#Coronavírus

Alex Janin

AlexLJanin

My grandfather passed away in spring on the day after my birthday. We couldn't see him because of the coronavirus.I'm finding solace in looking at his old work during his

Sarah Missen

sarah_missen

I’ve been working on a weekly thread of significant happenings for workers in Australia. There’s so much going on at the moment, but I’m trying to keep an eye on

Victor Nizet

victornizet

Thread (1/6)Good as Gold or Too Good to Be True? Interesting preprint out today shows that the FDA-approved gold-based drug auranofin, strongly inhibits novel coronavirus (SARS-COV-2) replication while markedly attenuating

Punish4Q 🇺🇸P4Q💀

Punish4Q

THREAD This one may get me in trouble but here goes! I don't know the original source who posted it. This is from an ex-C_A agent, who is now

John Mandrola, MD

drjohnm

Thread on a potential silver lining of #COVID19 My friend @BenMazer is a pathologist and he's noticed huge declines in specimens obtained for cancer diagnoses. Reason: hospitals have stopped elective

Kirk Wilcox

KirkWilcox

Filing this away for the next time someone blames economic woes on "unfettered, unregulated capitalism" Imposing tariffs on hand sanitizer dispensers and forcing automakers to make medical supplies (which they

Alasdair Munro

apsmunro

People can't stop talking about schools and #COVID19 Here's a thread on school transmission studies!Summary:- If prevalence high in the community, it will be high in schools and some will

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cryborg

I have a question for virologists, scientists — whomever:What kind of adv. in science and tech would it require for someone to tailor make a virus that specifically attacks a

Nicholas A. Christakis

NAChristakis

POTUS is now reported to have COVID symptoms, which, combined with his other baseline risk factors, is concerning. https://www.cnn.com/2020/10/02/politics/president-donald-trump-coronavirus-positive-test/index.html Most likely, he will reco

KNTL🖤TCIM✍🏾

AhhDamnHer

I might not have time to do a lengthy blog posts so this is my #COVID19 reads thread... A few things I'm interested in1. Vaccination developments2. Potential drug treatments 3.

Phil Kerpen

kerpen

Only 1.3% of U.S. COVID-19 cases are current smokers. Only 2.3% are former smokers. Possible explanation? Nicotine lowers ACE2 expression. (SARS-CoV-2 uses ACE2 for entry into target cells.)https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6295500/ One major

Andy Slavitt 🇺🇸💉

ASlavitt

COVID Update April 12: Special Sunday thread tonight. Have an online memorial service to attend— the best friend of @ASlavittsMom. Then probably a toast first.If you haven’t see my past

Child Poverty Action Group

CPAGUK

We welcome the increase in the ‘National Living Wage’, the guaranteed £250 rise for public sector workers on less than the median wage, the £3bn for DWP to help people

Robbus Deplorablus

hickorymtnman

There is a rebalancing of social interaction going on.Everyone complains about the chaos in this administration; the erratic tweets and comments followed up by seemingly inconsistent or even contradictory actions

barkha dutt

BDUTT

As the Court Finally Steps in on the plight of Migrant Workers, cant help wondering why this didnt come 2 months sooner. In this thread some people I urge you

Dr. Gonzo

DocteurGonzo4

[THREAD] : LREM & RivotrilDans le cadre de l’état d’urgence sanitaire, le décret du 11/05/20 autorise indéfiniment la prescription de Rivotril sous forme injectable pour «les patients atteints ou susceptibles