| 1 | Jan 13, '23 | Our comprehensive review of #LongCovid has just been published Phenomenal work by @ahandvanish @LisaAMcCorkell @juliamv @NatureRevMicro | 45.3× | 5.7M | 13k | 5.9k | 4.5k |
| 2 | Aug 13, '23 | It is despicable that the Covid vaccine manufacturers are going to charge more than $110/dose for the new XBB.1.5 boosters when available in mid-September. The US government previo | 17.4× | 2.2M | 10k | 3.2k | 329 |
| 3 | May 27, '25 | A new cover for SUPER AGERS after making the NYT bestseller list. Thanks to you for making it the #1 ranked new non-fiction book on Amazon. | 13.2× | 1.6M | 2.3k | 503 | 1.5k |
| 4 | Jun 27, '23 | An inhaled Covid vaccine booster was more than 5-fold effective for inducing neutralizing antibodies at 28-days, and more durable at 1-year, than shots, vs Omicron BA.5 in a random | 12.7× | 1.6M | 6.3k | 1.6k | 631 |
| 5 | Jan 4, '24 | My oped on the JN.1 variant and the 2nd biggest US wave of infections (after Omicron) since the pandemic began @latimes @latimesopinion #LongCovid | 12.3× | 1.5M | 6.2k | 2.7k | 1.1k |
| 6 | Mar 24, '25 | Of >105,000 participants with 30-year follow-up, only 9.3% achieved healthy aging (age 70, w/o any chronic diseases). Their diet was significantly associated with this outcome🧵 | 9.1× | 1.1M | 6.4k | 1.4k | 6.2k |
| 7 | Apr 10, '23 | This is big, folks. The @WhiteHouse is supporting next generation—nasal and variant-proof Covid vaccines —and therapies with a $5 billion program by @ddiamond Thanks to the relentl | 8.9× | 1.1M | 6.4k | 1.7k | 445 |
| 8 | Nov 28, '20 | This will go down in history as one of science and medical research's greatest achievements. Perhaps the most impressive. I put together a preliminary timeline of some key mileston | 8.8× | 0 | 35k | 9.8k | 2.7k |
| 9 | Jul 31, '21 | Pretty damn impressive Thanks Darren Lu @Reddit | 6.7× | 0 | 29k | 8.9k | 1.3k |
| 10 | Jan 9, '23 | The virus is talking. We're not listening | 6.1× | 768k | 5.1k | 2.1k | 455 |
| 11 | Sep 25, '24 | Two doses of a Covid nasal vaccine spray led to >50-fold increase in spike-specific secretory IgA antibodies against 10 strains of #SARSCoV2, indicative of potent mucosal immunity | 6.0× | 752k | 4.9k | 1.2k | 1.3k |
| 12 | Aug 9, '23 | More than 3 years in, with tens of millions of people still suffering, this is the comprehensive list of validated treatments for #LongCovid, as established through rigorous, rando | 5.6× | 699k | 4.8k | 1.6k | 376 |
| 13 | Mar 12, '22 | The next wave in Europe has begun | 5.4× | 0 | 16k | 7.4k | 851 |
| 14 | Mar 30, '22 | Ivermectin: the largest randomized, double-blind trial yet conducted, with early treatment, indicates there is no difference compared with placebo. It doesn't work. Period. just pu | 5.4× | 0 | 17k | 6k | 1.1k |
| 15 | Mar 28, '21 | You don’t get 3+ million shots a day without tens of thousands of volunteers. A salute to them. A sign of unity for a common, vital purpose | 4.6× | 0 | 29k | 2.6k | 19 |
| 16 | Oct 18, '20 | Almost the whole country is in the "Uncontrolled Spread" category 1/ | 4.5× | 0 | 13k | 6.8k | 509 |
| 17 | Oct 7, '20 | The patient had a whopping (8g) dose of a #SARSCoV2 neutralizing IgG antibody cocktail. Then they detected antibodies. You must be kidding me, Dr. Conley? | 4.3× | 0 | 20k | 4.7k | 342 |
| 18 | Aug 1, '21 | Today, Canada surpassed Israel for fully vaccinated, a very high bar. Congratulations 🇨🇦 | 4.2× | 0 | 23k | 3.1k | 147 |
| 19 | Apr 15, '21 | Airborne it is. 🦠 The 10 streams of overwhelming evidence @TheLancet by @trishgreenhalgh @kprather88 @Rschooley @zeynep @jljcolorado @dfisman a 5-★ succinct summary | 4.0× | 0 | 12k | 6.5k | 1.5k |
