to slow from growing population immunity by end of January into FebruaryAnd much
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Skeptic Mohamed
SkepticMohamed
#SwedenInDenial is trending today on Twitter because Sweden is still peddling in that dangerous “herd immunity” bullshit that the UK had abandoned two weeks ago in face of #Coronavirus. All
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