Many thanks @Lawrence for hosting me tonight on @TheLastWord we spoke about the steep rise of #COVID19 in AZ OK TX, the risk of ICUs filling in metro areas in these states, and what that means for mortality rates. Thanks for “the last word”!
We learned tonight that the President may plan his next rally for #Phoenix. If confirmed I think that would be reckless, given the terrible acceleration of #covid19 cases and ICU admissions there
The President holding a rally in #Phoenix when #COVID19 hospitalizations rising exponentially there? Is he trying to throw the election? This is like the political equivalent of @MelBrooks The Producers. What’s next? Does he try to slip @maggieNYT $50 to write the review?
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1/n In my public remarks, writings, and meetings with leaders in global public health my message is the same: a politically motivated/predatory antivaccine movement that first accelerated during Covid in the U.S. has globalized and will spill over to all childhood immunizations
3/n and a few other things: the discovery of ivermectin for the Nobel Prize was for its effects on parasitic worm infections such as onchocerciasis, lymphatic filariasis not Covid. Ivermectin doesn’t work for Covid
I don’t understand what NY Times is trying to do today, I mean I get the part below, but why that headline? And why bury the overwhelming benefits of Covid immunizations? Why say “for most people” the benefits outweighs the risks. Say it as it is >99.9%
And you point out how 200,000 Americans needlessly perished because they refused Covid vaccines from a predatory and political vaccine campaign amazon.com/Deadly-Rise-An…
Between this and the mainstream media’s obsession with false equivalency between natural Covid origins vs gain of function/lab leak, they are not helpful
1/n update on Covid in U.S. first some good news, latest from CDC shows we’re now at about our lowest levels of new COVID hospitalizations since the beginning of the pandemic…
2/n also Covid wastewater numbers looking pretty good, so as I said a few weeks ago, it looks like we might a low Covid spring or at least May. Good for HS or college graduations
3/n the concerning trend is one @EricTopol and others pointed earlier today namely these newer FLiRT variants, if and when they go over 50% will the numbers rise again?
1/n I’m seeing on social media and popular podcasts, awful nonsense and false claims about Covid immunizations in pregnancy causing autism in newborns. This is dangerous health disinformation at multiple levels. Here is the real story.
2/n First the adverse health impact of Covid on both pregnant mother and new baby is undisputed, it’s devastating for both, especially high maternal morbidity and mortality journals.plos.org/plosone/articl…
3/n moreover the health benefits of Covid vaccinations for both mother and newborn are also indisputable and life saving. This from @LancetDigitalH thelancet.com/journals/landi…