#D614G

This article by @USATODAY misleadingly states that there are "8 strains of coronavirus" circulating. Because of this our @nextstrain inbox is today full of questions like "if you get one
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Let’s talk about B.1.617. It is unlikely it will be able to evade vaccine-induced immunity. Why?•Vaccines are polyclonal (Abs)•Mutations compared to VOCs•CD8+ T-cells covering 52 epitopes across the spike protein•CD4+
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Our preprint is up on bioRxiv! We discuss key findings about the adaptation of SARS-CoV-2 for humans, scenarios for cross species transmission (pangolins, Wuhan Huanan market), and measures to prevent
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Damn—An unvaccinated health care worker set off a #COVID19 outbreak at a nursing home where most residents were vaccinated—dozens of infections, including 22 cases among residents/staff who were already fully
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Encouraging studies! An analysis of cross-reactive viral binding and neutralization of emerging SARS-CoV-2 variants shows Novavax’s and Moderna’s vaccines elicit immune responses that are effective against variants B.1.429 (CA)
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1/ To delay 2nd doses of the Pfizer and Moderna COVID vaccines (like the UK, Germany, & Canada)?https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2021/04/08/covid-surge-deliver-first-vaccine-shots-delay-second-doses-column/7122747002/Or not to del
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Paper out in Nature Comms. We developed a framework to analyse the contribution of #SARSCoV2 mutations to the virus' transmissibility. We applied it to nearly 50k genomes and we found
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This new mink COVID-19 mutation story, which is making the rounds on Twitter is highly problematic. There are elements of truth in it but the reporting is completely irresponsible.1/https://www.berlingske.dk/nyheder/english-version-mink-cau
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New preprint. We estimate the transmissibility of #SARSCoV2 lineages based on their genomic makeup. Overall, transmissibility of #SARSCoV2 went up over time, but fitness of individual clades tends to decay
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A brief summary of the very precarious situation we are in now, and why we have a very narrow window to act in the UK. If we don't act now,
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1/It's time for:Coronavirus Tweets From the Experts, 7/8/2020https://twitter.com/i/lists/1240728073114234880 2/There's a huge tangle of sometimes conflicting information about coronavirus. How can we make sense of it?Read this Andy
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So looks like the govt has finally designated B.1.617.2 (so-called 'Indian variant' a VOC- the PHE appears to have designated that the risk to the public is 'high', but the
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There's a paper out in PNAS that features a number of evolutionary psychology speculations about SARS-CoV-2. Some of my friends are coauthors, so I apologize in advance to them, but
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In the last wk we have seen a staggering amt of new important CoV2 dataUpdate #7 w @EricMeyerowitz : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x2Dufcjv4KQ&feature=youtu.be01:05 –ACTT-114:15 – Transmission40:45 – Spectrum of clinical severit
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PSA: COVID-19 isn’t “just a cold,” isn’t “a respiratory virus,” and “mild” doesn’t mean what you think it does.If you “aren’t scared of COVID”, this thread is for you. (1/)Please
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Time to start a new thread, because the first one is getting unweildly. Prior articles documenting possible #SARSCoV2 #Reinfection or #Reactivation here:https://twitter.com/PRussW1/status/1273476315811897350?s=20 I suspect this narrative is
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