3) can we give a standing ovation for @WinMc for his heroic photo journalism on the front lines yesterday? He also photographed tons of dangerous photos during the storming of the Capitol.
4) This photos deserves a Pulitzer. Thank you @WinMc.
2) Notice how big a drop school closing offer in dropping R below 3.3 baseline. And especially when combined with other things, schools can bring it down below R<1. #COVID19
@dgurdasani1 has more children’s data - follow here.
3) here are the specific details of each govt intervention’s R reduction and their 95% CIs from@the study.
BAD CORONAVIRUS VARIANT DATA—Folks, the B117 #SARSCoV2 variant from 🇬🇧 is a dangerous *hellish beast*. This new UK data shows attack rates (% exposed who get infected) of B117 vs common variants: B117 has 33-36% higher attack rate overall. It’s also maybe worse in kids.🧵#COVID19
2) While the B117 variant is has 33-36% higher attack rate vs common types overall... it’s even greater in youngest kids. Notably, in kids 0-9, the new B117 is 43% higher in the shortcut B117 test. assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/upl…
3) Furthermore, in genetic tests of b117, the B117 has 47.5% higher attack rate vs common virus type among kids age 0-9!
Compare that w/ only 39.5% higher for B117 among adults.
Two separate sets of data—same thing—with both pointing to higher relative increase in young kids.
BREAKING—Reports of a highly contagious new variant in the United States are based on speculative statements made by Dr. Deborah Birx and are inaccurate, according to several government officials. CDC was dismayed and tried to stop her, but failed #COVID19 nytimes.com/2021/01/08/hea…
2) “erroneous report originated at a meeting where Dr. Birx presented graphs of the escalating cases in the country. She suggested to other members of the task force that a new, more transmissible variant originating in the U.S. might explain the surge”
3) “Her hypothesis made it into a weekly report sent to state governors. “This fall/winter surge has been at nearly twice the rate of rise of cases as the spring and summer surges...”
So many GOP members of Congress laughed & mocked Rep. @LisaBRochester for her trying to hand out masks to GOP members while in lockdown during the MAGA terrorist attack on the Capitol. Such a crowded dense room—no masks. So dangerous for others. #COVID19
2) this is why I’m so worried about the riots being such a mass superspreading event.
ROLLOUT FINISH DATE: "All residents at elderly care homes in Denmark 🇩🇰 will have received their first dose of the #COVID19 vaccine by **today**” (if desired).
The entire country of Denmark will have gotten vaccine by June 27th. Wow!
Worried—Freshman GOP Kansas Congressman Jake LaTurner tests #COVID19 positive. Is 11th House member of 117th Congress—all of the same party.
But what worries me is MOCs were all holed up together yesterday during the siege. Many maskless. He was likely infectious.
2) Supposedly MOCs started getting vaccinated. But all the Freshmen MOCs yet? They just got sworn in. Also nobody has had 2nd shot yet. First shot partial protection only
3) Not just members of Congress, but also staffers and people across the US exposed to these people who are likely superspreading it as we speak as they return home.