(Per BBC)
49.1% of all American adults have received at least one vaccine shot; 31.1% are now fully vaccinated.
80.4% of all Americans age 65 or older have received at least one shot; 64.6% are now fully vaccinated. pic.twitter.com/WrR2s5KxmM
— Patrick Chovanec (@prchovanec) April 16, 2021
The Johnson & Johnson vaccine pause will last at least another week. A new CDC panel meeting has been set for next Friday. Dr. Fauci says the J&J vax will be back on track soon https://t.co/sVsiDrK64o pic.twitter.com/HWCWE7a9kR
— delthia ricks 🔬 (@DelthiaRicks) April 16, 2021
The US had +74,479 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 yesterday, bringing the total to over 32.2 million. The 7-day moving average declined slightly to below 72,000 new cases per day. pic.twitter.com/XjzZv8JTQW
— Patrick Chovanec (@prchovanec) April 16, 2021
Calming clarification on today's #COVID19 news, frm @CDCDirector : >1/2 new US cases involve variant viruses, but, "the B117 variant, originally id'ed in the UK, was 44% of the virus circulating during wk of Mar 27."
The B117 is very contagious but #vaccines work well against it. pic.twitter.com/buKfx1nlzW— Laurie Garrett (@Laurie_Garrett) April 16, 2021
In @WhiteHouse LIVE presser @CDCDirector Walensky is underscoring the need to get vaccinated "as soon as you possibly can" because variant forms of the virus now account for 1/2 all new infections.
The race is on and #SARSCoV2 still has the lead. #COVID19 pic.twitter.com/AnqpX0lRtZ— Laurie Garrett (@Laurie_Garrett) April 16, 2021
Thread:
Time to scale up mRNA vaccine production globally, @DrTomFrieden argues. https://t.co/BzVPBLHK86
— Helen Branswell (@HelenBranswell) April 17, 2021
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BREAKING: The global death toll from the coronavirus has topped 3 million people, according to a count by John Hopkins University. https://t.co/oj4cuGFOvL
— The Associated Press (@AP) April 17, 2021
Global Covid-19 Infections Nearing Highest Rate Of Pandemic, WHO Says—Here’s Where Cases Are Going Up https://t.co/eGz3hjF2nN pic.twitter.com/QKMRIrorFT
— Forbes (@Forbes) April 16, 2021
“Vaccine equity is the challenge of our time. And we are failing."
— @WHO Chief @DrTedros – as UN, government, scientific & civil society leaders call for solidarity & share solutions aimed at improving equal access to #COVID19 vaccines. https://t.co/cnAqsQhQo1
— United Nations (@UN) April 17, 2021
India reports another record daily rise in COVID-19 infections https://t.co/mzaphmf65Z pic.twitter.com/i9uQIE7tM2
— Reuters (@Reuters) April 17, 2021
Analysis: India shifts from mass vaccine exporter to importer, worrying the world https://t.co/0ykADrbjhK
— Reuters (@Reuters) April 16, 2021
India's Kumbh festival attracts big crowds amid devastating second Covid wave https://t.co/hxFChX9gob
— BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) April 17, 2021
Sputnik V: How Russia's Covid vaccine is dividing Europe https://t.co/uRccI1lAez
— BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) April 16, 2021
Worshippers wear face masks and stand apart for Ramadan prayers in Mecca, in much smaller numbers than the millions of people of the past pic.twitter.com/RyJ0yOCjOB
— Reuters (@Reuters) April 17, 2021
Argentines rebel against new pandemic restrictions even as ICUs fill https://t.co/AgEcVxw8UE pic.twitter.com/0Pti3EdDPh
— Reuters (@Reuters) April 17, 2021
Canada sounds the alarm as Covid cases overtake US https://t.co/opH4kzVSva
— BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) April 16, 2021
Thread — Canada, by province:
Ontario reports another single-day record with 4,812 new cases #COVID19 and 25 more pandemic deaths Friday; 1,955 patients hospitalized, 701 in intensive care; province administered 115,634 vaccines yesterday. https://t.co/5cZIy3QGnK via @globeandmail /1
— André Picard (@picardonhealth) April 16, 2021
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COVID: Scientists identify human genes that carry codes to fight SARSCoV2 infection https://t.co/Pl7u5aridN via @medical_xpress
— delthia ricks 🔬 (@DelthiaRicks) April 17, 2021
What's behind the thrombotic events that appear to be linked to the AstraZeneca & J&J vaccines? @rkhamsi explains the leading theories. Worth your time. https://t.co/5LnFStROqk
— Helen Branswell (@HelenBranswell) April 17, 2021
People with rare #bloodclots after a #COVID19 jab share an uncommon immune response.
Studies suggest that some of the inoculated people develop an immune response that attacks a protein called platelet factor 4 or PF4, which makes platelets form clots.https://t.co/MouAM1MJO5
— MicrobesInfect (@MicrobesInfect) April 17, 2021
Australia on Friday reported its first fatality from blood clots in a recipient of AstraZeneca's (AZN.L) COVID-19 shot, and its regulator said there was a likely link between the 48-year-old woman's death and the vaccine. https://t.co/bQriqHiHTE
— Reuters Health (@Reuters_Health) April 16, 2021
Why are cases rising when we have awesome vaccines?
Because it's not vaccines but *vaccination* that matters.
Those vaccines need to go into people's arms. They don't protect people simply by existing in the world.
And opening back up too soon gives the virus an edge. https://t.co/mXiVYEg6aL
— Dr. Angela Rasmussen (@angie_rasmussen) April 15, 2021
New in OFID: A survey assessing COVID-19 knowledge found that participants, overall, overestimated their own expertise, with poor performers more likely to use mass media and social networks as sources of information.
??: https://t.co/Rg5vJDzUSo#IDSAJournals @PaulSaxMD @DrJLi pic.twitter.com/mRbxBIUFY0
— IDSA (@IDSAInfo) April 16, 2021
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The @WhiteHouse LIVE is announcing a new $4B scheme to tackle #COVID19 among American Indians and Indigenous People, mostly by beefing up the Indian Health Service and increasing access to #vaccines. pic.twitter.com/f9ZNChMhcP
— Laurie Garrett (@Laurie_Garrett) April 16, 2021
CNN: So far, more than 26 US colleges and universities have decided that students must be vaccinated to return to campus in the fall.
— Ana Cabrera (@AnaCabrera) April 15, 2021
Alternatively, maybe don't wear a mask but instead wear a prominent sticker proclaiming: "I got vaccinated. This could be you!" But you know the idiots among us would compare it to wearing a yellow star, so sadly no.
— Patrick Chovanec (@prchovanec) April 17, 2021
bold of them to assume they won’t be out of business in 2023 https://t.co/ZQM25AHcM2
— counterfactual (@counterfax) April 15, 2021
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