"In this Archipelago there are two distinct faunas rigidly circumscribed, which differ as much as those of South America and Africa, and more than those of Europe and North America: yet there is nothing on the map or on the face of the islands to mark their limits." #Wallace200
scientists, press offices and journalists, I am BEGGING you to stop using "scientists used to think non-coding DNA was useless but this new discovery ..." as a way to hype up genomics papers - it is trite, it is lazy, it is wrong, it is misinformation https://t.co/fGiyH3q62P
This blinded, placebo-controlled randomized clinical trial gives us the best evidence we have thus far that any treatment reduces the incidence of long covid/pasc.
Importantly, it was a protocol-specified endpoint.
After reviewing Arizona’s abortion law, which went into effect after the Supreme Court decision in Dobbs, AAI has moved IMMUNOLOGY2024™ from Phoenix to Chicago. AAI issued a statement articulating its deep concern about the decision’s deleterious impact. https://t.co/8v1BgRaZke
For decades, Dr. Anthony Fauci has led with science to fight infectious disease. His leadership during the pandemic saved countless lives, & his commitment to evidence-based science is a key reason why public policies have been able to protect public health. ASM stands w/ Fauci.
I have yet to hear from anyone with actual expertise in evolution and genomics who didn't see the problems in this paper immediately. Too bad it wasn't made available as a pre-print so these issues could have been dealt with before publication.
Like many scientists, I am also not convinced that Omicron evolved stepwise in Africa and was undetected for months. In the next tweets, I highlight some of my thoughts on this report and highlight some of the weaknesses. 1/x
“From what we can see, it looks like the vaccines are pretty darn good matches to what’s circulating. If there’s ever a time to get vaccinated, this is the year to do it.”
Flu hospitalizations increase nearly 30% as U.S. enters holiday season https://t.co/HzwMsNqUCU
How do we know nexgen influenza vaccines will work? Attend and present your work at the Correlates of Protection meeting, and find out.
#influenza#vaccines https://t.co/liUIwTHrp0
Mutational tolerance varies strongly by gene. ORF1b and M are most conserved, while ORF3a, ORF6, ORF7ab, ORF8 are not at all. The graphs below shows distributions and the landscape of fitness costs across genes.
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Pay attention: Big data loses to good data. “A survey of 250,000 respondents can produce an estimate of the population mean that is no more accurate than an estimate from a simple random sample of size 10… data quality matters more than data quantity” https://t.co/TDNMfeRyWh
This article is making the rounds.
Sounds scary, right? Constant reinfections and no immunity! Plague doctor! Forever plague!!!
Too bad it is almost entirely poorly sourced, grossly misinterpreted, hyperbolic bullshit.
🧵for our latest preprint on the intrahost evolution of SARS-CoV-2 virus in an immunocompromised individual (60s) with a history of cancer chronically infected for at least 471 days (ongoing) with consistently replicating viruses at a high viral load. 1/n
https://t.co/qBNEjXTqMt
I'm honoured to have been part of the global & African-anchored group working on a new, non-stigmatizing naming scheme for #monkeypox.
We propose renaming 'Congo Basin' to Clade 1, & 'West African' to Clades 2 & 3 - to stop using harmful, geographical-based names.
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