🧵 Something some of you might not know about me is that I lost my sense of smell entirely for 18 months at the beginning of the pandemic after contracting COVID. It was before the 1st UK lockdown and well before smell and taste loss was a recognised symptom of the virus.
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Closing toilet lid before flushing doesn't keep viral spray inside, study suggests
people w/COVID-19, even those who are asymptomatic, excrete severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) in fecal matter & other excretions," the researchers wrote. "Viruses contaminating urine & feces can be aerosolized in building restrooms during toilet flushing
Conformational dynamics of the membrane protein of MERS-CoV in comparison with SARS-CoV-2 in ERGIC complex
NOT A FLU
SARS-CoV-2 is more closely related to the virus that causes Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) than the flu virus.
Blake Lively Claims Son Contracted COVID on Set: References to Her Kids in Justin Baldoni Lawsuit
“In her lawsuit against Justin Baldoni, Blake Lively claimed a lack of protocols led to her and her infant son contracting COVID on set of It Ends With Us.”
In her lawsuit against Justin Baldoni, Blake Lively claimed a lack of protocols led to her and her infant son contracting COVID on set of It Ends With Us.
Exploring pyrazolines as potential inhibitors of NSP3-macrodomain of SARS-CoV-2: synthesis and in silico analysis
researchers present the synthesis of new and potential anti-viral pyrazoline compounds.
The future of excess mortality after COVID-19 | Swiss Re
the people who study risk for insurance companies (whose bottom lines depend on accurate understandings of pandemic-related excess mortality) are pointing out that we're looking at 10 more years of covid and covid-related deaths.
Imprinted SARS-CoV-2 humoral immunity induces convergent Omicron RBD evolution
A nasal spray prevented 80% of Covid infections; ~300,000 people in China have received SA55, a broad spectrum monoclonal antibody
Dead family, lost friends: How the coronavirus changed one small town
“Dead family, lost friends: How people’s inability to do the right thing to reduce COVID19 transmission has changed the entire planet.”
This interview!! 🔥
“I think most people who are alive today will face the reality that COVID is a contributing factor to their death. Do people know this?… I’ve never seen such a wide disconnect between what the public thinks and what science says.”
Seasonal effects decouple SARS-CoV-2 haplotypes worldwide
SARS-CoV-2 variants are not simply competing with each other, but are in fact WORKING TOGETHER in a COOPERATIVE MANNER
After a long lull, Covid-19 levels are surging in the US | CNN
January 1, 2025
“Trends started to shift in early December, though, with levels rising from low to high by the middle of the month. In the week ending December 21, there was nearly three times as much Covid-19 circulating in the US than there was during the week ending December 7, CDC data shows.”
Trends started to shift in early December, though, with levels rising from low to high by the middle of the month. In the week ending December 21, there was nearly three times as much Covid-19 circulating in the US than there was during the week ending December 7, CDC data shows.
Northern Ireland ambulance patient waits 19 hours outside hospital
here we go again
“Ambulance patient waits 19 hours outside hospital”
Ambulance patient waits 19 hours outside hospital
Testing and Masking Policies and Hospital-Onset Respiratory Viral Infections
Stopping universal masking and SARS-CoV-2 testing at 10 US hospitals was associated with a substantial increase in hospital-onset COVID-19, influenza, and RSV.
Five years of the COVID-19 pandemic: An interview with Dr. Arijit Chakravarty
“If people really understood the science behind all this, they would have a very different attitude”
Five years of the COVID-19 pandemic: An interview with Dr. Arijit Chakravarty
If people really understood the science behind all this, they would have a very different attitude”Five years of the COVID-19 pandemic: An interview with Dr. Arijit Chakravarty
Dublin hospital imposes visitor restrictions due to high Covid and flu numbers
"Dublin hospital imposes visitor restrictions due to high Covid and flu numbers"
well, I'm sick, and it's my fault. I agreed to unmasked family dinner with neg rapid tests, despite knowing the rate of false negatives. now I'm suffering the consequences. I've done so many masked family dinners, eating with my partner outside or in an isolated room
“well, I'm sick, and it's my fault. I agreed to unmasked family dinner with neg rapid tests, despite knowing the rate of false negatives. now I'm suffering the consequences. I've done so many masked family dinners, eating with my partner outside or in an isolated room”
“When Will We Get a Sterilizing Covid Vaccine?”
“When Will We Get a Sterilizing Covid Vaccine?”
A Bumper Month for Trial Results of NextGen Covid Vaccines (Update 23) - Absolutely Maybe
“A Bumper Month for Trial Results of NextGen Covid Vaccines (Update 23)”
A Bumper Month for Trial Results of
⚠️Three Snow Leopards Die Of Covid-19.
December 29, 2024
Three Snow Leopards Die Of Covid-19.
Three snow leopards at a zoo in Lincoln, Nebraska, have died of complications from COVID-19, the Lincoln Children's Zoo announced Friday evening.
Så snabbt kan du få covid-19 via luften
“This is how quickly you can get covid-19 through the air”
This is how quickly you can get covid-19 through the air
Pre-pandemic artificial MERS analog of polyfunctional SARS-CoV-2 S1/S2 furin cleavage site domain is unique among spike proteins of genus Betacoronavirus - BMC Genomic Data
Covid's S1/S2 furin cleavage site domain has only been found on one other virus... an artificial one.
It doesn't mean there aren't any viruses with it out there in the wild... but we haven't found any yet.
COVID’s End-of-Year Surprise
"This won’t be a COVID-free Christmas"
How prepared are we for another pandemic? Study provides mathematical insights into airborne viral transmission
"Even individual use of N95 masks can lower transmission risk threefold, surgical & cloth masks are much less effective."
CDC Releases New In-Season Estimates for COVID-19 and RSV
“SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, continues to cause serious illness, and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) can be dangerous for infants and older adults.”
SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, continues to cause serious illness, and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) can be dangerous for infants and older adults.
The northeast US has now passed the summer Covid peak on wastewater scan. This is a very rapid rise that shows no signs of slowing.
December 19, 2024:
“The northeast US has now passed the summer Covid peak on wastewater scan. This is a very rapid rise that shows no signs of slowing.”
1/ is one hell of a powerful tool which can sit at the pinnacle of a diverse array of infection control measures, potentially eliminating *all* airborne pathogens from our shared indoor spaces.
“Evidence so far suggests that UVC disinfection technology kills up to 99% of pathogens in the air and on surfaces without harming people and animals present” ‘The mood at the meeting is really upbeat, with everyone looking forward to a new era of clean safe indoor air!’”
Due to the increase in patients in our hospitals with winter viruses such as flu and Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV), we are asking all visitors and colleagues in clinical areas - including outpatients - to wear facemasks at all times.
“Due to the increase in patients in our hospitals with winter viruses such as flu and Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV), we are asking all visitors and colleagues in clinical areas - including outpatients - to wear facemasks at all times.”
N.J.’s largest hospital system mandates masks again as infections rise
“N.J.’s largest hospital system mandates masks again as infections rise”
N.J.’s largest hospital system mandates masks again as infections rise
You may have heard of the 'tidal wave' of flu cases 'overwhelming hospitals' at the moment.
As air relative humidity increases, infectivity of SARS-CoV-2 decreases within water droplets | QRB Discovery | Cambridge Core
“we identified a threshold of ≥40% relative humidity as most effective in diminishing SARS-CoV-2 infectivity.”
we identified a threshold of ≥40% relative humidity as most effective in diminishing SARS-CoV-2 infectivity.