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One in 500 Americans have died from Covid. But this headline buries the thrust of the article, which is the terrible inequities within https://t.co/XIafkoBtmx pic.twitter.com/kW3zy78RC5
— Esther Choo MD MPH (@choo_ek) September 16, 2021

The spillover of SARS-like coronaviruses from bats to people may occur a lot more frequently than is realized in parts of South & South East Asia, @nycbat & colleagues propose in a new preprint. @kakape reports. https://t.co/8DJyseqPq7
— Helen Branswell (@HelenBranswell) September 16, 2021

*New* deep-dive from me on how developing countries are fighting for the ability to make their own vaccines.

Charity won’t curb this pandemic because companies protect profits & leaders behave nationalistically. https://t.co/wVOe1t8sOh
— Amy Maxmen, PhD (@amymaxmen) September 15, 2021

1/ These numbers are truly shocking:https://t.co/04qAppUMdl pic.twitter.com/53fmGuAw3B
— Céline Gounder, MD, ScM, FIDSA (@celinegounder) September 15, 2021

This new @TheLancetInfDis review on #SARSCoV2 transmission makes the strong case for mucosal immunity, which could be achieved via nasal or oral vaccines, that are unfortunately not getting priority for development https://t.co/JTNXX1zLBA @dariusdariusdar pic.twitter.com/lmghtRSjsV
— Eric Topol (@EricTopol) September 15, 2021

“My 12-year-old had appendicitis. The ER was overwhelmed w unvaccinated Covid patients &we had to wait 6+ hours. While waiting, his appendix ruptured and had to spend 5 days in hospital. ... So yeah, your decision to not vaccinate does affect others.”https://t.co/lFFdflUnpY
— Peche Lele (@LelePeche) September 15, 2021

At the besieged FDA, ‘it never stops!’ as decisions loom on boosters, pediatric shots and more. Agree with ⁦@EricTopol⁩ we need a unified front with decisions based on science not politics. https://t.co/u1aGIsM5qY
— Carlos del Rio (@CarlosdelRio7) September 16, 2021

My take on the Israeli data in NEJM.
Pay no attention to the confounded primary analysis. Don't quote it.

Pay attention to the secondary analysis of 5x reduction in cases, which is less confounded, but totally missing severe illness in secondary analysishttps://t.co/x7RoJPswrv
— Walid Gellad, MD MPH (@walidgellad) September 15, 2021

The VAERS myocarditis paper was rejected from 3 journals before its authors posted it on the preprint server. https://t.co/BjYzIwztId
— Jonathan Reiner (@JReinerMD) September 15, 2021

Infectious SARS-CoV-2 in Exhaled Aerosols https://t.co/lLeqiaIIjU
SARS2 evolving toward ⬆️ aerosol generation; loose-fitting 😷=sig. but only modest source control. Until vacc rates very high, layered controls: ventilation & tight-fitting masks and respirators are necessary.
— Don Milton (@Don_Milton) September 15, 2021

Friday's meeting of @US_FDA's expert vaccine panel, #VRBPAC, on Covid vaccine boosters is going to be really interesting.@matthewherper & I will be live-blogging. https://t.co/Gy9LFeLc9X
— Helen Branswell (@HelenBranswell) September 15, 2021

Beyond "Vaccinopia"https://t.co/dGQrKsGYt7 @statnews by @danieloran @ScrippsRTI @scrippsresearch
— Eric Topol (@EricTopol) September 16, 2021

Did the coronavirus jump from animals to people twice? https://t.co/rtNefi2w1N
— thelonevirologist (@thelonevirologi) September 16, 2021

At the besieged FDA, ‘it never stops!’ as decisions loom on boosters, pediatric shots and more https://t.co/tv7NNJoZhY Great reporting from @lauriemcginley2 @ddiamond on the FDA ping-ponging from one crisis to the next, without a permanent commissioner.
— Adam Feuerstein 💉 (@adamfeuerstein) September 16, 2021

