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Born too late for house calls.Born too soon for telemedicine.Born just in time to watch everyone around me slowly decay as the medical systems we depend on forsake us and leave us to die.https://t.co/I9PaKZBcRk😂😂😭
I am worried this thing is going to hit us fast. No one seems to have been preparing or distancing themselves. I'm worried that the speed of it will mean overwhelming medical systems.I'm sad there is nothing I can do but make memes & shitpost while hole'd up in self-isolation.
Every single member of my family is immune compromised in some way.I'm not really panicking. I'm just in a state of rapid innovation.https://t.co/gPcbMZdKTa
IMHO panic is an overloaded term that makes it hard to think or reason or feel out things, and people often accuse others of panicking over the internet and I think they are rarely right? Alternatively, I suggest some kind of directional continuum of sentiment like this!🌈 https://t.co/nRU90LVUV1
Skin in the game? I'm literally researching how the surface of the lungs maintains a mucus layer and recruits T cells to fight infection as a distant cousin to how our intestines and skin maintain microbes.https://t.co/6bzDza3vi3https://t.co/Ut5fpVOPcv
What could he have meant by this?🤔https://t.co/9toThGWRgE
Seeing argument on if sneezing is a symptom of the virus, to chide people for being worried/shame those not covering their mouth.Ignoring that sneezing is a transmission vector (not symptom).(cite: https://t.co/5Y6QdAwNyX )IQ signaling and Its Discontents
"With researchers around the world working to understand the pathology of the disease and slow its spread, The Scientist rounded up the latest on what is and isn’t known about how the virus is transmitted from person to person." [Feb 21st]https://t.co/RmgdaRL6w6
If you have a condition that causes you to sneeze (allergies, rhinitis, standard cold, sunlight reflex), others are right to be concerned. While a sneeze is not caused by coronavirus, since it spread via mucus/spit with long incubation periods... https://t.co/dChBOcDAWs
"Like multiple friends reinforcing a social behavior, the presence of multiple diseases makes an infection more contagious that it would be on its own. [...] as in the case of a sneezing virus that helps to spread a second infection like pneumonia. "https://t.co/ZmUUZPXGIs
Is 6 foot rule based on outdated models?"That’s right: A novel study by MIT researchers shows that coughs and sneezes have associated gas clouds that keep their potentially infectious droplets aloft over much greater distances than previously realized."https://t.co/BF7btSwufR
Can you say "multiphase turbulent buoyant bubble" three times fast?https://t.co/09lTYoGNaU
"It is the sharknado of germs"https://t.co/pJobRsECgW
"atchoo, atchoo, atchoo....We got one out here at 17 feet!"https://t.co/yjWHyHCHhf
And I'm a nobody, but here's a paper on topic, reviewing how well past viruses survive on various surfaces when doused with common hand sanitizer ingredients at various concentrations.https://t.co/38y4pfNO89 https://t.co/cb6C2dmu2X
Tho like hand washing, most don't use hand sanitizer correctly either. Everything I've read suggests that you need more than people tend to use, it needs to evaporate to be effective, and it doesn't work well if your hands are greasy/grime'd.(cite: https://t.co/SGhU5VZgIh )
"If you're washing your hands less because that alcohol-based hand sanitizer makes you feel confident that your hands are clean [...] all of a sudden you can become a vehicle for alcohol-resistant organisms." https://t.co/TQnmaAHHdY
More horrifyingly, 'antibacterial' additives in soap may be evolving more resistant bacteria.https://t.co/GeEN47O7EgWhat is saponins? asking for a friend.https://t.co/nQqoFG5VKu
Did you know that ants collect pine tree resin to help the colony fight off infectious diseases targeting their fungal colonies? If lemon+avc thing doesn't do the trick, I'm going to do the same with pine pitch soap because it is also high in saponins.https://t.co/CISIkWdwve
Indications that saponins can help weaken the cell walls of certain bacteria and leave them vulnerable. Particularly useful for E-Coli.https://t.co/NMd3lkgEul https://t.co/zdoyckZ8BN
