#Pathogens

WIRED

WIRED

Back in March, a study on how long the coronavirus lasts on surfaces fueled what one author called “the great fomite freakout.” People scrubbed everything from mail to groceries. It's

Eric Feigl-Ding

DrEricDing

This is very worrisome. Among recovered former #COVID19 cases, “nearly a third had unexpectedly low levels of antibodies. In some cases, antibodies could not be detected at all.” https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3078840/coronavirus-low

Sarah

sass_byname

Why is nobody talking about viral interference? (Infection with one virus can interfere with the ability of another virus to infect a host at the same time, providing temporary protection).

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TheOracleReadsU

The word “nightmare” is derived from the Old English “mare”, a mythological demon that rides on people’s chests while they sleep, causing bad dreams. This will be a thread about

Reuters Institute

risj_oxford

Here's a thread with a selection of great journalism on #COVID19. Please share and feel free to add suggestions at the end 1. Brazil’s densely packed favelas brace for coronavirus:

USA TODAY Graphics

usatgraphics

Coronavirus might spread much farther than 6 feet in the air. New research published in the Journal of the American Medical Association shows that droplets in our coughs could travel

Dr Kevin Purcell

kevinpurcell

Excellent piece from Nature in 2019 with both new results and a great summary of previous work.Worth reading for the details.https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-019-38808-z “The particle emission rate during speech is linearly correlated

J.B. Handley

jb_handley

1/ [influenza] Vaccine derived virus interference was significantly associated with coronavirushttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7126676/ 2/ “Receiving influenza vaccination may increase the risk of other respiratory viruses, a

Robin Monotti

robinmonotti

What Ralph Baric of Baric Lab (Gilead, Remdesivir) knew in 2010: "Zn2+ [Zinc Ion] Inhibits Coronavirus and Arterivirus RNA Polymerase Activity In Vitro and Zinc Ionophores Block the Replication of These Viruses in

Esther Olu 🍑

estherolu

Your skin’s water loss and why you need to maintain it *A Thread* Okay SO you’ll see in cosmetic journals or articles about water loss. So what the heck

Guy in the red tie

guyinaredtie1

I've always believed that science should be as dry as possible and free from political biasKarol Sikora has never believed this, and now it appears that Sunetra Gupta and Carl

Wellcome Collection

ExploreWellcome

Love them or loathe them, face coverings have been used to protect us from all sorts of harmful material in the air for a very long time. [Thread] #facecoverings #facemask

Edward Nirenberg

ENirenberg

I'm seeing a lot of nonsense about boosting the immune system lately, so here's a far-too-long thread on what "boosting the immune system" really means and why 1) you can't

Joanna Poole 💙

Jopo_dr

D-Dimer: D-dimers are a degradation product of fibrinogen, a mesh of fibrils that stabilises platelet plugs. They represent two D-domains of fibrinogen joined together, and a cleavage point in fibrinogen

Scott Gottlieb, MD

ScottGottliebMD

THREAD: For the last 6 months, FDA’s device center worked effectively with labs to advance hundreds of tests for Covid. A new HHS policy that extricates FDA from this work

Lavender Lives Forever (Parler)

LavenderLives

Who is Beatrice H Hahn German Virologist University of PN Stephen Hahn Head of FDA Knowingly held CURES Beatrice Hahn, elected to the National Academy of Sciences in 2012,