#Virulence

halvorz ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

halvorz

it occurs to me that sars-2 provides a good example of why pathogens don't necessarily or even typically evolve towards lower virulence we know that sars-2 viral load typically peaks

Prof Francois Balloux

BallouxFrancois

I'm afraid this is a naive view on the virulence / transmissibility tradeoff in pathogens. A reduction in virulence is only expected to happen in strictly vertically transmitted pathogens (e.g.

❌Harvey Staub 💪🇺🇸🖤⭐️⭐️⭐️

HarveyStaub1

1)”Covid 19 is beginning to lose its virulence as the Coronavirus is mutating & could die out on its own without a vaccine, according to Prof. Matteo Bassetti, an Italian

Prof Francois Balloux

BallouxFrancois

I've seen arguments aired that #SARSCoV2 will 'weaken' because it 'pays a cost' by hurting its host. I'm afraid this is too simplistic and in fact incorrect. We cannot predict

el gato malo

boriquagato

this is a fascinating thread on possible physical properties of masks, viral spread, & infectivityin essence, even if a mask stops large droplets, the force of expulsion may nebulize them

Bright Simons

BBSimons

Ghana budgeted $1.2m for 1000 contact tracers. It ended up training 900. 600 dropped out due to grievances. Their $25/day allowance is becoming erratic. $530k was budgeted for Ministers &

Jan-Willem Veening

JWVeening

New paper in which we built synthetic gene regulatory networks to control pneumococcal virulence in vivo. This project started in 2009 (!) so very happy to now see it out

Onaoluwa Abimbola Ajayi

AbimbolaOnaolu

Nigerians have questions about why it appears the #COVIDー19 virus is not as "serious" like reports from Italy, Spain et al. I have read a number of Scientific research papers

Pleuni Pennings

pleunipennings

A few days ago @NicolettaML journalist for @LiveScience asked my opinion about a soon to be published paper about SARS-CoV2 CpG content. I promised to read it, but was surprised

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

Bill Hanage

BillHanage

There are *so* many things wrong with this, starting with the implicit suggestion that an individual paper in @TheLancet carries particular merit greater than the body of scientific work as

Anshuman Kumar

AKumar2202

Once we are done with Corona Virus In the near FutureGoI would like to start building capacity on a large scale to Handle1)Large scale Earthquakee of magnitude 9 on Richter

Robert Saunders

redhistorian

Whoever becomes Labour leader today, one positive outcome is assured: no one will regard them as the Messiah. They will be treated as a flawed invidual who makes mistakes &

Monica Gandhi MD, MPH

MonicaGandhi9

Let's talk B117 and why I don't think this variant is going to deter our progress. What are 3 things you worry about with a variant? 1) Increased transmissibility; 2)

DuchessTacoCOA - BLM Always

DuchessTacoCOA

Let me give you a good example on this one, since we all have experience with this sort of thing sometime down the road.You all remember pink eye? That eye

marc ambinder

marcambinder

I used to think that the @JoeBiden campaign had no counter disinformation strategy. Now I think that the President’s disinformation avalanche has had the effect of rebutting and limiting itself,