Omicron typical transmission 3 days:
https://mobile.twitter.com/amymaxmen/status/1532072000696762368
Serial Intervals and Household Transmission of SARS-CoV-2 Omicron Variant, South Korea, 2021 – Emerg Infect Dis. (2022 Apr)
Thread on false negatives:
https://mobile.twitter.com/michaelmina_lab/status/1531030561082458112
Still a LOT of confusion about “False Neg (FN)” results on PCR (& rapid)
Like a pregnancy test ANY test will be Neg if used too soon
PCR swab w/in 1 day of exposure may have a 95% FN rate
Within 2 days may be 60% False Neg
3 days 30%
by 4-5 days MOST ppl will turn pos
Gear up for another COVID summer:
BA.4 and BA.5 viruses are more than four times as likely to escape antibodies in people who’ve been vaccinated and boosted compared with BA.2 viruses
New variants are poised to keep Covid-19 circulating at high levels throughout the summer
Even mild cases can result in brain fog:
Mild respiratory COVID can cause multi-lineage neural cell and myelin dysregulation, Fernandez-Casteneda et al (2022)
https://mobile.twitter.com/michelle_monje/status/1536262549502676996
–> found cognitive impairment similar to chemo patients
