The Deputy District Attorney of Orange County, CA, Kelly Ernby, who vocally protested against vaccine mandates and COVID lockdown measures, has died from complications of COVID-19. https://t.co/O934uuEkNy
— Chad Loder (@chadloder)
Jan 4, 2022
from http://twitter.com/chadloder
Once again,
Bars are open.
Schools are closed.— Shematologist, MD (@acweyand)
Jan 3, 2022
from http://twitter.com/acweyand
These graphs never fail to astonish.
The COVID hospitalization risk is MORE THAN 10X higher for the unvaccinated—at every. single. age. level. https://t.co/ELUz5Heqmj
— Derek Thompson (@DKThomp)
Jan 3, 2022
from http://twitter.com/DKThomp
I tell all of my students: Cotton and surgical masks do not cut it!
Only N95s, KN95s, and KF94s have sufficient filtration and seal well enough around the face.
https://t.co/ZUjpfQ4mYP— Zeke Emanuel (@ZekeEmanuel)
Jan 3, 2022
from http://twitter.com/ZekeEmanuel
This is what happened while you were doing your own research. https://t.co/Z705S8OgSF
— Dave Pell (@davepell)
Jan 3, 2022
from http://twitter.com/davepell
If everyone were vaccinated hospitals would be normal and I would be eating in restaurants, going to the gym, and licking doorknobs as per my usual routine.
Just wanted everyone to know that.
— Gabriel Bosslet (@gbosslet)
Jan 3, 2022
from http://twitter.com/gbosslet
This is completely backwards.
Florida Surgeon General says we need to stop testing and get back to our lives.
In fact, with ubiquitous testing, we can keep infections low and safely get back to our lives. https://t.co/CCto1OhiiH
— Ashish K. Jha, MD, MPH (@ashishkjha)
Jan 3, 2022
from http://twitter.com/ashishkjha
The vexing problem of how to manage the ~7M immunocompromised people in U.S. Nice piece @nytimes by @AmandaMoMorris. I’m quoted, along w/ @profshanecrotty @LianneGensler, others. Enormous sympathy for these folks, who live in world of uncertainty & anxiety.https://t.co/eTMkjnJQj8
— Bob Wachter (@Bob_Wachter)
Jan 3, 2022
from http://twitter.com/Bob_Wachter
Every Day Is Jan. 6 Now. “The Republic faces an existential threat from a movement that is openly contemptuous of democracy and has shown that it is willing to use violence to achieve its ends.” https://t.co/EFPpzEYd5r
— kottke.org (@kottke)
Jan 3, 2022
from http://twitter.com/kottke
If you destroy democracy just one more time… https://t.co/0IF0a3EXsp
— Dave Pell (@davepell)
Jan 3, 2022
from http://twitter.com/davepell
This was expected, but finally we see 5 months instead of 6 (many months overdue, as backed by the data on waning)
“anyone eligible for a booster could get the shot five months after receiving the second Pfizer-BioNTech shot, down from six months”
https://t.co/wVjv8CCftt https://t.co/oWoH5Iew8A— Eric Topol (@EricTopol)
Jan 3, 2022
from http://twitter.com/EricTopol
A year ago, Joey Votto panic-bought a stockpile of ash bats and stored them as safely as possible in his home.
This is ash’s last stand. And this is how we got here: an “epic saga” of baseball bats, green beetles and Barry Bonds. Story with @ctrent: https://t.co/9Z3QMMynhA https://t.co/pIVttRgK8t
— Stephen J. Nesbitt (@stephenjnesbitt)
Jan 3, 2022
from http://twitter.com/stephenjnesbitt
2021, Recapped in 6 Minutes. “Vaccines, reunions, coups, climate crisis, shortages, resignations, crypto, strikes, protests, conspiracy thinking, inequality, exploration, breaking down barriers…” https://t.co/NXurtHddFz
— kottke.org (@kottke)
Jan 3, 2022
from http://twitter.com/kottke
2020 contact tracing: “I had coffee with a friend outdoors but we went inside to get scones and she had it and we didn’t know”
2021 contact tracing: “I went to 3 bars and a concert and spent an hour in the mosh pit. Wait you want to know everything I’ve done for HOW MANY days?”
— Gabriel Bosslet (@gbosslet)
Jan 3, 2022
from http://twitter.com/gbosslet
this will not age well https://t.co/n4yuHyDm2P
— Christopher Mims 🤌 (@mims)
Jan 3, 2022
from http://twitter.com/mims
COVID Chronicles – Jan 2, 2022
@SanDiegoCounty has over 600 individuals hospitalized with COVID – 2nd highest in the state (see https://t.co/iOtQJ8vqU1). We are on a steep trajectory and will soon surpass the peak of last summer’s hospitalizations. Why?🧵 https://t.co/STkHIoeO0I
— Christopher A. Longhurst (@calonghurst)
Jan 3, 2022
from http://twitter.com/calonghurst
For those on Twitter who write every day that Trump and his crew are terrified of the @January6thCmte
They’re not. They’re laughing.
