MSNBC | MORNING JOE | Dr. Osterholm: New guidelines should offer more incentive to get vaccinated – B.1.1.7 up to 50%
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March 2021
February 2021
THE NEW YORK TIMES | Coronavirus Variants and Mutations Tracker
Coronavirus Variants and Mutations Tracker Each coronavirus contains nearly 30,000 letters of RNA. This genetic information allows the virus to infect cells and hijack them to make new viruses. By [...]
ERIC TOPOL TWEET | Variant Resistance Data | 9-fold reduction in neutralization Ab titers B.1.1.7 vs ancestral lineage
from the preprint https://t.co/WUCGN5PZYZ9-fold reduction in neutralization Ab titers B.1.1.7 vs ancestral lineage pic.twitter.com/mAHunSFGCn— Eric Topol (@EricTopol) February 5, 2021 For educational purposes and social benefit, not for profit. |
MSNBC | The 11th Hour | Virus Expert: We’re At War With ‘Dangerous’ Covid Variants (video)
MSNBC Public Health Analyst Dr. Irwin Redlener reacts to the growing concern over three Covid-19 variants now detected in the United States. Aired on 2/4/2021. Link for educational purposes and [...]
PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND | Investigation of novel SARS-CoV-2 variant Variant of Concern 202012/01 Technical briefing 5 | CNN | Coronavirus strain in UK picks up mutation that could impact vaccines, experts say
DOWNLOAD REPORT Summary SGTF detections indicate VOC202012/01 continues to predominate across all regions. S gene target failure remains a well correlated proxy measure of VOC 202012/01. An assessment of severity [...]
January 2021
THE WASHINGTON POST | Why America is ‘flying blind’ to the coronavirus mutations racing across the globe | Researchers warn the U.S. desperately needs to sequence more genomes so it can stay ahead of new variants
The United States is doing so little of the genetic sequencing needed to detect new variants of the coronavirus — like the ones first identified in Great Britain and South Africa [...]
THE WASHINGTON POST | Coronavirus mutations add urgency to vaccination effort as experts warn of long battle ahead
The road to herd immunity from the coronavirus suddenly looks longer. The emergence of more transmissible, potentially vaccine-evading variants threatens to extend the global health disaster and make 2021 feel too [...]
MSNBC | Stephanie Ruhle | Dr. Osterholm: ‘The Very Worst Of The Pandemic Is Yet Before Us’ (Video)
As President Biden sets a new goal of 1.5 million vaccines a day despite the demand exceeding the supply, Director of the Center for Infectious Disease Research at the [...]
CNN | Ireland has the world’s highest Covid-19 rate. How did it go so wrong?
Cork, Ireland (CNN) When Ireland came out of a strict six-week lockdown in December it had one of the lowest levels of Covid-19 cases in Europe. Since then, the situation [...]
EVIDENCE OF ADE? | Genomic Evidence of a SARS-CoV-2 Reinfection Case With E484K Spike Mutation in Brazil
ABSTRACT: To date, uncertainty remains about how long the protective immune responses against SARSCoV- 2 persists and the first reports of suspected reinfection began to be described in recovered patients [...]
