Thread 2/10: Some large particles settle out of the air quickly because of gravity (2 m [6 ft] distancing rule), but majority are smaller particles that stay aloft travel beyond 2 m (6 ft)...large outdoor events often preceded or followed by indoor crowds at bars pubs restaurants
Thread 3/10: ...failure to control the pandemic is a style of political leadership that has been termed medical populism, political leaders “simplifying the pandemic by downplaying its impacts or touting easy solutions or treatments, spectacularizing their responses to crisis..."
Thread 4/10: ...three case studies: US President Donald Trump, Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte, and Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro...medical populism stokes opposition to simple measures such as wearing face masks, and it breeds misinformation and rumour trafficking.
Thread 5/10: In the United States, COVID-19 is causing historic decimation of Hispanic communities across the south, African American communities in the southeast, and Native American communities in the southwest.
Thread 6/10: The United States is not alone on this front. Across the G20 nations, there are rising cases of COVID-19 among people who are poor and living amidst wealth, a situation that has been called “blue marble health” muse.jhu.edu/book/75688
Thread 7/10: We are concerned about the emphasis and focus on new and unproven vaccine technologies, which will be expensive and have not been shown to offer benefits (in terms of vaccine immunity or safety) over traditional and far less expensive...approaches
Thread 8/10: ..the latter could be produced by members of the Developing Country Vaccine Manufacturers Network dcvmn.org and are more likely to provide vaccines to low-income populations and nations.
Thread 9/10: Along these lines, there is a need for better acceptance of low-cost adjuvants with long-standing safety records, such as alum, which have so far been dismissed by major donors and international partners without scientific rationale
Thread 10/10: ...vaccine nationalism, in which individual nations tie up the intended supplies of future vaccines, is counterproductive...Bilateral negotiations on future vaccine access are currently taking place under confidentiality agreements, with poor transparency in pricing
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1/n Nuremberg 2.0 is a QAnon far-right fantasy that the Covid vaccine scientists & virologists will be tried at some sort of military tribunal similar to those following WWII. It’s an excuse to invoke Nazi imagery, designed to intimidate scientists, portray us as public enemies
@JHUPress 3/n the use of Nazi imagery to intimidate scientists has a historical basis, which I wrote about in a paper last year @ProjectMUSE muse.jhu.edu/article/902035…
1/n Our @TexasChildrens laboratory is rapidly accelerating a new human hookworm anemia vaccine for LMICs.
Fyi hookworm, malaria, yellow fever, dengue once common in East Texas (and in some cases returning). Here’s a hookworm map from early 1900s. Even Harris County,
1/n There have been several papers out in the last few months examining or reviewing the PEDIATRIC disease burden of Covid + the benefits of vaccination, will summarize some of the key interesting ones from 2023-24 here in this thread, in some cases also a popular article on it
1/n Well he's right about one thing, follow the money. And he will find out how we develop low-cost neglected disease vaccines for global health. I think in my 40 years of this I've made less than $3,000 from our vaccines, nothing from interviews/podcasts...but guess who has?
1/n Trump Getting DESTROYED on Truth Social Over His Vaccine Post - @MeidasTouch
To help people understand this phenomenon, it might be useful to look at each of the three major waves of COVID disinformation from 2020-2024. Will break it down… meidastouch.com/news/trump-get…
2/n V.1.0 began in 2020 when health disinformation was used to avoid stay at home orders from governors + prevent oil prices from collapsing. That’s when the Trump WH/Fox News pushed the hydroxychloroquine nonsense + Great Barrington Declaration at AIER exposedbycmd.org/2021/12/22/how…
3/n V.2.0 began with CPAC Conf in Dallas TX July 2021 pushing up against vaccine mandates (“first they’ll vaccinate then take away your guns/bibles”) + members of the House Freedom Caucus and 2 U.S. Senators falsely discredited the vaccine safety efficacy esquire.com/news-politics/…