Carlos del Rio
@CarlosdelRio7
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Mon Apr 12
Beijing says Chinese vaccines “don’t have very high rates of protection”. @CNBCi pic.twitter.com/obd3K3wRcN
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New Press Ganey Report Warns That Covid-19 May Have Worsened Hospital Safety
At least one in six people admitted to an American hospital suffered a hospital-acquired infection—long before we heard of SARS-CoV-19. Now the problem may be getting worse.Press Ganey finds...
https://www.forbes.com/sites/leahbinder/2021/04/09/new-press-ganey-report-warns-that-covid-19-may-have-worsened-hospital-safety/
https://www.forbes.com/sites/leahbinder/2021/04/09/new-press-ganey-report-warns-that-covid-19-may-have-worsened-hospital-safety/
Ash Paul
@pash22
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Mon Apr 12
New @PressGaney Report Warns That Covid-19 May Have Worsened US Hospital Safety forbes.com/sites/leahbind…
Australia’s vaccination rollout strategy has been an epic fail. Now Scott Morrison is trying to gaslight us | Kevin Rudd
The prime minister has displayed a breathtaking level of political complacency that borders on professional negligence
http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/apr/12/australias-vaccination-rollout-strategy-has-been-an-epic-fail-now-scott-morrison-is-trying-to-gaslight-us
http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/apr/12/australias-vaccination-rollout-strategy-has-been-an-epic-fail-now-scott-morrison-is-trying-to-gaslight-us
Ash Paul
@pash22
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Mon Apr 12
Australia’s vaccination rollout strategy has been an epic fail: Now @ScottMorrisonMP is trying to gaslight us via @MrKRudd theguardian.com/commentisfree/…
Seroprevalence and correlates of SARS-CoV-2 neutralizing antibodies from a population-based study in Bonn, Germany
Population-based studies of SARS-CoV-2 seroprevalence are needed to understand levels of immunity and antibody dynamics. Here, the authors show that the seroprevalence in Bonn, Germany was low...
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-021-22351-5
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-021-22351-5
Ash Paul
@pash22
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Mon Apr 12
Seroprevalence & correl8s of SARS-CoV-2 neutralizing antibodies from a popltn-based study in Bonn, GER nature.com/articles/s4146…
David Michaels
@drdavidmichaels
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Mon Apr 12
At some point, we'll look back on this period and wonder how any reputable scientist could reject the idea of aerosol transmission of SARS-Cov-2.
In fact, that moment is now. twitter.com/DFisman/status…
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Coronavirus conspiracy beliefs in the German-speaking general population: endorsement rates and links to reasoning biases and paranoia | Psychological Medicine | Cambridge Core
Coronavirus conspiracy beliefs in the German-speaking general population: endorsement rates and links to reasoning biases and paranoia
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/psychological-medicine/article/coronavirus-conspiracy-beliefs-in-the-germanspeaking-general-population-endorsement-rates-and-links-to-reasoning-biases-and-pa...
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/psychological-medicine/article/coronavirus-conspiracy-beliefs-in-the-germanspeaking-general-population-endorsement-rates-and-links-to-reasoning-biases-and-pa...
deonandan
@deonandan
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Mon Apr 12
People who believe in COVID-19 conspiracy theories have the following cognitive biases: jumping-to-conclusions bias, bias against disconfirmatory evidence, and paranoid ideation, finds a new German study cambridge.org/core/journals/…
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Entendiendo cómo nos contagiamos de COVID-19: el experto en aerosoles Prof. Jose Luis Jimenez con Carol Perelman
.Entendiendo cómo nos contagiamos de COVID_19. 👆El investigador español José Luis Jiménez es profesor de la Universidad de Colorado, Estados Unidos, y...
