Michael Mina
Epidemiologist, Immunologist, Pathologist, MD,PhD. Vaccines, immunity, Infectious disease, tests, public health. Previously Harvard Faculty. CSO, CMO
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Wondering if you should get your baby the new RSV shot? I’ve studied respiratory viruses like RSV, and their vaccines and treatments for years Here’s a 🧵 of key info We just had...
IMPORTANT Finally we have an Omicron vaccine! A vax that many unvaccinated ppl have been waiting for But, there's a SERIOUS problem in US! You canNOT get the life-saving Omicro...
1/ @CDCgov exit isolation at day 5 w/out Neg Rapid Ag Test = dangerous policy Important New Research We followed 260 Health Care Workers returning to work early • ~58% Pos on Da...
THREAD: This is an important study - supports anecdotes and other work by @awyllie13 Virus growing and detectable in saliva days earlier than the nose! Both PCR & Ag in nose l...
🧵 Think rapid tests don’t work w Omicron? In last few days almost everyone I know diagnosed, found out on rapid test & same for MANY MANY others: PCR test one day - negative....
IMPORTANT: RAPID TESTS DO WORK WITH OMICRON "But why are some people staying negative in the first days they have symptoms??" This is expected. Symptoms don't = contagious viru...
🧵 Why some vaccines stop transmission & others don’t: Vaccines that stop transmission are often against viruses that replicate internally first and only then transmit (like measle...
🧵 When the goal is limiting transmission, timing of tests is everything If you wait days for positive results before isolating, the time spent waiting must be factored in to the “...