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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 bit, and the NY variant #B1526 is mostly flat.
I’ve seen this movie before—in BC🇨🇦—it didn’t end well. #COVID19
I’ve seen this movie before—in BC🇨🇦—it didn’t end well. #COVID19
2) that said, NYC is more heavily vaccinated than BC 🇨🇦. Let’s hope it’s enough to hold back any #P1 surge. I’m just trying to spot signals. And a 30% relative jump is notable in just a week.
3) BC’s #P1 started slow, but then it became a huge problematic of an outbreak.
WORRIED—NYC’s native variant is now concerning Fauci—it has some potential for trouble. 735 cases of #B1526 variant that emerged in New York City have now been identified in US, including 585 in the last 2 weeks—it is now found in 15 states.🧵#COVID19 bloomberg.com/news/articles/… 
2)“It’s not particularly happy news,” said Michel Nussenzweig, an immunologist. “But just knowing about it is good because then we can perhaps do something about it.”
Nussenzweig said he was more worried about variant in New York than one in California.
nytimes.com/2021/02/24/hea…
Nussenzweig said he was more worried about variant in New York than one in California.
nytimes.com/2021/02/24/hea…
3) The variant, known scientifically as B.1.526, likely started off in the Washington Heights section of Manhattan, Anthony Fauci said in a Monday news briefing. It is one of five concerning variants now being tracked nationally by health officials.
1) Coronavirus live news: Germany plans to extend lockdown; WHO says Covid won't be over this year theguardian.com/world/live/202…
2) Israel, the UAE and UK have administered the highest number of vaccine doses per capita globally. In Israel, 93.5 doses have been given per 100 people, while in the UAE the figure is 60.87. In the UK, 30.77 shots have been administered for every 100 residents;
3) Austria & Denmark, chafing at slow rollout of 💉 in EU, have broken ranks w/Brussels to form an alliance w/Israel to produce 2nd-generation 💉 against covid mutations;
4) Nigeria’s first 💉 , AZ jabs from the Covax program, landed in capital city Abuja today;
4) Nigeria’s first 💉 , AZ jabs from the Covax program, landed in capital city Abuja today;
