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Infectious Disease Epidemiologist; COVID-19 Technical Lead, Director ai Epidemic & Pandemic Preparedness & Prevention, WHO, WHE, Mom of 2. Opinions my own

Feb 8, 2022, 5 tweets

Short 🧵 on #omicron (filmed yesterday)

The global situation with #COVID19 is dynamic. @WHO Global COVID-19 epi situation available here who.int/publications/m…

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2/5 What is #Omicron? And what about BA.2?

3/5 What is the risk of severe disease with #Omicron?

4/5 #COVID19 vaccines are incredibly effective at preventing severe disease and death so get vaccinated when it’s your then.
Continue to fight for #VaccinEquity for the world

5/5 We not only need to increase vaccine access and vaccination among those most at risk, we also need to reduce the spread of #SARSCoV2 to prevent infections, reduce risk those infected developing severe disease, reduce risk of #longcovid and reduce risk of variants

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