

Threads
Severity of a new variant
A sketch to explain how a new variant may appear milder even with no change in underlying virulence. This can occur because, when calculating the fraction of cases that are severe, the denominator now includes many re-infections that had previously been averted. A thread. 1/8 pic.twitter.com/XxrYHnb6XY
— Natalie E. Dean, PhD (@nataliexdean) December 9, 2021
Immune correlates
What if we could measure your antibody levels shortly after vaccination and know how well you are protected? Would future vaccines eliciting the same antibody levels provide equally good protection?
— Natalie E. Dean, PhD (@nataliexdean) August 10, 2021
That is the idea behind an immune correlates analysis. Thread on a new preprint. pic.twitter.com/ujv3UWGsiS
Live feed
Word clouds are the 3D bar plots of pie charts.
Tanzania declares Marburg virus outbreak.
Three different filovirus outbreaks in Africa in 6 months - need pre-approved platform trials for vaccines and treatments that can start rapidly.
https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/marburg/tanzania-declares-marburg-virus-outbreak