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Dr Sumaiya Shaikh
Neurophysik
Does previously infected covid-19+ person cannot get re-infected? What do we know about 'immunity passports' or 'risk-free certificates'?Read on..#COVID2019 From WHO: After reviewing the evidence on antibody responses to SARS-CoV-2
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Apoorva Mandavilli
apoorva_nyc
Germany is considering "immunity certificates" for people who have positive antibody tests. This is hugely premature for at least three reasons. A short thread. a) The tests we have now
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Philippe Lemoine
phl43
The fact that the number of cases has been increasing in Sweden recently doesn’t show it hasn’t reached herd immunity. It’s true that, if a place has reached herd immunity,
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Stephen Barlow
SteB777
‘herd immunity’ – involving the disease to move through the population, without interventions, in the absence of a vaccine – was the Government’s policy and that this “could have been
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Noah Smith 🐇
Noahpinion
I've seen a lot of people wringing their hands about COVID antibodies dropping off after 3 months, screeching things like "immunity doesn't last". @DKThomp called up the experts, and explains
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Prof Francois Balloux
BallouxFrancois
Herd immunity (community immunity) is not a strategy. It is the process describing that not everyone in the population needs to be immunised before an epidemic recedes. It is at
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Prof Francois Balloux
BallouxFrancois
I felt it may worthwhile writing a mini thread about #COVID19 immunity following infection to provide some context to the WHO 'immunity passport' statement and its rapid clarification/retraction.(1/5)https://twitter.com/WHO/status/12541609378
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David Schneider
davidschneider
11th MarchDavid Halpern of “nudge unit” explains herd immunity strategy.12th MarchNewspapers report on herd immunity strategy 13th MarchChief Science Officer explains herd immunity strategy5th April“There was no herd immunity strategy”
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Let's Start Our Own MAGA CHAZ!
NolteNC
You see, the proper way to have handled the coronavirus is the exact opposite way we did... 1. Quarantine the sick. 2. Quarantine the immunocompromised (elderly, etc) who wish to
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Somesh Jha
someshjha7
Dr. Jayaprakash Muliyil, former Principal, Christian Medical College, Vellore & one of the country’s leading epidemiologists tells me in an interview that developing a 'herd immunity' is the only way
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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
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Dr. Tom Frieden
DrTomFrieden
Dr. Atlas' confidence in his own judgment is exceeded only by his ignorance and sophistry. Here -thanks @EricTopol for Senate testimony (under oath) - direct quotations. Yes, he never says
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(((Edelweißpirat))) guter Unruhestifter
crandallgold
A thread on the folly of "herd immunity" which I need to get off my chest:To begin, herd immunity by natural exposure to a pathogen is not a strategy to
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Nick Reeves #FBPA #FBPE #ProgressiveAlliance
nickreeves9876
Why does the hard-right want herd immunity?Mass-testing & tracing will take months to implement. Unchecked, Covid-19 will infect most of the population in one month. So the ground will be
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Michael Story ⚓
MWStory
is this a fair summary of the gov science advisors position in March?"we don't think suppressing the disease is possible, therefore mass infection ending only at herd immunity is inevitable,
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Socialist_Tipster
Eyecatcher_Pro
I think there is little doubt that the herd immunity threshold is likely to be in the 20-30% range but all this really tells us is that in some parts
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