#Immunity

Dr. Dave Stukus

AllergyKidsDoc

Antibody tests for #COVID19 will give us much needed info on a large scale population level. We simply don’t know how many people have been exposed or *may* be immune

Carl T. Bergstrom

CT_Bergstrom

1. An hour ago I posted a thread explaining the concept of herd immunity and the problem of overshoot, whereby an epidemic infects more people that are required for herd

Prof. Devi Sridhar

devisridhar

Sweden & New Zealand actually have something in common: scientific advisors in both countries did not think a vaccine would be available soon enough, so they chose their final objective.

Prof. Devi Sridhar

devisridhar

Countries have few choices bc can't stay in lockdown much longer:1. Eliminate with border screenings (islands);2. Let it go & hope to build up immunity (takes months as shown by

Ahmed Al-Jaishi, #Epidemiologist

AAlJaishi

I often see comments saying: "let #COVID19 spread widely so we can reach herd immunity".**To those people**: NEVER, in the history of infectious diseases, has there been a situation where

Joel Miller

joel_c_miller

A problem with armchair epidemiologists is that they can make very confident-sounding statements without acknowledging (or perhaps even recognizing) that those statements depend on assumptions.https://twitter.com/federicolois/status/1298631

GC

gcbioinv

I realized I haven't updated re: COVID since my sickness in March post Cowen conference.I ended up getting my PCR result back 11 days post sample, it tested negative with

David Gauke

DavidGauke

I’m surprised there’s not more discussion as to why London - the most densely populated part of the UK - now has the lowest levels of infection.More cautious behaviour? Fewer

Ronan

rfitz77

I'll keep an open mind, but does this seems plausible? "Tegnell said sampling and modeling data indicated that 20% of Stockholm’s population is already immune to the virus, and that

Dominic Minghella

DMinghella

Now is not the time.Now is not the time to ask Where are the masks and the gowns?Now is not the time to ask Where are the tests?Now is not

David K Smith

professor_dave

Random antibody studies in New York state indicate that statewide, 13.9% of people now have antibodies to the disease. This would mean ca. 2.7M people have been infected. With 21,000

La Cosa Jostra

codyave

Hmm....Carter says that on March 31, 2017, FBI agents asked him about General Flynn. However, a discussion about Flynn doesn't appear to be reflected in the FBI's 302.(Hidden under one

Eli Klein

TheEliKlein

Florida’s herd immunity strategy is in many ways more robust than Sweden’s. Watching Florida crush Covid with population immunity is phenomenally powerful and interesting. It’s a shame our “once credible”

Michael Head

michaelghead

SAGE have now put out a statement, highlighting that segmentation (trying to reach #herdimmunity by letting the virus rip through a population) is not a good idea. https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/a

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

Polina Ivanova

polinaivanovva

Russia just published the results of its Phase I/II COVID-19 vaccine trial - first clinical trial data on the vaccine thus far. Key points:1- published in The Lancet, int'l peer-reviewed