Thread by @DonnaYoungDC

.@WHCOVIDResponse briefing coming up soon at 12:30pmET with @CDCDirector Walensky, #NIH Fauci & @JeffZients



c-span.org/video/?510079-…

#COVID19 #SchoolsReopening #ReopeningSchools #COVID19vaccines #vaccines #NIH #CDC #pharma #biotech #MaskUp 😷

Here's #CDC @CDCMMWR reports on 3 feet vs. 6 feet #socialdistancing in schools:
Florida:
cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/7…
Utah:
cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/7…
Missouri:
cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/7…

#COVID19 #SchoolsReopening #ReopeningSchools #COVID19vaccines #vaccines #NIH #CDC #MaskUp 😷

#CDC updated #ReopeningSchools guidelines:
Operational Strategy for K-12 Schools through Phased Mitigation cdc.gov/coronavirus/20…

#COVID19 #SchoolsReopening #COVID19vaccines #vaccines #NIH #CDC #MaskUp 😷

.@JeffZients confirms reached @POTUS @JoeBiden's 100 shots in arms goal in 58 days -- well ahead of 100 days.

#COVID19 #COVID19vaccines #vaccines #NIH #CDC #MaskUp #SchoolsReopening #ReopeningSchools

.@JeffZients: This week, 22M doses went out to states/tribes/territories & fed pharmacies -- 2 1/2 times what was being distributed when @POTUS @JoeBiden took office.

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#SchoolsReopening #ReopeningSchools

.@JeffZients: Already people can get vaccinated at one of 14,000 pharmacies around the nation.

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.@JeffZients: 7-day average is 2.5 million shots per day -- a new record base will continue to build on.

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.@JeffZients confirms U.S. will be "lending" #COVID19 #vaccines to Canada & Mexico.

Lend a portion of releasable $AZN vaccine to Mexico & Canada.

He notes those doses aren't yet authorized in U.S.

#COVID19vaccines #NIH #CDC #MaskUp #SchoolsReopening #ReopeningSchools

Total #COVID19 #vaccines doses U.S. lending to Mexico & Canada is 4 million doses, @JeffZients adds.

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.@CDCDirector Walensky discusses new #ReopeningSchools guidelines with change to 3 feet #socialdistancing w/ MASKS! 😷

https://twitter.com/DonnaYoungDC/status/1372944834219085824

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Here again are #CDC @CDCMMWR reports

https://twitter.com/DonnaYoungDC/status/1372944270185926657

#COVID19 #SchoolsReopening #COVID19vaccines #vaccines #NIH #CDC #MaskUp 😷

Massachusetts study:

Effectiveness of three versus six feet of physical distancing for controlling spread of #COVID19 among primary and secondary students and staff: A retrospective, state-wide cohort study
academic.oup.com/cid/advance-ar…
#ReopeningSchools #SchoolsReopening #MaskUp 😷

In elementary schools, #CDC recommends all students remain at least 3 feet apart in classrooms where mask use is universal — regardless of whether community transmission is low, moderate, substantial, or high

[I think @CDCDirector Walensky just mistakenly said 6 feet here]

In middle and high schools, #CDC also recommends students should be at least 3 feet apart in classrooms where mask use is universal and in communities where transmission is low, moderate, or substantial.

#COVID19 #SchoolsReopening #ReopeningSchools

PR: #CDC Updates Operational Strategy for K-12 Schools to Reflect New Evidence on Physical Distance in Classrooms cdc.gov/media/releases…

#COVID19 #SchoolsReopening #ReopeningSchools #MaskUp #COVID19vaccines 😷😷😷😷

#NIH Fauci: The way we can counter #B117, which is a growing threat in our country: Get as many people vaccinated as quickly/expeditiously as possible with the vaccine that we know works against this variant. And #publichealth measures: #MaskUp, #socialdistancing, #WashYourHands

Q: Research doesn't address underfunded urban schools?

@CDCDirector Walensky: we have now increasing evidence for many different schools settings that did not control for ventilation.

We're following the science.

#SchoolsReopening #ReopeningSchools #COVD19 #MaskUp

Q: 2nd doses for people previously infected being wasted?

Fauci notes now only preliminary studies.

If there were a dramatic shortage, may want to consider not giving 2nd shots, "but that's not something that we'll be making a policy about soon."

#COVID19vaccines #COVID19

.@JeffZients says structure of a "loan" is helping global partners while they have a critical need while U.S. waits $AZN results & #FDA action.

Will ensure Canada/Mexico "return" the doses through the company later in the year.

#COVID19 #COVID19vaccines #vaccines

.@CDCDirector Walensky: I've spoken to the teachers unions. They know that we need to follow the science and to make our guidance based on that science, and they've been very respectful of that.

#ReopeningSchools #SchoolsReopening #MaskUp #CDC

Fauci: We're at position where plateauing at around 53,000 cases per day & then some states pulling back on restrictions/declaring victory before infections lower. So it's unfortunate, but not surprising seeing increases in areas even though #vaccines being distributed good clip.

.@CDCDirector Walensky says 3 feet safer for kids b/c of lower transmission risk when masked 100% but don't have that evidence for adults, so still must be 6 feet apart in workplace, etc., with masks.

#COVID19 #MaskUp #SchoolsReopening #ReopeningSchools #vaccines

Fauci: There is an increase in severity w/ variants. Also, it appears that the likelihood of a child getting infected is greater with #B117 variant that might relate not to anything specific about children, but that it is just in general, more easily transmitted.
#COVID19 #MaskUp

.@CDCDirector Walensky: While the variants are concerning, it is the same disease & the same mitigation strategies, like #MaskUp & #socialdistancing, work just the same with the variants as they do with wild-type disease.

#SchoolsReopening #ReopeningSchools #COVID19 #B117 😷

Again, those #ReopeningSchools changes to 3 feet are when everyone is wearing a mask! Everyone!

Middle & high school students should be at least 6 feet apart in communities where transmission is high, if cohorting [same peers/staff] isn't possible!

#MaskUp #SchoolsReopening