Good news, parents — I’m seeing shots should be available by the end of February:
Breaking News: Pfizer and its partner BioNTech are expected to ask the FDA as soon as Tuesday to authorize its Covid vaccine for children 6 months to 4 years old as a two-dose regimen. https://t.co/Kok4Ff81cx
— The New York Times (@nytimes) February 1, 2022
Just worked 12 hours in the ER on a busy Monday and didn’t have a single Covid patient. Not one.
This ain’t over. But it’s a helluva lot better than even just a few weeks ago.
— Craig Spencer MD MPH (@Craig_A_Spencer) February 1, 2022
"Vaccines don't work." New data say yes, they do: pic.twitter.com/3C4MSNa1z5
— Scott Hadland, MD (@DrScottHadland) January 31, 2022
New data from @CDCgov. Lay piece here via @nytimes: https://t.co/ug9HFKm9ST
— Scott Hadland, MD (@DrScottHadland) January 31, 2022
New @FT
"Almost half of the US Covid hospitalisations this winter could have been averted if the country had matched the vaccination coverage of leading European countries"https://t.co/n12C6u49Fg by @mroliverbarnes @jburnmurdoch @JamieSmythF pic.twitter.com/TLvVQurBDk— Eric Topol (@EricTopol) January 31, 2022
This interview was partly frustrating and partly hilarious because the whole time the host was trying desperately to get Fauci to tell him it’s okay to give up and stop worrying about Covid and Fauci kept having to very patiently reiterate that no, that is bad and wrong https://t.co/rn9B9OWkGJ
— Katie Mack (@AstroKatie) January 31, 2022
The upshot of all of it was: yes, eventually we’ll move to a new phase with fewer precautions; no, we’re not there yet while 2200 people are dying daily; more vaccination & boosting will get us there faster; no, the currently cautious people are not somehow permanently broken
— Katie Mack (@AstroKatie) January 31, 2022
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COVID shines spotlight on imbalanced approach to death globally -expert panel https://t.co/tp7LGTJg3M pic.twitter.com/tNwVG1wLqs
— Reuters (@Reuters) February 1, 2022
China is ringing in the Lunar New Year despite pandemic restrictions, as people gathered outside closed temples offering traditional prayers for the Year of the Tiger. https://t.co/BR69n0jPmO
— The Associated Press (@AP) February 1, 2022
Beijing Olympics says growing COVID cases are "within controllable range" https://t.co/7v95AxYxxK pic.twitter.com/BH1xKtqKb0
— Reuters (@Reuters) February 1, 2022
… The Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics Organising Committee has reported 200 COVID cases since Jan. 23 among airport arrivals and those in the Games “closed loop” bubble that separates all event personnel, including athletes, from the public.
“As more people are entering China the imported COVID-19 cases are increasing,” Huang Chun, deputy director general of the committee’s Pandemic Prevention and Control Office, told a news briefing.
Huang said rising cases were also a result of more effective and accurate COVID detection techniques by customs.
Organisers reported 24 new COVID cases among Games-related personnel on Jan. 31, of which 16 were athletes…
China credits the strict COVID control measures, including frequent nucleic acid testings, for helping prevent clustered cases inside the closed loop.
“(The COVID-19 situation) is generally within our expected controllable range. So the Games participants, including athletes, and Chinese public do not have to worry,” said Huang…
PHOTOS: It’s mandatory to wear a mask in India. And police are enforcing it on the streets. People caught without wearing a mask are fined. But the scrutiny doesn’t extend to the type of mask that is worn, nor the safety criteria. https://t.co/HLJKOjMTca
— The Associated Press (@AP) February 1, 2022
Austria's Covid vaccine law comes into force amid resistance https://t.co/CtGqYTd3Hj
— BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) February 1, 2022
Denmark has become one of the first European Union countries to scrap most pandemic restrictions because the Scandinavian country no longer considers COVID-19 “a socially critical disease.” https://t.co/PUnM2tQjBu
— AP Europe (@AP_Europe) February 1, 2022
CDC warns against travel to Mexico & 11 other countries. The agency gave the country a Level 4 warning for “very high” risk because of surging Covid cases https://t.co/0HMSTPh7J7 pic.twitter.com/0cbUE4GF2X
— delthia ricks ? (@DelthiaRicks) February 1, 2022
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said he had tested positive for COVID-19 but was feeling fine, while also calling out protestors angry with the country's vaccine mandates https://t.co/b4hcb8GLgV pic.twitter.com/SW8E1fy1GV
— Reuters (@Reuters) February 1, 2022
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Another brilliant animation from @jburnmurdoch and the team at FT that shows how vaccines, therapies and the lower virulence of omicron have reduced Covid’s deadliness.
