#Antibodies

An Leavy

an_leavy

Thanks to David for sending me this link to the summary prepared by the National Centre for Immunisation Research and Surveillance (NCIRS) on the investigations done regarding NSW school cases

J.D. Vance

JDVance1

New study in the Netherlands with about 3 percent showing COVID antibodies. If representative, means 1) about 15 cases for every confirmed case and 2) the country is very far

Trevor Bedford

trvrb

How can we assess the total number of #SARSCoV2 infections that have occurred up to this point? As others have noted, it's not easy to extrapolate from confirmed cases to

🇺🇸Lionel🇺🇸

LionelMedia

Are you seeing what’s happening with Joe Rogan and Alex Jones? Before wasting my time and going into detail, are you sure you understand what’s happening? I’ll give you a

Eric Topol

EricTopol

Just published @CellCellPress "SARS-CoV-2 elicits robust, broad and highly functional memory T cell responses, suggesting that natural exposure or infection may prevent recurrent episodes of severe COVID-19" https://www.cell.com/c

Gummi Bear

gummibear737

As the NYT reported in an article you’ve probably read:“up to 90 percent of people testing positive carried barely any virus”Most correctly interpet this as evidence of the “Casedemic” being

Helen Ward

profhelenward

First results of REACT research out today; three papers on validity, usability & prevalence (2 published, 1 preprint) with @grahamscooke Thread with key findings of study of 100,000 randomly selected

Stefan Simanowitz

StefSimanowitz

1/. The #HerdImmunity strategy depends on people developing immunity to #COVID19.But immunity to other human coronaviruses (e.g SARS & MERS) usually only lasts between 12 to 37 months.Studies suggests that

Prof. Akiko Iwasaki

VirusesImmunity

An excellent new study by @BrodinPetter’s team on the differences between MIS-C and Kawasaki disease. This is incredibly timely and informative. Here are a couple of highlights. (1/)https://www.cell.com/cell/fulltext/S0092-8674(20)31157-0

Rich Davis, PhD, D(ABMM), MLS 🦠🔬🧫

richdavisphd

Good thread on sensitivity & specificity of first emergency use authorization (EUA) #COVID19 serology test, Cellex, means for testing a low-prevalence population: increased risk of false positivesBUT IT'S ACTUALLY WORSE

David K Smith

professor_dave

Random antibody studies in New York state indicate that statewide, 13.9% of people now have antibodies to the disease. This would mean ca. 2.7M people have been infected. With 21,000

Siddhartha Mukherjee

DrSidMukherjee

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

Prof. Devi Sridhar

devisridhar

Problems w/ herd immunity:1. Don't know how long immunity lasts. Antibodies go after

ToscanaGuy 🇲🇼

the_laxa

What are the odds that the people who were on the same flight as the index got infected??A scientific Thread Now that the proper protocol have been followed(abeit with some

Andy Slavitt 🇺🇸💉

ASlavitt

NEWS: @US_FDA is in the final stages of issuing an EUA for convalescent plasma treatments.Will this change everything? No.Will it be helpful? Probably. Is there contraversy? Of course.Follow if interested.

Joe Pike

joepike

NEW: Without action, UK could have 50,000 new COVID cases *a day* by 13th October.According to slide three from today's No 10 briefing: The final 3 slides: Vallance: In every