https://www.facebook.com/enlacejudio/videos/entendiendo-c%C3%B3mo-nos-contagiamos-de-covid-19-el-experto-en-aerosoles-prof-jose-l/2567097780256694/
https://www.facebook.com/enlacejudio/videos/entendiendo-c%C3%B3mo-nos-contagiamos-de-covid-19-el-experto-en-aerosoles-prof-jose-l/2567097780256694/
Carol Perelman
@carol_perelman
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Mon Apr 12
Para evitar una enfermedad infecciosa hay que saber cómo se contagia‼️
Escucha a @jljcolorado confirmar q el #SARSCoV2 es un virus q se propaga por el aire (🌬aerosoles) y explicar qué sí (y q ya no) debemos hacer para prevenir contagios de #COVID19
➡️ fb.watch/4PgbnQcxSz/ pic.twitter.com/lhEiKXNYId
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Could Covid-19 usher in the age of clean indoor air?
This isn't the first pandemic to make people aware of the air in their homes and other indoor spaces. Experts are hoping it will lead to new, high standards in indoor air quality.
https://qz.com/1993935/could-covid-19-usher-in-the-age-of-clean-indoor-air/
https://qz.com/1993935/could-covid-19-usher-in-the-age-of-clean-indoor-air/
Paula Olsiewski
@polsiewski
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Mon Apr 12
Could Covid-19 usher in the age of clean indoor air? qz.com/1993935/
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'Our hearts are heavy': COVID-19 deaths of tribal elders leave a void
Native Americans have the highest COVID-19 mortality rate of any population in the U.S. And for tribes working to revitalize language and culture, the loss of elders to COVID-19 leaves an...
https://www.mprnews.org/story/2021/04/09/our-hearts-are-heavy-covid19-deaths-of-tribal-elders-leave-a-void
https://www.mprnews.org/story/2021/04/09/our-hearts-are-heavy-covid19-deaths-of-tribal-elders-leave-a-void
Rachel Widome
@rwidome
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Mon Apr 12
"We identified 25 fluent [Ojibwe] speakers in Mille Lacs, and about half a dozen of them died this year, most from COVID." mprnews.org/story/2021/04/…
thelonevirologist
@thelonevirologi
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Mon Apr 12
#Covid19usa: 31918591 (+47864) (216678 cases Puerto Rico, 2971 cases US VI, 160 cases Northern Mariana Islands, 7837 cases Guam, 3 American Samoa)/ 575829 (+276) deaths (6862240 active cases/ 24480522 recoveries) (CFR: 1.80%) reported by state PHD & @ProMED_mail as of 11 Apr
AstraZeneca vaccine: Blood clots are “extremely rare” and benefits outweigh risks, regulators conclude
Investigations by EU and UK regulators into reports of unusual blood clots after receiving the Oxford-AstraZeneca covid-19 vaccine have concluded that these are a “possible” and “extremely rare”...
https://www.bmj.com/content/373/bmj.n931
https://www.bmj.com/content/373/bmj.n931
John Ross
@JohnRossMD
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Mon Apr 12
AstraZeneca is gonna be a tough sell
Tolerance of vaccine-related side effects was low even before anti-vaxxers
For context, swine flu vaccine in 1976 led to Guillain-Barré syndrome in 1/100,000 persons, and was considered to be a public health disaster
bmj.com/content/373/bm… pic.twitter.com/Bub2YTmsja
thelonevirologist
@thelonevirologi
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Mon Apr 12
#COVID19 #SARSCoV2: 136905617 cases (+603164) (102040 in China (excl. Hongkong and Macau) & 136803577 confirmed cases in other countries) & 2945799 (+7016) deaths (CFR: 2.15%) as of 11 April with data from @ECDC_Outbreaks, @WHO, @ProMED_mail & JH CSSE.
Zoë McLaren, PhD
@ZoeMcLaren
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Mon Apr 12
Just a reminder that the 21 & 28 day intervals were chosen to maximize profits, not effectiveness. The optimal interval with respect to population health is undoubtedly longer.
