If you are interested in how the COVID-19 vaccine development went down... this is the thread to follow. Today marks the day that we woke up to SARS-CoV-2 sequences online. Ever since it has been nonstop with vaccine development fueled by preparedness.
1/ I thought I'd write about my experience re-entering South Korea, where I reside, during this global pandemic. It wasn't a 5 minute job like in London Heathrow where I was out in no time. Instead, it took 24 hours. Here's what happened:
As COVID19 surges across the US, it’s hard to describe the situation inside hospitals for healthcare providers & patients.
We made this video depicting 1 day in the ER to show the painful reality & to remind us why we must remain vigilant. Please watch.
"Herd immunity" doesn't work with Covid. Kids can get deathly ill. None of this is true at all. What IS true is that Trump will get us all killed trying to get re-elected.
Good News from HHS: An important step closer to enabling widescale use of rapid tests for public health.
I view this as some real progress. In the US coverage is an important aspect when deciding whether to use products off-label and in unique and helpful ways. @HHS_ASH
If we want a chance at finding ppl b4 they infect others, we need very frequent testing - one reason I and others have been calling for new approaches to testing, using cheap, rapid tests for infectiousness.
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Using Zoom to give lectures and talks requiring slides?
Great idea by Francois Bergeron. Use Zoom 'backgrounds' to show your slides for an interactive slide show! Here is an example. And here is the description of it.
https://t.co/hYV2wAnCgq
https://t.co/hVENekNk62
Around half of Americans with a high school diploma or less education (48%) say the conspiracy theory that powerful people intentionally planned the coronavirus outbreak is probably or definitely true. https://t.co/lEUWZFWS31
Take a glance at the agenda & speakers for our 3-part collaborative series discussing pressing #health issues in #Black adolescent & adult #women. We'll be joined by
@_DCHealth, @GMHC, @GWpublichealth, and more!
Be sure to #register for your access here: https://t.co/4PA9BfMHu7
Black adolescent & adult women in the U.S. are disproportionately affected by HIV, STIs, COVID-19, IPV, stigma, & poor maternal & child health outcomes. We are holding a 3 part series to discuss a path forward.
Being #BlackintheIvory is being required to do unpaid labor: getting colleagues to recognize their anti-blackness, doing the diversity work bc your program won’t hire diverse faculty, mentoring other POC students. Meanwhile your white colleagues get to just focus on their science
On a campus interview and the lone black faculty member (retiring), who you would be replacing, says: "Don't work here. These folks are racist as hell." #BlackintheIvory