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Q: Should those who have had #COVID19 and recovered be issued an "immunity passport" or "risk-free certificate"?A: The @WHO states, "At this point in the pandemic, there is not enough
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Gro-Tsen
gro_tsen
Why the fck is the WHO saying this? I get that they want to discourage the “oh, let's just let everyone get infected” ‘policy’, but “no evidence” at all that
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Midnight Muse
midnightmuse3
1) I'm Really getting frustrated with the disconnection that is occurring between #coronavirus research being conducted in different countries. Yes, it's important to repeat studies, but don't say it's something
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Nipun Chopra, PhD
NipunChopra7
Will try to clear up some myths about COVID19 based on latest data:(1) This virus was bioengineered by (insert govt of choice).Verdict: Untrue.Data suggests: Biological origins. CoV detected in humans
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Andre Watson 🧬💊💉
nanogenomic
We know that the SARS-CoV-2 virus has evolved to bind to the ACE2 receptor approximately 10x stronger than SARS-CoV-1. ACE2 also circulates in the blood. There are several mechanisms whereby
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Daniel A. Dourado
dadourado
Imunidade ao vírus da #COVID19Quanto tempo durará a imunidade de quem contrair a doença?Pessoas que se recuperarem poderão ser reinfectadas?Quais os riscos da estratégia “passaporte de imunidade” para suspender as
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Chise 🧬🧫🦠💉
sailorrooscout
Immunological memory wins! A recent study shows immunity in convalescent individuals will be VERY long lasting and that convalescent individuals who received an mRNA vaccine produced antibodies and memory B-cells
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Loretta Torrago
Loretta_Torrago
The Open Schools movement has been oddly silent about variants. Leave it to @TracyBethHoeg to broach the topic by falsely suggesting this article shows B117's "severity" is the same as
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Peter Kolchinsky
PeterKolchinsky
If you are hearing about #covid19 “reinfections” in Asia, I can offer you my take as a virologist. The best explanation for what we’re seeing is likely due to three
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Eric Topol
EricTopol
A new study @TheLancetPH today questions the higher B.1.1.7 lethality in a small sample of hospitalized patients with viral sequencing, before there was resource limitation https://www.thelancet.com/journals/laninf/article/PIIS1473-3099(21)
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Vathany
KVathany
#COVID19 Serology (aka. #antibody) testing is a popular topic. Here is a tweetatorial on where things stand today in Ontario. As @UHN’s Deputy Division Head for Biochemistry, test validation and
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Ed Yong
edyong209
In this immunology explainer, I noted that some anecdotal accounts of COVID-19 reinfections exist, but to confirm them, you'd need to sequence the genes of the virus from both infections
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Robin Monotti
robinmonotti
The only opposition to lockdowns & face masks in the Italian Parliament is art historian @VittorioSgarbi MP & mayor of Sutri. Today he was forcefully carried out of parliament for
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National Geographic
NatGeo
Join science editor @MoNscience today for another Q&A on #COVID19 at 1pm ET. Reply below with questions and read more herehttps://on.natgeo.com/34EToQ4 Let’s clear up some terms here.COVID PCR tests are
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Megan L. Srinivas, MD MPH
YourlocalIDdoc
Let’s talk about herd immunity! A thread...(1/8) Herd immunity a type of protection that happens when enough people in a population are immune to an infectious disease, like the influenza
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Dena Grayson, MD, PhD
DrDenaGrayson
A study of 175 #COVID19 patients discharged from hospital in #China showed *30% had extremely low levels of antibodies* with NO antibodies detected in ~6%.Low levels of antibodies could affect
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