#Pathogen

Erin Mordecai

morde

Reporting in @nytimes by @apoorva_nyc and others proclaiming that herd immunity is out of reach are missing the point in several key ways 1/https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/07/podcasts/the-daily/coronavirus-herd-immunity-vaccine.html?rref=va

Dr Kevin Purcell

kevinpurcell

Excellent paper.“we describe the first native RNA sequence of SARS-CoV-2 [using direct nanopore sequencing], detailing the coronaviral transcriptome [all the RNA, mRNA, sgRNA, made by the virus] and epitranscriptome [all

Dr. Thomas Binder, MD

Thomas_Binder

1/10The seasonal flu wave is caused by several influenza and beta-corona viruses. This year, Corona-19 joined in. In the flu wave ends, due to herd immunity, in April. With

SP1-03 Master of Immunology, Freiburg

03Sp1

Today we are back discussing vaccine strategies against SARS-CoV-2. Amazing thread created by @RvSQusqdJHt1fpm and @HuiyingLi12 @03Sp1 @UniFreiburg #onlinelearning #onlineteaching #COVID__19 #vaccine Do you want to know more about Vaccines?

Mockingjay¹ᴰ 🦚claims 3:10 of golden mv

iiwinchesterxii

random science related questions hehehe quote with ur answers If no one answers, my math teacher posted this 1. Which pathogen causes malaria? 2. Diamond and graphite are called

Scott Gottlieb, MD

ScottGottliebMD

THREAD: If we'd taken certain steps in winter - and recognized #coronavirus had characteristics we always feared in its balance between transmissibility and lethality - we may be in different

Gabor Erdosi 🧩📄📊🧭

gerdosi

1/ Thread on immunity in the respiratory system: how it does and doesn't work (i.e. myths), simplified as much as I could. I’ll use the apropos of a new press

Damien

damiengwalter

If you're wondering why #ReadyPlayerTwo is getting such a brutal reception, I'm happy to explain.A thread.https://amzn.to/2HvRBEp At some point in the late 70s / early 80s, corporate America realised it

BeezIn🐄 End Misogyny

MaggGran

(1/) I've been sick. Really sick. Severe case of pneumonia caused by a virus called Human Metapneumovirus. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1539100/A cold typically, unless you are in one of the high risk groups.

Ted W. James, MD MSc #DistanceMedEd

TedWJamesMD

Day 2 of 30 for #DistanceMedEd Why don't we talk about a different virus for a change?Hepatitis A (HAV) seems to get glossed over but is an important pathogen to

Apoorva Mandavilli

apoorva_nyc

The headlines, all of a sudden, are everywhere. UK study showed antibodies to the coronavirus decline so we're all doomed. No immunity, no vaccines, no herd immunity. People, we have

4EC-wQhero

4Wqhero

Here is an attempt to explain the current situation: a secret war The deep state developed a bio-weapon and planned to release it to kill millions, destroy the economy and

zeynep tufekci

zeynep

To understand why this is encouraging vaccine news, note that this is a *cluster* (overdispersed pathogen) *among the elderly* (vulnerable population) *who live together* (allows high attack rate). So way

Lu Chen

houndcl

Let’s talk about the zinc. This supplement has gone viral together with #hydroxychloroquine and #azithromycin hype, and has been promoted without scientific evidence. threadhttps://twitter.com/Ami_Magazine/status/1258326610719145989 Most

Kelley Lee

profplum8

Let's be clear that our advocacy of #travel measures during #COVID-19 is not the same as the panicked deployment of policing we are seeing when you fail to act early,

Dr Amanda Dillon

oddityofwings

Oh have I got a tweet rant for you re: SF and dystopia and the current situation. Hokay, so a journalist posted a fascinating thread about the process of entering