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NEW: time for a Covid situation updateCases and hospitalisations are rising again across much of the western world.What’s driving the rise, and should we be worried? What’s behind the rise?Some
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NEW: first thread of 2022 is an Omicron situation update, starting with a detailed look at UK hospitals, before going international.Let’s start with severity, and the most important chart:Despite steep
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NEW: B.1617.2 is fuelling a third wave in the UK, with not only cases but also hospital admissions rising.Vaccines will make this wave different to those that have come before,
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So we know its trajectory looks different to the other imported variants, but that doesn’t tell us enough. We need a better benchmark: how does its growth compare to B.1.1.7
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And second, the data we do have on people being infected with B.1.617.2 after receiving the vaccine is — despite claims to the contrary — very reassuring.Even among the most
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NEW: time for a proper thread on B.1.617.2, the subtype of the Indian variant that has been moved to "variant of concern" today by Public Health England.First, it’s clear case
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Brief thread on vaccines vs variants (vaccines are winning ):[Some] people keep pointing to rising cases in places like Chile and Canada as evidence that the vaccines aren’t working.That’s completely
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NEW thread: here’s the latest data on how vaccines are fighting Covid.My India tweets earlier were grim, but these are more optimisticVaccines are working in the UK , working in
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NEW: a deep-dive into the situation in India, where a devastating second wave is overwhelming hospitals and crematoriums, eclipsing global records as it goes https://www.ft.com/content/683914a3-134f-40b6-989b-21e0ba1dc403250,000 new cases e
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NEW: the variant thought to be responsible for fuelling India’s grim second wave (B.1.617) has been found in the UK, and numbers are rising relatively quickly in Britain.Story from @AnnaSophieGross
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Surprised by pushback to Boris Johnson’s comments that restrictions have played a key role in reducing UK Covid rates.Why do people think rates have fallen among unvaxxed groups?I always felt
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Particularly concerning is India, where some thought herd immunity may have been reached.It had not.Case rates are doubling every 5 days in Delhi.There’s insufficient sequencing to track variants, but it’s
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