⚠️DIED ON THE TARMAC—A woman in her 30s died of #COVID19 while she was on a plane about to take off. Before the woman died, she had trouble breathing and was given oxygen. Died suddenly literally while on tarmac. COVID is no joke, even for 30 year olds. buzzfeednews.com/article/tasnee…
2) yes she had some underlying risk factor. But you know, 1/3 of America has one too — it’s called obesity. Tons more have diabetes, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, heart disease, and more. Many of them present in young people.
3) “Jenkins said that the woman's death was a "reminder that there is no age restriction in COVID."
"I would strongly encourage people to not think they’re invincible from COVID because they don’t think they’re in a high-risk category," he said.
4) “Another CDC study from the summer found that 1 in 5 people aged 18 to 34 who had tested positive for COVID-19 had not recovered after a few weeks and could be chronically ill.” #LongCovid
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JUST IN—CDC is changes how “close contact” is defined. Instead of previously defining “close contact” as >=15 *consecutive* minutes w/in 6 feet of #COVID19 case, it’s now w/in 6 feet of an infected case for >=15 minutes cumulatively over 24-hours. Huge. 🧵 washingtonpost.com/health/2020/10…
2) “The change by The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is likely to have its biggest impact in schools, workplaces and other group settings where people are in contact with others for long periods of time.”
3) “The updated guidance is based on new evidence: CDC and Vermont health officials discovered infection of a 20-year-old prison employee who interacted with individuals who later tested positive for the virus after 22 interactions totaling 17 minutes during an 8-hour shift.”
NEW—Largest CDC study on mortality to date pegs #COVID19 associated excess deaths at 285k. But that is not all. There are huge % excesses deaths, especially in young adults 25-44 and in Hispanic, Black, Asian, Native American minorities. Whites less so.🧵 cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/6…
2) Here is the excess Covid mortality by age groups. Young adults 25-44 had the largest excess mortality overall - hitting 50% in mid July. The first March-April wave’s 1st peak hit elderly the hardest. But 2nd peak hit young adults more. #COVID19
3) As for minorities, Hispanic & Black and Asian minorities all exceeded 100% increase over baseline in March and April. Non-Hispanic whites was under 40%. In the second peak in summer 2020, Hispanics were hit the hardest. But black, Asian & Native American suffered 50% excess.
⚠️BREAKING—Huge CDC study says #COVID19 not only caused 285,000 excess deaths— but CDC also found, surprisingly, that it has struck 25-44-year-olds very hard: Their “excess death” rate is up 26.5% over previous years, the largest change for any age group! washingtonpost.com/health/coronav…
2) ““The number of people dying from this pandemic is higher than we think,” said Steven Woolf at Virginia Commonwealth University, who has conducted independent analyses of excess mortality. “This study shows it. Others have as well.”
3) “The data cover the period Feb. 1 to Sept. 16, meaning that excess deaths have almost certainly reached 300,000. Woolf said they are likely to hit 400,000 by the end of the year. The numbers were assembled by the National Center for Health Statistics, a unit of the CDC.”
Thank you Noah and Ashley from public health advocates everywhere! #COVID19#WearAMask 🧵
2) Do masks really work? Heck yes!!! I’m going to walk folks thru a thread 🧵 of evidence.
➡️ MASKS do work!!
Association Between Universal Masking in a Health Care System and SARS-CoV-2 Positivity Among Health Care Workers jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/…
3) A big scientific evidence review study on face masks.
“We recommend that public officials and governments strongly encourage the use of widespread face masks in public, including the use of appropriate regulation.” #COVID19europepmc.org/article/PPR/PP…
BREAKING—China CDC confirms the isolation of active #SARSCoV2 coronavirus from outer packaging of imported frozen cod in city of Qingdao. First time proven that **contact w/ frozen packaging w/ active novel coronavirus could lead to infection**. Worrisome. xinhuanet.com/english/2020-1…
2) “The agency said that the risk of cold-chain food circulating in China's market being contaminated by the novel coronavirus is very low, citing recent nucleic acid test results for samples taken from the business.”
3) “A total of 2.98 mil samples had been tested across 24 provinces by Sept. 15, including 670k taken from cold-chain food & packaging, 1.24 mil from working staff and 1.07 mil from environment. Only 22 samples from cold-chain food or food packaging tested positive for the virus”