🚨🚨B.1.1.7 - UK VARIANT IS MORE LETHAL🚨🚨
Ok, I guess I have your attention now.
Breath.
This is not only a 3d is also a small guide to navigate through the news today. 1/n
Ok, I guess I have your attention now.
Breath.
This is not only a 3d is also a small guide to navigate through the news today. 1/n
thousand of news every day invade our life. We are experiencing a pandemic, nobody has the tools to deal with that, only a small portion of us has the knowledge to navigate through the news. So what to do?
This is a simple and quick guide
2/n
This is a simple and quick guide
2/n
Whenever you read something about #Covid_19 ask 2 things:
1) where is published? The source is reliable? international recognised medical journal vs tabloid
Peer-reviewed?
2)this news has a direct impact on me? Can/should I modify my behaviour accordingly?
3/n
1) where is published? The source is reliable? international recognised medical journal vs tabloid
Peer-reviewed?
2)this news has a direct impact on me? Can/should I modify my behaviour accordingly?
3/n
Let's see an example!
Yesterday this pre-print came out!
In this work, the authors calculated the CFR for the B117 variant (called UK variant) and found that this VOC was associated with two-thirds higher case fatality than the previously circulating virus. 4/n
Yesterday this pre-print came out!
In this work, the authors calculated the CFR for the B117 variant (called UK variant) and found that this VOC was associated with two-thirds higher case fatality than the previously circulating virus. 4/n
In other words, the UK #COVID19 variant is 67% deadlier than the old version.
ok now let's apply the rule!
1) where is published? who published?
is a pre preprint so it needs to be reviewed BUT is a group affiliated to a prestigious institute (LSHTM)
5/n
ok now let's apply the rule!
1) where is published? who published?
is a pre preprint so it needs to be reviewed BUT is a group affiliated to a prestigious institute (LSHTM)
5/n
2) has an impact on me?
Not directly, luckily Covid19 lethality is relatively low and this variant is not equal to ebola o MERS.
Yes is more transmissible BUT the way of protection is the same: FFP2, hygiene, distances etc
6/n
medrxiv.org/content/10.110…
Not directly, luckily Covid19 lethality is relatively low and this variant is not equal to ebola o MERS.
Yes is more transmissible BUT the way of protection is the same: FFP2, hygiene, distances etc
6/n
medrxiv.org/content/10.110…
You see?
Even the news of increased lethality is not the end of the world if you contextualize it!
Some people try to exploit our emotional state to sell more copies and I find it deplorable.
7/n
Even the news of increased lethality is not the end of the world if you contextualize it!
Some people try to exploit our emotional state to sell more copies and I find it deplorable.
7/n
TAKE HOME MESSAGE
1) there are not good news or bad news, are only FACTS, if we try to categorize them we apply emotions and emotions are enemies of biology
2) stay focus on what we know for sure and follow the simple rules!
We gonna go through it!💪
1) there are not good news or bad news, are only FACTS, if we try to categorize them we apply emotions and emotions are enemies of biology
2) stay focus on what we know for sure and follow the simple rules!
We gonna go through it!💪
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