It's #COVID19 official
"Today @CDCDirector Walensky endorsed the #CDC Advis Comm on Immunization Pracs’ recommendations for booster shots to include all adults ages 18 years & older who received a @pfizer -BioNTech or @moderna_tx #vaccine at least 6 mos after their 2nd dose." pic.twitter.com/iMkaOCDRjV— Laurie Garrett (@Laurie_Garrett) November 19, 2021
Another 105,000 new cases in the US today, 7-day avg up 28% for the past week, hospitalizations continuing to rise. The new (5th wave) has begun. pic.twitter.com/jXB6h9ngoJ
— Eric Topol (@EricTopol) November 19, 2021
Opinion by Leana S. Wen: How to assess the covid-19 risk from holiday gatherings? Here are four things to consider. https://t.co/2mCeiqexLW
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) November 17, 2021
If you're flying✈️ for the Holidays???, you might want to read the #COVID19 info in this article… https://t.co/x3BLMxDnJ9
— Laurie Garrett (@Laurie_Garrett) November 19, 2021
Takeaways from this article on covid and air travel: Keep your mask on while those around you are eating. Keep the air vent on full blast. And try to board last, so others are not leaning over you shoving their bags into the overhead bins. https://t.co/z2R4dYtG0L via @WSJ
— Bill Dedman, investigative reporter and author (@BillDedman) November 17, 2021
The US will build manufacturing capacity to massively export mRNA vaccines around the globe. Right from every perspective. https://t.co/OgnaZxXlod
— Andy Slavitt ?????? (@ASlavitt) November 18, 2021
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Poor countries won’t get boosters anytime soon, as rich countries forge ahead with booster vaccination campaigns https://t.co/R1r5XywKDC
— delthia ricks ? (@DelthiaRicks) November 20, 2021
China has given 76.3% of population complete COVID-19 vaccine doses https://t.co/Wm6UU8Yoqf pic.twitter.com/LaGW7X26Lb
— Reuters (@Reuters) November 20, 2021
Japan: From vaccine hesitancy to vaccine success https://t.co/sCdoqLZiV5
— BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) November 20, 2021
British journalist, living in Tokyo:
It seems hard to believe now, but at the beginning of June, I was seriously contemplating flying to the United States to get a Covid vaccine.
With just seven weeks to go until the Olympics, only 3.5% of Japan’s population had been fully vaccinated. While friends in the UK were merrily posting vaccine selfies on social media, here in the capital Tokyo, we were joking we might not see a needle till Christmas.
With the Olympics about to open, it seemed astonishing the Japanese government had bungled the vaccine rollout so badly.
Six months later, it couldn’t be more different.
Not only has Japan succeeded in overcoming the early chaos, it’s managed to get a higher percentage of its population vaccinated than almost anywhere else on Earth. Some 76% of Japanese are now fully immunised.
The Olympics was key…
Singapore relaxes tight COVID-19 social curbs from Monday https://t.co/du8ANxozrT pic.twitter.com/aKDCJV6zT4
— Reuters (@Reuters) November 20, 2021
… From Monday, limits on social interactions and dining out will be expanded to five people from the current rule of up to two vaccinated people, government ministers told a news conference on Saturday…
Singapore’s daily COVID-19 cases have fallen below 3,000 on average. About 85% of the island nation’s 5.45 million people have been vaccinated.
The number of infections fell to 1,734 cases on Friday from a record daily count of 5,324 in late October.
Business events in Singapore are already bouncing back.