| 20 | Feb 27, '21 | The way to end the week: best US vaccination day 2.2 million, a new record | 3.8× | 0 | 23k | 2.4k | 43 |
| 21 | Dec 27, '20 | One per thousand Americans have now died from covid-19. How does that compare with 12 other select countries with >20 million population? | 3.4× | 0 | 11k | 5.3k | 599 |
| 22 | Jan 2, '25 | A nasal spray prevented 80% of Covid infections; ~300,000 people in China have received it. [called SA55, a broad spectrum monoclonal antibody, developed by @yunlong_cao and collea | 2.9× | 357k | 6.4k | 1.7k | 2.1k |
| 23 | Dec 28, '21 | The data that supports the new @CDCgov 5 day isolation period without a negative test | 2.8× | 0 | 13k | 3.1k | 237 |
| 24 | Apr 8, '21 | Over 110 million Americans have now had a taste of universal health care. Free vaccines. | 2.7× | 0 | 16k | 2k | 33 |
| 25 | May 7, '20 | How can a country that has required you to take your shoes off at airport security for a 2001 foiled attempt without a single person hurt ...... be the same one that has no systema | 2.7× | 0 | 12k | 3.5k | 140 |
| 26 | Dec 12, '20 | Covid in context by @Rob_Rogers | 2.6× | 0 | 11k | 3.5k | 281 |
| 27 | Jan 5, '21 | If we wanted to get serious vs B.1.1.7 —get N95/K95 masks to all and enforce their use —get rapid home testing big supply to each household for daily use —amp up digital, mobility, | 2.6× | 0 | 12k | 3.1k | 241 |
| 28 | Jan 10, '22 | What happens when one of the best vaccinated (90% total population) countries in the world gets Omicron? 🇵🇹 | 2.6× | 0 | 11k | 2.9k | 465 |
| 29 | May 22, '20 | Just published @TheLancet The largest study of hydroxychloroquine shows a significant increase in death (~35%) and >2-fold increase of serious heart arrhythmias. ~96,000 patient | 2.6× | 0 | 6.6k | 4.5k | 421 |
| 30 | Oct 18, '21 | Fixed that for you @johnrobertsFox | 2.5× | 0 | 13k | 2.5k | 154 |
| 31 | Jul 23, '22 | Anyone who thinks BA.5 is just another variant isn't paying attention >200,000 new cases yesterday. Vertical. | 2.5× | 0 | 9.1k | 3.6k | 385 |
| 32 | Dec 4, '21 | About 5 million children age 5-11 now vaccinated with their first dose (nearly ~1 million with 2nd dose) and I've yet to see a case of myocarditis reported 👍 | 2.3× | 0 | 11k | 2.3k | 218 |
| 33 | May 12, '22 | This week @TheLancet's cover | 2.3× | 0 | 9.5k | 3.4k | 145 |
| 34 | Feb 6, '21 | It keeps getting better: 2.1 million vaccines administered in the USA today! 👏 | 2.3× | 0 | 12k | 1.8k | 64 |
| 35 | Oct 5, '20 | Fixed this for you, @realDonaldTrump | 2.2× | 0 | 10k | 2.9k | 103 |
| 36 | Aug 7, '20 | The pandemic only lasted 103 in New Zealand and it has now gone 100 days since without a single new case. This paragraph is the key. Science-based Empathic leadership United Public | 2.2× | 0 | 8.2k | 3.3k | 157 |
| 37 | Aug 22, '21 | The mRNA vaccine story was by no means fast. Both it and lipid nanoparticles for its delivery took several decades | 2.1× | 0 | 7.4k | 2.9k | 1.1k |
| 38 | Jan 24, '22 | How to reduce your chance of dying from Covid by 99%? Get vaccinated and a booster. One of the most impressive graphs I've seen for the impact of vaccination in the US pandemic (th | 2.1× | 0 | 7.1k | 3.2k | 500 |
| 39 | Nov 21, '21 | That over 3 million children age 5-11 in the US have been vaccinated without a reported case of myocarditis so far is encouraging | 2.1× | 0 | 10k | 2.2k | 163 |
| 40 | Oct 8, '17 | Your. Medical. Data. | 2.1× | 0 | 7.2k | 3k | 424 |
| 41 | Apr 3, '21 | Who would ever have thought that the same country that couldn't even get a covid test working and scalable for 2 months could vaccinate more than 4 million people in a day? Quite a | 2.1× | 0 | 12k | 1.3k | 42 |