Note though that even now it remains deadlier than seasonal flu for older people. https://t.co/fPHKR6rve6— Kai Kupferschmidt (@kakape) January 31, 2022
Moderna has finally received a full license for its #Covid19 vaccine, Spikevax. (Best Covid vax name, hands down.)
Would love to know why it took @US_FDA more than twice as long to process Moderna's application than Pfizer's. https://t.co/yu9CKFHT79— Helen Branswell (@HelenBranswell) January 31, 2022
Will another devastating variant follow #Omicron? Virologists say it's still too early to tell https://t.co/hzGVazAlQe
— delthia ricks ? (@DelthiaRicks) February 1, 2022
Vaccination markedly cuts SARSCoV2 transmission in households, studies are demonstrating. 2 reports in Science show substantial vaccine benefit especially when it comes to unvaccinated children. However, 1 of the studies noted waning protection over time https://t.co/7VUnKY3ogU pic.twitter.com/QMYdfR6gmF
— delthia ricks ? (@DelthiaRicks) January 31, 2022
Omicron is driving new concerns about #LongCovid. More than a third of people post-Covid have lingering problems, such as headaches, ringing in the ears, brain fog & a host of other complications. Sufferers are asking whether this is the new normal https://t.co/Y77HEFV148 pic.twitter.com/Az9LwYoAAi
— delthia ricks ? (@DelthiaRicks) January 31, 2022
Tests of lung performance in #COVID19 survivors finds, "significantly impaired gas transfer from the lungs to the bloodstream even though other tests – including CT scans – came back as normal..[possible] microscopic damage to the respiratory system."https://t.co/0G9yKlhHQP
— Laurie Garrett (@Laurie_Garrett) January 31, 2022
Huge volumes of COVID hospital waste threaten health – WHO https://t.co/Fsl1ng6N59 pic.twitter.com/5kjclD38n5
— Reuters (@Reuters) February 1, 2022
Reuters really screwed up just now, wrongly reporting that a Phase III clinical trial showed Ivermectin was effective against Omicron, and then correcting the story after damage was already done. pic.twitter.com/blZ3BsWBS2
— Arieh Kovler (@ariehkovler) January 31, 2022
Lots of stuff has a antiviral effect in a test tube but doesn't help fight viral disease in humans, so while it was disappointing that Ivermectin doesn't help with Covid, it wasn't very surprising.
— Arieh Kovler (@ariehkovler) January 31, 2022
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One reason America's #COVID19 data is a mess is coroners: About 40% of US counties have coroners sign death certificates and, "Coroners reliant on voters who are skeptical about covid have not been as scrupulous as their medical-examiner peers."https://t.co/EserZmftKo
— Laurie Garrett (@Laurie_Garrett) January 31, 2022
At a hospital in California, the Omicron variant has brought a record number of patients, putting a strain on hospital staff that have already taken a beating https://t.co/3miyVI06GR pic.twitter.com/3fMMfzaHgi
— Reuters (@Reuters) February 1, 2022
Denver will let its mask mandate expire this week because the number of new #coronavirus cases and hospitalizations are declining. From #WaPost pic.twitter.com/2znfKmcP5R
— delthia ricks ? (@DelthiaRicks) January 31, 2022
This wave will end. The few remaining interventions will be relaxed. Is that getting on? Is getting rid of masks in parts of the country that still have them getting on? While we are barreling towards 1.000.000 deaths? Is pretending Covid exist and forcing normalcy getting on?
— veto players stan account (@Convolutedname) January 31, 2022
It's not remotely rational that more people are more anxious about flying than driving, but that doesn't mean that particular pattern of transportation anxiety is some kind of difficult-to-explain mystery.
— David Watkins (@djw172) January 31, 2022
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