#Variant

Prof. Mosa Moshabela

MoshabelaMosa

Now that South Africa has detected Covid-19 cases of B 1.617.2 dominant in India and B 1.1.7 dominant in the UK, in addition to our own variant of concern B

The New York Times

nytimes

Europe has once again swelled with new coronavirus cases, driving a worrisome global surge.But this time, the rise in new cases is being propelled by a variant first seen in

Lux 🧠 Alptraum

LuxAlptraum

If you are eager to comply with the CDC's recommendation that you wear a cloth face mask but don't feel crafty enough to make your own, don't forget that Los

Rajeev Jayadevan

RajeevJayadevan

Evidence that B.1.617.2 (India) is a not a fatal variant. No deaths occurred from an outbreak of 15 cases in a UK care home. This group, being frail, has high

Tom Wenseleers

TWenseleers

(1/11) Update on the situation with SARS-CoV2 variants of concern in Belgium based on today's @sciensano report & baseline surveillance sequencing data from @Emmanuel_microb's federal test platform. Brazilian variant now

William Dalrymple

DalrympleWill

Is a new variant driving India’s coronavirus catastrophe? "scientists have urged against leaping to conclusions about the extent to which the variant alone is responsible for the dizzying rise in

Eric Feigl-Ding

DrEricDing

What is the fastest growing variant in the US currently? Not #B117 anymore (now #2)—it’s actually the #P1 variant from Brazil .So @NYCHealthCommr Dr @davechokshi is indeed correct when he

Aaron Derfel

Aaron_Derfel

1) Breaking: The numbers are small but still worth reporting: the Eastern Townships and Lanaudière confirmed for the first time on Wednesday a single case each of the P.1 variant

Sahil Bloom

SahilBloom

Transformative innovation begins with a variant perception.A belief or view that differs from the consensus.4 variant perceptions that are changing the world: TSMC - Morris ChangVariant Perception: The status quo

Devan Sinha

DevanSinha

15 cases of B1617.2 ( variant) in care home in London a week after 2nd dose of Oxford/AZ- likely too soon for full effectiveness0 deaths.Chance of this outcome without vaccine

Arieh Kovler

ariehkovler

Research from Israel has NOT found any vaccine-resistant coronavirus variants in the population. They compared the prevalence of different variants in the vaccinated and unvaccinated populations and found no difference.https://www.ynetnews.

Natalie E. Dean, PhD

nataliexdean

A sketch to explain how a new variant may appear milder even with no change in underlying virulence. This can occur because, when calculating the fraction of cases that are

PLC

Humble_Analysis

CDC updated Covid models based on actual data through March 27. In every scenario modelled, reality has already completely diverged from their forecast.Somehow, rather than discarding these obviously wrong models,

Chise 🧬🧫🦠💉

sailorrooscout

Wanted to clear this up. First, please remember that vaccines are preventives and NOT cures. One can still contract the virus once vaccinated and as long as it prevents them

Adam Kucharski

AdamJKucharski

Why a SARS-CoV-2 variant that's 50% more transmissible would in general be a much bigger problem than a variant that's 50% more deadly. A short thread... 1/ As an example,

Jason Herring

jasonfherring

Here are today's #COVID19AB stats:-1,521 new cases (total now 158,426)-2 new deaths (total now 2,007)-333 currently in hospital, 83 in ICU (yesterday: 340 in hospital, 83 in ICU)-13,059 active cases