COVID-19 deaths continue to be high and @CDCgov forecasting suggests they will continue to be > 10K per week for the next 4 weeks. pic.twitter.com/I97Def38wO
— Carlos del Rio (@CarlosdelRio7) February 22, 2022
Last week I wrote a piece describing the Covid-19 vaccines as a freaking miracle. The @washingtonpost editorial board agrees.
The toll of vaccine misinformation & disinformation is beyond tragic. https://t.co/z3lMABqOXA— Helen Branswell (@HelenBranswell) February 23, 2022
FDA is considering the possibility of a 2nd Covid booster shot. The agency has begun reviewing data that could lead to approval of a booster dose of the Pfizer & Moderna mRNA vaccines in the fall. Planning is still in the early stages https://t.co/OP2Q7qI43s
— delthia ricks ? (@DelthiaRicks) February 23, 2022
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Fund tackling AIDS, TB, malaria seeks $18 bln to reverse COVID disruptions https://t.co/gUroqdrCX8 pic.twitter.com/1eBWRsr5Jh
— Reuters (@Reuters) February 23, 2022
As COVID-19 vaccine supply and donations have ramped up, poorer nations are facing hurdles such as gaps in cold-chain shortage, vaccine hesitancy and a lack of money to support distribution networks, public health officials told Reuters https://t.co/u93p4Lqd5l pic.twitter.com/OFIEffSmyt
— Reuters (@Reuters) February 23, 2022
Chinese capital Beijing finds most daily local COVID cases in nearly a month https://t.co/oZTDVcoRMv pic.twitter.com/bl2h9U9gCv
— Reuters (@Reuters) February 23, 2022
Hong Kong will roll out compulsory COVID-19 testing starting in mid-March for its 7.4 million population. Residents would need to test three times under the plan with daily testing capacity reaching 1 million https://t.co/tAa6W4dFsM pic.twitter.com/LeGFxWa1sl
— Reuters (@Reuters) February 23, 2022
Hong Kong parents are being separated from children and babies who test positive for Covid, compounding public anger over the financial hub's lack of readiness for a major outbreak now sweeping the cityhttps://t.co/kO5xc5NXKL pic.twitter.com/Qq7zmuAiFS
— AFP News Agency (@AFP) February 23, 2022
Hong Kong's battle against Omicron.#AFPgraphics on Covid restrictions in place in Hong Kong pic.twitter.com/zMRHZHri8P
— AFP News Agency (@AFP) February 23, 2022
A cheery update from HKU Faculty of Medicine: social distancing measures aren't as effective as they believed, infections expected to peak at 182,923 per day (about 1 in every 39 people), not 28,000 as thought. Forecast of deaths more than tripled.https://t.co/NOq24os0Og pic.twitter.com/DNc4eKfIBO
— Mike Bird (@Birdyword) February 22, 2022
S.Korea prime minister calls for calm as COVID cases hit new record https://t.co/AGz3GnolWi pic.twitter.com/gSXMmsjmAJ
— Reuters (@Reuters) February 23, 2022
South Korea has approved Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine for children aged 5 to 11, expanding the country's immunization program in the face of a massive omicron outbreak that is driving up hospitalizations and deaths. https://t.co/2sJAJZKkaT
— The Associated Press (@AP) February 23, 2022
Singapore's daily COVID-19 cases hit record of more than 26,000 https://t.co/7TWp5p9VS9 pic.twitter.com/1uAR30IAOJ
— Reuters (@Reuters) February 23, 2022
❌❌ Posts share false claim about reliability of rapid Covid testshttps://t.co/GBmFHkNbO3
— AFP Fact Check ? (@AFPFactCheck) February 23, 2022
‘People are dying on the floor’: healthcare workers tell of Covid devastation in Solomon Islands https://t.co/IrLHP02ltx The Pacific country was coronavirus-free until last month but an outbreak of thousands of cases is overwhelming the health system.
