A big reason I’m sharing so much about what’s happening with me right now is because I didn’t hear these conversations happening before I got sick. It’s just people saying get vaxxed & boosted but people don’t talk about that you can do both of those things AND get LONG COVID 1/
— Dr. Raven the Science Maven (@ravenscimaven)
Jan 8, 2022
from http://twitter.com/ravenscimaven
As the Omicron variant of the coronavirus sweeps through New York, many hospitals are being pushed to their limits by twin challenges: spiking numbers of virus cases and growing shortages of nurses, doctors and technicians. https://t.co/xBoR213rPP
— The New York Times (@nytimes)
Jan 8, 2022
from http://twitter.com/nytimes
UPDATE: Number of new coronavirus cases in the U.S. rises to 901,369 with late-night report from D.C. https://t.co/B8qXTECBNE
— BNO Newsroom (@BNODesk)
Jan 8, 2022
from http://twitter.com/BNODesk
Psst
<whispering>
Come here
Closer
Just a bit closer
SAYING YOUR VACCINE PROTECTS YOU AND MY VACCINE PROTECTS ME IGNORES THAT THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO CAN’T RESPOND TO VACCINES SO OUR VACCINE PROTECTS THEM TOO SO DO THE RIGHT THING AND GET THE JAB
— Gabriel Bosslet (@gbosslet)
Jan 8, 2022
from http://twitter.com/gbosslet
Please RT folks🙏🏻 @Razer is aggressively pushing this dangerous product as a viable mask for COVID mitigation. Countless news outlets have been promoting it without fact-checking and it’s an uphill battle.
Thanks to @PCMag for the update:
https://t.co/wOHCZZ1uqn— Naomi Wu 机械妖姬 (@RealSexyCyborg)
Jan 8, 2022
from http://twitter.com/RealSexyCyborg
U.S. hospitals update:
– Capacity in use: 79.0% (+0.1)
– With COVID: 21.7% (+0.5)
– With flu: 0.30% (-0.01)
– With flu and COVID: 0.04% (+0.01)– ICU capacity in use: 81.9% (-)
– With COVID: 32.5% (+0.4)
– With flu: 0.28% (-0.03)— BNO Newsroom (@BNODesk)
Jan 8, 2022
from http://twitter.com/BNODesk
Booster shots are vital to keeping people out of the hospital. Booster shots raise protections from being hospitalized from 67% to 97%. More people in the hospital means more COVID deaths. @bay_pls @czbiohub @UCSFHospitals @UCSF https://t.co/tEnK5hfMyd
— Unidos En Salud (@unidos_salud)
Jan 7, 2022
from http://twitter.com/unidos_salud
Swap your cloth mask 😷 for a KN95 or N95. Rethink socializing 🤼. And more expert omicron 🦠 advice from UCSF’s Dr. Kirsten Bibbins-Domingo.
https://t.co/v2Zz6YiyS2
— The Oaklandside (@Oaklandside)
Jan 7, 2022
from http://twitter.com/Oaklandside
In today’s Supreme Court case, lawyers who have COVID and aren’t allowed in the Supreme Court building are arguing that other people should have to go to work with unvaccinated/untested people.
— Andy Slavitt 🇺🇸💉 (@ASlavitt)
Jan 7, 2022
from http://twitter.com/ASlavitt
A Note of Reassurance from Your School District Regarding Our Updated Omicron Policies. 1. “Your child’s classroom will have no teachers.” 2. “Your child should report to school no matter what.” https://t.co/L37mmkapin
— kottke.org (@kottke)
Jan 7, 2022
from http://twitter.com/kottke
COVID UPDATE: EVERYBODY IS FUCKED
— The Iron Sheik (@the_ironsheik)
Jan 7, 2022
from http://twitter.com/the_ironsheik
New: Spox for Cyber Ninjas, firm that led widely criticized Arizona ballot review, says the company is shutting down. “Doug Logan and the rest of the employees have been let go and Cyber Ninjas is being shut down.”
— Sam Levine (@srl)
Jan 7, 2022
from http://twitter.com/srl
The @WhiteHouse should lay out specific goals, including number of hospitalizations and deaths from all respiratory viruses, that would trigger emergency measures, and announce these along with the declaration that COVID is endemic. 3/3
https://t.co/XaDtIJfwou https://t.co/gXJHX4NQ4c— Christopher A. Longhurst (@calonghurst)
Jan 6, 2022
from http://twitter.com/calonghurst
Public health pundits going on TV remotely to say kids must go to school in-person and not remotely – is one of the easiest ways to know they’re wrong.