While they sell books, raise a billion dollars for a new media company, hold press conferences and sell board games!
https://t.co/b2QD8wqQLB
— Don Winslow (@donwinslow)
Jan 3, 2022
from http://twitter.com/donwinslow
Wondering Why getting a rapid test is so tough in US?
The answer starts by asking:
WHY won’t @US_FDA recognize testing is often for PUBLIC HEALTH not Medicine?
WHY won’t FDA authorize tests for how they are used?
Isolation is NOT a medical treatment, it is a Public Health Act
— Michael Mina (@michaelmina_lab)
Jan 3, 2022
from http://twitter.com/michaelmina_lab
~100,000 patients with Covid in US hospitals today, rising quickly, isn’t good, folks
https://t.co/xStmHRzwg2 https://t.co/GHSh1mcQOL— Eric Topol (@EricTopol)
Jan 3, 2022
from http://twitter.com/EricTopol
While watching a Vancouver Canucks hockey game, Nadia Popovici spotted a troubling mole on the neck of Brian Hamilton, an assistant equipment manager. So she wrote him a message and held it up to the plexiglass. It saved his life.
https://t.co/ZPpCzaneua
— The New York Times (@nytimes)
Jan 3, 2022
from http://twitter.com/nytimes
This isn’t an absolute truth (never say always in medicine) but clinicians have lost so many real people with real faces & real families to this virus despite our best efforts & more. That humility is valuable insight sometimes lost on those reading statistics in an armchair.
— #TeamCriticalCare (he/him) (@laxswamy)
Jan 3, 2022
from http://twitter.com/laxswamy
I love how leaders are just like “well, some people don’t want to so we won’t make them”
I would not be surprised to see a bill in the Indiana legislature this session oulawing stop signs
There is no social contract
We are just a bunch of individuals living in parallel
— Gabriel Bosslet (@gbosslet)
Jan 3, 2022
from http://twitter.com/gbosslet
Please do not go to an emergency room for COVID-19 testing or mild symptoms.
Hospitals are needed for those with severe COVID-19 symptoms or critical illness.
For testing info, contact your healthcare provider, check local pharmacies or visit https://t.co/hNqahFxYLo. https://t.co/yd9jrbOhbz
— SanDiegoCounty (@SanDiegoCounty)
Jan 2, 2022
from http://twitter.com/SanDiegoCounty
It’s pretty impressive that vaccines directed to the ancestral strain spike from 2 years ago, w/ the virus that’s evolved thru >290 million confirmed cases, and now to the hyper-mutated Omicron, have preserved efficacy of near 90% vs severe disease with a 3rd shot
— Eric Topol (@EricTopol)
Jan 2, 2022
from http://twitter.com/EricTopol
Graph (by credible source; prefers anonymity) vividly shows value of vaccines for both individuals & states, since 7/1.
Note: a) 3 Bay Area counties (SF, Contra Costa, Alameda) at R; b) FL as outlier (could be OK vax but low masks [or >65s]); c) as vax goes 75%→50%, deaths⬆4x. https://t.co/ruy37kZp11— Bob Wachter (@Bob_Wachter)
Jan 2, 2022
from http://twitter.com/Bob_Wachter
Israel formally approves 4th dose of COVID-19 vaccine for people over 60 and medical staff
— BNO Newsroom (@BNODesk)
Jan 2, 2022
from http://twitter.com/BNODesk
Oh my god https://t.co/fbr9FhkNcl
— Roni Sighs (@GingerSlim)
Jan 2, 2022
from http://twitter.com/GingerSlim
A key driver of breakthrough Omicron infections is time from vaccination. When they occur, the neutralizing antibodies induced are effective (cross-reactive) vs the prior variants
https://t.co/9eSdLsdp5w https://t.co/2xOzO17W3D— Eric Topol (@EricTopol)
Jan 2, 2022
from http://twitter.com/EricTopol
At this stage of the pandemic, cloth masks don’t provide much protection against COVID-19, according to @ScottGottliebMD. https://t.co/pvX5McVnzX
— Face The Nation (@FaceTheNation)
Jan 2, 2022
from http://twitter.com/FaceTheNation
Working 80 hour weeks doesn’t create more impact than someone working more traditional hours. You may get more stuff done – but the impact and quality won’t be the same.
Work smarter, not longer. 👍
— Greg Avola (@gregavola)
Jan 2, 2022
from http://twitter.com/gregavola