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The US is now considering extension of COVID vaccine EUA's to 12-15 year olds, and Pfizer is expected to file for Emergency authorization in 2-11 year olds in September.A thread
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It seems like the fundamental fallacy underpinning misguided mitigation strategies is prioritizing the elimination of the highest-risk interactions ever experienced by the lowest-risk (most privileged) people.1/12 Through the lens of
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Since the beginning of the pandemic, one prominent story told for how we move forward (most recently in the JSM) is that suppression measures must be used to get cases
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We have entered Phase II (or is it XXII?) of the COVID "discussion": gathering signatures for petitions.In some sense it is the perfect phase for this moment, which involves remarkably
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The way COVID discussion works now, when someone says "I think X and Y",people no longer know how to say:"X is a good idea, but I am not convinced on
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The attention-grabbing data shown in this Bloomberg article is data described as being collected from "1500 patients".https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2020-opinion-covid-long-haulers-chronic-illness/?fbclid=IwAR0u-VsNU46O840GQSc
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Age-targeted strategies are often interpreted in extreme ways: "cut off", "perfectly segregate", etc, some part of society, while everyone else "gets on with normal life".Obviously in this formulation, skeptici
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It is well-understood that the higher contact patterns among younger adults make those age groups the primary driver of the epidemic. Regardless of the relative roles of vaccines vs infection,
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In light of the most credible reinfection case to date () there has been discussion of what this means for herd immunity from infection or vaccines.Quick thread with a simplified
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I talk a lot about the mistake people make thinking it is always safer to err on the side of extreme action.Here is a simple thought experiment to illustrate this
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Disappointed in @UpshotNYT on this story:https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/05/28/upshot/coronavirus-herd-immunity.htmlA few key things stand out here. They quote unnamed "experts" to support an assumption that herd immunity
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