We have new results on T cell responses to #Omicron, and its good news!
Paper submitted for peer review & preprint:
https://t.co/40Y8obKzkK
📢TL;DR: Most of your T cell responses from vaccination or previous infection still recognise Omicron.
#Getvaccinated#GetthoseTcellsnow
South Africa🇿🇦 into its 4th wave 🌊
As Gauteng surges, with other provinces now following, case incidence across SA now above 8.8 new cases per 100k and test positivity above 12% 🚩
Based on previous experience, have breached tipping points or thresholds for sustained increase
Remember if a company says "we're like a family here" they don't mean like a nice TV family they mean like a normal family where everyone has undiagnosed mental health issues and no one likes each other.
Update #COVID19 situation in SOUTH AFRICA🇿🇦
• 4,373 more cases today. 7-day avg up 311% week-on-week 📈
Expect a large increase tomorrow post weekend effect ⚠️
• Daily test positivity = 10.2% 🚩
• 2,414 currently in hospital
• 21 more deaths
• % population vaxxed = 28.8% 💉
With announcement of new #SARSCoV2 B.1.1.529 #NuVariant earlier, 👇 current #COVID19 situation in SOUTH AFRICA 🇿🇦
• 2,465 new cases. 7-day avg up 189% 📈
• Daily test positivity = 6.5% ⚠️
• 2,172 currently in hospital 🚑
• 114 more deaths 😢
• % population vaxxed = 28.4% 💉
Human: we have a color named after you!
Salmon: really? is it silvery blue like my outsides?
Human: no, uh–
Salmon: wait why is it pink?
Human: ...
Salmon: WHY IS IT PINK
Here we go again? 👀
Number of confirmed #COVID19 cases in Gauteng still relatively low, but a noticeable increase: 7-day rolling avg tripling over the past week 📈
Hoping this is just a minor uptick and increase is not sustained 🤲
#Rid1TweetsOnCovid#Covid19inSA
I am beginning to question the choices that led me to a career studying metallurgical furnaces using high performance computers in a country that cannot provide enough electricity to keep either running 🤔😂
We're Hiring | SARAO has an exciting opportunity available for a Manager: Communication & Science Engagement to join its team in Cape Town, Western Cape. Closing date: 26 November 2021. More info or to apply, visit https://t.co/td1s6eNDxc /vacancies