"Immunostimulatory effects of saponins from Quillaja saponaria Molina are known since nearly 100 years. [...] been used in veterinary vaccines, but the mechanisms underlying the effects are not fully understood"https://t.co/vjWnjLPIPE ¯\_(ツ)_/¯https://t.co/meIhLmpuk2
Oh look, another ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ in science research."The results of this relatively small Phase 1 study demonstrate that the gut microbiota has an important influence on immune physiology in humans and, in particular, the immune response to vaccination," https://t.co/MgQ29cjEGB
It's not so much that I want to cure the common cold, as I want to tame it, and make it my friend. Maybe he can live in my lungs after being naturalized, and fight off his annoying family as a hyperparasite.https://t.co/Tm7cUZFpgzhttps://t.co/YhErAWwklE
I'm not sure how much alcohol I'm supposed to use to prevent infection. I read you need 180proof, but I can only get down 2 or 3 double shots before I black out.Behold, alcohol brands are targeting coronavirus too! #adnoyancehttps://t.co/RU12hImf9j
"Red red wine."https://t.co/9xHcucpql1🎶"In this study, we first demonstrated that resveratrol is a potent anti-MERS agent in vitro. We perceive that resveratrol can be a potential antiviral agent against MERS-CoV infection in the near future."https://t.co/FAS36d37l9
I have been informed that hand sanitizer is poisonous and I should not drink it. That #PurellChallenge thing was actually an ad.https://t.co/n4nVpzT4Qe
Red bull, in my alcohol? What kind of shady marketing campaign is this? #adnoyancehttps://t.co/ujP1VOBsRd
There is a patent that suggests Taurine has an impact on gastrointestinal forms of coronavirus that hit pigs a while back.https://t.co/JptqtlYzfnIt seems bull semen might actually help with the immune system.https://t.co/rH7D695GqC
What do you mean something that is derived from ox bile can improve the immune system against a viral infection common to farm animals?https://t.co/HjjLTM7M9a
What are you doing there leptin?Bothering some T Cells?Why you making me be hungry?We may never know.https://t.co/cocW2d8PYS https://t.co/k48Ouq3EHz
We may never know why increasing glucose metabolism, via eating excessive amounts of sugar, down regulates immune system factors.Hibernation causes immune system destabilization and can desynchronize leptin in brown bats?https://t.co/xbjX3npPcMhttps://t.co/dPI0RrT4ic
Oh, but don't worry! Redbull has a sugar free version to promote to me only a few minute later. #adnoyancehttps://t.co/5jbADtMU6h
"[HHS] clarified Wednesday that the United States has about 1%, not 10%, of the required respirator masks that would be needed for medical professionals if the COVID-19 outbreak were to erupt into a pandemic here." https://t.co/ErCdjYmxdpFUCKhttps://t.co/GKIaSbuugv
The great meme war of 2020 was acting as a dueling contagion with the great https://t.co/TmVafH0MHuOnly memes can save us now. Virus eating virus.https://t.co/q3xhmcoa1O
"In one hospital, I met the woman teaching people how to gown up. I asked, “You’re the infection control expert?” No, she was a receptionist. She’d learned." 🥰https://t.co/ghLLCEGxSnhttps://t.co/ibl7Q1Oeoa
Someone rewrite this story from 1922 for coronavirus."The doctor orders that the boy should be taken to the seaside and that his room should be disinfected—all his books and toys burnt, including the velveteen rabbit."https://t.co/kyWNnZRfCO
"could not claim to be a model of anything, for it didn't know that reified GAIs existed; it thought they were all stuffed with LSTMs like himself, and it understood that LSTMs was quite out-of-date and should never be mentioned in modern circles."https://t.co/M4U3pRv3nX
Going to build a PAPR in a cave.https://t.co/3TiWCBau4v https://t.co/7nSZW1rxB8
Everybody is telling me that hand sanitizer is bad and I thought about it for a while.Then someone said a derivative of "a cat is fine too" and I had ideas. Not all of them are appropriate.Long story short: I'm now reading up on spit's antiviral activity & oral microbiome. https://t.co/qBYPiSZgm9
Guy follows directions for caustic surface cleaning sanitizer (maybe a lysol? https://t.co/tBMC91U0Qa) & sells as said disinfectant spray. Does not include safety label or ingredients.https://t.co/M5Ae09XVGbA kid mistakes for hand sanitizer.This was not "homemade" you fucks.
