2/2 "Moreover, the expression of #dendritic#cell (DC) markers such as #CD86 and #CD4 were only restored in previously #nonhospitalized patients, while no restoration of integrin β7 and indoleamine 2,3-dyoxigenase (IDO) levels were observed."
1/3 "We report reduction in proportion of hospitalisations and deaths from SARS-CoV-2 infections during the Omicron variant dominated wave in Malawi, in the context of high SARS-CoV-2 seroprevalence and low COVID-19 vaccination coverage."
thelancet.com/journals/eclin…2/3 "These findings suggest that COVID-19 vaccination policy in high seroprevalence settings may need to be amended from mass campaigns to targeted vaccination of reported at-risk populations."
Jan 24, 2023 • 6 tweets • 5 min read
1/3 "While one of #Geotail’s two #data#recorders failed in 2012, the second continued to work until experiencing an #anomaly on June 28, 2022. After attempts to remotely repair the recorder failed, the mission operations were ended on November 28, 2022"
nasa.gov/feature/goddar…2/4 "With an orbit that took it as far as 120,000 miles from Earth at times, #Geotail helped provide complementary data from remote parts of the #magnetosphere to give scientists a complete picture of how events seen in one area affect other regions."
Jan 23, 2023 • 4 tweets • 7 min read
1/2 "#COVID-19 infection, including long-COVID, is associated with increased short- and long-term risks of #CVD and mortality."
1/4 "#Immunity#debt vs post covid immune deficiency (PCID).
Not an immunology expert, but here are 25 papers/articles that collectively argue for PCID.
Immunity debt is a made up term that reflects poor science."
2/4 Since the start of the pandemic, in 2019, #COVID19 cases, particularly asymptomatic and subclinical cases, and convalescents with some form of post-acute sequelae of #SARSCoV2, i.e. #LongCovid, #LongCovidKids, etc., may all have been grossly underestimated.
1/5 As many of you here watch family, friends, associates and colleagues living their best lives out there, as #COVID19 surges, please know that many ARE NOT okay.
1/5 "The 2022 WMO/#UNEP#Ozone Assessment contains the most up-to-date understanding of ozone #depletion, reflecting the thinking of hundreds of international scientific experts who contribute to its preparation and review."
1/4 "Researchers from the University of Colorado Boulder found in a 2019 study that the average house is prone to “#indoor#air quality levels on par with a polluted major city.”"
eurekalert.org/news-releases/…2/4 "Preliminary results from the study show that #air#quality levels were so poor at the end of the study, the researchers had to recalibrate their #sensitive instruments almost immediately."
1/4 "Using #PEPMatch, a newly developed #bioinformatics package which predicts #peptide similarity within specific #amino#acid mismatching parameters consistent with published #MHC binding capacity,..."
