Here’s “real world” efficacy of the #COVID19 vaccines on cases and deaths in #Indiana. Based on data since the end of March, becoming fully vaccinated reduces your risk of testing positive by 85% and if you do test positive your risk of death by another 85%. /1 https://t.co/VRMXsTqnhT
— Micah Pollak (@MicahPollak)
Sep 17, 2021
from http://twitter.com/MicahPollak
This is a rounding error.
Rounding towards authoritarianism. https://t.co/kQ34a5vCbi
— Dave Pell (@davepell)
Sep 16, 2021
from http://twitter.com/davepell
Why California Has One of the Lowest Covid-19 Rates in the Nation https://t.co/05ZuttrMz7
— Kirsten Bibbins-Domingo (@KBibbinsDomingo)
Sep 16, 2021
from http://twitter.com/KBibbinsDomingo
“I am scared. I am scared for all of us,” said Dr. Steven F. Nemerson, the chief clinical officer for Saint Alphonsus Health System in Boise.
https://t.co/3rUFlPfFS3
— Mike Baker (@ByMikeBaker)
Sep 16, 2021
from http://twitter.com/ByMikeBaker
If you had been at the @colts home closer @LucasOilStadium against the Carolina @Panthers on 12/22/19, you were one of 61,845 in attendance.
If the crowd was an equal distribution of the #hoosier population, then today 138 of those people would not be here because of #COVID19.
— Gabriel Bosslet (@gbosslet)
Sep 16, 2021
from http://twitter.com/gbosslet
Mirroring most of Europe (where recycling rates are high), Maine has passed a law that makes manufacturers (and not consumers) cover the costs of recycling. Fantastic…companies should be responsible for this. https://t.co/ENdEkt7wqY
— kottke.org (@kottke)
Sep 16, 2021
from http://twitter.com/kottke
1 out of every 500 Americans has died from Covid-19. Greatest country in the world, etc. https://t.co/qZRYKkPiB0
— kottke.org (@kottke)
Sep 16, 2021
from http://twitter.com/kottke
End of an era. The man who pretty much single-handedly gave birth to the UK #gamedev industry. Respect is due.
https://t.co/zpL8dKePeh
— Sir James Joustalot (@bitbull_uk)
Sep 16, 2021
from http://twitter.com/bitbull_uk
Idaho has now activated “crisis standards of care” across the state, allowing overwhelmed hospitals to ration treatment.
“The situation is dire,” says the state’s top health official.
But still no plans for a mask mandate or other restrictions.
https://t.co/3rUFlPfFS3
— Mike Baker (@ByMikeBaker)
Sep 16, 2021
from http://twitter.com/ByMikeBaker
Can we talk about the fact that
A) Cars are highly regulated, licensed, inspected and policed
B) Are known to produce harmful pollution that also remains a substantial concern and may contribute to the entire planet being uninhabitable https://t.co/8rWRlmUD7q
— Justin Hendrix (@justinhendrix)
Sep 16, 2021
from http://twitter.com/justinhendrix
“In all 50 states, legislators have proposed bills to curb such public health powers since the COVID-19 pandemic began.”
26 states have passed them.
If this is how we rise to the challenge of a threat that has killed 650,000 people, we are in big trouble going forward. https://t.co/PCsE2wLQRr
— Carl T. Bergstrom (@CT_Bergstrom)
Sep 16, 2021
from http://twitter.com/CT_Bergstrom
A note left on the hospital staff whiteboard by Dr. Kenneth Krell, director of eastern Idaho’s largest intensive care unit. #idahoCovid19 https://t.co/ez4vOvJXVr
— Sally Krutzig (@sallykrutzig)
Sep 16, 2021
from http://twitter.com/sallykrutzig
.@PeterHotez says the surge of deaths by COVID–19 are due to “a larger authoritarian effort to discredit science and scientists” from outlets like Fox News, that they are “deaths by anti-science.” He also says “we need the clergy to step up in a big way.” https://t.co/DvtwGwFoo4
— Center for Inquiry (@center4inquiry)
Sep 16, 2021
from http://twitter.com/center4inquiry
“If we’re going to give our fighting chance to have a successful school year, we’re going to need everyone who is vaccine eligible to get vaccinated and everybody masked.” “Preventing the Next Pandemic” author Dr. @PeterHotez is quoted by @MSN: https://t.co/6haBwzUAME
— Johns Hopkins University Press (@JHUPress)
Sep 16, 2021
from http://twitter.com/JHUPress
We are being regaled by @MICUBoxer regarding the flaws (and fraud) in much of the ivermectin #COVID19 studies.
Get the shot.
