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Orange County inflated its coronavirus test numbers by mistakenly including antibody tests, officials say

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Los Angeles Times - The total number of COVID-19 tests conducted in Orange County was mistakenly inflated for more than a month beginning in late April in data...

Dr. David Samadi

This is another reason numbers are out of control right now. We have to be aware how we count cases! Positive antibodies should NOT count as cases. https://t.co/JysOCbyY2F

Heroes of the fight against Ebola

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WHO | Regional Office for Africa - The World Health Organization (WHO) is building a better future for people everywhere. Health lays the foundation for vibrant and productive communities, stronger economies,...

World Health Organization (WHO)

Last month the 🔟th #Ebola outbreak in #DRC 🇨🇩 was declared OVER! Let’s meet some of the heroes of the response 👉🏿 https://t.co/l12j8m5j1S #ThanksHealthHeroes https://t.co/l12j8m5j1S

Selective prebiotic formation of RNA pyrimidine and DNA purine nucleos

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t.co - The nature of the first genetic polymer is the subject of major debate1. Although the ‘RNA world’ theory suggests that RNA was the first...

Nature

Research in Nature suggests that DNA and RNA co-existed before the emergence of life on Earth. https://t.co/LYiND5RaIC https://t.co/LYiND5RaIC

COVID-19 Resource Centre

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Lancet - This resource centre brings together new 2019 novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) content from across The Lancet journals as it is...

Poonam Velagapudi

RT @EricTopol: First reports of Kawasaki-like #SARSCoV2 multi-system inflammatory syndrome in adults https://t.co/FYNWlxdk9q @TheLancet ht…
Eric Topol

First reports of Kawasaki-like #SARSCoV2 multi-system inflammatory syndrome in adults https://t.co/FYNWlxdk9q @TheLancet https://t.co/FYNWlxdk9q @TheLancetRheum 21 yo in London, 45 yo in New York City https://t.co/FYNWlxdk9q

Distancing rules relaxed for children in Scotland

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BBC News - Those under 12 will not have to follow distancing rules outdoors, while older children can meet more people during a...

Devi Sridhar

Since early July in Scotland, kids under 12 can play with their friends outside without distancing. Let kids be kids & take advantage of the summer. https://t.co/j3a8qJiNo7

Tissue-specific tolerance in fatal Covid-19

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medRxiv - Successful host defence against a pathogen can involve resistance or tolerance, with implications for prioritising either antimicrobial or immunomodulatory therapeutic approaches. Hyper-inflammation occurs in...

Eric Topol

"We conclude that death in Covid-19 is primarily a consequence of immune-mediated, rather than pathogen- mediated, organ inflammation and injury." https://t.co/RKq0IxfsT5 Autopsy series confirming the path to reducing fatalities @davidadorward @COVID_ICECAP @NHS_Lothian https://t.co/RKq0IxfsT5

Covid-19 Cases Jump in Sun Belt Nursing Homes

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Wall Street Journal - The current surge that has mostly infected the young now shows signs of reaching a more-vulnerable elderly...

Atul Gawande

We're starting to see signs of what we've most feared -- the young now transmitting cases to older generations. Wish this weren't behind a paywall. @wsj https://t.co/ckn84WhUW5 https://t.co/ckn84WhUW5

Vaccines Did Not Cause My Daughter’s Autism

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The Scientist Magazine® - In a new book, a vaccine researcher describes the scientific facts and personal anecdotes behind his family’s experience with autism and its comorbid...

Prof Peter Hotez MD PhD

ZERO evidence that measles MMR vaccine cause #autism, and mountains of evidence refuting any proposed links. We also now have at least 102 autism genes linked to early fetal brain development. I detail this in my book https://t.co/Wa0WxsJRWd https://t.co/Wa0WxsJRWd https://t.co/Wa0WxsJRWd

Is the worst of the pandemic behind us? Here’s what scientists know | Devi Sridhar

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The Guardian - A second wave of coronavirus cases would be disastrous – but there are ways to prevent this happening, says global public health academic Prof...

Devi Sridhar

Thrilled if: SARS-CoV-2 mutates to milder form (like other common cold coronaviruses) or majority of population have protective immunity through T-cells/cross-immunity from other coronaviruses. But no solid evidence yet for either at a population level. https://t.co/qE8ttZRhZz

Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)

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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a virus (more specifically, a coronavirus) identified as the cause of an outbreak of respiratory illness first detected in...

CDC

Contact tracing is essential to slowing the spread of #COVID19. If you have COVID-19, public health workers won’t reveal your identity to your close contacts, even if they ask. Help #SlowTheSpread of COVID-19: https://t.co/98jmUt3IGq. https://t.co/98jmUt3IGq.