#Transmission

SJ. Puechmaille

Bats_Chiroptera

Some people say "#SARSCoV2 comes from bats". The estimated time of divergence for SARS-CoV-2 and RaTG13 (the closest 'relative' know from #bats) is 1969 (95% HPD: 1930-2000). So in other

🚩Shepherd🏴

NeolithicSheep

Good news you can use: the vaccines against covid provide robust, sterilizing immunity. That means that when you are fully vaccinated, *you will not get covid at all* and you

Efra Rivera-Serrano, PhD

NakedCapsid

1/ALRIGHT, by popular demand, it is time for your local virologist to do a thread on “what is a virus”?There is a lot of info (and mis-information) out there, so

Karam Bales

karamballes

1/ Thread: Going through the latest SAGE releases, some interesting bits to tease out of it, will write this in bursts over the next day.The main meeting which begins with

Naomi Datta

nowme_datta

Restaurants, pubs, gyms - how are you going to address concerns on ventilation? That is my key question. Sanitization, disposable menus, no salads is all well and good - but

Jake Dunning

OutbreakJake

Rachel, as one of the experts who knows a lot about respiratory viruses, IPC/PPE and writes national guidance, I have no choice but to intervene, because you are wrong on

James Ward

JamesWard73

A thread on herd immunity. In summary:- We’re not there yet- Full herd immunity will probably arrive in late June, once we’ve vaxed all 18+- From early June we’ll likely

J.J. Sylvia IV, Ph.D

BigDataJJ

1/ I've been seeing a lot of discussion about studies that show transmission of COVID-19 does not occur as often from children to adults. This is being used to support

Megan McArdle

asymmetricinfo

This is not a scientific assessment, just an idle speculation, and please take it in that light, but, looking at all the infections at choir practice, soccer games, restaurants, etc,

Andy Slavitt 🇺🇸💉

ASlavitt

It is becoming clearer & clearer that we have a situation much more like the second scenario.Young people feel immune & many are symptom freeWhite people have lower mortalityWell off

Abraar Karan

AbraarKaran

THREAD1/ This study is important. They looked into false negative rates of PCR for #covid19 the days leading up to symptoms.Even up to the day before symptoms start, the probability

Lynn Guerriero

LynnGuerriero

1/3 We highly encourage @NiagaraRegion Council to extend the mask by-law. The wearing of masks is critical to keep the transmission of COVID-19 down in the community, which will help

David Fink

DavidSFink

1/ Improper face mask use can be harmful.How to wear a face mask properly, a thread 2/ Whether or not there is a consensus on the preventative effect of a

Nick Short 🇺🇸

PoliticalShort

"COVID-19 originated in a Wuhan laboratory...the sources believe the initial transmission of the virus was bat-to-human, and that 'patient zero' worked at the laboratory, then went into the population in

Henry Mance

henrymance

FullFact sides with Keir Starmer https://fullfact.org/health/coronavirus-care-homes-guidance/ Community transmission was confirmed in the U.K. by March 5

Carl T. Bergstrom

CT_Bergstrom

As we struggle with the difficult decisions about reopening K-12 schools, one thing I've been unsure about is the degree of transmission by children. A new study from Korea provides