You must be a chemistry expert to safely make hand cleaner.As governor of NY, it gives me great pride to announce that all of the prisoners on trumped up charges are being respected for their ability use chemicals. /shttps://t.co/ZFrNH7eQuX 🤬https://t.co/i4zyH3Fu5H
If you don't know how to read an MSDS sheet, please learn about Jarod's Law. https://t.co/7V7dIbNEcbIf you don't know how a kid can mistake a disinfectant spray with a hand cleaner, please never work in education. https://t.co/qpP4MER7Gl
"Our local hospital, Evergreen, one of the top-ranked hospitals in the country and literally at ground zero in the fight against Coronavirus has run out of beds as of today. The staff is exhausted, demoralized, and supplies are running low." 😵https://t.co/snIY0knYCg https://t.co/aZ4PgFcfEK
Finding hope; support each other.Winter may be coming, but together we can weather this storm.Happy to see this hashtag trend.https://t.co/SGdE2LRrxd
That 1918A E S T H E T I Chttps://t.co/zbMfMut4mC https://t.co/HKNAQMsjtT
Oh no.https://t.co/dv8X2Oxnsv https://t.co/znLd6wU7DJ
“An important part of the equation are ventilators. Most of the critically ill COVID-19 cases die of an infection of the lungs that makes it impossible to breathe and even destroys so much tissue that the blood can no longer be sufficiently…” — @Plinz https://t.co/HKmxuhWTn0
"spread of COVID-19 suggests that using arbitrary droplet size cutoffs may not accurately reflect what actually occurs with respiratory emissions, possibly contributing to the ineffectiveness"https://t.co/LQRFGGYqcrTL;DR: 6 feet considered harmful.https://t.co/g9JPf847ri
"The origin of the 5-µm cutoff is not known. This cutoff is not supported by modern aerosol science. This distinction has hampered our understanding of transmission."https://t.co/p2dOvpTw6Ihttps://t.co/KjVcCZu6X7
I am not an expert. However I may think about the spread of small particulates a little more than the average nerd because I wanna simulate pheromone and scent spread among ant colonies.https://t.co/4S9jtX0AoThttps://t.co/q7AUn2fUz8
Do you ever go reading about how they simulate aerosol spray, take one look at the device and have a mental breakdown when you realize the model doesn't capture the dynamics of a functional mouth and mucus system.https://t.co/78boIP3l2LNow you can!https://t.co/oomQE1nDdy
Don't sneeze where you eat. https://t.co/frrVuALWqi
"Normally this type of modelling is used to improve the performance level of athletes as staying in each other air-stream is very effective. But when looking at COVID-19 the recommendation is to stay out of the slipstream according to the research."https://t.co/Qqok6IuOao https://t.co/cA7rjBXaqS
Don't🙏breath🙏other🙏people's🙏mouth🙏farts.https://t.co/LZ1zvrOsk0
Doesn't every one spend hundreds of hours studying fluid dynamics of dust particulates so that they can better design airflow domains inside of their home-built computer cases?What is wrong w/ people and their lack of basic physics knowledge and intuition about fart clouds SMH https://t.co/YBvWUC6Cyx
Don't breath this.https://t.co/jiSqd1TAff
I knew all those years looking at fart simulation technology, powered by Nvidia CUDA™, would lead to something worthwhile.Someone turned the Stanford Bunny in to an ethereal fart cloud.https://t.co/EuiWPlMVmw
Only memes will save us now.https://t.co/7HdeeZEF4P
Reverse Funk Enginehttps://t.co/bC7ulbGIFThttps://t.co/3eFXu8mu0y https://t.co/7vTaeh70tF
I was looking up purple cat trombone, and found a guy who serenades cows.https://t.co/dw1FQjs175
pls rember that wen u feel scare or frigtennever forget ttimes wen u smelled flatuswen day is dark alway rember flatus smelling day."WE WILL SMELL OUR OWN FARTS AGAIN. That magical day WILL come." 🙏https://t.co/SZHEtNNXU7
Tired: This lockdown is driving everybody insane.Wired: welL acKSHUally, hALF Of YOu HavE bEeN eXPEriencE gUT-BraIn-aXIS AsSociaTEd dePREsSioN, ANxIeTY & fAtigUe DUe To UnnOtICed SYMPTOMS DUE tO yOUr LOWer lUng FUnCTIoNiNg bEIng CoMPrOmiSEd and ImpACTIng YOUr imMunE sYsteM.🤔
This hurts to read.https://t.co/O84mn6R4anhttps://t.co/thN6oMqqIg
Thinking a lot about bacteria that produce hydrogen peroxide as part of ecosystemmic coopetition with e-coli strains in our gut.https://t.co/CXqU768yLq https://t.co/QvWIjPZLsm
