#Infection

Dr. Kohilathas

drkohilathas

Pfizer’s vaccine has headlined being "more than 90% effective.”.This is slightly misleading.90% is the relative risk reduction. But the absolute risk reduction of the Pfizer’s vaccine is approx 0.4%.The vaccine

Sir Chris Ham

profchrisham

the govt must use the next 4 weeks to sort out test, trace and isolate. Here are the priorities @Jeremy_Hunt @GregClarkMP @JonAshworth @leicesterliz @didoharding @MattHancock @AndyBurnhamGM weekly testing of asymptomatic

Robin Monotti

robinmonotti

Sorry to break it to you, but current lab testing (PCR) for coronavirus is meaningless:https://twitter.com/robinmonotti/status/1249869530849034240 "In China, generally, they diagnose ‘Corona’ with CT scans and one or two positive P

Dr. Angela Rasmussen

angie_rasmussen

Phase 3 data from the Sputnik V vaccine is out. ~92 efficacy. Even though we won't get this vaccine here in the US, it's still great news. 1. We need

Natalie E. Dean, PhD

nataliexdean

THINK LIKE AN EPIDEMIOLOGIST: Lately I have been asked why we are seeing a dramatic turnaround in cases in the US. Is it vaccines? Herd immunity? An artifact due to

Dion O'Neale

droneale

A brief about COVID vaccines and testing and transmission and symptoms. I’ve been hearing comments about how workers like those infected in the latest outbreak need to be vaccinated

The Professional

science_cited

1. This thread describes in detail a novel mechanism of action induced by the MMR vaccine working synergistically with aluminum adjuvant containing vaccines resulting in autoimmunity and brain damage. 2.

Michael Luo

michaelluo

Earlier this year, I read @lawrence_wright’s new thriller about a global pandemic, “The End of October,” and was dumbfounded at its prescience. Now he’s out with the definitive account of

U.S. Dept. of Fear

FearDept

Seems homeless citizens haven't been dying of COVID at the rate we might have hoped. Because none of them own houses in which we could lock them up, they've been

Dr. Urso

richardursomd

Freedom is not assuredToday, you are not freeVaccines will not set you freeLockdowns will not set you freeMasks will not set you freeDistancing will not set you free The younger

Alina Chan

Ayjchan

Going to briefly discuss a new SARS-CoV-2 preprint by the FDA, whose senior author said "was intended to investigate something that could only have happened in a laboratory" according to

Alan Simpson

cityalan

1. Here's a Twitter thread about the latest pre-print paper from @MentalHealthPRU: Experiences of living with mental health problems during the COVID-19 pandemic in the UK: a coproduced, participatory qualitative

Dr David Berger #CovidIsAirborne STOP KILLING HCWs

YouAreLobbyLud

The new strain is a real threat. The article is by Prof McNally, Prof of Microbial Genomics who discovered it. He's very concerned. Please read it.Then read this short thread

Natalie E. Dean, PhD

nataliexdean

Seeing papers make the rounds that the herd immunity threshold may be much lower than the rough approximation 1-1/R0. Maybe, but let's slow down a minute.#1. There is still way

Resist the Hologram - Stu Cvrk

STUinSD

Thread - COVID-19 Facts That Flatten the Fear1. I just found a website called “flattenthefear(dot)com” that was recently established by the Jobs Creators Network Foundation. Here is how the JCN

James Krellenstein

jbkrell

I am a little confused by this @nytimes reporting by @MarcSantoraNYT and @RebeccaDRobbins on the new AZD1222 data. First of all, the claim that this data is the “first” to

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