#Reinfection

Frederic Filloux

filloux

(THREAD)La controverse sur le #tracking et #stopcovid est hallucinante. Contribution en 6 points et 12 tweets.1. Cette app est indispensable pour réussir le déconfinement afin de séparer et localiser les

Helen Ward

profhelenward

A thread on our research pre-printed yesterday (not peer-reviewed) on the prevalence in England of antibodies against the virus that causes COVID-19. Full paper below 1/nhttps://www.imperial.ac.uk/media/imperial-college/institute-of-global-

Dr. Andrea Conroy 🌍🦟🔬

AndreaLConroy

Our paper looking at #malaria in Ugandan blood donors is out in Transfusion. We tested 1000 samples from two sites in Uganda and found 15.4% of asymptomatic blood donors had

epifragmentalist

contrarhetorics

That's the problem with the worldview here. National quarantining is just an idea. Not a concrete logistical consideration. How many people who take international holidays can afford an added two

Peter Kolchinsky

PeterKolchinsky

Now this is a covid antibody test! Not only looks good on its face w/ 100% sensitivity (likelihood of seeing antibodies if they are there) & 99.8% specificity (not seeing

Scott Gottlieb, MD

ScottGottliebMD

THREAD: There’s uncertainty how many Americans were already exposed to #COVID19 and developed immunity. Until we do widespread serological testing to see who has antibodies, we won’t know for sure.

Eric Feigl-Ding

DrEricDing

New antibody study: “study eased a niggling worry that only some people might make antibodies. In fact, level of antibodies did not differ by age/sex, and even people who

ETE Fr

ete_fr

Nous sommes interpellé⋅e⋅s à propos de la #virulence plus élevée du #variant de #SARSCoV2 B.1.1.7 (ou #voc).Certain⋅e⋅s y voient des études "contradictoires".Tour d’horizon rapide avec deux études qui nous semblent

Adam Hamdy

adamhamdy

1. If this is true, it is a failure of epic proportions. This isn’t expenses fiddling or usual political shenanigans - lives are very much at risk because of this

M.E.Valentijn

ME_Valentijn

The Maximale Controle plan of @MinPres, OMT, and @RIVM will fail for 4 reasons:1) If it succeeds, 137K die.2) Natural herd immunity probably won't happen.3) Precise timing & scaling required

WheatNOil

WheatNOil

The mRNA vaccines (Pfizer and Moderna) are kind of brilliant at a science level. I’ve had a few people in my real non-Twitter life ask me to explain how it

Yardley Yeadon

MichaelYeadon3

In a number of Sunday papers:Scientific advisers said it was “hard to see” when the restrictions would end as new variants continued to emerge, delivering a potentially devastating blow to

Lonni Besançon 🇫🇷 🇸🇪

lonnibesancon

1. Pour toutes les personnes qui ont défendu l'immunité de groupe sur #COVID19 contre l'infection naturelle malgré le consensus scientifique. Un petit thread sur les derniers résultats. 2. Tout d'abord,

Peter Kolchinsky

PeterKolchinsky

I’m a virologist & investor... & I’m hearing people say it’s impossible to make covid vaccine b/c we haven’t been able to make one to any coronaviruses. Not true. We

Adam Hamdy

adamhamdy

1. Back in February I repeatedly raised concerns about immunity to #COVID19 In March, when the UK government started discussing herd immunity I wondered what the government’s scientific advisers were

Coronavirus Plushie

SmashingPumpk18

Pt. 1 Which masks work, and don't work, for a Coronavirus?Good to keep to show people.Dr. Ravi, Team Leader Sam, and a trained mask fitter Nicola, explain . . .