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Excessively direct virologist. PI . Affiliate . Virus-host dramatics. 1X Jeopardy! loser. 🇺🇸in 🇨🇦. Rep: . she/her

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    Jun 4

    The discussion about SARS-CoV-2 origins has become a toxic quagmire of false equivalence. Maybe you heard that evidence for lab leak has increased, but not for zoonotic origin? That's not true. Dr. & I argue the evidence still points to nature.

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  2. Retweeted
    6 hours ago

    Important thread on highly dubious claims was circulating in Italy in late summer/early fall 2019

    SARS-CoV-2/COVID-19 in Italy in September 2019: the most important finding yet on the origin of the pandemic*. (*or an error with big consequences.) A thread. 1/24
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  3. 8 hours ago

    Yes, kids are at lower risk of severe illness from COVID, but “lower” does not mean “ZERO.” Mitigation measures—including masks, vaccine mandates for eligible kids and staff, frequent testing, limitation on class sizes, & ventilation—must be in place for schools to open safely.

    KN95 masks - like Utah Governor has just made available to school districts that choose to use them - can provide a high quality option that can be worn more comfortably than an N95 mask while still affording more protection than many typical cloth or procedure masks
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  4. Retweeted
    Aug 6

    Ding Dong, a reminder for academics who mentor grad students: your suffering in grad school was not a rite of passage, but a power dynamic. You’re bound by a duty of care not to replicate this abusive model.

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  5. 13 hours ago

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    Hearing a lot of “I don’t care about protecting the unvaccinated.” That’s unfair. Not everyone who is unvaccinated has chosen to be, nor are they necessarily anti-vaccine. 50 million kids are still ineligible in the US. Billions of people around the world have no access. 1/3
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  6. 21 hours ago

    Honestly very annoyed at the excessive “MARBURG IN GUÈCKEDOU” headlines. Let’s see the sequencing and while we wait…not-gentle reminder, colleagues. This is only new to us and good lord stop being unabashedly stoked. Marburg is devastating.

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  7. Aug 7

    Could not agree more. Evidence-based policy means using every tool we have as the data indicates, no matter how much we want to be past the point where we need to keep analyzing it.

    There’s lot of risk of spread among kids as schools reopen - that schools become source of community transmission and we’ll see mounting bad outcomes in kids. We must take steps to protect schools. Masks, vaccines, podding: but a tool we’re making far too little use of is testing
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  8. Retweeted
    Aug 7

    There's a big climate change report coming out on Monday. Your feed is going to be filled with all of the horrible things that a warming climate will do. The fact that there are things we can do about it will be relegated to maybe a paragraph, more likely a sentence.

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  9. Aug 7

    So much for letting the science lead the way. Very disappointed in the Biden administration’s commitment to using evidence to respond to the pandemic. We might be done with SARS-CoV-2, but it isn’t done with us.

    "We're not going to lock down our economy or our schools," despite delta variant of coronavirus, says. "We are not going back. We are not turning back the clock."
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  10. Aug 6

    Not again.

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  11. Aug 6

    I've said it before and I'll say it again, we don't have reliable correlates of protection and vaccine manufacturer's assertions that boosters are needed every 6 months based on observed antibody titers are wishful thinking and enticing tales told to investors.

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  12. Aug 6

    J&J holds up against delta as expected, consistent with trial data and the data released since then. I do not agree with the assertion in the QT'd thread that reductions in antibodies in mRNA vaccines after 6-9 months indicate a corresponding drop in protection, though.

    It's long been known/surmised that J&J offers strong protection from severe disease, hospitalization, and death. It's been also known/surmised that the vaccine offers weaker protection from symptomatic infection. and others tweeted this for some time.
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  13. Aug 6

    Really appreciate this profile of , who has reliably provided nuanced and thoughtful guidance and applied knowledge regarding aerosol transmission of SARS-CoV-2. I've learned a lot from him and it's fantastic to learn more about him too.

    I met years ago when I read his awesome work showing how indoor air quality affects mood, cognition His clean air work has been instrumental fighting a pandemic against an airborne pathogen Great profile of him, his work in
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  14. Aug 6

    When anyone points out what a terrible idea the GBD is or how wrong he and his co-authors consistently are, Kulldorff whines & screams “debate me!” into the void. Props to for having the patience to do so, even if it’s as sad & futile as fighting the black knight.

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  15. Retweeted
    Aug 6

    Please join and I at an COVID-19 vaccine town hall on Monday August 9, 2021 at 8PM Eastern. Register here and bring your questions about vaccines and variants.

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  16. Aug 6

    PSA: your detoxification system is called your liver and kidneys and you don’t need to buy useless vitamins or books from this scammer to make them run smoothly.

    In a healthy body, the process of detoxification runs smoothly. When our detoxification system becomes overwhelmed and overloaded, we start developing symptoms and get sick. This is why supporting our innate detoxification system is a vital component of full body health.
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  17. Retweeted
    Aug 5

    Moderna: Our vaccines are still SUPER effective! Also Moderna: BUT you're def gonna wanna get one of our special booster shots! 😉 Pharma companies stand to make billions by pushing boosters, whether you need one or not. For the great majority of you, you don't.

    Moderna's Covid-19 vaccine 93% effective 6 months after second dose but booster will be necessary prior to the winter season as antibody levels are likely to wane, company says.
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  18. Aug 5

    Check out this fantastic preprint + thread by my fantastic colleague, Pillar 1 lead Dr. (in collab with Pillar 3 lead Dr. Anne-Claude Gingras & US-based rock star Dr. Tal!) Really crucial work to understand vaccine-induced mucosal immunity!

    1/ I’m super excited to post our recent findings on the mucosal immune response to COVID-19 vaccines.
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  19. Retweeted
    Aug 5

    Six months later, and we're still having the same argument.

    Both things can be true: The Covid vaccines are fantastic and much better than anyone had hoped for, and vaccinated people will not die or be hospitalized. The Covid vaccines may not entirely prevent transmission of the virus so vaccinated people should still wear masks.
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  20. Aug 5

    But just one minor correction of the teaser right off the bat: I'm a virologist, not an epidemiologist! Unlike some well-known Men with Statistics-Informed Opinions, I defer to those with verifiable expertise, even in fields adjacent to mine. 🙃

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  21. Aug 5

    It's the first Thursday of the month, so that means I'll be joining and on for Vaccination Nation! Tune in from 11-12 pm ET or stream for the latest on vaccines and variants.

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