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Eric Feigl-Ding
DrEricDing
What is the fastest growing variant in the US currently? Not #B117 anymore (now #2)—it’s actually the #P1 variant from Brazil .So @NYCHealthCommr Dr @davechokshi is indeed correct when he
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Eric Escobar
eresc79
1. Updated numbers from #COVID19BC situation report (http://www.bccdc.ca/Health-Info-Site/Documents/COVID_sitrep/Week_12_2021_BC_COVID-19_Situation_Report.pdf) 2837 #B117 (vs 3122 predicted), new Rt is still 1.6.872 #P1 (vs 879 predicted),
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Oliver Johnson
BristOliver
I totally understand the worry, but I'm not currently convinced the Indian variant will continue to grow in the UK like B117 did, the way the RH graph implies it
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Oliver Johnson
BristOliver
On Indian variants, it's worth remembering that (whatever the cool kids say) just because someone has over-reacted in the past, that doesn't mean they are over-reacting now. Personally, I'm more
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Monica Gandhi MD, MPH
MonicaGandhi9
Let's talk B117 and why I don't think this variant is going to deter our progress. What are 3 things you worry about with a variant? 1) Increased transmissibility; 2)
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Devan Sinha
DevanSinha
Informative paper - B117 (SGTF) viral load and transmission dynamics for test strategiesThey linked 1m INDEX cases in England to PCR+ contacts across settings by age (not what PHE did)B117transmissibility
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Kit Yates
Kit_Yates_Maths
A short thread on variants.There are a number of cases of variants of concern (VOC) and variants under investigation (VUI) in the UK.Here I will focus on just four of
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Loretta Torrago
Loretta_Torrago
The Open Schools movement has been oddly silent about variants. Leave it to @TracyBethHoeg to broach the topic by falsely suggesting this article shows B117's "severity" is the same as
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Prof. Christina Pagel
chrischirp
THREAD on B1617 from COG data:Yesterday I did some tweets about the growth of B1617 ("India") and its subtypes in the community using data from the Sanger Inst (England only).https://twitter.com/chrischirp/status/13893499047708139
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Prof. Christina Pagel
chrischirp
THREAD on new Variant of Concern (VOC), B.1.617.2: PHE released its report on B.1.617.2. It has loads of info - some quite disturbing. I'll try to go through the key
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Eric Feigl-Ding
DrEricDing
Age 15-19 has emerged as currently the age group with the highest rate of #COVID19 in Germany . Also notice kids 5-9 and 10-14 now have the highest infection rates
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Stephanie Tait
StephTaitWrites
I’m really confused by people that post about how sad the pandemic situation is in other countries right now, while also posting pictures of themselves eating in restaurants and excitedly
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Eric Feigl-Ding
DrEricDing
Ummmm… #P1 variant’s case fraction % in New York City just rose over 30% in just one week. Any others growing? Not really—#B117 (while more common) only rose tiny
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Winston Bharat
WinstonBharatMD
71 people died in a single nursing home because nobody in the federal government understood that a traveller in "quarantine" at a home with others is not actually in quarantine.
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Ezra Klein
ezraklein
My column last week was about whether regulators in America have been too cautious, so afraid of the consequences of getting a decision wrong that they've cost lives through inaction
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Prof. Christina Pagel
chrischirp
THREAD on VARIANTS, VACCINES & POTENTIAL FUTURES:I’ve been looking at data on sequenced variants. I’ve also been thinking about our vax programme & India. TLDR: the Indian variant needs to
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