COVID-19 updates based on what experts on Twitter are talking about.
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Oral herpes (HSV-1) from medieval skulls points to the Bronze Age as the origin of today’s diversity of the virus [Preprint] https://t.co/pFFdOdhxM1 pic.twitter.com/cw9DjzAjQT
— Carl Zimmer (@carlzimmer) January 21, 2022
More than 3,700 deaths reported today in the United States, which hasn't been seen since February 2021, the early phase of vaccination rollouthttps://t.co/xStmHRzwg2#Omicron can kill
— Eric Topol (@EricTopol) January 22, 2022
~90% of these deaths were preventable pic.twitter.com/NQLmxPypAq
(1/13) By the end of the Omicron wave, nearly all of us will have glimpsed spike in some form or another—injection, infection, both. I wrote about what that means... and why “widespread exposure” does not necessarily equate to “widespread protection.”https://t.co/TSj5KWx1TE
— Katherine J. Wu, Ph.D. (@KatherineJWu) January 21, 2022
BREAKING: Booster shots of Covid vaccines were 90 percent effective at preventing Americans infected with the Omicron variant from ending up in the hospital, according to new CDC data.https://t.co/LF2spIr4mJ
— Apoorva Mandavilli (@apoorva_nyc) January 21, 2022
For the 1st time, @CDC has posted data for hospitalizations partitioned by booster, 2-shots, or no vaccination. Age groups (50-64, 65+)https://t.co/M2Bu9rj1Ve
— Eric Topol (@EricTopol) January 21, 2022
It's Delta, mostly pre-Omicron
50-fold risk for unvaccinated
Remarkably low, at times zero/100,000 people, for boosted pic.twitter.com/PykB7hXss7
Key paper from @UCSF & @czbiohub answers nose vs. throat swab rapid test question: BinaxNOW was 98% sensitive w/ nasal swab; 49% sensitive w/ throat.(Gold standard=PCR w/ Ct<30, ie, infectious.)
— Bob Wachter (@Bob_Wachter) January 21, 2022
So def do nose, don't do throat alone, & little gain w/ both.https://t.co/YgQe37ND3Y
U.S. COVID update: New cases down 17% from last week, deaths continue to rise
— BNO Newsroom (@BNODesk) January 21, 2022
- New cases: 756,095
- Average: 745,364 (-21,517)
- States reporting: 47
- In hospital: 157,986 (+1,285)
- ICU: 26,558 (+321)
- New deaths: 2,446
- Average: 1,992 (+44)
Data: https://t.co/YDZSbZ5IcF
We welcome the important new study by @IHME_UW on the global burden of #AntimicrobialResistance. The new study clearly demonstrates the existential threat that resistance poses to global health & modern medicine https://t.co/GMAu6ToVKH
— Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus (@DrTedros) January 20, 2022
Rory Stewart with one of the all time 🔥 intros. https://t.co/BPqJbu3rjn pic.twitter.com/U56lUAOP23
— Alan White (@aljwhite) January 21, 2022
A US Christian legal organisation + a Texas-based think tank linked to the Great Barrington Declaration are among those promoting anti-lockdown + #vaccine hesitancy messages in #Uganda. Joint @allthecitizens + @openDemocracy investigation by me + @SoitaKW https://t.co/CtPC6LXJzn
— Alice McCool (@McCoolingtons) January 21, 2022
New: @CDCgov today first data on Omicron booster protection "A third dose of either the Pfizer-BioNTech or Moderna shots was 90% effective at preventing hospitalization, and 82% in preventing a trip to the emergency room"https://t.co/Xnsw3F6yFM by @bylenasun @JoelAchenbach
— Eric Topol (@EricTopol) January 21, 2022
Congratulations to @CCDD_HSPH alum @AccorsiEmma and @CDCgov colleagues for new paper on 3-dose vaccine effectiveness against Delta and Omicron https://t.co/YmJfUaiXo5
— CCDD at Harvard Chan (@CCDD_HSPH) January 21, 2022
Boosters provide the best protection against Omicron variant, large CDC studies showhttps://t.co/rlIhT3UaeW
— Buli Dutta,MD 🩺 💊 (@bcdutt) January 21, 2022
Finally out! "Single-cell multi-omics reveals dyssynchrony of the innate and adaptive immune system in progressive #COVID19". Kudos @RamiUnterman @SumidaTomokazu @XitingY @NimaNouri_NN @DelaCruzYaleMed, Impact team for this Herculean effort. See 🧵below https://t.co/E1qJ3cA34r https://t.co/4h1fEBMZKt pic.twitter.com/aojLKCujOB
— Naftali Kaminski (@KaminskiMed) January 21, 2022
🚨I've had a frankly worrying number of messages from people who think the answer to the hospital crisis is simple: deny care to unvaccinated people.
