3) We know #B117 is rising across Canada. If it’s B117, there is something funny with in the 0-9 age group.... the attack rate relative increase for B117 vs old strain were also the highest in the UK 🇬🇧 for age 0-9 than older ages. This is seen in both the shortcut B117 test...
AIRBORNE BUT NO GUIDANCE??? The CDC still not fully willing to update #COVID19 guidance for more premium masks & ventilation—even though prominent scientists, including members of Biden’s former COVID Task Force, sent a letter of concerns to CDC & Fauci.🧵 kpbs.org/news/2021/feb/…
2) The stern letter by very prominent scientists. They argue that because #SARSCoV2 is very airborne and infectious, the CDC must advise & provide the public, especially high risk front line workers (not just healthcare workers), should have premium masks like N95 KN95 FFP2 etc.
3) moreover, they argue proper scientific distinction must be made between aerosols that stay in the air and respiratory droplets (that drop and fall to the ground in 6 feet due to gravity). drive.google.com/file/d/1O5zd_J…
2) “In a study that helps explain the state’s dramatic surge in COVID-19 cases and deaths — and portends further trouble ahead — scientists at UCSF said the mutations that characterizes the homegrown CA should mark it as a “variant of concern” on par with those from 🇬🇧 , 🇿🇦 & 🇧🇷”
3) “The devil is already here,” said Dr. Charles Chiu, who led UCSF team of geneticists, epidemiologists, statisticians and other scientists in a wide-ranging analysis of the new variant, which they call B.1.427/B.1.429. “I wish it were different. But the science is the science.”
STEALING VACCINE SLOTS FROM MINORITY COMMUNITIES—A CA program intended to improve #COVID19 vaccine access to people in hard-hit communities of color is being misused by affluent using codes to steal appointments reserved for underserved residents. 🧵 latimes.com/california/sto…
2) “The program to address inequities in vaccine distribution relies on special access codes that enable people to make appointments on My Turn vaccine scheduling website. The codes are provided to community organizations to distribute in largely Black and Latino communities.”
3) “But those codes have also been circulating, in group texts and messages, among the wealthier, work-from-home set in Los Angeles, The Times has learned. Many of those people are not yet eligible for the vaccine under state rules.”
2) “We’ve known for nearly a year that COVID is airborne – yet aside from hospitals, few workplaces acknowledge that the virus can hang in the air. Instead, they emphasize surface-scrubbing and physical distancing”
3) We need at 5 or more air exchanges per hour says @HarvardChanSPH researchers, either via natural ventilation or air cleaning.
I think Texas needs new leaders... First Ted Cruz and now...
Texas’s Attorney General Ken Paxton and wife TX Senator Angela Paxton both fled to Utah during #TexasBlackout to avoid the freezing cold and water outage while their voters suffered. houstonchronicle.com/politics/texas…
2) Texas’s elected leaders directly control @ERCOT_ISO — and the deregulation and lack of safety investments that led to Texas’s electricity ⚡️ crisis and humanitarian crisis.