3) More seriously, IFR can also sometimes be much higher than the average value of 0.6% across overall population, not just by age... here they found IFR was 1.6% in NOLA. That’s IFR not the CFR among diagnosed! Crazy high.
2) “When patients get really sick with Covid, they’re in the hospital for weeks,” said Dr. Arghavan Salles, a physician who has worked in I.C.U.s in New York and Arizona over the course of the pandemic.
3) “When patients get really sick with Covid, they’re in the hospital for weeks,” said Dr. @arghavan_salles, a physician who has worked in I.C.U.s in New York and Arizona over the course of the pandemic.
2) Outside Greater London, the variant has higher viral loads. Within Greater London, the new variant does not have significantly higher viral loads. But this could be due to demographics, such as a faster variant growth rate in particular age-groups.
3) So is it higher or not? Or is it some London / non-London effect? ➡️ it’s really higher.
➡️In a multivariable model (adjusting mutually), what won was the B.1.1.7 variant’s 501Y mutation as key—**higher viral load**
❌London/other region interaction effect not significant.
📍Huge blow—UK had halted plans to open rapid-turnaround #COVID19 tests across England amid concerns about the accuracy. Huge blow to UK’s £100bn “Operation Moonshot” mass-testing plan, to increase daily tests from 430k to 10mil. Poor 🇬🇧 case surging too. theguardian.com/world/2020/dec…
2) Experts in testing and understand immunology like @michaelmina_lab think the test is good in capturing **INFECTIOUS** virus, which is key.
2) Pastor Todd Dunn had been preaching “Faith over fear!” since the COVID-19 pandemic started. Before Thanksgiving, he posted a message on Facebook dismissing precautionary measures by CDC to keep wearing masks and avoid gatherings w/ family members who don’t live in same house.
2) “Dunn, who is the pastor of 2nd Mile Church in north Fort Worth where his parents were members, admitted that he was surprised by the sudden surge in COVID cases in recent weeks in Tarrant County.”
.. SURPRISED THAT EPIDEMIOLOGISTS ARE RIGHT??? 🤦🏻♂️