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Dr. Nahid Bhadelia
@BhadeliaMD
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Mon Apr 12
I am testifying at MA State House COVID-19 and Emergency Preparedness & Management Committee on Tuesday organized by @BillDriscollJr w @BillHanage @PBiddinger & others on how do we thread the needle towards normalcy w effective vaccines & new variants.
bostonherald.com/2021/04/08/mas…
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deonandan
@deonandan
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Sun Apr 11
Changing my baby's diaper. Is it #1 or #2? Hoping for turd immunity....
Ashish K. Jha, MD, MPH
@ashishkjha
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Sun Apr 11
Before this upcoming week is finished,
Half of all American adults will have gotten a vaccine shot
And I'm here for it
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deonandan
@deonandan
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Sun Apr 11
So weird to me that everyone now knows what "contact tracing", "reproduction number", and "test positivity rate" are. Gotta go through my Epidemiology glossary and see which of our terms will be the next big sensation.
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Eric Feigl-Ding
@DrEricDing
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Sun Apr 11
Bringing some comfort and humanity back to #COVID19 hospital wards in Brazil 🇧🇷.
Between this and the Brazilian ICU’s “Hand of God” warm water gloves, I’m at least glad doctors and nurses are trying hard to lift the spirits of patients.
pic.twitter.com/TDoEGOFlbG
Geoff Brumfiel
@gbrumfiel
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Sun Apr 11
Even if you’re fully vaccinated, the CDC recommends that you NOT re-watch “Contagion” until they’re sure this is, like, over over.
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marquelawyers
@marquelawyers
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Sun Apr 11
This new vaccination program is so much less stressful than all the other ones, no target, no rush, let's just wait and see what turns up in the mail.
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Ryan McNamara 🧬
@Ryan_Mac_Phd
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Sun Apr 11
In the coming weeks, media outlets will have the opportunity to communicate with nuance on expected COVID-19 cases even among those fully vaccinated. No vaccine is 100%, but these are really close to it.
Rational communication > hysteria.
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uché blackstock, md
@uche_blackstock
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Sun Apr 11
Some personal/professional news that I’ve been eagerly waiting to share.
I’m excited to share that I’m officially an @MSNBC medical contributor!🍾 I’m looking forward to being a part of the @MSNBC family.
A big shout out to my incredible agent @cse_traciwilkes! twitter.com/msnbcpr/status…
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Instituto Butantan
@butantanoficial
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Sun Apr 11
Tweet
Grande notícia. A vacina do Butantan contra Covid-19 protege contra as variantes P1 e P2, tem eficácia geral de até 62% e de até 83% para casos moderados, índices bem maiores do que os 50.3% e os 78% verificados nos primeiros estudos, divulgados entre dezembro e janeiro.
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Greg Dore
@GregDore2
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Sun Apr 11
“Brad Hazzard confirmed he and senior ministers were told last year that 24,768 people could die from the virus in 12 months.”
If NSW had same population Covid-19 case rate as 🇬🇧 (despite their lockdowns) it would be 15K deaths. So, maybe conservative est. smh.com.au/politics/nsw/t…
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Brazil Coronavirus Map and Case Count
A detailed map shows the extent of the coronavirus outbreak, with charts and tables of the number of cases and deaths.
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/world/americas/brazil-coronavirus-cases.html
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/world/americas/brazil-coronavirus-cases.html
Thiago Carvalho
@CyrilPedia
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Sun Apr 11
'There have been at least 13,445,000 cases of the coronavirus in Brazil, according to data from state governments. As of Sunday afternoon, 351,334 people had died.'
nytimes.com/interactive/20…
Diego Bassani, PhD 🏠😷
@DGBassani
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Sun Apr 11
Someone once told me that the countries that didn’t opt for elimination had to make a choice between education and the economy, as you can only maintain some control over infections if you prioritize one, not both. But making schools seem safer than they are changes the focus.