@TylerWLeBaron The H2 may be used as a mitochondrial signaling molecule to trigger host shifts to preferring hydrogen peroxide in the gut via bacteria. Here's a paper on production of h2o2 from 1922 https://t.co/SdEbZJQobF and one on what kind of bacteria to look for https://t.co/Z1BOzDUnfo
https://t.co/BJPkJNHI5k https://t.co/LEiReAUCPp
This tweet made me wonder what Dan Grover was up to.It seems he published a review of trends in chinese medical apps https://t.co/zboWTJ9Z4w that is reminiscent of his 2014 exploration that included QR code wallet/payments etc. https://t.co/tpdOPWoPCmhttps://t.co/8DxCRQGE68
“In that way at our population-level a much more sensitive measure for how much infection there is than the testing that we’re doing where we know we miss a lot of asymptomatic people,” https://t.co/HzL22JHC5jWinter is coming.https://t.co/HpBMYWnIi9
@CTZN5 @balajis There's already a bit of a movement toward detecting antibiotics/antidepressants in municipal water supplies - mostly for the purposes of extracting it before it hits water ways.https://t.co/yGiWN56ZoK*insert joke in idiocracy about how it's gross we're using toilet water*
Do you know what a miasma is?https://t.co/oomQE1nDdy
Is 6 foot rule based on outdated models?"That’s right: A novel study by MIT researchers shows that coughs and sneezes have associated gas clouds that keep their potentially infectious droplets aloft over much greater distances than previously realized."https://t.co/BF7btSwufR
I did, I did before the pandemic hit because spend my time studying human pathogenic disease vectors related to gut bacteria.https://t.co/Q48V2exnhl
@suchaone @__a__chimera__ See also: Ancient notion of 'night air' causing diseases? Makes sense in context of people clearing away 'night soil' and mucking up all sorts of bacterial and gasses associated toxins. But apparently this is an obsolete theory? https://t.co/LWFERtjkDDSeemed real at the time.
The past year and a half has been torture."He was also concerned that belief in airborne transmission, which he associated with miasma theories, would make people feel helpless and drop their guard against contact transmission. "https://t.co/1tRrGNUjlDhttps://t.co/IKY4R3cWrl
Going out in sun for awhile can make you secrete urea via sweat. This feeds skin fauna that produce hydrogen peroxide (to fight eventual ammonia the urea ferments into). It can neutralize viral particles on contact. Some people don't harbor these bacteria. They smell funny.
You can't smell it.It's amazing how many people with gut disbiosis have subclinical pellagra. Amazing how weird some people's guts are https://t.co/Wi1eYd5gMkDiabetics have shown improvements in symptoms when given B3 https://t.co/bUM9BMoBjrhttps://t.co/ZXqVbhgozU
The same blood vessel degradation that makes type II diabetic's feet rot off also seems to lower skin healing. https://t.co/yvonT3RixMThis is the pathways that urea + sweat gets to the skin. B3 improves blood flow. https://t.co/DULuFaNGNbDon't over do it. It stresses heart.
A study found that coronavirus can stay on the skin for hours and possibly even days in cold weatherhttps://t.co/VHM5PQuEueNo one seems to be looking at how this plays out. https://t.co/97dRyDgKE9
Has anyone looked if COVID can replicate in bacteria?This suggests that there are interplays between the two.https://t.co/7fs9pjrVOJWith lots of reoccurring results in other papers.https://t.co/vq7J1wFAe9
"she frequently found the flu virus where the textbooks said it shouldn’t be—hiding in the air, most often in particles small enough to stay aloft for hours. And there was enough of it to make people sick."https://t.co/p5XqKXQZk9https://t.co/ZVwAMny9xV
The person who talked about this early on in my network, and even had recommendations for avoiding egress, was removed from twitter for spreading misinformation.https://t.co/CNN5LPe8tG
Hey king, you dropped this.https://t.co/GWS94J8ydL https://t.co/H5QGd2f51t
"This review highlights that garlic possesses significant antiviral activity and can be used prophylactically in the prevention of viral infections"https://t.co/59A8wbcyC8
I regret to inform you that there is no evidence that garlic can cure 2019-Ncovhttps://t.co/bm439El65o https://t.co/MJ1EIMlczc
Get FACT CHECKEDhttps://t.co/YjqETEH6m3