@iupccm https://t.co/AwF59SC3gD
— Gabriel Bosslet (@gbosslet)
Sep 16, 2021
from http://twitter.com/gbosslet
have… have they never seen Derry Girls https://t.co/ODaWvjH4pL
— rhys 👻 (@rhysdilwyn)
Sep 16, 2021
from http://twitter.com/rhysdilwyn
A new milestone tonight: Mississippi now has more covid deaths per capita than any other state.
Mississippi just surpassed New Jersey, which had held the highest death toll basically since the end of the first wave in 2020.
https://t.co/A7o4iboGaS https://t.co/vD0PiJXuAu
— Mike Baker (@ByMikeBaker)
Sep 16, 2021
from http://twitter.com/ByMikeBaker
Hospitalizations for COVID-19 in unvaccinated patients cost $5.7B in 3 months according to @KFF https://t.co/8NLfLCePc3 https://t.co/tmt7KzqSq8
— Christopher A. Longhurst (@calonghurst)
Sep 16, 2021
from http://twitter.com/calonghurst
I’m going to be straight with my like…16 followers. As a military urologist if scrotal swelling was a vaccine side effect I would be the first to know. No one is more attentive to their testicles than men in the military.
— John McCauley (@erinokp99)
Sep 15, 2021
from http://twitter.com/erinokp99
A visualization of the 7,102 known languages in the world today. https://t.co/ovXO0bl93E
— kottke.org (@kottke)
Sep 15, 2021
from http://twitter.com/kottke
Every Sport a Bowling Ball. What if you substituted a bowling ball for the ball in sports like ping pong, golf, cricket, tennis, and soccer? https://t.co/dZjr9M8O8L
— kottke.org (@kottke)
Sep 15, 2021
from http://twitter.com/kottke
The @Pfizer @US_FDA booster documents https://t.co/KMb2pfKLAv
reviews all data on effectiveness (VE) vs infection
—waning immunity not related to Delta, just a matter of time, 6% reduction of VE every 2 months
—restoration to 95% VE by 3rd shot
—recommends booster for all age 16+ https://t.co/CO5EqVON5v— Eric Topol (@EricTopol)
Sep 15, 2021
from http://twitter.com/EricTopol
Glad to see the White House and team considering #COVID19 vax for international — and domestic — air travel. Other countries have done it, and we should too.
https://t.co/z8DPfOc06p— Zeke Emanuel (@ZekeEmanuel)
Sep 15, 2021
from http://twitter.com/ZekeEmanuel
“I think what’s happening is the vaccinations may be showing greater waning of immunity over time in those (high risk) populations and that may be the reason for it.” Dr. @PeterHotez, author of “Preventing the Next Pandemic,” for @usnews: https://t.co/EsEgp61GV2
— Johns Hopkins University Press (@JHUPress)
Sep 15, 2021
from http://twitter.com/JHUPress
14 of 15 @UCSDHealth inpatients with COVID on mechanical ventilators today are not fully vaccinated #GetVaccinatedNow #VaccinesWork #VaccinesSaveLives https://t.co/rNibd9F0Ag
— Christopher A. Longhurst (@calonghurst)
Sep 15, 2021
from http://twitter.com/calonghurst
There’s this ridiculous idea going around (yet again) that most #COVID19 positive hospitalized patients were admitted for non-Covid reasons (and subsequently happened to test positive). This is nonsense. HHS tracks when this happens and here are the data for #Indiana. /1 https://t.co/K7IrkSYsEp
— Micah Pollak (@MicahPollak)
Sep 15, 2021
from http://twitter.com/MicahPollak
The map on the left is the recall results. The one on the right is the current COVID situation. https://t.co/5An0GV13hg
— Eric Ball (@DrEricBall)
Sep 15, 2021
from http://twitter.com/DrEricBall
…I worry we won’t get back to baseline. I’m concerned about potential measles outbreaks next winter-spring 2022
— Prof Peter Hotez MD PhD (@PeterHotez)
Sep 15, 2021
from http://twitter.com/PeterHotez
Lots of graphs of Covid impact by vax rates by state. This graph from @nytimes @DLeonhardt piece on Newsom landslide https://t.co/wsse1mJxGY captures differences by county in CA. It vividly makes the case for vaccines. (Of course, vaxxed places also do other things to stay safe.) https://t.co/mg3GOWulUC
— Bob Wachter (@Bob_Wachter)
Sep 15, 2021
from http://twitter.com/Bob_Wachter
NEW: lots of news recently on waning immunity against infection, but a study has now landed from Public Health England on how vaccines are faring against *severe disease & death*
This chart summarises key findings, but the paper is a real goldmine, so let’s dig into more detail: https://t.co/9wAiax8poJ
— John Burn-Murdoch (@jburnmurdoch)
Sep 15, 2021
from http://twitter.com/jburnmurdoch