Singapore hosted top executives of big global companies this week at a host of conferences, marking its gradual return to normalcy and underscoring the contrast with long-time rival Hong Kong, which is sticking with some of the toughest quarantine rules in the world…
Russia on Saturday confirmed 37,120 Covid-19 infections and a record-tying 1,254 deaths https://t.co/tHlwlDYjRg
— The Moscow Times (@MoscowTimes) November 20, 2021
As hospitals in Europe fill with unvaccinated #COVID19 patients, rage is rising against them — not only because their #vaccine refusal prolongs the #pandemic, but because it denies care to those suffering other serious ailments.https://t.co/Kg0wMqNWqh
— Laurie Garrett (@Laurie_Garrett) November 19, 2021
Czechs report highest daily coronavirus cases since pandemic start https://t.co/ufFMTuQRXa pic.twitter.com/rGfH7IFhVq
— Reuters (@Reuters) November 20, 2021
Dutch police open fire in the port city of Rotterdam as a protest against coronavirus restrictions descends into rioting. The city's mayor describes it as an "orgy of violence." By @mikecorder https://t.co/zS11IHpbDD
— AP Europe (@AP_Europe) November 20, 2021
Austria will be the first country in western Europe to reimpose a full coronavirus lockdown this autumn – and will mandate its whole population to get vaccinated as of February https://t.co/IiIg7yy9MG pic.twitter.com/jZqRymab0s
— Reuters (@Reuters) November 19, 2021
French islands of Guadeloupe placed under curfew amid COVID unrest https://t.co/ytmy57kuvZ pic.twitter.com/BbcKRNHzcj
— Reuters (@Reuters) November 20, 2021
Canada authorises Pfizer Covid vaccine for children aged 5-11 https://t.co/wmTxzqUvN8
— BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) November 19, 2021
This appears relevant for unvaccinated MLB players trying to enter Canada to play the Blue Jays next season. https://t.co/9FgFURNIbh
— James Wagner (@ByJamesWagner) November 20, 2021
Disney Cruise Line becomes first to add vaccine requirement for kids as young as 5 https://t.co/0qfpQscJef
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) November 18, 2021
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COVID-19 vaccine boosters provide highly effective continued protection against breakthrough COVID-19 infections, serious illness, hospitalization & death.
IDSA supports @US_FDA & @CDCgov decision to expand eligibility for everyone age 18 & older: https://t.co/kU6BnasifM pic.twitter.com/Alvr7SuWR4
— IDSA (@IDSAInfo) November 20, 2021
Graphic-heavy thread:
First look at the only randomized trial of a booster vaccine data (Pfizer) today https://t.co/UEa1OUDvzU
95% efficacy vs symptomatic infections, consistent across all age, sex, race, ethnicity and comorbid condition subgroups
Benefit seen very early pic.twitter.com/bSarj5263t— Eric Topol (@EricTopol) November 19, 2021
Here's the deal. The "booster" is turning out to be more than a boost for waning efficacy. It's both true that we should prioritize this globally—health-care workers and high-risk people everywhere first—and that it's a no-brainer at the individual level. https://t.co/Rb6Og3W74d
— zeynep tufekci (@zeynep) November 17, 2021
Yep. A lot of childhood vaccines are three-dose primary series. Some have a few boosters, but most of them do not need annual ones. We don't yet know where this one will end up, but this seems like the least of our problems. https://t.co/oaRSzH96Me
— zeynep tufekci (@zeynep) November 17, 2021
Pregnant women with COVID-19 face increased chances for stillbirths compared with uninfected women, and that risk spiked to four times higher after the delta variant emerged, new government data show. https://t.co/tNX7RvvQdh
— The Associated Press (@AP) November 19, 2021
Canadian: "Up to 80% of those infected by #SARSCoV2 report losing their sense of smell. The likely targets of the virus are supporting cells in the nose that support growth of the nerve cells that allow us to smell."
Can this #COVID19 effect be cured?https://t.co/D6CyTkNAg2— Laurie Garrett (@Laurie_Garrett) November 19, 2021
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Michigan cases up 83%: State health officials recommend all residents older than 2 wear masks in indoor public areas. Michigan is confronting a severe rise in cases. The mask advisory was issued to hamper viral spread ahead of the holidays https://t.co/5Ahcqet4FY
— delthia ricks ? (@DelthiaRicks) November 19, 2021
Emails obtained by @AP show that Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee’s legislative counsel warned that a bill limiting public health measures during the COVID pandemic would violate federal law. The legislature passed the bill anyway and the governor signed it. https://t.co/T63PtXpkud
— The Associated Press (@AP) November 19, 2021
A Black-owned medical and life sciences products company in Canton, Mass. is donating two million masks to Greater Boston communities hit hardest by the pandemic to try to reduce the spread of COVID-19 during the holidays.@hannah_reports for @GBHNews ? https://t.co/BL9Y5ZT3pP pic.twitter.com/SnnioeeFGk
— GBH (@GBH) November 19, 2021
Texas court says hospital can’t be forced to offer ivermectin to covid patient on ventilatorhttps://t.co/V9aUxxQ3r3
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) November 19, 2021
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— Jean-Michel Connard ?? (@torriangray) November 17, 2021
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