Jonathan Herman

Infectious Disease Physician at BWH/MGH, Malaria Researcher, Global Health Physician Scientist

[Ben Kellman bkell1123.bsky.social @bkell1123]

1/5 Today, I’m sharing 7yrs of work. I believe we discovered a comprehensive mapping from protein structure to glycan structure, a genetic encoding for specific glycans, and a new paradigm in extracellular biology.
https://t.co/eba5yTub5x
#Glycotime

[David Velasquez, MD @davidevelasqu]

When I visited @harvardmed in 2016 for my medical school interview, I was awed by the marble buildings and legacy of doctors who had once stepped foot on the campus.

But I wondered whether a kid like me, a kid who grew up poor and homeless, belonged at a place like Harvard.

1/x

https://t.co/KNo6Ap9NGt)

[Camille Nelson Kotton @KottonNelson]

Data from the southern hemisphere that the current vaccine reduces influenza associated hospitalizations by 52%. If the same viral strains predominate during The upcoming flu season in the northern hemisphere, we would anticipate similar vaccine efficacy. https://t.co/9KwXwIHKHj

[Jonathan Herman @hermanjd]

@EricTopol @ScienceTM @ragoninstitute @jeffsparks @zach_wallace_md @MGHMedicine @BrighamWomens @harvardmed @EricTopol thanks for sharing our work. Once we start to have markers and more understanding of underlying mechanisms of #LongCovid, we'll be able to start to address its huge impact. @ragoninstitute @bwh_id

[Eric Topol @EricTopol]

People with autoimmune diseases have a higher risk of developing #LongCovid. A new study @ScienceTM tells us this may be related to prior exposure to a common cold coronavirus (OC43) with imprinting @hermanjd @ragoninstitute @jeffsparks @zach_wallace_md https://t.co/AcTqkRuyHz

[Jonathan Herman @hermanjd]

@PKBurian Peter, I’m not sure the point you are trying to make here. Vaccines decrease the chance of death and decrease the chance you’ll give COVID to somebody else. My point is we need to vaccinate the whole world, or we’ll just keep on getting new variants like omicron.

[Jonathan Herman @hermanjd]

Everyone join me in reciting my daily mantra:
This pandemic will only end, when we decide to vaccinate the whole world.

[Jonathan Herman @hermanjd]

Great article on how to use Rapid COVID-19 tests. Biggest points to stress:
-Test right before your gathering
-They help identify if you’ll get somebody else sick (transmit) in the next few hours
Right @michaelmina_lab ?

https://t.co/FDg663WrSu

[Jonathan Herman @hermanjd]

@eeeejjjaaaa Thanks Yija

[Jonathan Herman @hermanjd]

Omicron is here - what has omicron and the other VOCs taught us so far?

SARS-CoV-2 will continue to mutate its RBD and evade RBD-focused immunity, vaccines and monoclonal antibody therapies. (1/n)

[Jonathan Herman @hermanjd]

@AndrewKaraba 🙏

[Jonathan Herman @hermanjd]

@jeffpears0n Great resource! Should we say neutralization instead of susceptibility since these fold reductions are in vitro tests of viral neutralization rather than ability to block/treat viral infection?

[Jonathan Herman @hermanjd]

@ChuangqiW
@MassGenBrigham
@ChandranLab
@jangralab
@HaslwanterD
@EugeDieterle
@carolin_loos
#MedTwitter #IDtwitter

[Jonathan Herman @hermanjd]

We want to acknowledge the many collaborators on and off Twitter who contributed to this effort and the patients and families whose dedication to improving COVID-19 care made this research happen.

Stay tuned, there is more to come. (8/n)