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Opinion | The Case for Vaccine ‘Passports’
Digital proof would allow Americans to visit family in the hospital, not keep folks out of restaurants.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-case-for-vaccine-passports-11618174364
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-case-for-vaccine-passports-11618174364
WSJ Editorial Page
@WSJopinion
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Sun Apr 11
Digital proof of vaccination against Covid-19 would allow Americans to visit family in the hospital, not keep folks out of restaurants, writes @ScottGottliebMD on.wsj.com/2RubkZJ
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Corporations accused of price gouging Northern Communities during the pandemic and also a long time before the pandemic
WHITEHORSE - In the midst of heightened demand during the pandemic some corporations have come under fire for artificially increasing prices, a practice which many spent years perfecting in...
https://www.thebeaverton.com/2020/05/corporations-accused-of-price-gouging-northern-communities-during-the-pandemic-and-also-a-long-time-before-the-pandemic/
https://www.thebeaverton.com/2020/05/corporations-accused-of-price-gouging-northern-communities-during-the-pandemic-and-also-a-long-time-before-the-pandemic/
The Beaverton
@TheBeaverton
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Sun Apr 11
Corporations accused of price gouging Northern Communities during the pandemic and also a long time before the pandemic thebeaverton.com/2020/05/corpor…
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Antibody binding-site conserved across COVID-19 virus variants
A tiny protein of SARS-CoV-2, the coronavirus that gives rise to COVID-19, may have big implications for future treatments, according to a team of Penn State researchers.
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2021-04/ps-abc040921.php
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2021-04/ps-abc040921.php
Dr. Saskia Popescu
@SaskiaPopescu
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Sun Apr 11
Antibody binding-site conserved across COVID-19 virus variants | EurekAlert! Science News new.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2…
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All Aboard the Long COVID gravy train - The Science Bit
Swiss Re Group, “one of the world’s leading providers of reinsurance and insurance,” recently hosted a virtual Expert Forum on “secondary” impacts of COVID. As would be expected, the insurance...
https://thesciencebit.net/2021/04/06/choo-choo-all-aboard-the-long-covid-gravy-train/
https://thesciencebit.net/2021/04/06/choo-choo-all-aboard-the-long-covid-gravy-train/
Ash Paul
@pash22
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Sun Apr 11
All Aboard the Long COVID gravy train thesciencebit.net/2021/04/06/cho… via @b_m_hughes pic.twitter.com/7XhAtlxaz5
Diego Bassani, PhD 🏠😷
@DGBassani
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Sun Apr 11
If schools were safe we would be drowning in data proving it, comparative trends of absenteeism over time, epidemiological investigations with detailed cluster characterization, and also all the phylogenetic analysis from the school tests from last December.
India bans exports of anti-viral drug Remdesivir as COVID-19 cases surge
India said on Sunday it had banned the export of anti-viral drug Remdesivir and its active pharmaceutical ingredients after a record spike in COVID-19 cases sent demand surging.
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-india-remdesivir-idUSKBN2BY0EG
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-india-remdesivir-idUSKBN2BY0EG
Reuters
@Reuters
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Sun Apr 11
India bans exports of anti-viral drug Remdesivir as COVID-19 cases surge reut.rs/3uGeyHJ pic.twitter.com/zkmNu5HL9I
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Reuters Health
@Reuters_Health
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Sun Apr 11
India said on Sunday it had banned the export of anti-viral drug Remdesivir and its active pharmaceutical ingredients after a record spike in COVID-19 cases sent demand surging. reuters.com/article/us-hea…
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Vincent Rajkumar
@VincentRK
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Sun Apr 11
Astra Zeneca vaccine & blood clots. Summary.
Rare form of blood clots plus low platelets. ~60% involve veins of brain. Almost all after 1st dose.
