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Why the 2019 @BLS_gov Jobs report is a red flag for American #healthcare: https://www.bls.gov/news.release/empsit.nr0.htmA thread to explain1. You may recall that in late December 2017, #healthcare jobs overtook retail to

December 2020UK—Hey US, we've got a variant that has >50% higher infectiousness, >30% increased lethality, and you'll need to vaccinate like no tomorrow to prevent a major surgeMay 2021US—We got

Confirmed Prior Covid + 1 shot mRNA vaccine = Fully Vaccinated (FV).Strong evidence to supportBut many people w/prior covid are getting 2nd dose, unnecessary side effectsCDC/gov't needs to certify this

3 optimistic essays: the path to ending the pandemic1."Although attempts to delegitimize vaccines have posed a serious threat to human health, anti-vaccination movements, at least in the long run, have

This will go down in history as one of science and medical research's greatest achievements. Perhaps the most impressive.I put together a preliminary timeline of some key milestones to show

In 2020, T cells were largely ignored w/r to covid infections.In 2021, T cells are being largely ignored w/t to covid vaccinations.In part, because they are rarely assessed.A review of

A misleading headlineNo question about the profound crisis in India but to ascribe it to B.1.617, a variant of interest, in inaccurate, It's not a "double mutant"—there are 13 mutations

A new study @TheLancetPH today questions the higher B.1.1.7 lethality in a small sample of hospitalized patients with viral sequencing, before there was resource limitation https://www.thelancet.com/journals/laninf/article/PIIS1473-3099(21)

The variants of concern/interest fall into a spectrum of immune evasiveness, w/ B.1.351 being most; B.1.1.7, B.1.429 least. This property pertains to potential for reinfection & some reduction in vaccine

On #diabetes, glucose control, #COVID19, #SARSCoV2A new @Cell_Metabolism paper on the mechanism for uncontrolled glucose and severe covid19https://www.cell.com/action/showPdf?pii=S1550-4131%2820%2930365-XA new @TheLancetEndo review goes dee

Diagnosis: Uncontrolled spreadhttps://www.covidexitstrategy.org 1/ A ladder. Off the chart again with 83,000 new confirmed infections the past 2 days. Years from now people will look back and think how is this

Almost the whole country is in the "Uncontrolled Spread" category https://www.covidexitstrategy.org 1/ The Upper Midwest and Sturgis, likely America's largest superspreader event870 infections per million people in ND is