— Judah Friedlander (@JudahWorldChamp)
Jan 6, 2022
from http://twitter.com/JudahWorldChamp
“The ‘new normal’ requires recognizing that SARSCoV2 is one of several circulating respiratory viruses that include influenza, respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), and more. COVID-19 must now be considered among the risks posed by all respiratory viral illnesses combined.” 2/3 https://t.co/kaiymE5qMQ
— Christopher A. Longhurst (@calonghurst)
Jan 6, 2022
from http://twitter.com/calonghurst
Science confirms what we’ve seen: “most Omicron cases are infectious for several days before being detectable by rapid antigen tests” 🦠🧫
👉https://t.co/Aj1HES2tmp https://t.co/atVKWWxWgs— Christopher A. Longhurst (@calonghurst)
Jan 6, 2022
from http://twitter.com/calonghurst
Yes to this!! “The US must establish a modern data infrastructure that includes real-time electronic collection of comprehensive information on respiratory viral infections, hospitalizations […] merged with sociodemographic and other relevant variables.” https://t.co/rpJITmRhLo
— Roxanne Khamsi (@rkhamsi)
Jan 6, 2022
from http://twitter.com/rkhamsi
This is a very interesting effort to try to construct a comprehensive framework for addressing the aggregate health burden of respiratory viruses in a world of endemic SARS-Cov-2. https://t.co/jFGSX02l3A
— Matthew Yglesias (@mattyglesias)
Jan 6, 2022
from http://twitter.com/mattyglesias
Several Biden advisors with joint essays out today on how to make COVID a “new normal” and redefine standards for restrictions https://t.co/j0j1f7hIOZ
— Benjy Sarlin (@BenjySarlin)
Jan 6, 2022
from http://twitter.com/BenjySarlin
Vaccine effectiveness vs hospitalization with Omicron infection
2-shot 52%
3-shot 88%
That the US has not made “fully vaccinated”= 3 shots ignores these data and will lead to a large number of preventable hospitalizations
https://t.co/BueHt9PbgD https://t.co/AdjRgMYNxt— Eric Topol (@EricTopol)
Jan 6, 2022
from http://twitter.com/EricTopol
This was one of the major failures of public health messaging with all of this.
But the fact is vaccination does significantly slow the spread.
And it protects hospitals. And saves lives.
Let’s talk about those things. Not about what the vaccines don’t do. https://t.co/I4Wxrrdu6Y
— Gabriel Bosslet (@gbosslet)
Jan 6, 2022
from http://twitter.com/gbosslet
NEW: Big name health experts — including @zekeemanuel @llborio @celinegounder @RickABright @mtosterholm @drdavidmichaels — who advised Biden on Covid-19 during his transition are calling on him to change his pandemic strategy –> https://t.co/uAgD6qJ3zt
— Sheryl Gay Stolberg (@SherylNYT)
Jan 6, 2022
from http://twitter.com/SherylNYT
The new Omicron math: somewhat milder x massively more infectious = overwhelmed hospitals and lots of deaths
— Bob Wachter (@Bob_Wachter)
Jan 6, 2022
from http://twitter.com/Bob_Wachter
The 3rd piece is recommendations on vaccines and therapeutics by @llborio @RickABright @ZekeEmanuel. Please read all 3 as a set -we need to dramatic improvements in all these areas to stop the carnage & return our society and economy back to normal. 3/
https://t.co/2fsF6z4TyF— David Michaels (@drdavidmichaels)
Jan 6, 2022
from http://twitter.com/drdavidmichaels
This is one of a suite of 3 essays with recommendations on what we must do to achieve a “new normal” – living with the virus. Here is an important piece by @ZekeEmanuel @mtosterholm & @celinegounder 2/
https://t.co/NLqBFvEkA6— David Michaels (@drdavidmichaels)
Jan 6, 2022
from http://twitter.com/drdavidmichaels
COVID isn’t going away. But if we plan and invest, we can live with it. The alternative is unthinkable-more of what we have now.
@ZekeEmanuel @RickABright & I recommend improvements in testing, surveillance & public health precautions. @JAMA_current 1/
https://t.co/sh020HoGix— David Michaels (@drdavidmichaels)
Jan 6, 2022
from http://twitter.com/drdavidmichaels
Some next steps to finally make progress on #Covid from @llborio, @RickABright, + me in @JAMA_current:
+Vaccine mandates (including schools)
+Genetic surveillance system
+Digital vaccine passports
+Outpatient COVID-19 treatments available at no cost
https://t.co/nvdDowgYu2— Zeke Emanuel (@ZekeEmanuel)
Jan 6, 2022
from http://twitter.com/ZekeEmanuel
How will we really return to a “new normal”? Recommendations from @drdavidmichaels, @RickABright, + me in @JAMA_current:
+Accessible + affordable tests
+Nationwide genetic surveillance system for new variants
+Vouchers to all Americans for N95-type masks
https://t.co/x54DoqeahE— Zeke Emanuel (@ZekeEmanuel)
Jan 6, 2022
from http://twitter.com/ZekeEmanuel
Jimmy Carter: I Fear for Our Democracy. “Without immediate action, we are at genuine risk of civil conflict and losing our precious democracy.” https://t.co/C6ZFr4ppfl
— kottke.org (@kottke)
Jan 6, 2022
from http://twitter.com/kottke
Rep. Liz Cheney tells The Daily that the Republican Party and the country are at risk if her colleagues remain loyal to Donald Trump and “the Big Lie” for political reasons. Listen to our interview with Cheney a year after the Jan. 6 Capitol riot. https://t.co/5mJyvuEm7E https://t.co/rV0DJUaort
— The New York Times (@nytimes)
Jan 6, 2022
from http://twitter.com/nytimes