Check out our new paper in Nature. If fully developed, ETX0462 represents the first novel class of Gram-negative single agent antibiotic in over 25 years. Congrats to all my coauthors on an excellent job!! https://t.co/RWooZnNw9j
— Ruben Tommasi (@RTommasi27) September 15, 2021

One in 500 Americans have died from Covid. But this headline buries the thrust of the article, which is the terrible inequities within https://t.co/XIafkoBtmx pic.twitter.com/kW3zy78RC5
— Esther Choo MD MPH (@choo_ek) September 16, 2021

The spillover of SARS-like coronaviruses from bats to people may occur a lot more frequently than is realized in parts of South & South East Asia, @nycbat & colleagues propose in a new preprint. @kakape reports. https://t.co/8DJyseqPq7
— Helen Branswell (@HelenBranswell) September 16, 2021

One in 500 Americans have died from Covid. But this headline buries the thrust of the article, which is the terrible inequities within https://t.co/XIafkoBtmx pic.twitter.com/kW3zy78RC5
— Esther Choo MD MPH (@choo_ek) September 16, 2021

The spillover of SARS-like coronaviruses from bats to people may occur a lot more frequently than is realized in parts of South & South East Asia, @nycbat & colleagues propose in a new preprint. @kakape reports. https://t.co/8DJyseqPq7
— Helen Branswell (@HelenBranswell) September 16, 2021

1 in 500 Americans have died from COVID19

That's 0.2% of the US population

The average small town of 5,000 people has seen 10 of its citizens die from COVID in the past 18 months

The level of suffering from this pandemic will be felt for generationshttps://t.co/9a44z2q2i3
— Ashish K. Jha, MD, MPH (@ashishkjha) September 15, 2021

No one seems to be interested in the actual RCT data on long-term protection of Pfizer in 6 countries at 152 sites. Among 45k participants, while there was a gradual decline, high efficacy against Covid-19 & severe disease was preserved for at least 6m.https://t.co/q2J1jQfAaP pic.twitter.com/mK1mZJtgNi
— Muge Cevik (@mugecevik) September 16, 2021

“Weeks ago, the administration decided that the public needs cake and deserves cake, and so shall have cake. Now, the public expects cake and would be very annoyed if its cake was taken away at this point.”
https://t.co/T7CaNshsxT
— Amesh Adalja (@AmeshAA) September 16, 2021

1: A thread connecting the dots between:

(1) @PeterDaszak et al's fascinating recent preprint on the *many* SARS-related CoV infections in humans per year in Southeast Asia, and

(2) The furin cleavage site of SARS-CoV-2, and

(3) Why Wuhan?https://t.co/j4hEoDLz89
— Michael Worobey (@MichaelWorobey) September 15, 2021

1 in 500 people in US have died of covid-19. #s starker among younger POCs. For 40 to 64 yos: covid has killed 1 in 1,300 White people; 1 in 480 Black people; 1 in 390 Latino people, 1 in 240 American Indian/Alaska Native people.
w/@dtkeating https://t.co/EoORFhymAS
— Akilah Johnson (@akjohnson1922) September 15, 2021

At the besieged FDA, ‘it never stops!’ as decisions loom on boosters, pediatric shots and more https://t.co/tv7NNJoZhY Great reporting from @lauriemcginley2 @ddiamond on the FDA ping-ponging from one crisis to the next, without a permanent commissioner.
— Adam Feuerstein 💉 (@adamfeuerstein) September 16, 2021

A beautifully written blog from GP, and newest member of @IndependentSage, @HelenRSalisbury. “Trouble with the new normal” https://t.co/igT07pJ79A
— Dr Gabriel Scally (@GabrielScally) September 15, 2021

Don’t forget about influenza…

Latest @WHO Global Update on influenza👇https://t.co/l9Zb0oTZBm
— Maria Van Kerkhove (@mvankerkhove) September 16, 2021

BREAKING: Booster added protection for a month in recipients ages ≥60.

Will it last?