Risk (UK MHRA): 1 in 250,000 people
Risk (EU EMA): 1 in 100,000 people
Risk of dying: 20-25% of people with these clots have died
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Zoë McLaren, PhD
@ZoeMcLaren
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Sun Apr 11
A strategy for convincing vaccine hesitant friends and family to get vaccinated. I call it the "ride along". Thread 🧵 1/7
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"Staggering" number of children have lost at least one parent to Covid-19, model estimates
More than a year into the pandemic, children's lives may be starting to look more normal as an increasing number of people get vaccinated and schools reopen. However, many children in the US are...
https://www.cnn.com/2021/04/05/health/parental-deaths-covid-19-wellness/index.html
https://www.cnn.com/2021/04/05/health/parental-deaths-covid-19-wellness/index.html
Eric Feigl-Ding
@DrEricDing
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Sun Apr 11
What’s worse than losing school days during pandemic? Losing a parent.
Nearly ~40,000 children have lost a parent to #COVID19, black children even more.
"The number of children experiencing a parent dying of Covid-19 is staggering.”
cnn.com/2021/04/05/hea…
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Dr. Alex Huffman
@HuffmanLabDU
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Sun Apr 11
An Op Ed I wrote early in the week for @denverpost (about the CDC brief) showed up in the Sunday print version this morning. Funny thing is that I wasn’t even totally sure if/when it would run until I got an email from someone with a question. Assume online is to come? pic.twitter.com/Zf5coOACrK
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How to fly safely a year into the pandemic
The pandemic is still with us well into 2021, but the urge to travel is growing stronger as millions get vaccinated daily. Get the latest advice from medical experts on how to fly as safely as possible.
https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/flying-safely-pandemic-2021-wellness/index.html
https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/flying-safely-pandemic-2021-wellness/index.html
Linsey Marr
@linseymarr
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Sun Apr 11
I'll be flying with my kids this summer, as long as mask compliance remains high. Room for improvement: airlines should run ventilation during boarding & deplaning and install HEPA filtration on all regional aircraft. cnn.com/travel/article…
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Has Texas achieved herd immunity? “There is no way on God’s green earth,” an expert says.
When asked why his state wasn’t seeing higher reported cases after removing restrictions, the Texas governor speculated that the population had reached herd immunity.
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/11/world/texas-herd-immunity-governor.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/11/world/texas-herd-immunity-governor.html
NYT Science
@NYTScience
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Sun Apr 11
“Anybody who will tell you exactly what the level of herd immunity is, is also likely to want to sell you a bridge.” nyti.ms/327bU1I
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Centennial doctor accused of spreading vaccine misinformation
Dr. Katia Meier, a Colorado doctor who operates the Clear Sky Medical practice in Centennial, is accused of discouraging patients from getting a COVID-19 vaccine and encouraging them to buy her sup…
https://kdvr.com/news/coronavirus/covid-19-vaccine/centennial-doctor-accused-of-spreading-covid-19-misinformation/
https://kdvr.com/news/coronavirus/covid-19-vaccine/centennial-doctor-accused-of-spreading-covid-19-misinformation/
Dr. Ali Khan
@DrAliSKhan
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Sun Apr 11
When you ask your doctor for a #COVIDvaccine the response should NOT be that the vaccine changes your DNA and to buy their immune boosting supplements.
kdvr.com/news/coronavir…
JCI - Hypoxia-inducible factor activity promotes antitumor effector function and tissue residency by CD8+ T cells
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https://www.jci.org/articles/view/143729
https://www.jci.org/articles/view/143729
Thiago Carvalho
@CyrilPedia
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Sun Apr 11
'VHL-deficient TILs accumulated in tumors & exhibited a core Trm signature despite an exhaustion-associated phenotype, which led to retained polyfunctionality and response to αPD1, resulting in tumor eradication and protective tissue-resident memory.'
jci.org/articles/view/…
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Canada Post employee at Toronto facility dies after contracting COVID-19
An employee at a Canada Post mail processing plant in the city’s east end has died after contracting COVID-19.
