#Infection

Shashank Joshi

shashj

A very good piece on the new variant. "Scientists, meanwhile, are hard at work trying to figure out whether B.1.1.7 is really more adept at human-to-human transmission—not everyone is convinced

Kenneth Baillie

kennethbaillie

Our discovery of 4 human genetic variants underlying life-threatening illness in Covid-19 is past peer review and has just been published: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-020-03065-yHere's what we found: (1/n) There are 5 positio

Kylie Ainslie

DrKAinslie

Our latest results from the REACT-1 study show that prevalence of #COVID19 is increasing in England. Main results are highlighted below. The full (not yet peer reviewed) pre-print is available

Adam Kucharski

AdamJKucharski

I'm increasingly seeing people quote a single 'global' estimate of infection fatality risk (IFR) for SARS-CoV-2 & use this value to try and make conclusions about specific countries. But, of

Haley Ritchie

hyritchie

Weekly COVID-19 update set to begin shortly. Dr. Hanley and Premier Silver attending today. The Yukon Government has launched a new website in order to book vaccinations across the territory:

Danny Boy

Care2much18

A lot of pessimism today.People have no grasp on how exceptionally well Ireland (society - all of you) has done in recent months and how hard it was to sustain

Cari’s Captures

RreeCar

I’m not here to apologize, because I’ve done nothing wrong... but I am here to explain my lack of activity... Over the past several months, like many of you, I

Dr. Alex Huffman

HuffmanLabDU

1/ The updated #CDC guidelines on #ventilation from yesterday are important b/c they provide a clear, practical set of tools for a critical aspect of battling the still raging #COVID

Andrew💙Croxford

andrew_croxford

#LongCovid (also called post-COVID syndrome (PCS)) is defined by NICE as “signs and symptoms that develop during or following an infection consistent with COVID-19 which continue for more than 12

Rob Yeldham

RobYeldham

A thread. Lots of talk about needing to come to terms with Covid as an endemic threat like seasonal flu. Given only Polio has ever been totally irradiated clearly the

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MackayIM

The world seemed to have a time in 2020 when it's message was unified: "flatten the curve".But with the benefit of hindsight, we should have been saying "crash the curve".

Linsey Marr

linseymarr

My thoughts on WHO's updates:https://www.who.int/publications-detail-redirect/modes-of-transmission-of-virus-causing-covid-19-implications-for-ipc-precaution-recommendations is an improvementhttps://www.who.int/news-room/q-a-detail/q-a-

Matthew E. Kahn

mattkahn1966

This interesting piece manages to ignore the key point. Each of us must choose how much "self protection" behavior to engage in. Do we continue to isolate ourselves? Our propensity

Hal Marshall

HalMarshall2309

“As cases multiplied, local officials like Ras Smith, an education consultant who represents Waterloo’s historically Black east side in the state Legislature, took calls from workers, frantic and fearful, about

Vinay Prasad MD MPH

VPrasadMDMPH

I'm a progressive; let's pls stop denying realityNow in WAPO is a devastating indictment of the role Teachers Unions have played in the fiasco that is the DC public

Brad Siroky

BradSiroky

@cdc is hanging it’s policy hat largely on this study from WI: https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/70/wr/mm7004e3.htm How can they make broad policy decisions on the transmission rate in schools based on a study

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