Here it is.
Not that good..but I am enjoying how much it is annoying some people pic.twitter.com/mSGEjUE0QH
— Neil Stone (@DrNeilStone) November 14, 2021
U.S. administers 449.5 mln doses of COVID-19 vaccines – CDC https://t.co/L56RlNmYJT pic.twitter.com/GF3FSDHjuw
— Reuters (@Reuters) November 21, 2021
Thread:
The United States is not taking its 5th major wave seriously.
In November, new cases have increased 30% starting from the high level of 70,000/day. With that hospitalizations and deaths are increasing again.
We haven't taken heed from Europe 4 timeshttps://t.co/SdYbvc2Wm4 /1— Eric Topol (@EricTopol) November 20, 2021
Demand for COVID-19 home tests could exceed supply as more Americans try to screen themselves before the holiday season. Retail chains like CVS say they have restocked home test supplies. But experts warn that a winter surge could overwhelm inventory. https://t.co/T92ukJk91u
— The Associated Press (@AP) November 20, 2021
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China reports 17 new coronavirus cases for Nov 20 vs 23 day earlier https://t.co/5JUq8sg4aj pic.twitter.com/IC3KR8diku
— Reuters (@Reuters) November 21, 2021
Two women whose relatives died from the coronavirus at home are questioning the Japanese government's policy of having some infected people recuperate in their own homes. Japan boasts one of the world's most affordable and accessible public health systems. https://t.co/WVuMWhFIdt
— The Associated Press (@AP) November 21, 2021
More than 200 foreign tourists arrived on Vietnam’s Phu Quoc island, the first to visit the Southeast Asian country after nearly two years of border closure due to the COVID-19 pandemic. https://t.co/X3rPgkrfx1
— The Associated Press (@AP) November 20, 2021
Thread: Sputnik V should be playing a larger role in global pandemic response, but Moscow's push for quick PR win led it to overestimate its ability to manufacture, produce, export it. Here's our latest on Sputnik V's troubles 1/8 https://t.co/GlkIGG8H1L
— Paul Stronski (@pstronski) November 15, 2021
Rush to market the vaccine undermined faith in it at home & abroad. Its advocates didn't do due diligence to guarantee production on massive quantities; global supply chain, quality control & shipping probs complicate things 3/8
— Paul Stronski (@pstronski) November 15, 2021
Without broad pharma experience, Sputnik has struggled (or in some cases didn't try) to navigate the top global regulators approval processes. 5/8
— Paul Stronski (@pstronski) November 15, 2021
Russia's new Sputnik Light one-shot dose is meant to help address production shortfalls, but its not really new. Its just dose #1 of Sputnik V, without the harder to produce dose #2. 7/8
— Paul Stronski (@pstronski) November 15, 2021
As #COVID19 cases & deaths surge across Europe, Univ. of Cambridge researchers say clamps down on the unvaccinated and social mingling, or Europe will see another 300,000 deaths in coming weeks.https://t.co/4ARED2wCHv
— Laurie Garrett (@Laurie_Garrett) November 20, 2021
As #COVID16 resurges across all of Europe and the UK, governments turn to compulsory vaccination, lockdowns, vaccine passports & a host of other strict efforts to staunch the #SARSCoV2 flames. pic.twitter.com/eqLG4vT0uP
— Laurie Garrett (@Laurie_Garrett) November 20, 2021
Ukraine has one of Europe's lowest COVID-19 vaccination rates and a struggling and underfunded health care system, pushing doctors to the limit. https://t.co/d0miFoIpGz
— AP Europe (@AP_Europe) November 21, 2021
Dutch police detain dozens in a second night of COVID-19 rioting https://t.co/7HGk2UdfXi pic.twitter.com/Mf7YW7Jrqv
— Reuters (@Reuters) November 21, 2021
Britain’s Health Security Agency closed down a lab that sent out false-negative results. Afterwards, the region’s reported case rate soared https://t.co/ys8ElE6VEv
— The Economist (@TheEconomist) November 20, 2021
datapoint for the theory of Johnson as 'bad uncle', the adult in authority who gives you permission to indulge your own worst instincts and is therefore morality proof. But probably just an excuse. https://t.co/WC2dvlS5qN
— jamie k (@jkbloodtreasure) November 21, 2021
A video that’s circulating online suggests that U.K. supermarket Sainsbury’s has installed COVID-19 vaccine passport scanners in its stores. But the tech is actually for an in-store shopping app. https://t.co/0TqX208Mss
— AP Fact Check (@APFactCheck) November 21, 2021
Brazil reports 217 COVID deaths in 24 hours, toll average lowest since April 2020 -ministry https://t.co/DqKIjHCOHE pic.twitter.com/WAorMmOCxc
— Reuters (@Reuters) November 21, 2021
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We now have amazing @US_FDA authorized therapeutics for #covid19– but they are useless if we don’t know you have disease.
If you have symptoms or a high risk exposure, please try to get tested ASAP!
— Jerome Adams (@JeromeAdamsMD) November 20, 2021
Delta-like variants are likely to increase the pandemic's severity, a new study shows. Variants w/ traits similar to Delta—enhanced transmissibility & an ability to infect people w/ previous infections/vaccination—will ↑ as the virus continues to mutate https://t.co/4tH44jhGl4 pic.twitter.com/ULufPGz4jb
— delthia ricks ? (@DelthiaRicks) November 19, 2021
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An investigation by the New York State Assembly Judiciary Committee found that former Gov. Andrew Cuomo's administration "materially misrepresented" the extent of deaths that occurred in nursing homes in the early months of the pandemic.https://t.co/PUS8hmSQnq
— The New York Times (@nytimes) November 19, 2021
New, boutique anti-vaxxism — from the “Left”:
"I'm the kind of socialist who thinks of vaccination as a matter of individual consumer preference even though they have to be taken collectively to work optimally, and deeply resents the calls of my friends for social solidarity" so like the Ayn Rand school of socialism
— Scott Lemieux (@LemieuxLGM) November 20, 2021
Everyone must contribute to the pandemic according to their ability.
— Stephen Raab (@OneTrueStephen) November 20, 2021
maybe it wasn’t the place for this, but i think the author really could have spent at least a little more time trying to unpack where “lying to and endangering your fellow workers and community” fits, from a socialist/progressive viewpoint
— GOLIKEHELLMACHINE (@golikehellmachi) November 20, 2021
Most of our parents just got us vaccinated so we didn’t get sick. It was amazing. https://t.co/g2eTeeGgG5
— ☣️ Michael Ç̸̠͎͉̹̼̠͔̗̓̐̐̓̓̀͝͝. Bazaco ☣️ (@MCBazacoPhD) November 21, 2021
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