Protection was already waning on days 22-24, but went up again on day 25, the last day for which we have data.
Talk about a cliff-hanger!

Full analysis here: https://t.co/jeaVcOjZy6 pic.twitter.com/m2OJySqy6H
— Jeremy Faust MD MS (ER physician) (@jeremyfaust) September 15, 2021

BREAKING: Wading into an acrimonious debate over booster doses, Israeli researchers report that a third dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine can prevent infections and severe illness in adults older than 60 for at least 12 days.https://t.co/l5ww0MLbCp
— Apoorva Mandavilli (@apoorva_nyc) September 15, 2021

Our latest @KHNews @AP #UnderfundedUnderThreat found:

🚨At least 16 states have limited the power of public health officials
🚨At least 17 states limited vaccine rules
🚨At least 9 states banned or limited mask mandates

W/ the fabulous @annabarryjester https://t.co/jsy1VGjpCF pic.twitter.com/vgMAGNSWi3
— Lauren Weber (@LaurenWeberHP) September 15, 2021

CDC's advisory committee on immunization practices (ACIP) schedules new meeting for Sept 22-23 to discuss #covid19 boosters: https://t.co/BTyj9BeYw7
— Meg Tirrell (@megtirrell) September 15, 2021

...There's comfort in his wonderful partner - the perfect life companion for him, through thick & thin. He'd been on the mend, so while it's a brutal shock for us, he died peacefully in his sleep without knowing it was coming.
Goodbye my darling son. I'll miss you always. pic.twitter.com/odZKSSNowe
— Hilda Bastian, PhD (@hildabast) September 16, 2021

I've been here a bit erratically over the last 2 months. Some of you know it's because one of my sons has been seriously ill. Sorry that I can't manage to get to my friends individually, & for the shock of hearing it this way: I'm shattered to say, he didn't make it...
— Hilda Bastian, PhD (@hildabast) September 16, 2021

Canada has given Moderna full approval for Spikevax, its first anywhere. Full approval still pending from @US_FDA. https://t.co/qfKBQth2Q4
— Helen Branswell (@HelenBranswell) September 16, 2021

🇺🇸🦠 A sea of 650,000 white flags - one for every person who died from coronavirus in the US - is taking shape in front of the Washington Monument at the National Mall.

“In America: Remember” by @sbfirstenberg will be on display from Sept. 17 to Oct. 3.#COVID19 pic.twitter.com/waYJDaSKdJ
— Michael Knigge (@kniggem) September 15, 2021

I broke down tonight. I broke down because our team lost 2 special patients to this damn virus. 2 fully vaccinated lung transplant patients who did everything right and still it wasn't enough.
— Brian Keller MD PhD 🫁 ♻️ (@LungTxDoc) September 15, 2021

NEW: lots of news recently on waning immunity against infection, but a study has now landed from Public Health England on how vaccines are faring against *severe disease & death*

This chart summarises key findings, but the paper is a real goldmine, so let’s dig into more detail: pic.twitter.com/9wAiax8poJ
— John Burn-Murdoch (@jburnmurdoch) September 15, 2021

We need a large, simple trial of #COVID #vaccine #boosters. Enroll millions.
— Gregg Gonsalves (@gregggonsalves) September 16, 2021

The best data by far on #LongCovid is out from the ONS

For kids, the news is incredibly reassuring - parents minds should be put to rest

Rates of common symptoms after #COVID19 at 12 w for kids are extremely low (0% to 1.7%) compared to controlshttps://t.co/XDRXLQQqjb

1/ pic.twitter.com/gjXwhPjmx0
— Alasdair Munro (@apsmunro) September 16, 2021

So many elite talking heads are demanding to know what our off-ramp to stopping pandemic restrictions is, when the question we should be discussing is what our off-ramp to stopping the pandemic is.
— Dr Ellie Murray, ScD (@EpiEllie) September 16, 2021

Today England started giving 3rd shots for all healthcare workers, age >50, and clinically vulnerable individuals who are 6 months out from their 2nd dose, irrespective of what vaccine they received.
While the US fights about whether boosters are needed at all. Brilliant. pic.twitter.com/dsopsMsYli
— Eric Topol (@EricTopol) September 16, 2021

There's only one country in the world that has already lost the lives of 1 of every 500 residents and is now averaging 2,000 covid deaths a day. pic.twitter.com/usJqHBfaSB
— Eric Topol (@EricTopol) September 16, 2021

Data presented below show nearly 33% of unvaccinated adult Israeli residents were previously infected.

