Knabl_L

[Archaeo - Histories @archeohistories]

In Michelangelo's Moses, made in 1513-1515 CE, there is a small muscle carved into forearm. Human body contracts this muscle only when little finger is lifted, otherwise it remains hidden.

© Darius

#archaeohistories

[Prof. Karl Lauterbach @Karl_Lauterbach]

Es könnte tatsächlich eine Sommerwelle geben. Sicher ist das noch nicht. Trotzdem ist jetzt der Zeitpunkt gekommen, die Vorbereitungen für den Herbst zu treffen. Dies hat auch bereits begonnen. Ein Herbst wie vor der Pandemie ist noch nicht realistisch. https://t.co/5pdXITCwr8

[Annika Rössler, PhD @AnnikaRoessler]

Excited to see results from our recent collaboration with Derek Smith and Antonia Netzl @Cambridge_Uni online as preprint https://t.co/dkl4E819Q4
Thanks to everyone involved @JanineKimpel @DorotheeLaer @knabl_l @imed_tweets

Main results below...

[Knabl_L @knabl_l]

https://t.co/kFUAP0LLmW

[Esther ten Wolthuis @Eire353]

Der geplante Zusammenschluss der Skigebiete #Pitztal-Ötztal ist ein massiver Eingriff in die hochalpine Natur. Gerade in Zeiten der #Klimakrise gilt es, die Gletscher zu bewahren. Hier unterzeichnen für den sofortigen Stopp des Projekts: https://t.co/SzMkg5OMnS via @aufstehnat

[Nassim Nicholas Taleb @nntaleb]

Anschluss

[Janine Kimpel @JanineKimpel]

Our new #Omicron pre-print is now online. @AnnikaRoessler Ludwig Knabl @DorotheeLaer @imed_tweets
https://t.co/cO84EnuCHF
Main findings ...

[Thomas Müller @ThomasMuellerAT]

Hatten in Innsbruck von 20.12. bis 2.1. 6 Kinder mit MIS-C , 2 davon auf ICU und alle ungeimpft.

[Eric Topol @EricTopol]

It's pretty impressive that vaccines directed to the ancestral strain spike from 2 years ago, w/ the virus that's evolved thru >290 million confirmed cases, and now to the hyper-mutated Omicron, have preserved efficacy of near 90% vs severe disease with a 3rd shot

[truthshamesthe6 @truthshamesthe6]

@EricTopol More likely testing system has 'crashed' & people are choosing to reduce contacts, cancelling hospitality etc.

Dangerously misplaced optimism when cautious emergency action is needed

[Eric Feigl-Ding @DrEricDing]

NEW—The new #Omicron variant can likely now infect RODENTS 🐁 — the coronavirus couldn’t bind 🐭 ACE2 receptor before… but looks like Omicron can now. I vote for elimination, because I don’t want forever #COVID19 or play whack-a-rat repeated waves of COVID.

[Muge Cevik @mugecevik]

Very interesting analyses about the virology of #Omicron, which may explain the faster spread of this variant.

According to a new lab study, Omicron infects & multiplies ~70x faster than the Delta variant and the wild type SARS-CoV-2 in the human bronchus, but not in the lung.

[PLC @Humble_Analysis]

Across Southern Africa covid CFR has fallen to 0.2% during the past month. Just 17% of 135 million fully vaccinated.

Either omicron is an endemic wave in this region or is inherently mild or onset of severe illness is massively delayed or they have run of susceptible people.

[Eric Topol @EricTopol]

Not much has been said of Omicron's potential to induce #LongCovid, but with such high transmission levels that is certainly a concern, as even mild cases can be associated with prolonged disability /7

[Thomas Müller @ThomasMuellerAT]

Your children deserve to be protected against this virus as much as adults do. #Kinderimpfung #Corona https://t.co/Gjo7poQxXl

[Rupert Beale @bealelab]

First neutralisation data from @sigallab. Live virus, small number of sera (but obviously very important study). That's 40 fold drop compared to D614G, essentially variant against which original vaccine efficacy was determined (NB does *not* mean 40 fold drop in efficacy).

[WesElyMD @WesElyMD]

SHOCKER‼️ 1 in 10 lung 🫁 transplants is now for #COVID.

Huge Shift ⬆️ in 1 year.

We’ve done ~250 in US alone & people w COPD & Fibrosis die waiting.

It’s another measure of the human cost of allowing #Virus to spread.

#Mask #Vaxx to prevent tragedy.

https://t.co/5sFoHsvTmD

[Eric Topol @EricTopol]

US hospitalizations are about to hit 60,000 for the second Delta wave, and for the 5th time of the pandemic
https://t.co/xStmHRzwg2

[Eric Topol @EricTopol]

Adding to a strong body of evidence that longer spacing (16 vs 4 weeks) substantially improves the immune response to mRNA vaccine. And Prior Covid benefit from 1 shot. https://t.co/bVdksvIiJY @cellhostmicrobe

[eLife - the journal @eLife]

Novel software for grouping immunological T-cell receptors could help decode patients’ personal history of infection https://t.co/8FZRX0vQ1C