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Eric Feigl-Ding

@DrEricDing

31 Jan

Dangerous anti-vaccine & far-right groups shut down Dodger Stadium’s mass #COVID19 vaccination site, stalling hundreds who had been waiting in line for hours. LAPD closed the entrance of one of the largest vaccination sites in the country for ~1hour.
latimes.com/california/sto…

2) some of the anti vac and right wing protesters were telling people in line that the coronavirus is not real and that the vaccination is dangerous.

🤦🏻‍♂️🤦🏻‍♂️🤦🏻‍♂️

3) post on social media described the demonstration as the “Scamdemic Protest/March.” It advised participants to “please refrain from wearing Trump/MAGA attire as we want our statement to resonate with the sheeple. No flags but informational signs only.

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Eric Feigl-Ding

@DrEricDing

31 Jan

HERD IMMUNITY THRESHOLD HARDER—Vaccine herd immunity is becoming harder. The formula is (1-(1/R0)) depends on virus contagiousness, which #B117 variant is 40-80% higher & will be dominant soon. So instead of 70% immune, we will now need 80-85%.🧵#COVID19
washingtonpost.com/health/covid-m…

2) “If a more transmissible strain becomes dominant, “that level of coverage needed for herd immunity would become higher, in the 80 to 85 percent range,” Jay Butler, deputy director for infectious diseases at CDC.”

3) Also hurting this target number is that the new South Africa 🇿🇦 #B1351 mutated variant (and likely the Brazil #P1 variant too because it shares the troublesome E484K mutation) is significantly dropping the protection offered by prior infection or from vaccines (many studies).

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Eric Feigl-Ding

@DrEricDing

30 Jan

@Dr2NisreenAlwan

Wow. 1 in 3 hospitalized with #COVID19 gets readmitted to the hospital within a few months after discharge. ~48,000 UK patients.

Great animated lecture on #LongCovid by @Dr2NisreenAlwan, animated by @VickiGSP using info from UK @IndependentSage experts.

2) Furthermore, 1 in 8 of those who were discharged subsequently die. And many suffer long term ailments like heart disease, liver, kidney, diabetes, and more. This doesn’t even include less clinical critical cognitive effects. #LongCovid is real.

@Dr2NisreenAlwan

3) How common is #LongCovid overall? UK estimates 1 in 5 at 5 weeks and 1 in 10 have symptoms have even 12 weeks after initial #COVID19 diagnosis.

Lecture again by @Dr2NisreenAlwan

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Eric Feigl-Ding

@DrEricDing

30 Jan

Most dangerous jobs for #COVID19 mortality. Highlights:

Cooks / food industry
Machine operators
Agricultural workers
Construction laborers
First responders
Cleaners
Military
Truck drivers
Bartenders
Teaching assistants
google.com/amp/s/qz.com/1…

2) During COVID-19 pandemic, working age adults experienced a 22% increase in mortality compared to historical periods— excess mortality was highest in food/agriculture (39% increase), transportation/logistics (28% increase), facilities (27%) and manufacturing (23% increase).

3) Technically these are “Excess mortality associated with the COVID-19 pandemic among Californians 18–65 years of age”. And usual caveat it is still a preprint medrxiv.org/content/10.110…

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Eric Feigl-Ding

@DrEricDing

30 Jan

If you’re a hedge fund manager—don’t worry about losing $5 billion shorting GameStop... I’m sure all the Redditor profits will trickle down to you. Just work hard & be patient.

#GameStop

2) Meanwhile... love this kid.

https://twitter.com/drericding/status/1355322550675451912

3) Great move by Labor Dept today to support workers.

https://twitter.com/drericding/status/1355322550675451912

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Eric Feigl-Ding

@DrEricDing

30 Jan

https://twitter.com/kate_cole_/status/1355298052685266947

📍NOTA BENE—Don’t be deceived if you see nobody in a room. CO2 levels can still be high if room is poorly ventilated. Remember #SARSCoV2 aerosols can stay airborne from 20 min-16 hours in stagnant air. CO2 is the easiest metric to tell you it’s stagnant. #COVIDisAirborne #COVID19

https://twitter.com/kate_cole_/status/1355298052685266947

2) This is especially also important in public bathrooms. You may think you’re alone but toilet 🚽 plumes are real. And toilet flushing are well known powerful aerosolization devices. And in th US, most public bathrooms don’t have toilet lids (aka toilet mask).

3) How is aerosol different from large droplets? aerosol study indicates that coronavirus is persistent and stable up to 16 hours in stagnant air. Typical air exchange every 20 min to 4 hrs, depending on ventilation. #COVID19