— Ed Yong (@edyong209) January 20, 2022
I talked to ethicists and health-care workers about why this is a terrible, unconscionable idea. 1/https://t.co/Qo9dqvuPwV
Based on these data, I believe it's time to change the definition of "fully vaccinated."
— Helen Chu (@HelenChuMD) January 21, 2022
Effectiveness of a Third Dose of mRNA Vaccines ... https://t.co/82WGJ1t27F via @CDCgov
EXCLU: We obtained the draft Trump executive order that would have seized the voting machines and named a special counsel to probe the 2020 election.
— Betsy Woodruff Swan (@woodruffbets) January 21, 2022
Read the whole thing here: https://t.co/UPyNL5w736
NEW: Booster shots in U.S. were 90% protective against hospitalization, 82% protective for ER or urgent care visits, per @CDCgov. But fewer than half of fully vaxxed ppl have gotten the extra shot. w @joelachenbach @dtkeating https://t.co/7EVODVMPKX
— LenaSun (@bylenasun) January 21, 2022
Weekly epidemiological update: #Omicron variant of concern (VOC) – week 2 (data as of 20.01).
— ECDC Outbreaks (@ECDC_Outbreaks) January 21, 2022
From 20.12 to 9.01, there were 23 EU/EEA countries with adequate sequencing volume that reported an estimated prevalence of #Omicron VOC of 69.4%. https://t.co/Kr8YaUkJ99#COVID19
NEW in @Health_Affairs.
— Utibe R. Essien, MD MPH (@UREssien) January 21, 2022
“…we found that Black patients had 2.54x the odds of being described with 1+ negative descriptors in the history & physical notes of their EHRs, even after we adjusted for their sociodemographic and health characteristics.”
Link: https://t.co/r4OCFwi8HK pic.twitter.com/ChgySeXci5
Now there are 3 reports for vaccine effectiveness vs Omicron hospitalization, @UKHSA, @KPSCalResearch and today's @CDCMMWR. They are quite consistent for marked protection of the 3rd shot (booster). My summary table here pic.twitter.com/2hE0jH8fO5
— Eric Topol (@EricTopol) January 21, 2022
Does it matter who we write with and where we publish?
— Sam Scarpino #BLM (@svscarpino) January 21, 2022
Absolutely.
Our community is an integral and inseparable part of our science.
A short 🧵 on recent events. 1/13
The possibility that a milder COVID-19 variant is rocketing us toward the pandemic’s end by spreading immunity is hopeful, the E.R. doctor Clayton Dalton writes, “but the reality isn’t quite so sunny.” https://t.co/iQ3TZapbLP
— The New Yorker (@NewYorker) January 21, 2022
This week marks one year in my role as CDC Director. It is a true honor to work alongside those at @CDCgov. When I took this job, I had deep respect for the agency— that has only grown.🧵 pic.twitter.com/68ORZbKoCM
— Rochelle Walensky, MD, MPH (@CDCDirector) January 21, 2022
COVID-19 May be Heading Down, But Don’t Count it Out (aka be cautious about proclamations that the pandemic is ending or has transitioned to endemic).
— Jeffrey Duchin, MD (@DocJeffD) January 21, 2022
A bit of a mash-up 🧵
1/ pic.twitter.com/F12tS78uFb
5 years ago on January 31st @AfricaCDC was launched. Historic photo below: @DlaminiZuma, Commisioner Kaleko, @DrTedros, president Alpha Conde, @IsaacFAdewole at ribbon cutting - historic day in Addis Ababa - celebrating this milestone on Jan 31st! pic.twitter.com/rqF0OpK2f1
— John Nkengasong (@JNkengasong) January 21, 2022
Viva all done. Fantastic student @GordonDougan1 @Baker_Lab_Cam
— Alan McNally (@alanmcn1) January 21, 2022
Just the small matter of all Birmingham trains being cancelled now and getting home. Wish me luck
I wrote about Pfizer's three-dose gamble with little kids' vaccines—and why it might pay off.