Why is this important & has this contributed to misinterpretation of Israeli data?

This thread wll explore these questions.
1/n
— Prof Jeffrey S Morris (@jsm2334) September 15, 2021

This is not how infectious disease works. It is also the primary argument that the total charlatans have been using for over a year pic.twitter.com/wRkJt37Tgm
— Health Nerd (@GidMK) September 16, 2021

Rare opportunity to join the department of medicine at @Cambridge_Uni at tenured prof in microbial pathogenesis. https://t.co/7TCXVDl7LR
— Stephen Baker (@Baker_Lab_Cam) September 16, 2021

A study in Nature suggests that the recent resurgence of the Ebola virus in Guinea may have occurred after latent virus in a symptom-free survivor of Ebola from the previous epidemic became reactivated. https://t.co/Bm1Nx7RGbu pic.twitter.com/5CKAl1rmjS
— nature (@Nature) September 16, 2021

AK 46.0%	AL 36.0%	AR 39.4%	AZ 46.0%	CA 56.4%
CO 53.9%	CT 63.0%	DE 54.4%	FL 48.8%	GA 39.0%
HI 66.4%	IA 49.0%	ID 37.5%	IL 54.6%	IN 41.6%
KS 46.7%	KY 46.2%	LA 35.6%	MA 66.0%	MD 57.2%
ME 63.1%	MI 48.6%	MN 54.2%	MO 42.0%	MS 34.0%
MT 45.1%	NC 43.3%	ND 42.1%	NE 48.2%	NH 59.7%
NJ 59.9%	NM 57.5%	NV 45.3%	NY 55.4%	OH 45.6%
OK 41.4%	OR 54.5%	PA 58.1%	RI 60.6%	SC 40.7%
SD 48.1%	TN 39.0%	TX 44.0%	UT 44.9%	VA 55.0%
VT 70.0%	WA 56.3%	WI 50.9%	WV 40.5%	WY 37.0%
		DC 56.8%

A.Samoa 42.1%	M'nesia 24.1%	Guam 53.7%	Marsh.I 27.7%	N.Mar'na 45.7%
	P'rto R. 50.4%	Palau 73.5%	V'gin Is 36.1%

AK 79.9%	AL 76.0%	AR 75.9%	AZ 82.2%	CA 90.6%
CO 85.8%	CT 93.3%	DE 91.4%	FL 87.7%	GA 78.8%
HI 98.3%	IA 87.4%	ID 79.0%	IL 87.9%	IN 80.9%
KS 90.4%	KY 83.8%	LA 76.7%	MA 94.6%	MD 88.5%
ME 93.4%	MI 82.9%	MN 90.1%	MO 78.6%	MS 74.8%
MT 80.6%	NC 78.9%	ND 82.5%	NE 86.3%	NH 91.6%
NJ 90.0%	NM 90.2%	NV 79.8%	NY 83.2%	OH 82.1%
OK 81.6%	OR 84.2%	PA 98.2%	RI 93.8%	SC 82.3%
SD 90.3%	TN 76.7%	TX 81.3%	UT 86.1%	VA 87.1%
VT 99.9%	WA 88.7%	WI 88.8%	WV 73.9%	WY 75.4%
		DC 82.4%

A.Samoa 26.9%	M'nesia 12.1%	Guam 51.3%	Marsh.I 9.8%	N.Mar'na 26.9%
	P'rto R. 81.0%	Palau 53.4%	V'gin Is 68.2%