#Viruses

The Royal Society

royalsociety

This afternoon, we’ll announce the winner of the 2019 Royal Society Young People's Book Prize. It aims to inspire young people to read about science and promotes the writing of

halvorz ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

halvorz

it occurs to me that sars-2 provides a good example of why pathogens don't necessarily or even typically evolve towards lower virulence we know that sars-2 viral load typically peaks

The OG ToniB(TFSTTFG)

tonib

I must admit, I have been very conflicted surrounding governmental response to the Corona Virus, COVID-19. As I told one of my friends, if the government is involved, no matter

Bridget Casey

BridgieCasey

The problem I really have with this whole new pandemic culture of shaming people for failing to adhere to your interpretation of social distancing & isolation rules is that it’s

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UrbaniteAlaska

Let's game this "but the economy" argument out. Just for hell of it. Assumptions: 1) the economy (which really wasn't on anything but a bad sugar high anyway thanks to

Forrest Maready

forrestmaready

1. The polio story as you learned it is wrong. It’s one of the most often misunderstood sequence of events in the last two hundred years. I wanted to explain

David Frum

davidfrum

The President of the United States is up past midnight, not doing any useful work for the nation, but retweeting third-hard accusations that the author of the classic histories of

Dr Zoë Hyde

DrZoeHyde

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

Simone Jones

CdnSkyDiva

My final attempt to be heard:@jjhorgan @adriandix @jinnysims @KatrinaCBurnaby I have been advocating for #covidzero since before the 2nd wave of #covid19bc. Having watched my son intubated and on ECMO

🛸 Mentaline 🛸

Natme15

Shall I talk about the mystery of the suction cup-shaped bug that appeared on my kitchen window a couple days ago? Strange shape, right? And the insect is dead. What

Nick Brown

sTeamTraen

Counterpoint: If you think that the current world in which published science is peer reviewed has flaws (and it certainly does), wait until you see what a world without peer

EverlySparkles

SparklesEverly

[THREAD] NBCNews posted an article trying to say Ozone therapy & UV light therapy are pushed by conspiracy theorists, are ineffective and debunked by medical professionals. Why would they do

Ambulatus

ambulatus

Some observations relating to @AndromedaMetals $ADN and the current pandemic.I’m by no means a virologist but I can read information and draw linkages and look at possibilities.Continue reading 1/Water

Tuscany Community

Tuscany_Calgary

Now that the @cityofcalgary has declared a state of emergency about #COVID19 and the Federal Government has closed borders and airports we are in a new era of #SocialDistancing Here

lorenzo ferrigno

lorenzoferrigno

I’ve been thinking about the AIDS crisis a lot over the past month & have a deeper appreciation for it. Sure, there are differences between HIV & Covid, but the

Lucy Walker Lab UCL

LucyWalkerlab

Does infection with the novel coronavirus protect you from re-infection? Should we issue “immunity passports”? A thread. 1/14 There is now plenty of evidence to suggest that people infected with