#Transmission

Tim Cook

doctimcook

As COVID19 rates start to increase this article might interest those who've not read it. Relevant well beyond anaesthetists and intensivists.https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/anae.15220 Important to understand how risk changes

Rob O'Hanrahan

RobOHanrahan

Interesting line here from a quote by a Taoiseach spokesperson in this CNN report on Ireland's third wave:"the incidence of infection was 'relatively low' in hospitality, retail and construction settings".Not

Dr Emma Hodcroft

firefoxx66

Is the new UK variant the same as the new South African variant (501Y.V2)?No.They both share the same mutation in spike: N501Y (N->Y at position 501). However, the 2 variants

Andrea Addario

addarioandrea

I really worry about the continued individualizing - privatizing - of responsibility for rising numbers, instead of addressing systemic causes of spread: workplace transmission (manufacturing/wareshouses/construction) and lack of paid sick

Gupta Lab, Cambridge

GuptaR_lab

B1.1.7 has more than 20 changes in genetic code, of which 8 are in the Spike protein (shown below). Spike is the target of many of our immune and vaccine

Memorial Device

memorialdevice

Number 7This Mortal Coil - Song to the Siren. Loose Talk.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SuwfsS5-iM8&feature=emb_logo Number 6Nirvana. Smells Like Teen Spirit. The Word.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fXo7OlOJba0 Number 5The Bunnymen. N

aure

maureviv

Sensitivity of a PCR from a swab sample is a funny conceptPCR itself is extremely sensitive, now it should be very specific as wellBut provided that the swab captures RNA

Christina Veiga

cveiga

Caller asks @NYCMayor on @BrianLehrer why the city hasn't poured its efforts into improving remote learning rather than focusing on reopening school buildings. Mayor responds that families "need their kids

Eric Feigl-Ding

DrEricDing

iPads stockpiled for ICU end of life goodbyes... was not something Steve Jobs foresaw. (HT to @roto_tudor) #COVID19 2) If only we didn’t allow big corporations to neglect or deceive

Andrew Morris

ASPphysician

This thread addresses my main job: youth basketball coach. I’m going to address youth sports in general, though, with an eye to school-based education:@CanBball @OBABBall @USPORTSca 1/ Youth sports—whether houseleague

Kasper Planeta Kepp

KasperKepp

With many empirical studies now showing more modest effects of lockdowns vs. other NPIs, voluntary behavior, and other confounders, the original model concluding large effects is increasingly criticized, incl. a

David Fisman

DFisman

R(t) by province, Feb 12. As @jm_mcgrath noted yesterday, Ontario hasn't managed to get below 0.7 previously, but we are actually there outside GTA right now, and we're at 0.75

Jonathan Engler 😀

jengleruk

Genuine question:At https://www.fda.gov/media/144245/download it can be seen that in relation to the Pfizer vaccine:The 95% effectiveness is based on:162 cases / 22k receiving placebo with mild symptomatic Covidvs8 cases /

Dr Michelle Kelly-Irving

shell_ki

The difficult choice of keeping schools open or not during lockdown is a social inequality & child welfare issue affecting life course trajectories in wellbeingA lot is at stake, so

Steph Landry

scland09

This this this!!! This sums up how I’ve been thinking/feeling about things so well. I desperately want to be back in school in the fall, and I feel this sense

Dr David Berger #CovidIsAirborne STOP KILLING HCWs

YouAreLobbyLud

1/ Dear ABC and other Journalists,Please can you fact check what @CollignonPeter is telling you? It's really important as he is in the media most days and much of what

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