Important research to help modern medicine's arsenal mitigating human disease onslaught. news.rice.edu/news/2023/rice…
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Just published @NEJM
Neutralizing antibody levels and T cells response out to 8 months for Pfizer, Moderna and J&J vaccines
nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NE…
Moderna highest antibody response; J&J while lower doesn't fall off and best CD8 T-cell response at 8 months
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Delta D, a sub-lineage or clade that has evolved from Delta (B.1.617.2), has unclear functional significance (vs Delta), and is now accounting for most cases throughout the world
medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/… and outbreak.info/situation-repo…
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Just published @NatureMedicine
Mix and match AZ (vector) vaccine: Adding mRNA (as 2nd dose) led to a better immune response than 2 AZ doses and CD8+ T cells was even better than 2 mRNA doses. And well tolerated
Prior tweet deleted (not J&J), sorry, too early in the morning here
Anyone who wants to hear detailed rebuttal of the wild SARS-CoV-2 origin stories going around, definitely worth a listen/watch. Even if you don't understand the detail, there's a lot to help relieve one's concerns. The whole podcast series is amazing!
Robert Garry joins #TWiV to explain how the molecular biology of #SARSCoV2 shows that it came from Nature and not a lab, including the receptor binding domain, the furin cleavage site, and the two lineages circulating in Wuhan wildlife markets bit.ly/3wGGPiw
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COVID Stage Paper now accepted for publication in so will post link to paper when available but here are the 'polished' figures. The reason I like peer review is despite the pain I do think it improves the final product. Thanks to all the reviewers :-)
I learned about this idea from @michaelmina_lab on This Week in Virology #640 in mid-July. I've been working on my own video (&taking care of a 5yo!) since then - not ready yet since 5yo w/Playmobil demand more attn. But this is prob the most important idea in COVID-19 times!
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Are we quarantining millions of people unnecessarily?
Article by @apoorva_nyc on pitfalls of #COVID19 PCR for quarantine / public heatlth action / policy.
*Disclaimer* the article is based on my discussions with her.
I want to clarify here:
1/17
nytimes.com/2020/08/29/healt…
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Facebook is a profound and direct threat to liberal democracy. The company should be razed, and the ground sown with salt.
epsilontheory.com/facebook-d…
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NEJM: Investigators report that saliva specimens and nasopharyngeal swab specimens had similar sensitivity in the detection of SARS-CoV-2 RNA in both symptomatic and asymptomatic persons. nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NE… @_atanas_
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"The economic value of a face mask is $56.14"
😷 crossover, inter-dependent benefit, quantified
"A 15%-point rise in the share of the population that wears masks would ⬇️ the daily growth of cases by about 1 percentage point"
economist.com/finance-and-ec… @TheEconomist @GoldmanSachs
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This doesn't seem good
nitter.gq/EricTopol/status/12932… (print version of below)
Caught in the air: viable #SARSCoV2 virus in hospital patient room, 7-16 feet from patients, culture positive
Is the aerosol transmission controversy over?
medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/… by @UFHealth
nytimes.com/2020/08/11/healt… by @apoorva_nyc w/ @linseymarr @angie_rasmussen
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Hilarious satire by George Conway using Trump’s own words. If you believe everything Trump has said, as he purports to do, it sounds insane washingtonpost.com/opinions/…
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There is nothing normal about a Trump campaign megadonor with at least $30 million invested in @USPS competitors being appointed as Postmaster General to sabotage our mail delivery & threaten our elections. The @OIGUSPS must investigate this corruption now.vox.com/recode/2020/8/7/2135…
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The @washingtonpost reports that Trump, in continuing to tell Americans that the virus is receding, is in fact contradicting an internal White House projection — which, according to aides, alarmed him — that infections will rise from August to October. /1 wapo.st/2XJloOO
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The time to move to rapid #SARSCoV2 testing is long overdue. It's about switching from diagnosing *infections* to determining whether someone is *infectious*
In minutes, not days. Anywhere. Cheap.
My table here summarizes the differences and why this should be the #1 US priority
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This simple #SARSCoV2 saliva test costs $1, gets results in <1 hour, and can be performed anywhere without electricity
medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/… by @PrakashLab
Why isn't there US support to get rapid validation of such tests and provided to every household?
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The effects of #covid19 are rippling out in circles like a stone thrown into a pond. But these ripples can be stopped, it depends on the choices we may, now and for many years to come - originally published @FT ft.com/content/031b42a7-e2b3…