Experts say CDC stats showing 42% of children ages 5-11 are infected is an overestimate
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Public health experts say CDC stats showing 42% of children aged 5-11 are infected with Covid is an…
Covid Immunity Through Infection or Vaccination: Are They Equal?
Physician's Weekly,
Dr. Aaron Kheriaty, a University of California-Irvine psychiatry professor, felt he didn’t need to be vaccinated against covid…
Two COVID-19 Waves in Brazil Driven by Separate Lineages of SARS-CoV-2
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The Brazilian state of Amazonas experienced two distinct waves of COVID-19 infections in 2020. After the first wave, a team…
Tracking the Evolution of a ‘Variant of Concern’ in Brazil
NIH Director's Blog,
By last October, about three out of every four residents of Manaus, Brazil already had been infected with SARS-CoV-2, the virus…
Imperial College London: Preprint - Genomics and Epidemiology of a Novel SARS-CoV-2 Lineage in Manaus, Brazil
Avian Flu Diary,
Amazonas State, Brazil - Credit Wikip #15,843Brazil's northwestern Amazonas state saw some of the highest COVID attack rates on…
La variante brasiliana sta reinfettando chi è già stato contagiato dal coronavirus: i rischi
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Nuove ricerche condotte in Brasile, nella città di Manaus, stanno dimostrando che molti cittadini contagiati dal coronavirus…
Latin American’s science contribution against COVID-19
ZME Science,
Research against Covid-19 in Latin America brings hope in the middle of the crisis.
Quanto sono davvero pericolose le nuove varianti del coronavirus?
OggiScienza,
Tutti i virus accumulano mutazioni e SARS-CoV-2 non fa eccezione. Due mutazioni nucleotidiche al mese, stimano gli esperti, da…
As new COVID cases drop, US may be repeating the same mistakes
Ars Technica,
Enlarge / Aerial view showing a tractor digging graves in a new area of the Nossa Senhora Aparecida, where COVID-19 victims are…
What we know so far about new COVID-19 variants
Oregon Health & Sciences University,
In a Q
Brazil: Fiocruz Technical Note - SARS-CoV-2 P.1 Variant In Amazonas State
Avian Flu Diary,
Amazonas State, Brazil - Credit Wikip#15,761Amazonas state, in Northwestern Brazil, saw some of the highest COVID attack rates…
Страдания одного города: как в Манаусе появился и пропал коллективный иммунитет
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Представьте себе три города в первые месяцы пандемии.
The Lancet: Resurgence of COVID-19 in Manaus, Brazil, Despite High Seroprevalence
Avian Flu Diary,
#15,755We've been following the impact of a new wave of COVID this winter in Amazonas State, Brazil (see Brazil: Amazonas…
What We Know and What We Don’t About the Coronavirus Variants
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The coronavirus variants are, in a word, confusing. By now, you have likely heard about different variants that first raised…
The Plan B implosion – what Brazil teaches us about the herd immunity hogwash
Infectious Thoughts,
As families around the world mourn more than two million people dead from Covid-19, the Plan B academics and their PR industry…
Notes on Covid: New Variants in Brazil and South Africa, Herd Immunity Fails in Manaus, Success in Vietnam
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Realism on covid variants and immunity, the failure of herd immunity in Manaus, and how Vietnam fought Covid and won.
Nova onda de #COVID19 em #Manaus reacende debate sobre imunidade de rebanho
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Karina Toledo | Agência FAPESP – Em agosto de 2020, quando a cidade de Manaus (AM) registrava três meses de queda acentuada nos…
5th January 2021 - the COVID-19 coronavirus compendium
Nature Microbiology Community,
Vaccines, anti-virals, and re-infection
Here's How the Pandemic Could Play Out in 2021
Indian Strategic Studies,
by Adam KleczkowskiSource LinkVaccines for COVID-19 are now being rolled out, but in some parts of the world, this good news…
Natural herd immunity should not be used as a means of pandemic control
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The ongoing pandemic means countries have begun strategic discussions on how to achieve the “new normal.” This has led to…
TWiV 694: Mitigating COVID-19
This Week in Virology with Vincent Racaniello,
On this episode, TWiV makes Bloomberg Business News 2020 Jealousy List, crushing of CDC revealed by insiders, seasonal…
Wednesday assorted links
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1. I am happy to see StatNews expanding, they were earlier winners of an Emergent Ventures prize. 2. Herd immunity in Manaus…
Researchers find very high rates of Covid-19 in the Brazilian Amazon
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By testing approximately 1,000 blood donation samples each month in in the Brazilian cities of São Paulo and Manaus, an…
Three quarters of Brazilian Amazon have been infected with COVID-19 since March
Imperial College London - News,
Three quarters of the population of Manaus in Brazil's Amazon have been infected with coronavirus since the city's first…