THE REINFECTION RISK NONSENSE A short 🧵 The main offenders 1. Ziyad Al-Aly 2. StatCan First, Z.Al-Aly: Imagine an infection severity study done where only *hospitalised* patients are assessed.. Well, this is akin to the method used by Al-Aly for his reinfection study. 1/n

Hey, Putrino Lab, I've been a research subject for your studies. You can do better with communicating risk. "Your risk of #longcovid increases with each infection" is ambiguous. Most scientists now think that the per-infection risk does not change. Only aggregate risk increases.

You should never get covid from hospital. We SHOULD be striving for zero hospital acquired COVID cases (and zero nosocomial infections). People have no choice but to go to the hospital - there should be an expectation of safety. Infecting patients should NOT be normalized.

Clean indoor air protects against diseases such as COVID and flu, but we’re not doing enough to ensure it | Opinion trib.al/mNd4kmn

From oncology, many cancers are caused by viruses. *Hep B/C viruses➡️liver cancer *HPV➡️cervical/penile/anal/oral cancer EBV (mono)➡️lymphoma HHV8➡️Kaposi’s sarcoma (KS) *HIV➡️lymphoma, KS, others Ones w/ a * have vaccines or meds available to prevent them. #MedTwitter

Schön, dass die Expertengruppe zugibt, dass der Bund ineffizient arbeitet. Und siehe da, plötzlich gibt es eben doch genügend Möglichkeiten, um zu sparen. #Finanzen #AHV #Schuldenbremse #Bundesausgaben nzz.ch/wirtschaft/so-…

Epstein-Barr Virus (EBV) is associated with increased risk of developing: - Rheumatoid arthritis - Multiple sclerosis - Type 1 diabetes - Celiac disease - ME/CFS - Lupus A new EBV study in multiple sclerosis (MS) reveals an important clue that might explain this

Shocking statistic– prior to the pandemic Indiana vaccination rates for 3 yr olds stood at 70%. Today just over half of Indiana 3 yr olds have received their routine vaccinations (polio, measles, etc.) We are rapidly going backwards on a major predictor of life expectancy. 😞

CDC examined what happened when 113 folks with mpox took commercial flights They found ZERO secondary cases Just because mpox theoretically can spread through the air doesn't mean it DOES spread that way All the evidence to date? mpox spreads through prolonged, close contact

So proud to share our preprint about the new Biontech omicron JN.1 vaccine. Many thanks to our team in Hannover, especially Tine for her enthusiasm and skilled work, and Stefan and Markus in Göttingen. Interested? Here you go medrxiv.org/content/10.110…

Once again, I am begging CIDRAP to teach their reporters about denominators. They got this very wrong. These percentages are among patients at a Long Covid clinic who kept returning for follow-up visits, not the overall rates of Long Covid in kids.

This tweet is a masterpiece of "writing to effect" The statements on LC made by this Lab attracted much attention Let go through them by adding the figs as they are known from the UK, the ONLY place in the world with a clue on its infx and potential LC Hint: There is much spin

Bekommt man solche Mehrfachtests eigentlich auch in der #Schweiz? #COVID19 #Pluslife #Schnelltest #PCR

The first Starships to Mars will launch in 2 years when the next Earth-Mars transfer window opens. These will be uncrewed to test the reliability of landing intact on Mars. If those landings go well, then the first crewed flights to Mars will be in 4 years. Flight rate will

Marc Veldhoen: "Children are infected with respiratory viruses about 50% of the year." 2015 study: "Children younger than 5 were virus positive in 358/710 (50%) of weeks" (link: ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/P…) Psychologist: "What? [emojis]" Moves goalposts to "sick" (& locks replies)

ok, mir reichts. in der sache Sanija Ameti: ja, die aktion von ameti war strunzdumm. ohne wenn und aber. ich mein, mal ernst: du hättest bei nem tierbild damit rechnen müssen, dass die tierschützer amok laufen, wenn du drauf schiesst. aber das bild einer ikone? ffs. 🧵/1

Die politische (und vlt. auch die berufliche) Karriere von Sanija Ameti ist jetzt vorbei. Ist der Mob jetzt zufrieden, dass er das gewohnte Leben einer jungen Frau zerstört hat? Wer denkt an die psychischen Folgen dieser digitalen Exekution? Niemand. Schämt euch! #SanijaAmeti