Superstar @Ciara, here to promote vaccines for kids 5-11, delivers an impromptu press conference in the White House briefing room with cameos from her sons Future (7) and Win (1) pic.twitter.com/8AypmQF888
— Nancy Cordes (@nancycordes) November 17, 2021
Getting your child vaccinated is the best way to protect them from COVID, including the Delta variant. The vaccine is safe, effective, and if your child gets their first shot this week, they can be fully vaccinated by the holidays.
Find an appointment at https://t.co/S2DQV6MlBv. pic.twitter.com/5qs6oywB5N
— The White House (@WhiteHouse) November 17, 2021
It's a reason for everyone to get vaccinated. We have no idea how long this will last, but it looks like it may be a public health problem (not to mention what it will do to the individuals affected) for some time. https://t.co/qhMPF6ecYj
— Cheryl Rofer (@CherylRofer) November 18, 2021
This isn't good, folks, and tells where we're headed
—USA new cases today 115,000, 7-day average up to ~88,000, a 14% increase in a week
—Hospitalizations are on the rise again, 850 more today, to ~48,000
—Over 1,700 deathshttps://t.co/xStmHRzwg2— Eric Topol (@EricTopol) November 18, 2021
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From a long thread:
The recent update to quarantine rules for overseas travelers coming into Shenyang takes the cake. 28 days in a hotel, 28 days at home. Let’s have a look at what that means for foreign and Chinese companies alike. THREAD 1/
— Jacob Gunter (@Jacob_T_Gunter) November 16, 2021
This affects Chinese companies too. What if such a failure at a foreign OEM occurs and you’re a local supplier who loses demand?
More significantly, a lot of the Chinese companies that use high end equipment from the EU, Japan, US, etc. face the same issue if they want… 12/
— Jacob Gunter (@Jacob_T_Gunter) November 16, 2021
I imagine there are a lot of business leaders nervously praying to the gods of industry that their machinery holds up.
Unfortunately for them, China has already demonstrated a willingness to accept high econ costs to prevent even the most negligible risks re COVID. 14/
— Jacob Gunter (@Jacob_T_Gunter) November 16, 2021
But I can’t even fathom the scientific basis for eight weeks of quarantine.
What we can be sure of is that the economic costs will become steeper as machinery is strained and upgrades are delayed because of the unreal length of quarantines that only seem to get longer. End/
— Jacob Gunter (@Jacob_T_Gunter) November 16, 2021
The rumour that SARS was a CIA bio-weapon was rife in 2003, but I don’t recall it ever receiving the kind of official boosting that this has. On the other hand I’m not sure the Chinese government ever fully acknowledged that SARS emerged first in China either.
— Gilman Grundy (@FOARP) November 18, 2021
South Korea reported its biggest daily jump in coronavirus infections since the start of the pandemic as hundreds of thousands of masked students took the highly competitive college entrance exam. https://t.co/l6Hha5NJU2
— The Associated Press (@AP) November 18, 2021
S.Korea reports record new COVID-19 cases as serious infections cause worry https://t.co/rbvzyuMyPS pic.twitter.com/DkzrXaMa2p
— Reuters (@Reuters) November 18, 2021
Melbourne's pubs and cafes can have unlimited patrons from Thursday night, while stadiums can return to full capacity as authorities lifted nearly all remaining COVID-19 restrictions for the vaccinated residents in Australia's second-largest city https://t.co/qbJktWewNK
— Reuters (@Reuters) November 18, 2021
Russia has confirmed 37,374 Covid-19 infections and a new record of 1,251 deaths in the past 24 hours https://t.co/DZPeGdBXjp
— The Moscow Times (@MoscowTimes) November 18, 2021
A year and a half since the coronavirus pandemic closed borders worldwide and halted nearly all international travel, Russia is slowly reopening to other countries https://t.co/k6GV8niSZ1 pic.twitter.com/Clf5nw3iah
— The Moscow Times (@MoscowTimes) November 17, 2021
A Far East Russian region has become the first in the country to introduce vaccine passports for internal flights as federal lawmakers race to mandate health passes for public transport and other areas https://t.co/0c1tAOJ8Yk