— 9DASHLINE (@9DashLine) February 22, 2022
An axe has been taken to Covid testing in England – does it matter? https://t.co/UUcVHOGLV7
— BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) February 22, 2022
Ireland drops most of its remaining COVID restrictions https://t.co/SiRXB7atDv pic.twitter.com/FEKJCphCAE
— Reuters (@Reuters) February 22, 2022
BA.2, an #Omicron's subvariant, is expected to cause a surge in coronavirus cases in S. Africa. BA.2 is rapidly spreading in the country and could likely cause a second #omicron wave https://t.co/bXxl92MygW
— delthia ricks ? (@DelthiaRicks) February 22, 2022
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No need for a new Greek letter: Omicron is a variant of concern that's dominant worldwide. It has replaced Delta at a global level. It is being tracked in several sublineages: BA.1, BA.1.1 & BA.2. For the time being Omicron is a sufficient label for Omicron BA.1, BA.1.1 & BA.2 ⬇️ https://t.co/sWnIzPl8g3
— delthia ricks ? (@DelthiaRicks) February 23, 2022
For Covid, 'endemic' doesn't mean 'the end.' Endemic means that it's with us at a level we can manage. It doesn't mean it's no longer a health-care or public-health threat—it will still be a life-threatening disease burden https://t.co/yhVeSou46m pic.twitter.com/nXikAH8d9g
— delthia ricks ? (@DelthiaRicks) February 23, 2022
Reinfections with Omicron subvariants are rare, Danish study finds https://t.co/0FlI9MVbXd pic.twitter.com/cybV0B0x4g
— Reuters (@Reuters) February 23, 2022
Illustrated traces of #LongCovid in today's @nytimes
See the online version ?https://t.co/iaToDLfj7t
Extraordinary graphic summary, by @joshkellerjosh @NYTScience w/ @13pt @PamBelluck @AmandaMoMorris pic.twitter.com/bvDjrob0FH— Eric Topol (@EricTopol) February 22, 2022
Very small blood clot risk after first AstraZeneca COVID shot – UK studies https://t.co/IbK8A9idJv pic.twitter.com/yE9S2bkZbs
— Reuters (@Reuters) February 22, 2022
Why the U.S. depends so much on a tiny country like Denmark for new insights into variants. https://t.co/EWjUDMjjV5
— Carl Zimmer (@carlzimmer) February 22, 2022
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It's been so for months, but the #Trump vs #Biden voter survival rates in the American #COVID19 epidemic are widening. (And "purple" regions fall in between.)
In June: https://t.co/n1chzt1W3m
Now?? pic.twitter.com/HrfsHmQCQZ— Laurie Garrett (@Laurie_Garrett) February 22, 2022
U.S. Supreme Court rejects challenge to Maine COVID-19 vaccine mandate https://t.co/qi60oBNYfF pic.twitter.com/RzmmTHOEpS
— Reuters (@Reuters) February 22, 2022
Nearly 60% of New York voters want more data before the state lifts the mask mandate for schools. Right wingers responding to the same poll say school mask mandates should have already ended. But right wingers tend to be science illiterates https://t.co/I9vTXmf45v
— delthia ricks ? (@DelthiaRicks) February 23, 2022
Hon, I say this with all love and no judgment: you don't need the government to "open" things. You need a therapist to explain that the past you long to return to isn't coming back.
A lot of us need that, really. https://t.co/OARmeMjFwI
— Ana Mardoll (@AnaMardoll) February 12, 2022
1 million people are dead. God knows how many more have been permanently disabled. Thousands of businesses have closed. None of that is going to be undone. I wish we could.
The subway isn’t as busy as you remember because some people are working from home, some people quit their jobs to homeschool their kids, some people are sick, and some people are dead. A proclamation from the mayor isn’t going to fill their empty seats for you.
The restaurants and bars aren’t as full as you remember because some people are staying home for their own safety, some people are staying home for their children’s safety, some people can’t afford to eat out now, and…some people are dead…
David is mourning the fact that people haven't voluntarily returned to their pre-pandemic lives. He, and others, need to understand that is not going to happen. The post-pandemic world is going to be different for us, because that's how trauma and global events work.
— Ana Mardoll (@AnaMardoll) February 12, 2022
— Conservative Self-Owns (@ConSelfOwns) February 22, 2022
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