A large🆕study confirms
the⚠️danger of 🦠SarsCov2
to the #immunocompromised
Take precautions to protect yourself
cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/7… #WomenInSTEM #openscience #itrtg #scicomm #medtwitter #immunology #raredisease
▪️ 💉vaxx ➕boost💉
▪️😷 mask on and up
▪️📏 practice strategic social-distancing
If you are immunodeficient or immunocompromised,
(👤LIKE ME) ... these 3⃣ things could well save your life.
A news article which accompanies the above research:
"Study highlights need to prioritize
immunocompromised COVID patients"
news-medical.net/news/20220710/… #WomenInSTEM #openscience #scicomm
FATAL COVID-19 in a patients
with Good's Syndrome
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35819306/ #immunology #scicomm #openscience

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🦠This is dreaded
"Marburg Virus"🔬 (Video: PLOS)
- case-fatality-rate up to 9⃣0⃣%
🩸hemorrhaging from all orifices leads to death
*⃣ 2 patients in Ghana have just tested positive aljazeera.com/news/2022/7/8/… #scicomm #openscience #medtwitter #snrtg #virology
Marburg Virus is classified as a hemorrhagic fever virus. It is closely related to Ebola Virus.
Some scary viruses out there beyond Sars-Cov-2.
Ghana reports first-ever suspected cases of Marburg virus disease
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Quite remarkable results in this
5 year-old suffering severe post-effects of
a rare form of autoimmune 🧠encephalitis
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"The patient was in a vegetative state when she was first admitted to hospital and received cell therapy as a last resort."
...she is now ready to attend school.
These results need to be replicated in additional patients, however initial results look extremely compelling.
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Jul 11
🦠9⃣-MONTH Sars-Cov-2 infection in an
immunocompromised patient
⚠️ with more than 20 🧬viral mutations
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Getting 💉vaccinated💉: 1⃣ protects the immunocompromised from SarsCov2, and 2⃣: protects ALL OF US from the emergence of new🦠variants🧬
Our lives our interconnected. Shielding the most vulnerable is in our collective best-interest.
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⏰5:38 AM🌄☕️ Good morning.
In my country 🇮🇱,
the work-week begins on Sunday.
...and for most, it ends on Thursday.
☀️⌚️6:21 AM
Buying fruits and vegetables at the shuk
in Haifa on this Sunday morning...then to work. Image
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. 🧬Exciting stuff! 🧬
Hope of a genetic-"fix" for youngsters with a rare blood disorder
newscientist.com/article/232451… #bioinformatics #snrtg #scicomm #openscience #technology #biotech #genomics #raredisease
The clinical trial results which prompted extending CRISPR treatment to kids for
🧬 Sickle-cell and Beta-Thalassemia🩸
bit.ly/3n4MwUO #openscience #scicomm
🧵(thread 3/3)
...more 🧬✂️DNA-editing hope:
1⃣ Inborn Errors of Immunity : frontiersin.org/articles/10.33… #bioinformatics #biotech #WomenInSTEM #openscience #scicomm
2⃣ 'CF', ... 🫁 ➕: frontiersin.org/articles/10.33… #immunology #genomics #raredisease
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My country 🇮🇱:
in new full-blown #COVID19 🦠wave
⚠️New cases up 7⃣0⃣0⃣% in past 3 weeks
hospitalizations up 90%; positivity rate: 39%
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🇮🇱 COVID-19🦠:
Just In ⚠️
Our Health Ministry has instructed
Israeli hospitals to re-open shuttered COVID wards.
#CovidIsNotOver
🇮🇱🦠A vote to reinstate
indoor masking 😷mandate
could come as early as tomorrow (Tuesday) morning.
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