The 125,682 ‘breakthrough’ cases represent less than 0.08% of the 164.2 million-plus people fully vaccinated since January
Media Outlets Called Out for Framing of Covid Cases in Fully Vaxed https://t.co/QxVf9l0m78
— Kirsten Bibbins-Domingo (@KBibbinsDomingo)
Aug 1, 2021
from http://twitter.com/KBibbinsDomingo
Bay Area counties that actively enforced COVID-19 orders primarily policed businesses that drew customer complaints.
Meanwhile, employers that saw COVID spread among their employees almost always avoided disciplinary action. w/ @fiona_kelliher @mercnews https://t.co/emAuTmMDmN
— Maggie Angst (@MaggieAngst)
Aug 1, 2021
from http://twitter.com/MaggieAngst
@jbarro Nursing Home workers have substantially lower vaccination rates than the general public
We have a lot of work to do
— Ashish K. Jha, MD, MPH (@ashishkjha)
Aug 1, 2021
from http://twitter.com/ashishkjha
#Vaccines at a party. 😂 https://t.co/F7462Bqz2c
— MarcelaSaebLima (@MarcelaSaebL)
Jul 31, 2021
from http://twitter.com/MarcelaSaebL
This is mobility data from Apple. https://t.co/FOjVbeF6el https://t.co/4QXYgzmBIj
— Farzad Mostashari (@Farzad_MD)
Jul 31, 2021
from http://twitter.com/Farzad_MD
Why are we seeing so many terrible headlines not only from the tabloids but from the “reputable” papers and wire services as well?
Part of the problem is that the reporter who penned the article seldom writes the headline.
It used to be an issue of layout; now it’s about SEO.
— Carl T. Bergstrom (@CT_Bergstrom)
Jul 31, 2021
from http://twitter.com/CT_Bergstrom
Fine @apoorva_nyc @nytimes piece on P-town outbreak & CDC’s new guidance. I’m quoted. https://t.co/7bTSLJIUUL Everybody’s walking a fine line between honestly presenting new science (some concerning) & not causing over-reaction. Easy to be confused, but vaccines still work great.
— Bob Wachter (@Bob_Wachter)
Jul 31, 2021
from http://twitter.com/Bob_Wachter
Pretty damn impressive
Thanks Darren Lu @Reddit https://t.co/ST6ueaaoY1— Eric Topol (@EricTopol)
Jul 31, 2021
from http://twitter.com/EricTopol
Disney and Walmart, two of America’s largest employers, have both announced that they’re requiring employees be vaccinated.
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1)
Jul 31, 2021
from http://twitter.com/kylegriffin1
New communication challenge: “I’m not getting vaxxed ‘cuz I’m as likely to infect others as if I’m not vaxxed.”
Answer: no you’re not. Even if a vaxxed person w/ breakthru infection is as likely to transmit as unvaxxed infected, chances of GETTING the infection is ~1/8th as high.— Bob Wachter (@Bob_Wachter)
Jul 30, 2021
from http://twitter.com/Bob_Wachter
So, 74% of these approximately 900 people were fully immunized. Many developed symptoms. Seven were hospitalized. This is what the new fuss is about regarding #DeltaVariant. Get the jab. Mask up. https://t.co/f8EOkrhzfC
— Gregg Gonsalves (@gregggonsalves)
Jul 30, 2021
from http://twitter.com/gregggonsalves
The CDC document that was discussed in @washingtonpost today https://t.co/59FtxhE5f5 is now on line: https://t.co/141Fz4vzpW
The WashPo shared it with me before publication for reactions, and I’m quoted. Some thoughts follow. (1/13)— Bob Wachter (@Bob_Wachter)
Jul 30, 2021
from http://twitter.com/Bob_Wachter
BREAKING: The CDC is expected to release data on Friday showing that vaccinated people may transmit the Delta variant, a finding that prompted its new masking advice.
https://t.co/yfVXjreg86
— Apoorva Mandavilli (@apoorva_nyc)
Jul 29, 2021
from http://twitter.com/apoorva_nyc
This week vaccine mandates went from a possibility to a reality for thousands of workers in the US. https://t.co/OTMJi3y8Uu
— WIRED (@WIRED)
Jul 29, 2021
from http://twitter.com/WIRED
Agree, we need a robust verification system – so much of everything depends on being able to trust that someone is or isn’t vaccinated. And we know that even showing a CDC card isn’t a reliable marker of vaccination. This should have been done months ago, but is more urgent now. https://t.co/TwzMSaTYeE
— Bob Wachter (@Bob_Wachter)
Jul 29, 2021
from http://twitter.com/Bob_Wachter
Some Delta U-turns can be short-lived
@OurWorldInData https://t.co/8BSuADvN1p— Eric Topol (@EricTopol)
Jul 29, 2021
from http://twitter.com/EricTopol
In Florida, the sharp increase in hospitalizations, surpassing its second wave, in a state at the US average (49%) for fully vaccinated, is concerning, to say the least
https://t.co/PXIAAB5kDG https://t.co/LulPC6I9HH— Eric Topol (@EricTopol)
Jul 29, 2021
from http://twitter.com/EricTopol
Love to look at this figure: first wave: not many cases (but likely under diagnosing) but many deaths; second wave: many cases & deaths; third wave: many cases and very few deaths. That is the power of vaccines! https://t.co/MAuihn56Ec
— Carlos del Rio (@CarlosdelRio7)
Jul 29, 2021
from http://twitter.com/CarlosdelRio7
New San Francisco numbers (69% of total population fully vaxxed; 77% of >12 year olds):
City (Figure L):
6/28: avg of 16 cases/d
7/28: avg of 149 cases/d@UCSFHospitals (Fig R)
6/28: 5 patients in hospital, 2 in ICU
7/28: 39 pts in hosp, 13 in ICUGet vaccinated, be careful. https://t.co/ONnBnH45Qg
— Bob Wachter (@Bob_Wachter)
Jul 28, 2021
from http://twitter.com/Bob_Wachter
If, like me, you are feeling edgy and uncertain right now, I hope this clear-eyed advice from @ashishkjha in @NewYorker helps steady you, as it did for me. https://t.co/RAI3q7uE64
— Julia Silverman (@jrlsilverman)
Jul 28, 2021
from http://twitter.com/jrlsilverman
Some people are more outraged at Simone Biles than Larry Nassar. That tells you all you need to know.
