#Viruses

Saint Dunstan 🇬🇧🌲

ancestralwealth

A thread for skeptical discussion of the COVID-19 crisis...Not convinced by new levels of State restriction? Unnerved by the rapid unthinking obedience of bizarre new norms...?𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑷𝒍𝒂𝒈𝒖𝒆 𝑫𝒐𝒄𝒕𝒐𝒓 - Tanya

Pras Francis, MD PhD

PrasFrancis

Let's talk about hydroxychloroquine (HCQ). tl;dr:1. There's a difference between biologic plausibility & early sign of clinical benefit.2. A standard must be met to show benefit-this hasn't.3. It can cause

Adam Tinworth

adders

OK, this stuff makes me cross. COVID-19 is serious enough without reporting research in a way that scares people unnecessarily. For example, this piece from The Times: https://www.thetimes.co.uk/edition/news/virus-can-live-28-days-on-phone-

Anonymous Sage 🍀

AnonymousSage1

Thread: Deconstructing the 1918 “Spanish Flu” Pandemic1) In this scathing indictment of the outrageously corrupt Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), I will methodically dismantle the highly dubious official

Gertrud Rey PhD (Trudy)

GertrudRey

Why do some recovered COVID-19 patients test positive again after testing negative? Do these patients really become “re-infected”? (Spoiler alert: probably not). A thread. (1/n) The answer to this question

Scheplick

scheplick

My thoughts on the #coronavirus, a thread. Yes, I’m actually doing this. 1/n I write this thread as an investor. Someone who manages their own money, 10+ years in the

Florian Krammer

florian_krammer

1) I wanted share some data from a manuscript that just wen online at https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.04.30.20085613v1. This was spearheaded by the fantastic Dr. Ania Wajnberg in collaboration with many parts of

Nicola Oliver | Medical Intelligence

NicolaMedical

THREADThe latest @ICNARC report on ICU admissions was published last night, and on behalf of @ICS_updates and @COVID19actuary, please read this thread for an update 1/ There have been 321

𝕲𝖚𝖗𝖚 𝕭𝖗𝖚𝖓𝖔 🇮🇳

spinesurgeon

Long thread on Transfusion and few Polls Blood has three main functions 1. Carry Oxygen (Red Blood Cells do that ) 2. Fights against Bacteria and Viruses and every thing

Covfefe Shecky Jones,King Of Shade👑aka BROLENE🌊

King_Of_Shade

How COVID-19 kills:A Pathophysiological discussion in lay terms.The Lungs consist of a network of air conduits which subdivide into a finer network of air passages which terminate into air sacs

Trevor Bedford

trvrb

This is a thread about how to interpret the seemingly sudden appearance of #COVID19 across the much of the US in the past week with some back-of-the-envelop calculations for number

Hironori Funabiki

HironoriFunabi1

Delighted to share our review article, "Regulation and Consequences of cGAS Activation by Self-DNA", by Christian Zierhut @ChriZieri. Free article available until Sep 4.https://authors.elsevier.com/c/1bPjB3QxxSgq3fHere is a thread

Justin Wilhite

jwdaddy80

What is corona virus? Officially it’s a mix of bat, Malayan pangolin, and its closest relative is Bat as well as SARS-CoV. Once inside the body it attaches via a

Nasir

UsmanRx

In today’s edition of Preventive mechanisms against the #COVID19 pandemic in Nigeria, we had a discussion on: 1. The effects of self medication with antibiotics or herbal medicines for #COVID19

Menaka Pai, MSc MD FRCPC

MPaiMD

Okay one more thread before bed! Lots of Qs asking "what IS VITT?" Before I get to that, if you'd like an AWESOME metaphor about vaccine choice, please read my

Jennifer Heighton

jheighton3

What if @bcndp @CDCofBC are approaching this pandemic all wrong?Drs Henry & Gustafson say fear of “stigma” is the reason for not releasing data.Boom. There it is. The underlying driving