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Dr Zoë Hyde
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Important work from @TWenseleers (whom you ought to be following).The Indian variant (B.1.617.2) may be 60% more transmissible than the UK variant (B.1.1.7), and 2.6 times more transmissible than the
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Here’s a very good news story. New studies show the Pfizer-BNT vaccine works incredibly well, including against the South African variant (the most immune-evading variant known).But the second dose is
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A security guard at the Pan Pacific hotel in #Perth has tested positive, along with two housemates. Short thread with the details.If you’ve visited any of these sites, you must
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Study of 25,661 UK healthcare workers (including 8,278 with past COVID-19), showing past infection offers 84% protection against reinfection (93% for symptomatic disease) over 1-7 months. The emergence of the
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(1/7) Important prospective study of household transmission by CDC, suggesting children and adults are similarly likely to transmit #SARSCoV2. The household secondary attack rate was at least 35%, and 18%
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(1/5) Study of #SARSCoV2 antibody prevalence in children from Bavaria, Germany, showing infections in children were 6 times higher than PCR tests suggested, and that young & older children were
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My paper on #COVID19, children, and schools is now published, with new material added."We can no longer afford to overlook the role children play in transmission if we hope to
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(1/7) Report by Ministry of Health, Israel, showing children more likely to be infected than adults, are mostly asymptomatic, can be superspreaders, that school clusters spread into the community, and
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This article is damning. I strongly recommend reading it to the end.“The Swedish way has yielded little but death and misery. And, this situation has not been honestly portrayed to
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(1/3) Study of the #COVID19 outbreak on the USS Theodore Roosevelt aircraft carrier, with follow-up of outcomes. 736 sailors with a median age of 25 years were infected. 20% were
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(1/3) Important study finding infectious virus (not just viral RNA) in the air >=2m away from a #COVID19 patient.Virus was successfully cultured from air samples, and was shown to match
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1. Updated thread on children & #COVID19 summarising the most recent research.Summary: further evidence children & adults are equally susceptible & equally likely to transmit; school clusters are increasing; precautions
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