3) Casual reminder that 3 out of every 4 positive #COVID19 along elected officials have been Republicans.
4) Also good reminder of just how many Trump associates have tested positive so far. #COVID19
5) MOST WORRISOME—Giuliani testified in Georgia at a very crowded legislative hearing just this Thursday without any mask for more than 15 minutes. Everyone on at least his side of the room may have to quarantine. Maybe even the entire room. #COVID19#RudyGiuliani
6) Official confirmation. I’ll update later if we find out about symptoms. nyti.ms/3qvWHC9?referr…
7) This is all Trump’s fault.
8) Whisper.... Giuliani also had serious flatulence at the crowded Georgia hearing too.
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Breaking—FDA analysis of the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine data found that the #COVID19 vaccine worked well regardless of a volunteer’s race, weight or age, and offered strong immunity protection within 10 days of first dose. Approval may come by end of week. nytimes.com/2020/12/08/hea…
2) “New coronavirus cases quickly tapered off in the vaccinated group of volunteers about 10 days after the first dose, according to one graph in the briefing materials. In the placebo group, cases kept steadily increasing.”
See figure I dug up and labeled:
3) And the vaccine’s efficacy was maintained across age groups, genders, race groups, ethnicities, and countries! Pretty consistent across the board so far.
📍Everyone needs to read this 40-year saga of Dr Katalin Karikó, inventor of the mRNA therapy behind Pfizer/BioNTech & Moderna #COVID19 vaccines. Rejected many times, nevertheless she persisted. She will win the Nobel Prize. Oh she’s an *immigrant* too! telegraph.co.uk/global-health/…
3) The biggest hope is that mRNA therapy can cure or treat other diseases too. Its fundamentally a delivery mechanism for making proteins de novo based on a set of genetic code (to make the spike protein of #SARSCoV2 in this case), but can be retooled later for other illnesses.
📌Johnson & Johnson—still in testing. **Single dose** & no freezing needed.
Both expected in early 2021.
3) Three Chinese and Russian vaccines all got early approvals after phase 2 results while Phase 3 underway. This is very different from US/European approach to approve after P3 results. The 🇷🇺Gamaleya vaccine reported 92% efficacy but in very limited cases—unreliable data so far.
HOLY CRAP—Florida whistleblower @GeoRebekah, who revealed that @GovRonDeSantis’s health dept ordered her to manipulate FL #COVID19 data in May, just had her house raid by FL police, seizing her computers that supposedly held evidence of the coverup.
2) The FL police pointed guns at her and her children!!!
Here is the earlier coverage of how @GeoRebekah was ousted after refusing to participate in Florida’s data manipulation scheme. tampabay.com/news/health/20…
3) I’ve followed Rebekah for a while and seen her good work. She absolutely does *not* deserve this heinous treatment by DeSantis. Lots of news coverage. I’ll keep folks updated on this.
SWEDEN 🇸🇪 ADMITS FAILURE—end its failed “experiment” that ignored science. 🇸🇪 had opted not to impose mask-wearing, kept bars & nightclubs open, & just last month, 🇸🇪 enjoyed mass sporting & cultural events. Sweden now admits it needs more action. #COVID19wsj.com/articles/long-…
2) Sweden chased “herd” without a vaccine. It got royally burned by that strategy compared to its Scandinavian neighbors. See thread 🧵 below. 👇
➡️”🇸🇪 hoped herd immunity would curb #COVID19. Don't do what we did.”
➡️ “🇸🇪 approach to COVID has led to death, grief and suffering. The only example we're setting is how not to deal with a deadly infectious disease” amp.usatoday.com/amp/5472100002