#Infections

Michael Mina

michaelmina_lab

To stop major outbreaks - we either need major behavioral change - seems unlikely - need to shutdown the economy again, vaccines (all of which problematic), or we need the

Alasdair Munro

apsmunro

I've almost given up on any balanced discourse about children, #COVID19 and schools, as everyone seems intent on either pretending children are not affected at all, or becoming borderline hysterical

Shannon Last

shannon_last

"The White House has decided not to trace the contacts of guests and staff members at the Rose Garden celebration 10 days ago for Judge Amy Coney Barrett, where at

Col_Forbin ⭐🍀⭐🍀⭐

ColForbin3

Thread: UV Light Therapy and Ultraviolet Blood Irradiation articles and studies. Targeted Light Therapy Destroys Cancer Cells.https://www.nih.gov/news-events/nih-research-matters/targeted-light-therapy-destroys-cancer-cells Ultraviolet Irradiation

Vinod Scaria

vinodscaria

B.1.618 - a new lineage of SARS-CoV-2 predominnatly found in India and characterized by a distinct set of genetic variants including E484K , a major immune escape variant. Initial sequences

James Wood

JamesGWood_UNSW

A short thread about relative burden of COVID we are seeing in residential aged care in Australia. So far across Australia, we have ~26700 case and 810 deaths. That's a

Ashish K. Jha, MD, MPH

ashishkjha

Almost every day, I am asked about the Russian vaccine.Lots of questions of whether we should "take it" or not.My answer has been -- no idea -- haven't seen the

Dr. Angela Rasmussen

angie_rasmussen

I agree that #SARSCoV2 #COVID19 #coronavirus ocular exposure needs more research, but I'd hold off on assuming that this route is responsible for a substantial portion of new infections for

Alex Berenson

AlexBerenson

I was going to spare Dr. Spencer the embarrassment of taking apart his piece in detail, but since he has asked:His errors, fallacies, and misleading statements are legion (and likely

Ruminator Dan

RuminatorDan

An estimated 750M, 10% of world’s population have been infected by Covid-19, says WHO's Dr M RyanThis implies far lower Infection Fatality Rate than previously claimed & potentially significant implications

Aaron Derfel

Aaron_Derfel

1) Premier @francoislegault often boasts how Quebec tests so much for #COVID19. But the one province he never mentions is the true leader, Alberta, which is testing asymptomatic Calgarians, something

Stefan Kertesz, MD

StefanKertesz

1/The prevalence of SARS-CoV-2 infection in homeless shelters differs by whether there has been a known “cluster” according to new data from @cdcgov My illustrations and thoughts follow (inspired by

Rajeev Venkayya MD

rvenkayya

More exciting vaccine news from Oxford/AstraZeneca. These would normally be considered very good results. Would be cautious about early comparisons to mRNA, given that we haven’t seen full datasets and

Soumya

skarlamangla

the most stunning takeaway from LA's recent press briefings: officials estimated last week that 1 in 400 people in LA County were infectious with covid and not isolated. this week,

Adam Hamdy

adamhamdy

1. What is the government's current #COVID19 strategy? Here is Chris Whitty on 4th March explaining the government's strategy was late intervention and early release. But what is it now?https://twitter.com/adamhamdy/status/130361651

Sabina Walker 😀 Master Appl Science (Neuroscience

SabinaWalker18

1/x Testing = CasesThis ALSO:(1) #False_Positive PCR results (compared to True Positives)especially if #asymptomatics tested&(2) #NON_infectious cases IF excess Ct cutoffLeads to #erroneous reporting of #NON_infectious