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29 Mar, 4 tweets, 3 min read
Good news:

No COVID-19 death in London on one day - for second time this year

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bbc.com/news/uk-englan…
news.sky.com/story/covid-19…
data.london.gov.uk/dataset/corona…
Hungary:

First in vaccinations and deaths in EU. 3rd-worst deaths per capita globally. Relaxing restrictions for economic reasons increased cases and deaths despite vaccinations.

Officials: "vaccination is our primary, our only means of defense”

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usnews.com/news/health-ne…
US's Fauci, "When you're coming down from a big peak and you reach a point and start to plateau, once you stay at that plateau, you're really in danger of a surge coming up, and unfortunately, that's what we're starting to see."
cbsnews.com/news/new-covid…

Hungary figures:

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30 Mar
Bhutan vaccinated 35.6% of its population in 13 days (with at least one dose).

(This had been planned for a while, as they accumulated a stockpile of doses, and awaited an auspicious time to deploy them:
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Per-capita, Bhutan has had 1/100 as many Covid cases as the US, and 1/1,000 as many deaths.

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Bhutan may end up being the first country to both sustain zero-Covid from the beginning, as well as reach sufficient vaccination that they are likely to keep it out permanently. (At least, with the original variant.) Congratulations, Bhutan!

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27 Mar
Taiwan, with quarantines for all arrivals, is launching a first quarantine-free "travel bubble" April 1, with the nation of Palau. Travelers will be able to visit both countries for up to eight days.

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 taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/4153190
Palau President Surangel Whipps Jr. will fly to Taiwan tomorrow, March 28, to kick off the program.

Taiwan has been in conversations on similar "bubbles" with other countries, including Japan, Singapore, South Korea and Vietnam, since late last year.

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travelandleisure.com/travel-news/ta…
On March 18, Taiwan announced that Singapore could be the next country it pursues such a bubble with.

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taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/4147742

mothership.sg/2021/03/singap…
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27 Mar
We Could Have Been Largely Free of the Pandemic by Now

We've blown it again.

via @TheTyee

thetyee.ca/Analysis/2021/…
"Seven weeks ago, channelling a number of renowned experts, I warned many parts of Canada would experience a third wave if leaders didn’t get off their collective asses and change their failing strategy of yo-yo closures and openings with no regard for exponential growth.

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"Instead I recommended a no-nonsense elimination strategy — the Canadian Shield — with clear targets for reducing transmission devised by a collection of Canadian experts with the goal of banishing this multi-organ disease from our borders.

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26 Mar
Bad news:

Signs of a "third wave" in some Middle East and Asian countries.

graphics.reuters.com/world-coronavi…
How far is safe?

Preferred personal distances and COVID-19 social distancing is different in countries.

MIT researchers found airborne particles can travel as much as 8 meters.

China researchers found 4 meters.

graphics.reuters.com/HEALTH-CORONAV…
Germany adds new travel restrictions on France as “the pandemic in Germany is exploding faster than they thought";

Travel restrictions are also being applied to some areas within France. The greater Paris region is one of the worst affected areas
bbc.com/news/world-eur…
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25 Mar
Belgium Pro-Acts!

“We have decided on a short term pain...if we didn’t the consequences would be more serious”

A sharp new lockdown to fight the third wave: Belgium will close schools and non-food stores.

It would be best to limit travel as well!

usnews.com/news/world/art…

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US Mobility map from Feb. 28-Mar. 6

Note the high connectivity to Florida from the midwest, Michigan in particular.

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When we map community clusters: Florida is the same mega cluster as the Midwest.

Areas of the mega cluster are shown in grey shades.

The second figure shows the mobility of each county.

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24 Mar
Good news:

The Navajo Nation reported 0 new cases on Monday, for the first time in 6 months!

Congratulations!

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azcentral.com/story/news/loc…
Navajo Nation President Jonathan Nez thanked the Navajo people, health care workers, frontline workers and others “Once again, the Navajo Nation is exemplifying what can be accomplished when we listen to the public health experts and work together."

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In Germany, as a new increase in cases accelerates one month after a minimum that was not very low, Chancellor Merkel points to presence of the UK variant as a new pandemic, more lethal, with more and longer transmission.



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