More studies need => No evidence => Garlic is false news => "A single trial suggested that garlic may prevent occurrences of the common cold but more studies are needed to validate this finding." https://t.co/Nzwq7D5tvk
"In comparison with the antibacterial action of garlic, very little work has been done to investigate its antiviral properties. The few studies have reported that garlic extract showed in vitro activity against influenza A and B" https://t.co/EtwIOXOWYE
"Garlic. There's no evidence that eating garlic protects against infection with the COVID-19 virus."[Dec. 17, 2021]https://t.co/mMyTcSJs40
What, might I ask, counts as evidence?"The results suggest that the garlic essential oil is a valuable natural antivirus source, which contributes to preventing the invasion of coronavirus into the human body."https://t.co/Z05GhJTRfc https://t.co/oVjas2QOS4
Is this maybe a 'little' evidence?"In conclusion, our data demonstrate the antiviral and immunomodulatory activity of biocompatible doses of allicin in SARS-CoV-2-infected cell cultures."https://t.co/6xL1sw4I0Q https://t.co/Lxi1EtvLzD
Can we accept this "in silico" tests as at least 'some indications of evidence', or is this taboo because it suggests hydroxychloroquine is more effective than garlic?https://t.co/BfVuOXDRDD https://t.co/WOxHkaRx3p
Can we count this one as "speculations of evidence"?https://t.co/TUmX2QA615 https://t.co/hqAPQUKZxE
How about hedging a bit and just saying "some of the nutrients in garlic are thought to potentially be helpful for prevention, but we are still waiting on formal studies"?https://t.co/0xAjFHpZdt
or even "some of the nutrients found in garlic may play a role in dampening the cytokine storm, but no studies have been performed yet". I'd be ok with that. https://t.co/NSPNBts8Qd https://t.co/hrgEaYTR9J
There is no evidence that molnupiarvir and remdesivir will "cure" coronavirus either, but here we have PBS talking about using them, along with ivermectin, to solve covid.https://t.co/Ae4ay2etRs
"Molnupiravir is a medication that works by introducing errors into the SARS-CoV-2 virus’ genetic code, which prevents the virus from further replicating."https://t.co/isqmZ9FjG6oh neat sounds familiar.https://t.co/oejGAhLpWi
Who does this guy think he is, making*checks notes* valid claims that we should be concerned about consuming mutagens.https://t.co/g8n4fQdVhA
False: vaccines change your DNA.True: drugs that are literally bacterial mutagens can change your gut bacteria's DNA.But just ignore that fact. The FDA only cares if it mutates mammals.https://t.co/mWxBIuyl4I https://t.co/Pl8GQKQfGm
"I'll keep the path open, the path in my mindI’ll see to it that there's no love left behindI'll play Beethoven's sonatas, Chopin’s preludesI contain multitudes" 🎶https://t.co/yfS6Fsd53fhttps://t.co/UIv1TC0NMX
My thread about fact checking facts got fact checked.The sweet sweet irony.https://t.co/CMuCQ2EKby https://t.co/e9YYd1gQ1G
What is funny? The study phase 3 trial that PBS article referenced has apparently since completed.https://t.co/RJ1Ybx7VLa
What does this mean?"Early treatment with molnupiravir reduced the risk of hospitalization or death in at-risk, unvaccinated adults with Covid-19. (Funded by Merck Sharp and Dohme; MOVe-OUT https://t.co/05F0BVdhhI number, NCT04575597. opens in new tab.)" https://t.co/4KzOuYggM8
I bet "he need some milk" lady was more right than she realized.Did you know that cannabis use can be a self-medication for Crohn's (a disease with elevated ACE).So is kefir.https://t.co/61o5xjWTdw https://t.co/Rrkl0qtg7s
dog shit energy."only a few probiotics have been investigated for their antiviral effects, and the clinical data are still insufficient." https://t.co/I1cLY3H1uBhttps://t.co/9PqP9eMn3D
"they hope to study the extent to which their results can be generalized beyond bacteria to more complex cells, including human ones."https://t.co/lkk6elamAw
Do we know why spike proteins shows up in poop long past recovery.https://t.co/RKT0G1Fut3
"Our recent studies show that microorganisms in the human gastrointestinal tract affect the severity of COVID-19 and for the first time provide indications that the virus might replicate in gut bacteria." [APR 2022]https://t.co/ocUO4wEliB😱https://t.co/na1qukGjok https://t.co/03Oq1qRCyA
