Share this page!

Yaneer Bar-Yam Profile picture
Twitter logo
9 Jan, 4 tweets, 3 min read
The 7-day average of both daily cases and daily deaths in Mexico are seeing record highs.

Mexico City reported more than 5,700 excess deaths per million during the outbreak, and hospitalizations are surging in recent weeks.

Cases in Germany have decreased from peak but daily deaths are still at highest levels.

Germany recently surpassed the US in daily deaths per capita.

Yesterday they reported 1,152 deaths.
UK has a rapid surge in daily deaths reflecting rapid spread of new variant.

Yesterday: 1,162
Today: 1,352 (a record high)

bbc.com/news/uk-555941…
Daily cases and deaths in South Africa reach new 7-day highs as they combat the new variant.

KwaZulu-Natal and Gauteng have daily case rate highs, and are growing quickly.

• • •

Missing some Tweet in this thread? You can try to force a refresh
　

Keep Current with Yaneer Bar-Yam

Yaneer Bar-Yam Profile picture

Stay in touch and get notified when new unrolls are available from this author!

Read all threads

This Thread may be Removed Anytime!

PDF

Twitter may remove this content at anytime! Save it as PDF for later use!

Try unrolling a thread yourself!

how to unroll video
  1. Follow @ThreadReaderApp to mention us!

  2. From a Twitter thread mention us with a keyword "unroll"
@threadreaderapp unroll

Practice here first or read more on our help page!

More from @yaneerbaryam

Yaneer Bar-Yam Profile picture
10 Jan
Update: LongCovid and male infertility

Several articles have shown potential COVID harm to male fertility. A new article is much more explicit.

Massive damage to germ cells (cells that become sperm) indicates potential loss of male fertility.

1/ Image
This autopsy study doesn’t show effect of mild cases. However, studies of mild and asymptomatic cases indicate the virus can reach multiple organs. The ACE2 receptor is highly expressed in testes.

2/
Title: Pathological and molecular examinations of postmortem testis biopsies reveal SARS-CoV-2 infection in the testis and spermatogenesis damage in COVID-19 patients

nature.com/articles/s4142…

3/
Read 11 tweets
Yaneer Bar-Yam Profile picture
10 Jan
CovidZero: How to end the pandemic in 5 weeks

CovidZero is an EXIT strategy.

1/
It is unlike the usual strategy called "living with the virus" "mitigation" "flattening the curve" or "allowing the disease to become endemic" with or without a vaccine which is passive, reactive, ineffective and massively costly in lives, long term health, and the economy.

2/
CovidZero is proactive with a goal of normal life as it was pre-pandemic by eliminating the virus. We need to do this as fast as possible to save lives, save livelihoods and minimize the time we must take extraordinary actions.

3/
Read 21 tweets
Yaneer Bar-Yam Profile picture
8 Jan
Breaking: Coronavirus Update

Irish Chief Medical Officer and his team estimate that transmission rate R has more than doubled in 3 weeks, from 1.1-1.3 to 2.4-3.

Ireland reports a new record in daily cases: 7832. ImageImage
In Ireland, roughly 25% of recent samples that were sequenced (47 out of 189) are confirmed to be the B.1.1.7 variant.


Doubling time for hospital admission is currently ~5.5 days.
Texas reports their first case of the UK B.1.1.7 variant. The infected patient is a man between the ages of 30-40 years old in southwest Harris County and has had no history of traveling. Image
Read 7 tweets
Yaneer Bar-Yam Profile picture
5 Jan
California reports more cases of the new UK variant: 6 total cases so far: 4 in San Diego, 2 in San Bernardino.

Hospitals near Los Angeles continue to fill, as the Army Corps of Engineers arrive at several hospitals to aid in oxygen delivery systems.

nytimes.com/interactive/20…
Similarly, the new variant has been identified in NY as the state experiences uncontrolled community spread. The case was identified in a man in his 60s in Saratoga County who had no recent travel history.

See county-level cases here:
endcoronavirus.org/us-counties
England, Scotland, and Lebanon announce new lockdowns.

England:
nytimes.com/2021/01/04/wor…

Scotland:
bbc.com/news/uk-scotla…

Lebanon:
reuters.com/article/us-hea…
Read 4 tweets
Yaneer Bar-Yam Profile picture
4 Jan
Full lockdown in Scotland for January. To be clear what is needed is not just stay at home order. Need daily briefings, early community based case finding, rapid testing, contact tracing, supported isolation and quarantines, travel restrictions and a Green Zone Exit strategy.
England too

thetimes.co.uk/article/boris-…
England lockdown: Need to add daily briefings, early community based case finding, rapid testing, contact tracing, supported isolation and quarantines, travel restrictions and a Green Zone Exit strategy.

upi.com/Top_News/World…
Read 6 tweets
Yaneer Bar-Yam Profile picture
4 Jan
India continues to see progress in reducing both daily cases and deaths. They authorized two COVID-19 vaccines on Sunday.

Several regions are seeing very low case rates. See more on India’s states and union territories here:
endcoronavirus.org/india-states-ut
Israel continues to report rising cases and deaths, as their Health Minister suggests stronger measures: “there is no avoiding a full-blown lockdown, including closing schools.”

timesofisrael.com/health-ministe…

Israel is currently leading the global race to vaccinate their population.
As the UK sees a new high in daily cases, and rapidly rising daily death tolls, Boris Johnson signals 'tougher' measures are ahead for the UK as coronavirus variant spreads.

businessinsider.com/boris-johnson-…
Read 4 tweets

Did Thread Reader help you today?

Support us! We are indie developers!

This site is made by just two indie developers on a laptop doing marketing, support and development! Read more about the story.

Become a Premium Member ($3/month or $30/year) and get exclusive features!

Become Premium

Too expensive? Make a small donation by buying us coffee ($5) or help with server cost ($10)

Donate via Paypal Become our Patreon

Thank you for your support!

Follow Us on Twitter!

Like this author's thread?

Get emails when @yaneerbaryam has new unrolls!

Check out other threads from @yaneerbaryam!

Read all threads by @yaneerbaryam