Trevor Bedford

@trvrb

Scientist @fredhutch, studying viruses, evolution and immunity. Collection of #COVID19 threads here: bedford.io/misc/twitter/

Seattle, WA

Trevor Bedford
@trvrb
Dec 5, 2022
Currently, the US is reporting about 54k daily cases of COVID-19 (16 per 100k per capita) and the UK is reporting about 4k (6 per 100k). This seems comfortingly low compared to even this summer's BA.5 wave and let alone last winter's BA.1 wave. Figure from @OurWorldInData. 1/16
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Trevor Bedford
@trvrb
Aug 26, 2022
I was invited by @VandammeAm and other organizers of the #VEME2022 Virus Evolution and Molecular Epidemiology Workshop to present my perspective on applying pathogen phylogenetics for decision making. Slides from my talk are available here: bedford.io/talks/phylogen….
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Trevor Bedford
@trvrb
Aug 16, 2022
Largely through partial immune escape, lineage BA.5 viruses resulted in sizable epidemics throughout much of the world. However, in most countries these epidemics are now beginning to wind down. What do we expect after BA.5? 1/10
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Trevor Bedford
@trvrb
Aug 3, 2022
Based on the experience in winter 2020/2021, seasonal influence on SARS-CoV-2 transmission is quite clear, but much of the Northern Hemisphere is currently experiencing large summer epidemics driven the spread of evolved BA.5 viruses. 1/11
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Trevor Bedford
@trvrb
Jul 20, 2022
There seems to be a worry that telling people we've exited the "pandemic phase" will lead to further reduced precautions. As always however, I think it's best not to conduct messaging for intended behavioral effect and just try to make scientifically accurate statements. 1/5
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