Immunologist - Postdoctoral Associate in the Mark Shlomchik lab at the University of Pittsburgh
PhD, University of Kentucky
Opinions are my own.
Dec 10, 2020 • 18 tweets • 3 min read
I've been hearing a lot of incorrect or misleading things about the upcoming SARS-CoV-2 vaccines. As an immunologist, I want to take a few minutes to go over how they work to make sure we're all on the same page.
A few points:
1: I will be getting vaccinated ASAP and I think you should too.
Jul 22, 2020 • 6 tweets • 2 min read
Just a thought: When we discuss #COVID19 severity varying in response to the dose of viral exposure, that likely also has a temporal component. 1/?
As in, clearing a virus from the body requires a coordinated response from multiple arms of the immune system, each of which takes different amounts of time to ramp up. Early innate response is quick, but largely incapable of responding to exponential growth. 2/?