Worrisome—Some survivors of #COVID19 carry signs that their immune system turns on body, reminiscent of debilitating diseases like lupus & rheumatoid arthritis. In some patients, body’s defense system shifts into attacking itself, rather than the virus. 🧵 nytimes.com/2020/10/27/hea…
2) “The patients are producing molecules called “autoantibodies” that target genetic material from human cells, instead of from the virus.”
3) “This misguided immune response may exacerbate severe Covid-19. It may also explain why so-called “long haulers” have lingering problems months after their initial illness has resolved and the virus is gone from their bodies”
4) “I’m not surprised, but it’s interesting to see that it’s really happening,” said Akiko Iwasaki (@VirusesImmunity) an immunologist at Yale University. “It’s possible that even moderate to mild disease may induce this kind of antibody response.” nytimes.com/2020/10/27/hea…

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29 Oct
NEW—Trump HHS appointee Michael Caputo steered a $300 mil taxpayer-paid ad campaign to "defeat despair" on #COVID19 privately pitched a different theme: "Helping the President will Help the Country”, required Trump loyalists, & overruled civil servants.
politico.com/news/2020/10/2…
2) “For instance, contractors vetted at least 274 potential celebrity contributors for their stances on gay rights, gun control & 2016 election before allowing them to participate. One promised public service announcement, was nixed cuz the celebrity had been critical of Trump.”
3) “House Oversight leaders said that the administration had failed to comply with repeated demands to produce separate, internal documents related to the campaign...
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⚠️BREAKING—Elderly attendees at Trump’s Omaha MAGA rally being treated for *hypothermia* after AF1 departs. Attendees stuck trying to get out of airport hanger, waiting for delayed buses & walking 3.7 miles to airport economy parking lot. So far 9 rushed to ER. Image
2) traffic jam trying to clear the airport. Frigid conditions in Omaha.
3) How can this happen? Well, the TAC Air hangar is on the Far East side of the airport. But parking on the west side. Traffic jam and no buses 🚌 for a while caused the nightmare. Poor folks.
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27 Oct
HUGE— A Flu Shot Might Reduce Coronavirus Infections, Early Research Suggests

➡️Hospital workers who got flu shot vaccinated were significantly less likely to develop #COVID19 than those who did not, early study shows.
scientificamerican.com/article/a-flu-… Image
2) new preprint suggests that there could be another key reason to get a flu jab this year: it might reduce risk of COVID-19. flu vaccine against influenza virus may also trigger the body to produce broad infection-fighting molecules that combat the pandemic-causing coronavirus.
3) “The paper is in line with some other recent studies published in peer-reviewed journals that point to similar effects. But researchers caution the research is preliminary and needs to be bolstered by more rigorous experiments.
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26 Oct
BREAKING—huge CDC report on hospitalized healthcare workers w/ #COVID19, which comprise 1 in 16.7 (6%) of all hospitalized cases!

📌10% hospitalized had zero risk factor! (Median age only 49, so not old at all)

📌Whopping 36% hospitalized were nurses! 🧵
cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/6…
2) It gets worse, despite being healthcare workers themselves, of these hospitalized #COVID19 HCWs:

📌Approximately 28% of these patients were admitted to an intensive care unit

📌16% required invasive mechanical ventilation

📌4% died

And gets worse for blacks...
3) And a whopping *52%* of all hospitalized healthcare workers were Black.

Contrast: Blacks are 13% of the U.S. population, and blacks constitute only 5% of all doctors and 10% of nurses.

➡️ Yet, somehow 52% of all hospitalized HCWs with #COVID19!
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26 Oct
Concerning—The coronavirus can remain on some surfaces for 28 days, including phone screens, paper money, & stainless steel, according to a new study. Around room temp of 68 degrees F, #SARSCoV2 could last for 28 days on smooth surfaces. 🧵 #COVID19
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2) “The study also found that the virus survived longer at lower temperatures and tended to last longer on non-porous or smooth surfaces such as glass and stainless steel rather than porous or rough surfaces such as cotton.”
3) “At higher temperatures, the survival time decreased as the temperature increased, and on cotton, the virus wasn’t detectable after 14 days.
However, the study was conducted in the dark to remove the effect of UV light, which can inactivate the virus.
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Marc Short*
Marty Obst*
Hicks
D&M Trump
Scalia
Miller
2x mil aides
4x WH press aides
Ray
McEnany
Conway
Laurie
Christie
Lee
Tillis
Johnson
McDaniel
Jenkins
Stepien
Luna
1x Jr staffer
3x reporters
11x debate staff
2) Worse. There was a coverup to hide the new outbreak.
3) it is now 5 people positive among Pence circle of aides.
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