Riley June Williams, who face charges for stealing laptop from @SpeakerPelosi during Capitol siege & attempted to sell it to Russia 🇷🇺 will be released from jail.
This is bad—Berlin has just put an entire hospital under quarantine lockdown & diverting all patients after *20 patients & staff* tested positive for more infectious #B117 variant of #SARSCoV2 from UK. Spokesperson expects to confirm more soon. #COVID19 reuters.com/article/us-hea…
2) This is why I urgently ask everyone to switch to premium masks ASAP if you can.
SWITCH TO PREMIUM MASKS—I’ve been saying it for months. We need to switch to KN95, KF94, or European FFP2 masks ASAP. The new #b117#COVID19 is just too contagious. Cloth isn’t enough anymore folks. Germany 🇩🇪 & Austria 🇦🇹 mandating on all public transits. washingtonpost.com/world/europe/e…
2) there are many masks that have 94/95% filtration...
3) N95 masks are more rare outside of hospitals because they are in shortage and needed by HCWs. You might find some NIOSH N95 from wood working, but note those are often not fluid resistant.
2) Scott Perry is the congressman infamously suggested ISIS was connected to Vegas mass shooting. never showed any evidence, and even wouldn’t back down from claim 9 month later. Can’t make this stuff up.
3) Moreover, @RepScottPerry was one of the anti-mask GOP members of Congress who laughed & mocked Rep. @LisaBRochester for trying to hand out masks while in lockdown during the MAGA terrorist attack on the Capitol. Multiple MOCs got infected afterwards.
College reopenings and #COVID19 risk—for those who say opening in person schools are safe—new CDC study:
US counties with university in-person instruction had a 56% ⬆️ in incidence, comparing the 21-day periods before and after classes started. 🧵 cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/7…
2) U.S. counties with large colleges or universities with remote instruction experienced a 17.9% decrease in incidence of #COVID19
3) Counties without large colleges or universities (n = 3,009) experienced a 6% decrease in incidence in #COVID19 during similar time frames.
Delaying doses of coronavirus inoculations will increase the chances of a vaccine-resistant strain of #COVID19 emerging, government scientists warn. 🧵 independent.co.uk/news/health/co…
2) Sage scientists there was an “increased risk of virus replication under partial immunity after one dose than after two doses, so in the short term, delaying the second dose would be expected to somewhat increase the probability of emergence of vaccine resistance”
3) Is such an increase material? It is not currently possible to quantify the probability of emergence of vaccine resistance as a result of the delayed second dose, but it is likely to be *small*. The UK currently has limited supplies of vaccine.