The death toll of antivax is equivalent to a major war. https://t.co/ep5nilM8fn
— Noah Smith ?+?=? (@Noahpinion) February 3, 2022
I’ll let those of you who understand numbers argue about the validity of the above.
The U.S. has lost 13.5 million years of life during the pandemic. 100s of 1000s more people died since 2020 than expected. Scientists know this based on a metric called excess deaths—a comparison of the recorded number of deaths vs. what would be expected https://t.co/B0V9kZ63M0
— delthia ricks ? (@DelthiaRicks) February 3, 2022
Medicare will provide free at-home Covid tests beginning in the spring, govt officials say. Beneficiaries can pick up kits at the point of sale w/out having to be reimbursed. It's the 1st time Medicare will pay the entire cost of an over-the-counter test https://t.co/lgxvNXGVhd
— delthia ricks ? (@DelthiaRicks) February 4, 2022
New @KFF analysis finds that >200,000 residents and staff in long-term care facilities have died, accounting for nearly 1 in 4 COVID-19 deaths in the US.
This loss is staggering, especially since these facilities account for ~1% of the population.https://t.co/u7YptJcieG
— Priya Chidambaram (@preetabread) February 3, 2022
As a result, the US death rate is now ~80% of its peak before vaccines and rising, whereas countries with high vaccination rates are 20-30% of their pandemic peak pic.twitter.com/YL8A1sQPyd
— Eric Topol (@EricTopol) February 3, 2022
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Beijing Games see 21 new COVID cases on Feb 3 vs 55 a day earlier https://t.co/lKMJ7Jm0tF pic.twitter.com/NihnahyWiD
— Reuters (@Reuters) February 4, 2022
#BREAKING: Two sources have said Hong Kong health authorities have determined China’s Sinovac vaccine is of no use against the Delta and Omicron variants, thus toughening control measures to minimise any chances of infection. About 40% of the inoculated population chose Sinovac.
— Ezra Cheung (@ezracheungtoto) February 4, 2022
Local media HK01 yesterday reported that health officials would further tighten social distancing measures, including reducing the number of diners in restaurants from four to two people per table, and boosting daily testing capacity to 200,000 individuals, from 100,000.
— Ezra Cheung (@ezracheungtoto) February 4, 2022
India reports over 500,000 deaths from COVID-19, experts count millions more https://t.co/03fKhdKGWi pic.twitter.com/5okQXvvvwr
— Reuters (@Reuters) February 4, 2022
… The country, which has the fourth-highest tally of deaths globally, recorded 400,000 deaths by July 2021 after the devastating outbreak from the Delta variant of the coronavirus, according to official data. Some believe the figures were much higher.
“Our study published in the journal Science estimates 3 million COVID deaths in India until mid-2021 using three different databases,” Chinmay Tumbe, an assistant professor at the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, who co-authored the study, told Reuters.
Last month, the Indian government dismissed the study as baseless in a notification saying there is a robust system of birth and death reporting.
India’s states record deaths from COVID after collating data from their districts. In the last few months, several states have updated the number of deaths, some under pressure from the country’s top court. In most instances, authorities said there were lapses due to delayed registrations and other administrative errors…
Last month, the government eased testing norms and told states to drop mandatory testing for contacts of confirmed cases unless they were old or battling other conditions. But, with the number of tests falling, the government issued a revised circular warning states they would miss the spread of the virus.
According to official figures, India’s overall number of COVID infections has reached 41.95 million, the second-highest globally behind the United States.
To prevent new surges, the government has vaccinated three-fourths of the eligible 939 million adult population with the mandatory two-dose regime…
In Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s home state of Gujarat, authorities have received over 100,000 claims for COVID-19 compensation, of which 87,000 claims have been approved, according to a senior government official.
The number of claims received is nearly 10 times the official COVID-19 death toll of 10,545, as per government data.
“There has not been any under-reporting of COVID-19 deaths…The policy for paying compensation is very liberal as per the Supreme Court’s directives, which is why the number of applicants is more than the COVID-19 deaths,” the official said, declining to be identified due to the sensitive nature of discussions.