— Dave Pell (@davepell)
Jul 28, 2021
from http://twitter.com/davepell
I’m so depressed re: the Delta-related uptick in cases & hospitalizations. All of us were ready to be done w/ Covid, but the damn virus isn’t ready.
That said, for someone who thinks about the intersection of science & policy, I can’t remember a more fascinating couple of days.
— Bob Wachter (@Bob_Wachter)
Jul 28, 2021
from http://twitter.com/Bob_Wachter
My initial reaction was hell no. I’m as disappointed as anyone with people who have refused the vaccine. But then I thought of all the frontline doctors and nurses who sacrificed and endured so much. We can’t ask them to go through another wave. I’m masking up indoors for them.😷 https://t.co/d5Ie3bDLW6
— Andrew Baggarly (@extrabaggs)
Jul 28, 2021
from http://twitter.com/extrabaggs
I’m a restaurant critic. It’s my job to dine out. Yet even though the restaurant shutdown ended nearly a month ago on Long Island, where I’ve been living since March, I still haven’t ordered anything except takeout. In fact I haven’t sat down for dine-in service in over 122 days, with no plans to change course. Resurgent COVID-19 infections prompted Gov. Andrew Cuomo to announce today that he’s pushing back the onset of indoor dining in the city. That’s a good start, but if you care about the safety of your fellow humans amid a pandemic that has killed over half a million globally and sickened many more — myself included — you should consider a stronger measure. You might consider not drinking or dining out at all, not even outdoors.
Via: Eater Critic Ryan Sutton Outlines Why He Won’t Eat At Restaurants Right Now – Eater NY
It has been a summer of compromises, a season of bending the rules. If I wear a mask and I keep my distance, I can go for a walk with a friend. Hand sanitizer is a bulwark that allows my kids to play on an otherwise empty jungle gym. I believe the backyard has magical properties that will, probably, make it just safe enough to see people and talk to them. In the sun and fresh breeze, we give each other air hugs from six-ish feet away.
Meanwhile, my hair grows, untrimmed, past my clavicle. When my friend, in some ways far more stringent on her social distancing and mask wearing than I am, told me about going in for her first cut since March, I winced involuntarily. I assume it’s roughly the same face that she made when I confessed my masked trip to a clothing store to buy some summer dresses. Both of us know the safest thing — the thing most likely to prevent the spread of COVID-19 — would be to stay at home, alone. But we know we won’t do that now. Can’t do it. The idea of sticking with the safest thing has become almost as unthinkable as indulging in the danger of a movie in a theater or a drink at the bar. But in between those extremes, life has become a sticky bog in which we wade through evidence and convenience, hoping we’re stepping on solid ground.
Via: Every Decision Is A Risk. Every Risk Is A Decision. | FiveThirtyEight
This spring, a team working under the president’s son-in-law produced a plan for an aggressive, coordinated national COVID-19 response that could have brought the pandemic under control. So why did the White House spike it in favor of a shambolic 50-state response?
Via: How Jared Kushner’s Secret Testing Plan “Went Poof Into Thin Air” | Vanity Fair
Miles Davis, who was born on May 26, 1926, was one of the most important and influential musicians of the 20th century, and changed the course of jazz music more times in his life than some people change their sheets. He was also pretty handy in the kitchen.
In his autobiography, Miles, Davis wrote that in the early 1960s, “I had gotten into cooking. I just loved food and hated going out to restaurants all the time, so I taught myself how to cook by reading books and practicing, just like you do on an instrument. I could cook most of the great French dishes—because I really liked French cooking—and all the black American dishes. But my favorite was a chili dish I called Miles’s South Side Chicago Chili Mack. I served it with spaghetti, grated cheese, and oyster crackers.”
Davis didn’t divulge what was in the dish or how to make it, but in 2007, Best Life magazine got the recipe from his first wife, Frances, who Davis said made it better than he did.
Via: How to Make Miles Davis’s Famous Chili Recipe | Mental Floss
One elector trying to get rapper Kanye West on the presidential ballot in Wisconsin is married to a former chairwoman of a Republican county committee and was photographed with President Trump at his inaugural.
In Arkansas, a Republican operative who signed West’s ballot petition was at one point interviewed to be Trump’s campaign manager for his 2016 bid.
And West’s ballot petition in Ohio was signed by a lawyer who has previously represented state Republican campaign committees.
Nearly every country has struggled to contain the coronavirus and made mistakes along the way.
China committed the first major failure, silencing doctors who tried to raise alarms about the virus and allowing it to escape from Wuhan. Much of Europe went next, failing to avoid enormous outbreaks. Today, many countries — Japan, Canada, France, Australia and more — are coping with new increases in cases after reopening parts of society.
Via: The Unique U.S. Failure to Control the Virus – The New York Times
How did it come to this? A virus a thousand times smaller than a dust mote has humbled and humiliated the planet’s most powerful nation. America has failed to protect its people, leaving them with illness and financial ruin. It has lost its status as a global leader. It has careened between inaction and ineptitude. The breadth and magnitude of its errors are difficult, in the moment, to truly fathom.