#Variant

[THREAD] The P.1 variant of COVID-19 was 3.4% of sequenced cases in NYC btwn April 12-18. There were ~17,500 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in NYC that week, so if 3.4%
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Sometimes I think about how many people (including me) viewed Obama's win/presidency as a kind of return to America's normal slow evolution into something better. Like, "whew, we're back on
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We know these are desperate times and everyone wants to do everything within their abilities to save their people. But, convalescent plasma should be avoided by all means now, as
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A bit concerned by scientists claiming with absolute certainty that VOCs will not evade vaccine responses & that this has never happened in 'real people'. This has happened in clinical
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I am certainly a big fan of using Mendelian disease genes to prioritize causal genes at GWAS loci so this tool seems like a step in the right direction. Still
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Monday's #Coronavirus megathread on a big day for residents of #England, it feels like a mini "Liberation Day"Finally non-essential shops, gyms & hairdressers reopen. It's now also possible to drink
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The team at the @seattleflustudy have sequenced the genome the #COVID19 community case reported yesterday from Snohomish County, WA, and have posted the sequence publicly to http://gisaid.org . There are some
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Can we go back to tv shows having 26 episodes? I’m tired of this trend of having to wait a year and a half for a 9-12 episode season. Whole
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In approximately 5 months, we are going to get overwhelmed by the Brazilian variant(s) because we continue to ignore the crisis in Brazil. Thankfully, U.S. news outlets are beginning to
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A narrative is being peddled that the #COVID19India crisis is due to these factors1. Modi & Team claimed victory & did nothing2. Modi allowed election rallies & #Kumbh which caused
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Why is #COVID19 sequencing important? For one thing, it is the only way we can detect & track new variants.In our latest preprint, we describe a novel #SARSCoV2 variant that
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How did Coke, Pepsi, or Dr Pepper not buy up Jolt Cola? Seems like a missed opportunity. (Especially for Dr Pepper.) It's kind of funny to me that after decades
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single ppl use half of their bed for remotes, phones, pillows and snacks single gang wya?? follow me if u relate to this tweet and like this for a
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@POTUSThump's IGG for Kamen America is currently ahead of @RealBebub's campaign for a variant cover of Super Harem. If both campaigns go for the amount of time currently posted, which
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Let’s talk about B.1.617. It is unlikely it will be able to evade vaccine-induced immunity. Why?•Vaccines are polyclonal (Abs)•Mutations compared to VOCs•CD8+ T-cells covering 52 epitopes across the spike protein•CD4+
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PSA blood groups and genotype thread for those that are interested. They are 2 different things. A bit detailed but u can read it in bits so u don’t
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