— The Moscow Times (@MoscowTimes) November 18, 2021
The World Health Organization says coronavirus deaths in Europe rose by 5% in the last week, making it the only region in the world where COVID-19 mortality increased. It was the seventh straight week that COVID-19 cases continued to mount across Europe. https://t.co/pvKWk5ISVC
— The Associated Press (@AP) November 17, 2021
Sounds familiar:
Vaccinated vs. unvaccinated: Europe’s Covid culture war. In pockets of Europe, vaccine resistance has become part of the populist nationalist movement https://t.co/SvJklpUZ2p
— delthia ricks
(@DelthiaRicks) November 17, 2021
The Czech Republic and Slovakia hit new records for daily COVID-19 infections, prompting both to plan new restrictions against unvaccinated people. Thousands protested in Prague and Bratislava against the new rules. https://t.co/PkDKVsR2UZ
— AP Europe (@AP_Europe) November 17, 2021
The head of Germany’s disease control agency has warned that the country faces a “really terrible Christmas” unless steps are taken to counter the sharp rise in coronavirus infections. https://t.co/9jE7C7sdMa
— The Associated Press (@AP) November 18, 2021
A subvariant of Delta that is growing in Britain is less likely to lead to symptomatic COVID-19 infection, a coronavirus prevalence survey found, adding that overall cases had dropped from a peak in October https://t.co/ATWGnrgzza
— Reuters (@Reuters) November 18, 2021
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In the lab: A low-cost SARSCoV2 vax designed for older adults w/ waning immunity is showing promise in lab research. Formulation created by vaccinologists at Boston Children's Precision Vaccines Program uses part of SARS2's spike protein & immune boosters https://t.co/6SY124Vbbg
— delthia ricks
Over a year and a half into a pandemic that has laid bare racial inequities, and only 8 states are reporting vaccinations by race and ethnicity for kids.@SArtiga2 https://t.co/tYoQqVkznI
— Larry Levitt (@larry_levitt) November 17, 2021
Analysis of VA system cases of breakthrough #COVID19 in vaccinated adults finds they, "exhibit lower risks of death and post-acute sequelae than people with COVID-19 who were not previously vaccinated for it."https://t.co/NwxJomP3KC
— Laurie Garrett (@Laurie_Garrett) November 17, 2021
Deltaplus, Lambda & Mu are all variants of #SARSCoV2. What do scientists know about them as we enter another winter & infections have again begun surging in many parts of the world? https://t.co/LDcj81yn0X
— delthia ricks
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100,000 Americans died of drug overdoses in 12 months during the pandemic – "It is the first time that drug-related deaths have reached six figures in any 12-month period." https://t.co/27YDcSuBvD
— Katie Rogers (@katierogers) November 17, 2021
The NFL is requiring players and staff to wear masks inside team facilities regardless of vaccination status for a week starting on Thanksgiving, and they must be tested twice for COVID-19 after the holiday.
— AP NFL (@AP_NFL) November 17, 2021
Looking like Texas will soon eclipse California as the worst affected state in the nation in terms of total COVID-19 deaths. We'll get there from the 20,000 unvaccinated Texans over the summer/fall who died because they refused vaccinations.
Death by antiscience aggression— Prof Peter Hotez MD PhD (@PeterHotez) November 17, 2021
GOP Rep. Glenn Grothman on vaccine mandates: “It is such a gross grab of power to think you can tell other people what you have to do with your body.”
Yes, he wants to outlaw abortion. pic.twitter.com/CjeNKycZst
— Ron Filipkowski (@RonFilipkowski) November 18, 2021
Evidence ivermectin doesn't work: Pierre Kory the doctor who says ivermectin is a wonder drug was diagnosed w/ Covid. He's a developer of the ivermectin protocol purported to prevent Covid. Diagnosis was in August & disclosed this wk by a newspaper. Quack. https://t.co/BvzJ4q3TGR pic.twitter.com/pzmKq1N8RN
— delthia ricks
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