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Prof Francois Balloux
BallouxFrancois
I'm afraid this is a naive view on the virulence / transmissibility tradeoff in pathogens. A reduction in virulence is only expected to happen in strictly vertically transmitted pathogens (e.g.
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Chris von Csefalvay
chrisvcsefalvay
I'd like to think so. But at the same time, I've seen too many outbreaks that ended as abruptly as they began (especially haemorrhagic fevers). It's an unsettling, eerie feeling,
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David B. Lowry
DavidBLowry
It is always regally hard to be a postdoc. It is a period of academic limbo, where the stakes are high and rejections are common and sting hard. It is
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Celia Ingrid Farber
CeliaFarber
My friend Corey who I never get to talk to because we are both up to our necks in the propaganda flood has written a very compelling piece that makes
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Professor BookWorm
EngineChux
#BookWorm Leggoo!! Q1.) Since you don't want to learn how to make a living by yourself, I'll always give you what food ______? #BookWorm Q2.) What do you do to
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Khanoisseur 🐶🤦🏻♂️🌎
Khanoisseur
1. Because of risks and public health concerns, the Obama administration had banned (in October 2014), federal funding on efforts to weaponize three viruses – influenza, MERS, and SARS. Trump
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Adi Millman
AdiMillman
Happy to share our new preprint about how we solved the mystery of some of the coolest bacterial elements:Retrons function as anti-phage defense systems!https://biorxiv.org/cgi/content/short/2020.06.21.156273v1See thread below by the 3 of
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l E T 17
Inevitable_ET
...............https://truepundit.com/exclusive-top-feds-not-a-coronavirus-that-came-from-a-bat-something-much-worse/"Top law enforcement brass in the United States are throwing gasoline on the Coronavirus fire, saying the Bureau and law enforce
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Andy Baird
andy_engineer
Reaching the 100 day milestone is awesome but also bittersweet. Thailand has done a superb job of managing the health crisis, especially as it was the first country outside of
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Dr.Shrinidh Nair
DrShrinidhnair
Ever wondered why there are cases where apparantly young individuals are succumbing to COVID-19 whereas older people are recovering very well? Here we need to understand that immunity boosting and
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theGirlMob
theGirlMob
1/ Our final #TGMspotlight for #WomensHistoryMonth is Dr. Syra Madad. @syramadad is the Senior Director, System-wide Special Pathogens Program at NYC Health + Hospitals’, the nation’s largest municipal healthcare delivery
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Infectious Diseases
InfectiousDz
Infection Prevention and Control 101.1. Do not rely on one tool. Do not build a Maginot Line2. Work from broadest communal protection down to personal protection. Reduce entry, design environments
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World Health Organization (WHO)
WHO
There is currently no evidence that people who have recovered from #COVID19 and have antibodies are protected from a second infection.https://bit.ly/3bE1l9g #coronavirus The development of immunity to a pathogen through natural
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Kai Kupferschmidt
kakape
One of the things I love about my job is that I learn so many new things with every story. That was particularly true in my reporting for this story
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Danielle Arceneaux
brooklynzydeco
Hi, contact tracer here. Based on publicly available knowledge, I'm going to attempt to trace this WH outbreak, working off the assumption that there was a positive case at the Rose
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Dear Pandemic
DearPandemic
1/ Q: I heard you say on Facebook Live that the new #Covid_19 vaccine candidate from @moderna_tx is a "new type" of vaccine. Can you explain that?A: The vaccine candidate
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