| 42 | Feb 3, '21 | "The evidence is now clear. #SARSCoV2 is transmitted predominantly through the air — by people talking and breathing out large droplets and small particles called aerosols. Catchin | 2.1× | 0 | 6.6k | 3.5k | 444 |
| 43 | Jul 18, '22 | Epstein-Barr virus is the leading cause of multiple sclerosis Summary of one of the most important advances in life science this year @ScienceMagazine | 2.1× | 0 | 7.8k | 2.4k | 1.1k |
| 44 | Mar 17, '20 | What will go down as the biggest breakdown in the US response to #COVID19 is the lack of test kits. South Korea and the US had their 1st patients on Jan 20 and Jan 21, respectively | 2.1× | 0 | 6.2k | 3.6k | 366 |
| 45 | Jul 8, '22 | This is our @CDCgov X No warning on BA.5 X Still says 2 vaccine doses ="fully vaccinated" X Says 5 days is all that's needed for isolation when 5 days is the median length of infec | 2.0× | 0 | 7.5k | 2.9k | 494 |
| 46 | Mar 16, '22 | When South Korea, a model country for the pandemic, has >400,000 new cases in a day, leading the world per capita, you take notice. Tests 4X the US with <1/6th the population | 2.0× | 0 | 7.5k | 2.9k | 401 |
| 47 | Dec 10, '21 | There's been a lot of new data for Omicron in the last day, much still preliminary, but here's my summary of the good and bad | 2.0× | 0 | 7.2k | 2.8k | 601 |
| 48 | Jan 2, '22 | It's pretty impressive that vaccines directed to the ancestral strain spike from 2 years ago, w/ the virus that's evolved thru >290 million confirmed cases, and now to the hyper | 2.0× | 0 | 10k | 1.7k | 206 |
| 49 | May 5, '21 | Vaccines don't just work. They work across all the variants, providing protection from illness, hospitalizations, and deaths. Summary including today's multiple updates. (and we're | 2.0× | 0 | 8.1k | 2.8k | 287 |
| 50 | Mar 11, '22 | Here we go again @OurWorldInData | 1.9× | 0 | 6.2k | 2.5k | 360 |
| 51 | Dec 5, '20 | Diagnosing why the US has so blatantly failed to respond to #COVID19 by 2 tweets | 1.9× | 0 | 9.9k | 1.7k | 98 |
| 52 | Dec 22, '21 | You know it's a good day in the pandemic when: —The 1st anti-Covid pill is cleared —More indications that Omicron is associated with less severe illness and tends to come down from | 1.9× | 0 | 9.8k | 1.7k | 162 |
| 53 | Mar 7, '22 | Just published @nature The impact of #Covid on the brain: the 1st longitudinal imaging study before and after infection, with controls Reduction of grey matter, brain size, cogniti | 1.9× | 0 | 4.9k | 2.9k | 931 |
| 54 | Aug 26, '21 | Just published @ScienceMagazine A phenomenal, tour de force review of aerosol transmission of respiratory viruses, from the experts. #COVIDisAirborne w/ @ScienceVisuals | 1.8× | 0 | 5.4k | 2.5k | 1.3k |
| 55 | Aug 13, '21 | The Delta waves in the US and Canada, a striking contrast. Fully vaccinated of total population: Canada 64% US 50% | 1.8× | 0 | 6.4k | 2.6k | 211 |
| 56 | Oct 7, '21 | Deleted. | 1.7× | 0 | 8.9k | 1.2k | 129 |
| 57 | Aug 11, '21 | There needs to be truth-telling about the reduced protection of mRNA vaccines vs symptomatic Delta infections. It was 95% pre-Delta. Many are claiming it's still ~80%. It isn't. 50 | 1.7× | 0 | 5.1k | 2.1k | 736 |
| 58 | Apr 23, '21 | We now have solid evidence that there are vaccines that protect against all variants of concern: ✓ B.1.351 (S Africa) ✓ P.1 (Brazil) ✓ B.1.1.7 (UK) ✓ B.1.526 (NY) ✓ B.1.429 (CA) | 1.7× | 0 | 8.1k | 1.8k | 226 |
| 59 | Aug 1, '21 | All Delta here in July. The 8:1 odds are pretty good. | 1.6× | 0 | 6.9k | 2.1k | 294 |
