A very good background thread and article on recent news that antigen tests *might* not detect #Omicron as well as #delta. Bottom line: there’s no reason to believe that the tests won’t work well in identifying Omicron infections. https://t.co/Ra7Zr53sa4
— Scott Gottlieb, MD (@ScottGottliebMD)
Dec 31, 2021
from http://twitter.com/ScottGottliebMD
No surprise that we have a case identified in LA.
The #OmicronVariant is certainly everywhere + we’ll start finding it now that we are looking.
The best protection vs #Delta or #Omicron variants remains:
-Vaccination + boosters
-Testing
-Masking in indoor public places https://t.co/FaIv94DjMF— Dr. Anne Rimoin (@arimoin)
Dec 3, 2021
from http://twitter.com/arimoin
Media: @PeterHotez to @KateBolduan: The reasons the US South has so many pediatric #COVID19 cases are (a) the #delta variant, (b) “The vaccination rates among the parents and adolescents are so profoundly low. And (c) defiance of mask mandates, which we need to protect kids.” https://t.co/nW96ptjXV0
— Porter Anderson (@Porter_Anderson)
Sep 8, 2021
from http://twitter.com/Porter_Anderson