https://www.cp24.com/news/canada-post-employee-at-toronto-facility-dies-after-contracting-covid-19-1.5383164
https://www.cp24.com/news/canada-post-employee-at-toronto-facility-dies-after-contracting-covid-19-1.5383164
Raymond
@Ojibray
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Sun Apr 11
Canada Post employee at Toronto facility dies amid COVID-19 outbreak cp24.com/news/canada-po…
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Zoë McLaren, PhD
@ZoeMcLaren
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Sun Apr 11
I was quoted in @DIEZEIT about biases in real-world studies of vaccine effectiveness by @JaSimmank. We have strong evidence COVID19 vaccines are very effective but we still don't have an unbiased estimate.
zeit.de/wissen/gesundh… pic.twitter.com/1tSnxW3sWU
Israel’s ahead-of-the-world vaccine rollout offers hope for countries lagging behind
A flurry of studies confirms the effectiveness and safety of mass inoculation.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/middle_east/israel-coronavirus-vaccine-research-studies/2021/02/28/3ba3c3f2-7526-11eb-9489-8f7dacd51e75_story.html
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/middle_east/israel-coronavirus-vaccine-research-studies/2021/02/28/3ba3c3f2-7526-11eb-9489-8f7dacd51e75_story.html
Zoë McLaren, PhD
@ZoeMcLaren
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Sun Apr 11
“Pour crazy amounts of money into a vaccination program, because it’s going to end the pandemic.”- @ZoeMcLaren in @WashingtonPost
washingtonpost.com/world/middle_e…
Zoë McLaren, PhD
@ZoeMcLaren
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Sun Apr 11
Last week, @CDCWalensky's communication missteps overshadowed the key result: only 3 COVID cases were found among ~2,500 fully vaccinated essential workers. Fully vaccinated people *can* carry the virus, but it is exceedingly rare. 1/7
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David Rosen
@hdavidrosen
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Sun Apr 11
I normally care for babies having heart surgery. Now my job is threatening to pivot to caring for their parents and grandparents in the ICU. This is really bad Ontario. Follow public health guidance and get a vaccine as soon as you are able! @BogochIsaac @CBCOttawa @nilikm
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Krutika Kuppalli, MD FIDSA
@KrutikaKuppalli
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Sun Apr 11
For anyone who still doesn’t believe that #COVID19 can affect young people, I saw a 47 yo today who has been in the ICU for two months with #COVID19 who has blood clots, neurological sequelae, persistent respiratory failure and infections. Get #vaccinated when it’s your chance!
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Andrew Morris
@ASPphysician
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Sun Apr 11
Really enjoy listening to the Great Barrington Declaration speakers trying to explain to an ONTARIO AUDIENCE how pre-existing immunity is leading to cases dropping.
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Zoë McLaren, PhD
@ZoeMcLaren
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Sun Apr 11
Vaccinated! J&J. One and done and it feels so good! pic.twitter.com/fM6L3k92o2
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Alameda County residents 16 and older can now book a COVID vaccine appointment
Alameda County has quietly expanded its coronavirus vaccine eligibility to people age 16...
https://www.sfchronicle.com/local/article/Alameda-County-residents-16-and-older-can-now-16093011.php
https://www.sfchronicle.com/local/article/Alameda-County-residents-16-and-older-can-now-16093011.php
San Francisco Chronicle
@sfchronicle
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Sun Apr 11
Alameda County has quietly expanded its coronavirus vaccine eligibility to people age 16 and older.
trib.al/gOaneMW
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Amy Maxmen, PhD
@amymaxmen
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Sun Apr 11
It would be cool if researchers added 4 sentences for lay people at the top of their preprints, which preempt questions the public is bound to ask.
Like, are the vaccinated people with B1351 infections very sick? Have you tested people 2+ wks after dose 2?