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11 Nov, 5 tweets, 3 min read
Boom. Tomorrow’s NYT cover. @realDonaldTrump, Mitch and Pence are not gonna like this. Please, for their sake, don’t share.

#Election2020
2) While you’re here, here is Mark Meadows with a headache. Read also about Covid patients suffering increase risk of psychiatric illnesses and dementia. It’s not just death that matters, not that #COVID19 death numbers even matter to Trump.
3) Trump WH also ignored all the warnings that a pandemic was coming. They did nothing.
4) Why do we need leadership change so much? Because we need a leader who follows science to lead us out. #BidenHarris
5) As an epidemiologist, the insane amount of dereliction during this pandemic makes this goddamn personal to me. And personal for another reason in January... nymag.com/intelligencer/…

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13 Nov
BREAKING—Our entire country, from coronavirus pandemic. Another new all-time record 150,000 cases today. Thanksgiving holidays are coming w/ risky indoor gatherings.

Try to keep outdoors. But if you must indoors—you must mask!! Premium masks if possible.

#COVID19 is airborne.
2) I put together figures and short animations into the video clip above from here. english.elpais.com/society/2020-1…
3) and VENTILATION and FILTRATION are also key if you must indoors. I don’t endorse gathering indoors but we know people won’t listen. So the best way to mitigate is masks, ventilation, and air filtration with HEPA filters. But please try not to gather — and outdoors best.
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12 Nov
📍This is so DEVASTATING—

29% of hospitalized #COVID19 patients died in 38 Michigan 🏥s during hospitalization (24%) or within 60 days of discharge (5%).

An astounding 63% of those in ICUs with #COVID19 died.

15% then rehospitalized within 60 days! 🧵
acpjournals.org/doi/10.7326/M2… Image
2) In a followup survey of 488 #COVID19 patients post discharge, Cardiopulmonary symptoms (such as cough and dyspnea) were reported by 159 patients or 32.5%, including ***92 (19%) with new or worsening symptoms*** and 65 with persistent loss of taste or smell.
3) Of the 117 patients who returned to work, 30 reported reduced hours or modified duties due to health reasons. That is **1 in 4 people** who couldn’t fully work—among those who even could post #COVID19 hospital discharge.
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11 Nov
⚠️ Do ***NOT*** wear masks with vents. They endanger others around you! That is all.

#COVID19
2) Another name for vented masks is valved masks. And CDC warns against it.
3) That said, if you do have a rare N95 but it has vents— just wear another cloth or surgical mask over it.
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11 Nov
📍MOVE ASIDE ANTIBODY TESTS—Get ready for T-Cell testing for #COVID19 to identify past infection. Unlike antibodies that naturally wane, T-cells persist much longer. Of 70 COVID survivors, T-cell #COVID19 test ID’ed 97% of them, while antibody only 77%. cnn.com/2020/11/10/hea…
2) The new T cell testing is awaiting FDA approval. “The data was announced Tuesday at an investors' call for Adaptive Biotechnologies, the company that makes the test. The company did not fund the study and the data has not been published...”
3) “Adaptive is planning to launch its T cell test commercially in late November and plans to apply for an Emergency Use Authorization from the US Food and Drug Administration.”
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10 Nov
BREAKING—20% of recovering #COVID19 patients develop mental illness within 90 days, says large US study. Increased *first-time diagnosis* of anxiety, depression & insomnia by 2-fold! And researchers also found significantly higher risks of dementia. 🧵
reuters.com/article/health…
2) The study, published in The Lancet Psychiatry journal, analysed electronic health records of 69 million people in US, with 62,000 cases of #COVID19. In the three months following testing positive, 1 in 5 survivors had first time diagnosis of anxiety, depression or insomnia.
3) The study also found that people with a pre-existing mental illness were 65% more likely to be diagnosed with #COVID19 than those without.
Mental health experts said findings add to growing evidence that COVID can affect brain & mind, increasing risk of psychiatric illnesses.
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10 Nov
📍FACE SHIELDS NOT GREAT for #COVID19: Costco says wear “mask **or** face shield”—worrisome. Face shields don’t stop airborne aerosols.

“Nearly all of aerosols were coming around the side of shield & reached nearly the same distances as without wearing anything.” says study. 🧵
2) “They are certainly not effective when you are in close contact with someone”

That’s why also CDC doesn’t recommend face shields.
bbc.com/future/article…
3) The Swiss health authorities have also warned against using face visors instead of masks after an investigation into an outbreak of Covid-19 at a hotel revealed all those infected wore plastic face shields, while those who avoided infection wore masks. bag.admin.ch/bag/en/home/kr…
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