— Katherine J. Wu, Ph.D. (@KatherineJWu) January 21, 2022
December's news that 2 doses weren't immunogenic was disappointing. But there's interesting logic that might have motivated their decision to pivot to 3.https://t.co/iYCHgPnKOH
To Warren M. Zapol, honorary member of @ESICM. Among giant contribution to ICM & respiratory sciences
— Intensive Care Medicine (@yourICM) January 21, 2022
🐑 with Kolobow, tested novel silicone-membrane lung & devised artificial placenta
🦭 measured physiological response to hypoxemia
💨 understood iNO rolehttps://t.co/2xxzCSzMDZ pic.twitter.com/9BYRfcC3KT
Imagine that - experts in emerging infectious diseases get a grant with their colleagues in West Africa to continue to study emerging infectious diseases in West Africa.
— Kristian G. Andersen (@K_G_Andersen) January 21, 2022
A grant that was reviewed, scored, and ranked for funding in 2019.
Learn more here: https://t.co/Me2ld0UQAf https://t.co/zwMYxDuaoO
This just in—the @KnightCenterUT panel next week now includes the phenomenal Dr. @mvankerkhove in addition to me, @purviparikhmd, and @kakape, moderated by the fantastic @deborahblum. Join us!https://t.co/OAzCJous7g
— Dr. Angela Rasmussen (@angie_rasmussen) January 21, 2022
To suggest that #Omicron will be the last variant is unwise…this virus is circulating at a very intense level around the 🌎 & it’s still evolving…
— Maria Van Kerkhove (@mvankerkhove) January 21, 2022
Absolutely critical we continue to track, monitor & assess variants,⬇️⬇️ transmission & ⬆️⬆️ vaccination coverage everywhere @WHO https://t.co/CrPEd4y0uE
Biden administration again debating whether to provide COVID vaccines for asylum seekers and undocumented immigrants @priscialva discusses pic.twitter.com/V1TjlWUeAd
— The Lead CNN (@TheLeadCNN) January 22, 2022
It still boggles my mind that the ONLY thing we close for Covid is school. So many other things are responsible for so many more transmissions, but still... it's just school.
— Aaron E. Carroll (@aaronecarroll) January 21, 2022
Some think it is pedantic to be concerned about the inaccurate or metaphorical use of words like ‘endemic’. I disagree strongly: “there was an endemic culture of partying and drinking in No. 10” is a very different from “this disease is currently endemic”. The meaning matters 1/n
— Bill Hanage (@BillHanage) January 21, 2022
NEW: Today's @CDCMMWR study found that during periods of both #DeltaVariant and #OmicronVariant, a 3rd dose was highly effective at preventing #COVID19 associated emergency department visits, urgent care visits & hospitalizations. https://t.co/X8chSXviW7 pic.twitter.com/OMtvSgZU1J
— Rochelle Walensky, MD, MPH (@CDCDirector) January 21, 2022
On @thismorning with Professor Carl Heneghan discussing why #PlanB measures helped reduce cases of #COVID & why #WearingAmask currently is so important #ThisMorningGP pic.twitter.com/OeMeZAnwoz
— 𝑫𝒓 𝑵𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝑨𝒓𝒊𝒇 (@DrNighatArif) January 21, 2022
3 responses to 'let's decolonise global health'
— Ṣẹ̀yẹ Abímbọ́lá (@seyeabimbola) January 21, 2022
1. 'let's get going already' (plenty)
2. 'you're not going far enough' (growing)
3. 'you're going way too far' (rare)
An example of no3 in @GlobalHealthBMJ by @hellowell_mark & @trishnayna: "Powerful ideas?" https://t.co/A8CRtNyOsv pic.twitter.com/DFqVO20QlO
Based on new CDC data showing if you don't get boosted (after 6 months) the 2 dose mRNA is only 57% protective vs hospitalization, 38% vs ER visits vs omicron, but goes to 90% and 82% respectively post-boost.
— Prof Peter Hotez MD PhD (@PeterHotez) January 21, 2022
Or as I've said for the last yr: it's a 3 dose vaccine, always was. https://t.co/72eySv4JVD
We lost a member of our research team to COVID this week. Someone that I only ever met in the pandemic era, had spent hours with, but only ever on voice calls. I never saw his face. The scale of mortality in the US has been desensitizing and dehumanizing.
— The Ferrari Lab (@TheFerrariLab) January 21, 2022