Bethany Dearlove

Computational biologist and data wrangler. Often found biking, baking, and making things out of yarn. She/her.

[Bethany Dearlove @bethanydearlove]

Excited to be part of this collaborative and transdisciplinary team looking at HPV in vulnerable communities in Vienna. #hpvienna

[The Bergthaler Lab @Bergthalerlab]

We’re thrilled to announce #HPVienna, the transdisciplinary surveillance of Human Papillomavirus with vulnerable communities, will be funded by @WWTF. @bergthalerlab @LisLehner @popper_simlab @GrabovacGroup @tu_wien @univienna @MedUni_Wien 1/n
https://t.co/Z2rMFVGCkI

[Bethany Dearlove @bethanydearlove]

Huge kudos to @ZaminIqbal for organising this important work. So happy to have been able to contribute to the analysis.

[Zamin Iqbal @ZaminIqbal]

V happy to see this out - reprocessing 5million SARS-CoV-2 genomes to remove systematic errors (+thereby improve the phylogeny) and improve representation of genomes from the Global South. Huge amount of work esp. from Martin Hunt, Angie Hinrich+collabs
https://t.co/lKiTabLU6p

[Zamin Iqbal @ZaminIqbal]

V happy to see this out - reprocessing 5million SARS-CoV-2 genomes to remove systematic errors (+thereby improve the phylogeny) and improve representation of genomes from the Global South. Huge amount of work esp. from Martin Hunt, Angie Hinrich+collabs
https://t.co/lKiTabLU6p

[New York Times Opinion @nytopinion]

"To my knowledge, there is to date no evidence that SARS-CoV-2 has become more virulent or more lethal — nor, for that matter, that it has become less so," writes the virologist Edward Holmes https://t.co/CGbW7iCmW4

[Bethany Dearlove @bethanydearlove]

Finally, a huge thanks to everyone that has made this work possible, including @MHRPinfo, @WRAIR, and all those that have submitted data to GISAID so rapidly.

12/12

[Bethany Dearlove @bethanydearlove]

We know that #SARSCoV2 has mutated whilst spreading around the globe – but will this affect the efficacy of vaccines in development? In our paper published today, we explain why we don’t think so.

📰: https://t.co/B8wgKRQEc1

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[Bethany Dearlove @bethanydearlove]

Taken together, we can be cautiously optimistic that viral diversity should not be an obstacle to development of a protective vaccine. As a comparison: all circulating SARS-CoV-2 Spike sequences, versus HIV envelopes sampled in 2010.

11/12

[Jeremy Farrar @JeremyFarrar]

It is discomforting that most people still underestimate true impact of #Covid19. Immediate effects are so shocking that we are all caught up in them.But longer-term implications may be more profound still. If we are not careful, they will shake the world order to its foundations

[Dr Emma Hodcroft @firefoxx66]

Excited to announce our upcoming FREE PUBLIC event on 31 Jul - #SARSCoV2 #COVID19 scientists & journalists explaining COVID-19 science! 🎉

With @trvrb @BillHanage @HelenBranswell @kakape & more!

Register here: https://t.co/EbPsVXUjDk
Read more here: https://t.co/xNlUy7uPDB

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[Bethany Dearlove @bethanydearlove]

"Viruses change all the time; strains arise when they change in meaningful ways."

#this

https://t.co/6a3Soqyw2r

[Dr. Angela Rasmussen @angie_rasmussen]

This type of reporting on #SARSCoV2 #COVID19 #coronavirus makes my blood boil. There is no evidence that the dominant strain is such because it is "more contagious"
https://t.co/IesYkQetSS