Population immunity. Yes, that again. A very difficult concept for many. So much so that some claim it does not exist or, at least, doesn't for SARS-COV-2. But it does, of course. It is misunderstood, bc it is not how many understand it should be working. 1/10

"- Sænk prisen nu. Og sænk den meget. Den burde ligger i omegnen af 10 dollar, gerne lavere. Hvis der er nogen grund til at prisen er så høj, så må de fortælle os om det og offentliggøre hvorfor, siger Peter Maybarduk." Hvad siger Bavarian Nordic? dr.dk/nyheder/penge/…

🧵coming soon (once I find some time to do it) in the mean time 👇 Genetic diversity within diagnostic sputum samples is mirrored in the culture of Mycobacterium tuberculosis across different settings nature.com/articles/s4146…

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🚨SAVE THE DATE🚨The 1st International Symposium on Ancient Pathogen Genomics will be in Mexico on April 12-13, 2025. Calling for researchers at all levels to exchange ideas and promote/strengthen connections. Check out our fantastic speaker lineup 🦠 More info coming soon!

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The #covidinquiry was back up and running this week and quickly into what some people think is one of the biggest scientific or policy mistakes (or 'misunderstandings' depending on your POV) of the whole pandemic. And it's all to do with how Covid is spread in the first place. 🧵

In our last TB work we👀at the correlation of Mtb cultures/sputum genomic diversity. Led by superb-scientists cmariner95 Mariana López IBV-CSIC CSIC saludglobalCSIC What have we found, what haven't we found, and what do we still not know? Follow the 🧵 nature.com/articles/s4146…

#CovidIsAirborne Superspreading event at 🇫🇮 choir rehearsal: 14 of 15 singers infected. Model shows all singers (unmasked) exposed to viral aerosols within 5 minutes, with 70-100% infection risk after 1 hour. Safety distance ineffective. See also video from previous study👇(1/2)

This new study used surveillance videos from two COVID-19 outbreaks in restaurants. 👉“Airborne transmission predominated with a relative contribution of more than 88%” 👉“A ventilation rate of 30m3/(h person) reduced long-range airborne risk by 62.9%” sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Work Projects Administration pneumonia awareness poster circa. 1936 #histmed #historyofmedicine #pneumonia #pastmedicalhistory