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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

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

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,

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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