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18 Dec, 4 tweets, 2 min read
I love Saturn 🪐 so damn much. Hope y’all don’t mind me binge posting about Saturn today.

Remember—Earth 🌎 exists (not just life) as an actual planet today entirely because of Saturn.

No 🪐 = No 🌍
2) here is why Saturn saved the inner solar system from being entirely destroyed by Jupiter, and hence allowed Earth 🌍 to later form.
3) Saturn. Such a beauty.
4) Beautiful explainer on the Jupiter-Saturn event next week. And nice poem too.

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20 Dec
New more worrisome South Africa 🇿🇦 strain: the new 501.V2 variant has troubling details:

—seems to spread faster

—higher viral load

—possibly more severe among young adults

—2 of 3 mutations in 501.V2 **reduce virus sensitivity to some antibodies** 🧵
businessinsider.co.za/what-we-know-a… Image
2) The lower virus sensitivity of new South Africa 🇿🇦 to some antibodies mean that previously adapted antibodies may not be as effective against this new variant. These mutations were not seen in new variants in the UK and Australia.
3) We do not yet know the how it could affect vaccines. But in some ways, this is very troubling.

Mkhize (South Africa health ministers believes the already developed vaccines should still be effective against 501.V2, but though likely, that is not guaranteed just yet.
Read 7 tweets
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20 Dec
📍WORRISOME—Key things on new 🇬🇧 VUI-202012/01 #SARSCoV2 mutation:

—Likely more infectious, possibly up to 70% faster transmission.

—R0 increase of ~ +0.4

—23 unique changes, many in spike protein.

—Comprises 62% of recent London cases, 43-59% E/SE. 🧵
google.com/amp/s/news.sky… Image
2) “Professor Whitty said there was "no current evidence to suggest the new strain causes a higher mortality rate or that it affects vaccines and treatments", but work was under way to confirm this.”
3) @JeremyFarrar, director of the Wellcome Trust, said that its existence was still "worrying and a real cause for concern. Research is ongoing to understand more, but acting urgently now is critical.”

➡️”There is **no part of the UK & globally that should not be concerned**.” Image
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19 Dec
BREAKING—Faced w/ new #SARSCoV2 mutation w/ "significantly faster" transmission rates, Boris Johnson tightened #COVID19 restrictions. 🇬🇧 Chief medical officer Chris Whitty said scientists consider this new strain to *move more quickly between people*. 🧵 washingtonpost.com/world/europe/c…
2) “New mutation, or variants, was first detected in southeast England in September and is becoming more prevalent in new cases.”

But there is no evidence at this time to suggest the new strain is more deadly or able to elude vaccines designed to defeat it.
3) “We have alerted the World Health Organization and are continuing to analyze the available data to improve our understanding,”
Read 12 tweets
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19 Dec
Tragic—a mother lost **both** her sister and her 13 year old son Peyton to #COVID19. The bereaved mom took the bold step to publicly share the chilling images of her son’s blood-spattered hospital room in a bid to urge Americans to take COVID seriously.
the-sun.com/news/1995186/s… Image
2) “Stephanie Franek, 44, watched as doctors battled to save her son Peyton Baumgarth's life as the treatment to oxygenate his blood failed.
The youngster passed away just 6 days after developing symptoms of infection when he became extremely fatigued & his nail beds turned blue.
3) The mom-of-two endured another Covid loss when her sister Cyndi Crawford, 57, died five weeks after Peyton in the ICU.
Stephanie, a nurse from St Louis, Missouri, said: "One loss would have been heartbreaking alone but these two have completely shattered our hearts."
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19 Dec
➡️AMERICA IS STARVING

📌26 million Americans now say they longer have enough food to eat.

📌54 million Americans struggled w/ hunger this year, 45% increase from 2019.

📌Food banks reporting ~60% increase in need.

Congress, please do something for pandemic relief. #COVID19
2) we need pandemic relief now. Almost all other high income country have
3) People shouldn’t have to steal to live. google.com/amp/s/www.wash…
Read 7 tweets
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19 Dec
Pandemic relief in each country from its government: (up to %wages)

100% of wages in Japan 🇯🇵
90% Netherlands 🇳🇱
90% Norway 🇳🇴
87% Germany 🇩🇪
84% France 🇫🇷
80% Italy 🇮🇹
80% UK 🇬🇧
75% Canada 🇨🇦
...
0% USA 🇺🇸

Tiny checks or limited unemployment–not nearly enough. #COVID19 Image
2) Credit to @Public_Citizen
3) Source on Japan.
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