#Coronaviruses

Dr Kevin Purcell

kevinpurcell

Excellent paper.“we describe the first native RNA sequence of SARS-CoV-2 [using direct nanopore sequencing], detailing the coronaviral transcriptome [all the RNA, mRNA, sgRNA, made by the virus] and epitranscriptome [all

Prof Francois Balloux

BallouxFrancois

Many discussions about #COVID19 boil down to wether the virus is 'just like the flu' or 'nothing like the flu'. As such, I felt it may be useful to provide

Brennan Spiegel, MD, MSHS

BrennanSpiegel

*Please share*: Top ten facts about #COVID19 and the gut: C19 is #NotJustCough. In the past 3 wks we've learned a lot about how C19 infects the gastrointestinal tract. In

Stay Home

LebanonRih

So Donald Trump today criticized the World Health Organization for the #COVID19 pandemic getting out of hand and said it didn't do enough in warning countries about it. And said

The Times

thetimes

It comes as a wolf in sheep’s clothing: once in the body, it tricks cells into replicating itself. For a minority this means a hospital stay or worse. @whippletom traces

Nicholas A. Christakis

NAChristakis

Let’s talk about the fact that both the attack rate and the death rate among the young is indeed very low with COVID19, unlike most prior pandemics. And let’s speculate

Roxanne Khamsi

rkhamsi

THREAD --> In this time of #COVID19, I figured it might be handy to share some basics with other reporters who might be new to the health beat. What's an

Cory Doctorow

doctorow

Your racist Facebook uncle may have sent you a link to a trailer for "Plandemic," a conspiracy movie that stars a disgraced virologist called Judy Mikovits who makes a string

Alina Chan

Ayjchan

Since s on furin cleavage sites (FCSs) are now in fashion, I thought I should do one too.The S1/S2 FCS insertion in SARS2 (the covid-19 virus) is super interesting because

My Doctor 🇫🇮

mmmicheni

What if I told you that scar on your left forearm might be part of the reason COVID rates are as low as they are in Africa? This research thinks

Bloom Lab

jbloom_lab

We've written a perspective on a new study by @MAMdayIndayOut that helps explain why some viruses (measles) don't evolve to escape immunity but others (influenza) do. Provides some clues relevant

Colin J. Carlson, Ph.D.

wormmaps

Today I'm pleased to announce the Viral Emergence Research Initiative (VERENA), a consortium of virologists, ecologists, and data scientists working to predict which viruses could infect humans, which animals host

Tridibesh Dey

treeonplastics

Indeed! Much change in policy seems to be happening as we fight individual battles in these strange times.Been doing some documenting around "single-use" plastics & related discourses in the times

Queer of Swords

sextoyspolitics

"...one of the many crimes of capitalism’s terraformers – besides incubating coronaviruses by destroying biodiversity – is their theft of untold proletarian sex hours via the imposition of work, &

Rigged Game❌

Jacked_Game

@realDonaldTrump @DonaldJTrumpJr @EricTrump THE MONEY TRAIL #COVID19 Isn’t it just an interesting coincidence that Remdesivir is made by Gilead and is the “CURE” for COVID-191/several... @realDonaldTrump @realDonaldTrump @EricTrump

Prathit Kulkarni, MD

PrathitKulkarni

(1/7) A framework for understanding post-acute #COVID19 / #LongCOVID https://academic.oup.com/ofid/advance-article/doi/10.1093/ofid/ofaa509/5934556#IDtwitter #MedTwitter #publichealth #publichealthtwitter (2/7) Post-acute #COVID19 can be di