#Serology

Andrew Lilico

andrew_lilico

The UK's sero-surveillance data is out, & it shld be quite big news. It finds that at least 17.5% had CV (at least in the sense that some may have

Jessica Briggs

jessikator

Let's talk about the preliminary results of our #UnidosEnSalud study. These are PCR results, not serology results! We were aiming to test everyone in one census tract, but ended up

Lyman Stone 石來民 🦬🦬🦬

lymanstoneky

If you believe the survival rate is 99.8%, then that implies you think that ***110%*** of people in New York have been infected.https://twitter.com/PoliticalSock/status/1321543846698897410 This is actually a nice chance to

Lyman Stone 石來民 🦬🦬🦬

lymanstoneky

Time for an update on COVID data! US test count and positive rate continues to fall.That's great news!However, some news reports claim this may be because states are reporting serology

Duke-Margolis

DukeMargolis

@DukeMargolis director Dr. Mark McClellan along with @ScottGottliebMD @cmyeaton @LaurenRSilvis and @Farzad_MD lay out what is needed for a national #COVID19 surveillance system along the #RoadmaptoReopenhttps://healthpolicy.duke.edu/sites/default/fil

Siddhartha Mukherjee

DrSidMukherjee

1/n The AZ vaccine adverse effects are seriously concerning. First, since public money flowed into the project through OWS, we need to have access to the data to figure out

Bill Hanage

BillHanage

The numbers are in and they are not good. The best early serology results point to this being about 5 to 10 times more deadly than seasonal flu (note there's

Prof. Devi Sridhar

devisridhar

Countries have few choices bc can't stay in lockdown much longer:1. Eliminate with border screenings (islands);2. Let it go & hope to build up immunity (takes months as shown by

JStar

1TxStar

Subject of day-#ChinaVirus mitigation vs. Destruction of EconomyEach of us currently in 1 of 3 categories:A Currently infected B Recovered w/ Anti-Bodies/Immunity (Part of Herd Immunity)C Not

Vincent Rajkumar

VincentRK

A big fall in the number of new cases and deaths per day with accompanying announcement of a vaccine will likely be the #OctoberSurprise. #COVID19 1/ The likely fall in

bhattsamir@gmail.com

DrSamirBhatt

https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(20)31357-X/fulltext#coronavirus-linkback-header Have deaths from COVID-19 in Europe plateaued due to herd immunity? There has been quite a bit of discussion regarding herd immu

Deepta Bhattacharya

deeptabhattacha

I've been reading the discussion on re-infection events, with some now arguing that this is not rare. This is being interpreted at the extremes that protective immunity is not possible.

Julian Burton 🏳️‍🌈

JulianBurton15

Yes, we need longitudinal testing to understand immunity and risk of recrudescence.https://twitter.com/SepsisUK/status/1260878404309696512 @SepsisUK - take a look at Prof Richard Tedder's talk on COVID-19 serology here:https://www.rcpath.org/prof

Michael Eisen

mbeisen

I am so puzzled by how widespread the idea that people are not going to be immune to #COVID19 after recovery is. Is immunity complicated? Of course. Is there any

An Leavy

an_leavy

Thanks to David for sending me this link to the summary prepared by the National Centre for Immunisation Research and Surveillance (NCIRS) on the investigations done regarding NSW school cases

Michael Mina

michaelmina_lab

Could the US have >2 million #COVID19 cases by now? I'll be astounded if not! We simply don't test.The ratio of who gets a test vs who should, likely worse