#Variants

Adriaan

A_van_der_graaf

Today we're sharing an analysis of the genetics behind two important COVID-19 genes: ACE2 and TMPRSS2. A thread on what we have found 1/9https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.04.22.20074963v1 @LifelinesNL @serenasanna1 ACE2 and TMPRSS2 are

Michael Baharaeen

mbaharaeen

Question for someone who knows more about the medical science on COVID than me: is it possible to reach herd immunity with both the vaccinated population AND a sliver of

Dr. Chris Tufton

christufton

COVID CONVERSATIONS THREAD:https://twitter.com/christufton/status/1387906700854894592 The island has experienced two waves in community transmission over the last year. There were almost four times as many cases in the peak week of the

Travis Fortnum

travisfortnum

New Brunswick will see a COVID-19 briefing at 3:30 featuring Dr. Jennifer Russell and Health Minister Dorothy Shephard. I will live-tweet the briefing if you'd like to follow along. But

Bruce Arthur

bruce_arthur

Doug Ford says his government took decisive action last week, which was seven weeks late "The problem is not in our schools, it is in our community." Well, how did

Tanei the Science Guy, PhD 👨🏾‍🔬

Dr_TJRicks

It's not fun being right anymorehttps://twitter.com/whitheath/status/1388454587493933056 I talked about this on #richzoomradio last night but I'll say it here too and you can do what you want to with the

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

Bani Jolly

bani_jolly

A relatively new emergent #SARSCoV2 lineage/variant from India, bearing the combination of Spike mutations L452R+E484Q, has been making rounds in the news recently. Here's a quick phylogenetic analysis of all

John Burn-Murdoch

jburnmurdoch

Brief thread on vaccines vs variants (vaccines are winning ):[Some] people keep pointing to rising cases in places like Chile and Canada as evidence that the vaccines aren’t working.That’s completely

Chise 🧬🧫🦠💉

sailorrooscout

Immunological memory consists of antibodies, memory B-cells, memory CD8+ T-cells, and memory CD4+ T-cells. These responses are what give us enduring protection even against newly emerging SARS-CoV-2 variants. Immunological memory

Mehdi Hasan

mehdirhasan

If I see one more sanctimonious liberal on this hellsite suggesting cautious people still wearing masks outdoors is the equivalent of crazy rightwingers refusing to wear a mask outdoors last

John Burn-Murdoch

jburnmurdoch

Particularly concerning is India, where some thought herd immunity may have been reached.It had not.Case rates are doubling every 5 days in Delhi.There’s insufficient sequencing to track variants, but it’s

Jeremy Gans

jeremy_gans

Lots of talk of constitutional challenges to the India ‘pause’ thing. But why would this challenge succeed when the challenge to the closed WA border didn’t? The Constitution has more

Stat Arb

quant_arb

Back to the quant topics:Microstructural fair value!Let's dive into it:1/n The usual approach is to take the midprice which is just the average between the best bid and ask. This

Clara Jeffery

ClaraJeffery

My timeline full of men across the ideological spectrum who are now upset that people are still wearing masks outside.Why...do you care so much? I swear if you think of

Strategic Frontier

strategic_front

DRDO-LASTEC developed Laser Ordnance Disposal System(LORDS) is the first laser based Directed Energy Weapon(DEW) in operational service of the Indian Armed Forces. Though it is not an offensive system, its