Japan's serious COVID cases climb to 4-month high; record infections https://t.co/McEnRy3Qc7 pic.twitter.com/6C1Zq94Mb8
— Reuters (@Reuters) February 4, 2022
S.Korea extends social distancing rules as Omicron cases spike https://t.co/Hyjbe1LdIq pic.twitter.com/5D3VU7oKsg
— Reuters (@Reuters) February 4, 2022
Direct international flights to Bali have resumed for the first time in two years as Indonesia opens the resort island to foreign travelers from all countries, but mandatory quarantine remains in place for all visitors. https://t.co/YEd3jUQVVk
— The Associated Press (@AP) February 4, 2022
For more than two years, the isolation of the Pacific nation of Tonga helped keep COVID-19 at bay. But last month’s volcanic eruption and tsunami brought outside deliveries of desperately needed fresh water and medicine — and brought the virus. https://t.co/VprZHtIeAL
— The Associated Press (@AP) February 4, 2022
Russia reported another record number of new coronavirus infections Friday with a total of 168,201 new Covid-19 cases and 682 deaths recorded over the last 24 hourshttps://t.co/MkBmnxbv5T
— The Moscow Times (@MoscowTimes) February 4, 2022
Germany's health experts divided over COVID curbs as infections hit record https://t.co/Bn1jHOmDrh pic.twitter.com/Im8ACGfnxQ
— Reuters (@Reuters) February 4, 2022
Austria's sweeping #Covid vaccine mandate is becoming law. The measure requires everyone 18 or older to be vaccinated against the coronavirus. The mandate is wider-ranging than any other European country https://t.co/8S1iOP0DLy pic.twitter.com/rIWKFTpQDB
— delthia ricks ? (@DelthiaRicks) February 4, 2022
Spain is ending its outdoor mask mandate on Feb. 10, reversing a late December order that was put into place because of the omicron coronavirus variant. The government says infection levels have now peaked. https://t.co/oecHvge5rU
— AP Europe (@AP_Europe) February 4, 2022
Every African country that has screened for it, is finding #BA2 subtype of #Omicron, spreading rapidly across the continent, says @WHO .https://t.co/sSTHdVwewq
— Laurie Garrett (@Laurie_Garrett) February 3, 2022
Please read the story for details & nuance. They don't intend on infringing on Moderna's patents, and many steps remain before this vaccine would be ready for people. Rather, this is a first step towards self-sufficiency.
— Amy Maxmen, PhD (@amymaxmen) February 3, 2022
The Canadian government will not use troops against truckers whose nearly week-long protest of coronavirus vaccine mandates has brought traffic in central Ottawa to a halt, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said https://t.co/yFsXpb74uG pic.twitter.com/ypESMuhuV4
— Reuters (@Reuters) February 4, 2022
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In a study of unvaccinated US adults up to 20 months, antibodies were detected in 99% of people who reported a positive COVID-19 test result, in 55% who believed they had COVID-19 but were never tested, and in 11% who believed they had never had #COVID19. https://t.co/03md2KhvGL
— JAMA (@JAMA_current) February 3, 2022
Volunteers deliberately infected w/ SARSCoV2 became contagious in just 2 days, much earlier than scientists originally estimated. Finding is from the 1st human Covid 'challenge trial.' UK study had 36 young/healthy volunteers. Viral load peaked at day 5 https://t.co/xJx2cwLJ7E
— delthia ricks ? (@DelthiaRicks) February 3, 2022
New research confirms that #Omicron has a decreased capacity to enter lung cells compared with other variants—but that doesn't mean it's free of consequences. Omicron is a paradox. Like other variants, it can make people extremely sick & cause some to die https://t.co/XaKppnfEHz pic.twitter.com/G3YHcg8eIs
— delthia ricks ? (@DelthiaRicks) February 3, 2022
SARSCoV2's spike proteins bind to the heart's vascular cells, possibly contributing to severe microvascular damage. The condition is seen in severely-ill Covid patients. UK researchers say the spikes trigger an inflammatory state https://t.co/AQBSXv8rfz
— delthia ricks ? (@DelthiaRicks) February 3, 2022
"But “I’ve yet to see where they are really moving the needle in terms of actually getting people better.”
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— Diana Zicklin Berrent ? (@dianaberrent) February 3, 2022
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Lot of fighting RE vax mandates for public employees is safety of co-workers/public w whom they interact, vs the employees’ freedumb. There’s too little talk about responsibility of public workers to be available to perform their work duties for which they are paid via our taxes
— Dana Houle (@DanaHoule) January 24, 2022
The responsibility to vax is not just to avoid getting others sick, it’s also so you can increase the likelihood that you’ll be able to fulfill your responsibilities to others. And it’s important not just w public employees. The obvious category of people who need to vax…
…to be available to others is health care workers & first responders. But really it’s anyone who has someone who depends on them for something important: for financial support, for physical assistance, for guidance, for companionship, for love.
And, of course, for parenting…
I’m sure none of these thoughts are original or deep. But I think it may help to talk a bit less about the making others sick—if that argument hasn’t convinced them yet, I doubt it ever will—& more on how we need them to be around to fulfill their responsibilities to others
I would hope there’s been polling on the messaging of not getting sick/limiting the severity of the illness so that you can fulfill your responsibilities to others/because others depend on you being healthy. If not, there should be ASAP
Thoroughly dishonest counter-argument:
You may personally think this ad is BS or whatever. But as a political matter, giving your opponents the ability to run an ad like this is a big self-own. And clock is ticking on fixing it. https://t.co/5y2Q2MxQdk
— Tim Miller (@Timodc) February 3, 2022
as long as we can't enforce vaccinations, we're always going to have some kind of scattered, temporary closures or inconveniences, and it's in the republican party's interest for those to happen as often as possible.
— GOLIKEHELLMACHINE (@golikehellmachi) February 3, 2022
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