Mostly for the closing line…
GOD'S TECH SUPPORT pic.twitter.com/Aka1yAgkmc
— Brittlestar (@brittlestar) December 9, 2021
The US will hit 800,000 Covid deaths by next wk. Without vaccine mandates we’ll reach one million Covid deaths in America by Q1-2 next yr. For last 6 months + from now until Q1-2 2022, almost all of these deaths among unvaccinated. Roughly 350,000 lives senselessly thrown away
— Prof Peter Hotez MD PhD (@PeterHotez) December 9, 2021
Very badly. I've run some numbers, and we have almost 300,000 deaths before we get there. https://t.co/Y21NsnbYTF
— Cheryl Rofer (@CherylRofer) December 10, 2021
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What can #COVID19 vaccine manufacturers do to help vaccinate the world quickly? @CEPIvaccines @GaviSeth @wto @NOIweala @DrTedros @GitaGopinath @IMFNews @wef @IFPMA @WorldBank @JNkengasong @_AfricanUnion https://t.co/7qfAOe66LV
— Soumya Swaminathan (@doctorsoumya) December 9, 2021
China reports 43 new asymptomatic coronavirus cases on Dec 9 vs 33 a day earlier https://t.co/3eRmE3v5PG pic.twitter.com/SwmEXA1Mo9
— Reuters (@Reuters) December 10, 2021
China's domestic air traffic recovery faltering due to zero-COVID policy https://t.co/t7xuvMwXIZ pic.twitter.com/u8jEmuYdXV
— Reuters (@Reuters) December 10, 2021
New coronavirus infections in South Korea have exceeded 7,000 for the third consecutive day in a record-breaking surge that has crushed hospitals and threatens the country’s goals to weather the pandemic without lockdowns. https://t.co/LKcSuCRRI9
— The Associated Press (@AP) December 10, 2021
S.Korea to cut COVID-19 booster shot interval again as infections rise https://t.co/sc3gHhCAAb pic.twitter.com/9KS4VlqHgg
— Reuters (@Reuters) December 10, 2021
Japan detects eight new Omicron infections, bringing total to 12 https://t.co/bZiqryNc0E pic.twitter.com/3mZkqLTzqZ
— Reuters (@Reuters) December 10, 2021
Singapore reports first locally transmitted Omicron case https://t.co/BDo0kmhxhZ pic.twitter.com/yroLbrQp64
— Reuters (@Reuters) December 10, 2021
Australia will begin administering COVID-19 vaccines for children aged 5 to 11 from January 10, Prime Minister Scott Morrison said, after the rollout cleared final regulatory hurdles https://t.co/VLrLGFPCem pic.twitter.com/YnGty0PVE4
— Reuters (@Reuters) December 10, 2021
South Africa will offer booster doses of the Pfizer and Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccines as the Omicron coronavirus variant drives daily infections towards record highs https://t.co/PWAYfBGJC5
— Reuters (@Reuters) December 10, 2021
South African scientists see no sign that the Omicron coronavirus variant is causing more severe illness, they said on Friday, as officials announced plans to roll out vaccine boosters with daily infections approaching an all-time high…
Hospital data show that COVID-19 admissions are now rising sharply in more than half of the country’s nine provinces, but deaths are not rising as dramatically and indicators such as the median length of hospital stay are reassuring…
South Africa reported more than 22,000 new COVID-19 cases on Thursday, a record during the current fourth wave of infections driven by Omicron but still below a peak of more than 26,000 daily cases during a third wave fuelled by the Delta variant.
It has fully vaccinated about 38% of adults, more than in many other African countries but well short of the government’s year-end target. It recently delayed some vaccine deliveries due to oversupply as the pace of inoculations slowed…
Glenda Gray, president of the South African Medical Research Council, said there were far more unvaccinated people among South Africa’s hospital admissions and the evidence was that the Pfizer vaccine was still offering protection.
“We are seeing that this vaccine is maintaining effectiveness. It may be slightly reduced, but we are seeing effectiveness being maintained for hospital admissions and that is very encouraging,” she said.
