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Siddhartha Mukherjee
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1/n Long thread, but of crucial importance. The COVID-19 situation in India is as dire as can be. And it is not just THEIR problem, as long as virus circulates
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1/n The AZ vaccine adverse effects are seriously concerning. First, since public money flowed into the project through OWS, we need to have access to the data to figure out
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1/n IMPORTANT: Can someone please publish a homology map of all the beta coronaviruses that have been circulating in human populations ? Why? Because at least 2-3 papers suggest that
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1/n Listen: this is getting into irritating territory. If you want to re-open business, scientists have offered a plan. 2/n Vastly increase testing. Expensive, but the cost is minimal compared
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1/n So, the rate of seropositivity in NYC is 20-25%. Not far from what we had guessed. Open the city, and it will be 50%. But that means countenancing another
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1/n FWIW, a potential way to open economy:1. Universal masking (N-95 preferred) with decontamination and free redistribution every 2 weeks2. Policing/social policing to enforce masking (non compliers have to have
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1/n Please stop harassing me about maths. First, I am attacked by the Christian Right for being Muslim (I am not). Then, I am attacked by the Hindu right for
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1/n Can someone PLEASE listen to me please 1. Masks, social distancing and hand hygiene saves lives 2. We need a simple manufacturing and decontamination 3. We need social change
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1/n Can ONE genius bioengineering lab help with the following experiment ? a. Take a homemade double/triple layered cotton mask b) Establish the size of particle and filtration efficiency per
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