| 60 | Jul 8, '22 | Today's @washingtonpost editorial on the BA.5 variant | 1.6× | 0 | 5.3k | 2.4k | 640 |
| 61 | Dec 5, '20 | 10 countries, 1 outlier | 1.6× | 0 | 6k | 2k | 285 |
| 62 | Jan 12, '22 | I get a lot of questions about "my team" who helps with my twitter posts. Let me make it clear. The "team" is me. >12 years, >40K posts, most since the pandemic began. Every | 1.6× | 0 | 10k | 341 | 77 |
| 63 | Dec 1, '21 | Fully vaccinated = 3 shots. | 1.5× | 0 | 6.5k | 964 | 73 |
| 64 | Oct 23, '21 | What happens when teens are not vaccinated | 1.5× | 0 | 5.5k | 2.2k | 249 |
| 65 | Dec 8, '21 | Just published @NEJM A striking 90% reduction in death for booster shots (vs not receiving the 3rd shot) among over 840,000 people, age 50 or older | 1.5× | 0 | 5.4k | 2.1k | 353 |
| 66 | Aug 21, '22 | I wrote about where we stand with #LongCovid after a cluster of new studies @latimes | 1.5× | 0 | 5.1k | 1.7k | 937 |
| 67 | Aug 23, '20 | Today's "breakthrough" announcement is unlikely to be any breakthrough. 1. Convalescent plasma has no randomized trials. It contains many antibodies that have no neutralizing effec | 1.5× | 0 | 5.4k | 2.1k | 227 |
| 68 | Apr 19, '22 | At the airport, with no interest for a visit with BA.2 or serving as an asymptomatic vector. Tight fit KN 94 underneath | 1.5× | 0 | 8.8k | 547 | 77 |
| 69 | Nov 24, '21 | Don't tell me "cases are irrelevant" That means you don't understand: —Cases beget cases. People getting sick. Surges. —Cases beget #LongCovid —Cases beget hospitalizations & d | 1.5× | 0 | 6.4k | 1.7k | 201 |
| 70 | Mar 17, '22 | Hello 🇺🇸 You just got over a wave of the most transmissible #SARSCoV2 variant the world has seen, with the highest level of hospitalizations in the pandemic. Now you are facing a | 1.4× | 0 | 5.5k | 1.9k | 202 |
| 71 | Aug 10, '21 | Debunking the myth that vaccination promotes mutations. Being fully vaccinated actually suppresses them | 1.4× | 0 | 5k | 1.8k | 437 |
| 72 | Jun 13, '22 | "We estimated that a single-payer universal healthcare system would have saved 212,000 lives in 2020 alone. We also calculated that US$105.6 billion of medical expenses associated | 1.4× | 0 | 4.9k | 2.1k | 309 |
| 73 | May 30, '21 | The 🦠 continues to evolve, gets more fit, but has yet to outsmart the vaccines that humans made to block it. If only more humans could outsmart the virus by getting vaccinated. An | 1.4× | 0 | 6.9k | 1.5k | 53 |
| 74 | Oct 12, '20 | Our covid times :-) | 1.4× | 0 | 5.3k | 2.2k | 125 |
| 75 | Feb 24, '21 | Summary of the 5 Phase 3 vaccine trials. One theme: 100% protection from death and hospitalizations That is impressive! | 1.3× | 0 | 5.2k | 1.8k | 262 |
| 76 | May 2, '21 | We are fortunate that vaccines induce such a strong immune response and provide protection from all of the virus variants that have evolved to date | 1.3× | 0 | 5.6k | 1.6k | 272 |
| 77 | Aug 15, '22 | The use of high-quality masks (like N95/KN95 respirators) by patients, compared with surgical masks, substantially reduced Covid infections among nearly 4,000 health care workers @ | 1.3× | 0 | 5k | 1.6k | 505 |
| 78 | Sep 19, '22 | Wish this was true. What's over is @POTUS's and our government's will to get ahead of it, with magical thinking on the new bivalent boosters. Ignores #LongCovid, inevitability of n | 1.3× | 0 | 5.7k | 1.6k | 200 |
| 79 | Apr 18, '20 | New Zealand knows how to do it!🇳🇿 | 1.3× | 0 | 5.3k | 1.7k | 108 |
| 80 | Jun 5, '21 | As of today, 3 countries have reached ≥ 60% of their total population with their 1st vaccination dose. And Canada became the world's leader | 1.3× | 0 | 5.5k | 1.3k | 60 |