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.@US_FDA has authorized Pfizer booster shots for 16- & 17-years olds, without asking its vax expert panel for advice. @CDCDirector isn't expected to ask #ACIP either. This approach sidesteps what would likely have been lengthy discussion about myocarditis. https://t.co/HaTidiJQDt
— Helen Branswell (@HelenBranswell) December 9, 2021
Interesting update on the #Covid boosters for 16-17 yos story.
This is a "may" recommendation from @CDCgov, not a "should." That has repercussions for things like vaccine mandates, as @walidgellad has been noting. https://t.co/HaTidiJQDt pic.twitter.com/njcZJSBHMi— Helen Branswell (@HelenBranswell) December 9, 2021
Omicron may require a 4th vaccine dose sooner than expected, Pfizer says. Boosters are likely to help control the variant, according to the company, which said early lab experiments suggest the standard 2-dose regimen still guards against severe illness https://t.co/Hh7YYDpIfr
— delthia ricks
(@DelthiaRicks) December 9, 2021
Changes in the blood—not the heart—may underlie cardiac problems in Covid patients. Hospitalized patients are at high risk of heart injury. Viral RNA—a sign of viral infiltration—has not been found in autopsied hearts. New study shows clotting at the core https://t.co/lJZZ13cORk
— delthia ricks ?? (@DelthiaRicks) December 8, 2021
To me one of the most interesting features in the evolution of #SARSCoV2 has been that variants so far all seem to have arisen independent of each other, not building on each other. They are all “1st generation” variants.
Tom argues we’d better worry about “2nd gen variants” too https://t.co/x8zkyqwrdA— Kai Kupferschmidt (@kakape) December 9, 2021
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The Nat'l Guard has been asked to help staff hospitals in at least 4 states as another coronavirus surge is waylaying healthcare systems. The largest Indiana hospital network asked the Guard for assistance. Hospitalizations there have jumped 49% in 2 weeks https://t.co/yhV6XsAYQW
— delthia ricks
An Amtrak executive told Congress on Thursday the railroad doesn’t expect to have enough people to operate all of its trains next month, when a federal coronavirus vaccination mandate takes effect. https://t.co/AzwvUg6Zue
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) December 9, 2021
A surprise year-end decree by New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio ordering virtually all businesses to get workers vaccinated has sowed confusion and frustration — and could set off a holiday dash to force vaccine holdouts to choose between jabs or jobs. https://t.co/dOrTecpfj4
— The Associated Press (@AP) December 9, 2021
Why is @NYCMayor still insisting that it's safe to pack 100s of 1000s of revelers into Times Square this New Year's Eve? Given our soaring #COVID19 numbers, this is nuts, no, @NYCSpeakerCoJo @DrMaryTBassett @NYCComptroller @ericadamsfornyc https://t.co/NnwSRI0XTf
— Laurie Garrett (@Laurie_Garrett) December 9, 2021
“100% of COVID-19 patients in Marquette’s ICU right now are unvaccinated, and those unvaccinated patients have kept the ICU full for months…Beds are opening up because COVID-19 patients are dying.” https://t.co/kcNQXablUh
— Catherine Rampell (@crampell) December 9, 2021
I’m genuinely curious regarding funerals like this one, do people gather around abs say, ‘Wow how ironic.’ or do friends and family not even acknowledge the virus he mocked ended up killing him
— Eric Boehlert (@EricBoehlert) December 10, 2021
37 people died of Covid in Connecticut in the past week. 29 (or 78%) of them were unvaccinated – even though less than 20% of adults are unvaxxed.
The death rate for unvaxxed ppl is currently 16x higher in CT than the death rate for vaxxed ppl of the same age.
— James Surowiecki (@JamesSurowiecki) December 10, 2021
And this week's numbers are not a one-off. They've been consistent (though boosters appear to be adding to protection a bit). Over the past three months, 530 ppl have died of Covid in CT. 387 of them (71%) were not fully vaccinated.
— James Surowiecki (@JamesSurowiecki) December 10, 2021
I don’t drive drunk, but whether to drive drunk is a personal choice that people have to make on their own. https://t.co/57TeCm746t
— Dana Houle (@DanaHoule) December 9, 2021
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