1/V
Quick thread on another reason why I don't trust Vinay Prasad.
I'm an immunologist, and one of the main reasons I first came to Twitter 4 years ago was to debunk vaccine denialism.
Quick thread on another reason why I don't trust Vinay Prasad.
https://twitter.com/AtomsksSanakan/status/1375330584243879937
I'm an immunologist, and one of the main reasons I first came to Twitter 4 years ago was to debunk vaccine denialism.
https://twitter.com/VPrasadMDMPH/status/1346855728162586625
https://twitter.com/AtomsksSanakan/status/891040491214688257
2/V
To be blunt, I know more about immunology and vaccines than Prasad. This is not his field of expertise.
The study he cites does not support the claim he made:
science.sciencemag.org/content/371/65…
And the John Snow memo is pretty good:
To be blunt, I know more about immunology and vaccines than Prasad. This is not his field of expertise.
The study he cites does not support the claim he made:
science.sciencemag.org/content/371/65…
And the John Snow memo is pretty good:
https://twitter.com/GidMK/status/1344051607130890242
https://twitter.com/AtomsksSanakan/status/1316948556192878592
3/V
There were good reasons for thinking COVID-19 vaccines would induce a better immune response than infection.
I was not the first to point this out (h/t @drjenndowd).
There were good reasons for thinking COVID-19 vaccines would induce a better immune response than infection.
I was not the first to point this out (h/t @drjenndowd).
https://twitter.com/drjenndowd/status/1346859704149045255
https://twitter.com/AlastairMcA30/status/1371649751284817923
https://twitter.com/VirusesImmunity/status/1284545152103657476
4/V
So I responded to Prasad's thread by going over some of the reasons he was wrong.
In reply, he blocked me, without addressing what I said. He's fairly notorious for blocking to evade criticism.
So I responded to Prasad's thread by going over some of the reasons he was wrong.
In reply, he blocked me, without addressing what I said. He's fairly notorious for blocking to evade criticism.
https://twitter.com/AtomsksSanakan/status/1371665712306077696
https://twitter.com/JHowardBrainMD/status/1390477980271587329
https://twitter.com/AtomsksSanakan/status/1348476902709858306
5/V
So let's check some recent evidence on immune responses to SARS-CoV-2 vaccines vs. infection.
page 32:
medrxiv.org/content/10.110…
page 24:
fda.gov/media/144246/d…
So let's check some recent evidence on immune responses to SARS-CoV-2 vaccines vs. infection.
https://twitter.com/pnschmidt/status/1396521164999176200
https://twitter.com/pnschmidt/status/1396469914584629252
page 32:
medrxiv.org/content/10.110…
page 24:
fda.gov/media/144246/d…
6/V
More evidence on immune responses to SARS-CoV-2 vaccines vs. infection:
figure 1C, and:
"[...] post-vaccination neutralization titers were equal to or exceeded the titers found in the high responder convalescent group"
medrxiv.org/content/10.110…
More evidence on immune responses to SARS-CoV-2 vaccines vs. infection:
https://twitter.com/dr_barrett/status/1395153511487266821
figure 1C, and:
"[...] post-vaccination neutralization titers were equal to or exceeded the titers found in the high responder convalescent group"
medrxiv.org/content/10.110…
7/V
FYI:
Neutralizing antibodies bind to SARS-CoV-2 to prevent it from infecting cells.
Vaccines can not only increase them more initially without infection, but also increase them after infection.
biorxiv.org/content/10.110…
science.sciencemag.org/content/early/…
FYI:
Neutralizing antibodies bind to SARS-CoV-2 to prevent it from infecting cells.
Vaccines can not only increase them more initially without infection, but also increase them after infection.
https://twitter.com/michaelmina_lab/status/1391629462689697793
biorxiv.org/content/10.110…
science.sciencemag.org/content/early/…
8/V
So @VPrasadMDMPH's claim on vaccines failed.
Maybe he should spend more time honestly listening to criticism, as opposed:
- to running from it
- sub-tweeting his critics
- messing up more on COVID-19 vaccines for kids?
So @VPrasadMDMPH's claim on vaccines failed.
Maybe he should spend more time honestly listening to criticism, as opposed:
- to running from it
- sub-tweeting his critics
- messing up more on COVID-19 vaccines for kids?
https://twitter.com/VPrasadMDMPH/status/1376894896028536832
https://twitter.com/AtomsksSanakan/status/1390378754338340867
9/V
FYI:
Saying 'infection is better than vaccination' is a standard trope of vaccine denialism, as is peddling anti-vaxxers' misleading/false tropes while claiming to be pro-vaccine.
Let's not fall for it.
FYI:
Saying 'infection is better than vaccination' is a standard trope of vaccine denialism, as is peddling anti-vaxxers' misleading/false tropes while claiming to be pro-vaccine.
Let's not fall for it.
https://twitter.com/AtomsksSanakan/status/1395211932580335616
https://twitter.com/AtomsksSanakan/status/1395210351491289088
10/V
Twitter's blocking part 6/V for some reason.
So here's the information in it:
Twitter's blocking part 6/V for some reason.
So here's the information in it:
https://twitter.com/AtomsksSanakan/status/1396537484490600448
https://twitter.com/AtomsksSanakan/status/1396523395081199622
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