| 81 | Feb 21, '21 | The good news is that South Africa is back to its pre-B.1.351 baseline in covid cases. There's no proof this variant is more infectious. Its immune evasion is enough to explain how | 1.2× | 0 | 5.3k | 1.4k | 157 |
| 82 | Feb 21, '21 | From incalculable to 5X incalculable. Unfathomable. Mostly preventable. | 1.2× | 0 | 5.2k | 1.6k | 136 |
| 83 | Oct 24, '21 | Japan fully contained after its worst surge related to Delta, 💉 quickly rose to now 78% of total population w/ ≥ 1 dose, test positivity went from 25% to 1%, cases >23,000 to & | 1.2× | 0 | 5.1k | 1.4k | 129 |
| 84 | Nov 29, '21 | Besides South Africa and Botswana, 12 countries have now reported confirmed cases of Omicron. And many more will do so in the next few days. Had it not been for the sequencing and | 1.2× | 0 | 6.1k | 1.1k | 50 |
| 85 | May 27, '22 | American exceptionalism The United States comprises 4% of the world's population ✓ 16% of the world's Covid confirmed deaths ✓ 40% of world's guns ✓ Only industrialized nation in t | 1.2× | 0 | 5k | 1.4k | 201 |
| 86 | Nov 15, '20 | Fixed this for you, @realDonaldTrump | 1.2× | 0 | 6.8k | 728 | 23 |
| 87 | Apr 17, '22 | Something to celebrate. The lowest Covid death rate in over 2 years @OurWorldInData | 1.1× | 0 | 5.8k | 1.1k | 72 |
| 88 | Sep 3, '21 | How to lose public confidence? 1. Announce a booster program on Sept 20 for all at 8 months post-vaccine 2. Change it to 6 months, then 5 months, then back to 8 3. Lack of agreemen | 1.1× | 0 | 5.2k | 1.1k | 180 |
| 89 | Aug 26, '21 | How to manage a Delta wave? Iceland. 78% total population fully vaccinated. A+ | 1.1× | 0 | 5.2k | 1.3k | 143 |
| 90 | Dec 6, '20 | How Rudy Giuliani didn't get covid until now is the more interesting question. They're likely getting a #SARSCoV2 monoclonal antibody ready for infusion. This treatment an affinity | 1.1× | 0 | 5.4k | 1.1k | 65 |
| 91 | Jun 24, '21 | Leave it to Canada to show how to vaccinate their population. First, despite a late start, they exceeded the % 1st dose ceiling set by Israel. Now on a tear for 2nd dose, and movin | 1.1× | 0 | 4.9k | 1.2k | 85 |
| 92 | Mar 13, '21 | NEW RECORD and a big jump from the one set yesterday 4.58 vaccine doses in the US today! And a new Y-axis. | 1.1× | 0 | 4.9k | 1k | 35 |
| 93 | Feb 1, '22 | Our covid times by @MatttDavies | 1.1× | 0 | 5.2k | 1.2k | 99 |
| 94 | Apr 1, '21 | Not exactly. You can be vaccinated and carry the virus (carrier). But if the viral load is so low you can't transmit (not a transmitter) spread is blocked and we move onto the pand | 1.1× | 0 | 5k | 1.2k | 182 |
| 95 | Jul 17, '21 | Today's the day that Canada exceeded the US for fully vaccinated. Congratulations 🇨🇦 And 15% points ahead in 1st dose. Your belief in the evidence and support of the science is a | 1.1× | 0 | 4.8k | 1.1k | 54 |
| 96 | Jun 2, '21 | Zero. First time. Congratulations UK. Saluting the incredible hard work and solidarity that got you here 🇬🇧 #VaccinesWork | 1.0× | 0 | 5.5k | 929 | 27 |
| 97 | Nov 10, '20 | That one, @realDonaldTrump, required quite a bit of editing to get to the truth | 1.0× | 0 | 5.4k | 852 | 58 |
| 98 | May 12, '21 | We're about to hit the lowest death rate in the US for the pandemic | 0.9× | 0 | 5k | 779 | 46 |
| 99 | Mar 12, '21 | Over 2.9 million vaccines today. The new record! Blew by 100 million total given. 👏👏 | 0.9× | 0 | 4.8k | 883 | 18 |
| 100 | Apr 2, '21 | What a good Friday! First 4.0M vaccine day in the US | 0.9× | 0 | 5.3k | 585 | 16 |
| 101 | Oct 26, '20 | Interrupting covid news for some good news. A new granddaughter. Who has a big sister and brother. Our social bubble here in San Diego. | 0.8× | 0 | 5k | 44 | 5 |