A good article for AMA Media would be an Aus version of this The BMJ article. bmj.com/content/372/bm… I suspect @GregHuntMP hadn’t seen Contagion, unlike his UK counterpart. It could explain Aus’s late start ordering vaccines.

With apologies to Peter Allen.

Deja vu. It's Thursday, the MHRA release the AZ vaccine safety data, the VITT case number is now 242 and still no data on the rate of VITT by age. As VITT is strongly age related it's not acceptable to just give the overall rate which is now 1 in 95,000 tinyurl.com/8f88ckxs

Covid-19 is a supercarrier story. (!) 90% of the virus load (circulating virions) is harbored by only 2% of individuals [So much for the 80/20 Pareto principle] pnas.org/content/118/21… PNASNews by @Sara_Sawyer_ CU Boulder 🦬 BioFrontiers 💻🦠🧬🧪🧫💉📊📓 and colleagues

I'm delighted to see the announcement of a licensing agreement between Australian biotech Havah Therapeutics & US company Clarus Therapeutics, which, if regulatory approved, will lead to the first of its kind treatment for inflammatory breast disease. finance.yahoo.com/news/clarus-th…

Please read this thought-provoking article by Eric Topol.

Buckle up Singapore, here’s a brand new safety video to get everyone ready for a whole new normal! #TestTraceVaccinate For more: igotmyshot.gov.sg

#COVID19 vaccine summaries & references here medicine.unimelb.edu.au/school-structu…

Here is strong real world evidence for the difference Sarah Joseph strategy could make x.com/jorgpaetzold/s…

This points to the need for Australia (with its low vaccination rate) to ease restrictions for the vaccinated - vaccine passports. Otherwise part of the benefit of vaccines discussed in this excellent thread will be lost with time.

Brilliant, must-read column from John Kehoe: "Leveraged NSW fund is not the business of Dominic Perrottet's government" Daniel Mookhey Ross Greenwood Michael Janda Greg Jericho afr.com/policy/economy…

How long does immune memory last after #mRNA vax? Immunity vs. variants? What happens when you “boost” w/ vaccine? Our work on durability & evolution of memory responses to SARS-CoV-2 vaccines: biorxiv.org/content/10.110…. Antibodies, memory B/T cells, & more. Full thread below 💉👨‍🔬

This is good news for all my friends in Rote and Bali who have been double vaccinated with Coronavac.

“PS primes the reprogramming of myeloid cells to a hyperresponsive inflammatory state, which may explain how PS confers inflammatory disease risk.” PS: psychological stress Chronic stress primes innate immune responses in mice and humans cell.com/cell-reports/a…