Share this page!

Infectious Diseases Profile picture
Twitter logo
6 Apr, 8 tweets, 2 min read
COVID open the door into see quite how crucial - and heartbreaking - supply chains for oxygen can be around the world.
Mexico saw an O2 tank shortage. Black markets + overpricing affected supply.
According to a NYT report, “part of the reason why so many people are dying now, doctors and government officials say, is shortages: there simply are not enough oxygen tanks.” mexicobusiness.news/health/news/ox…
Kenya's main hospital has faced a severe oxygen shortage as COVID cases rise.
In fact, Kenya’s largest referral hospital was "grinding to a halt" due to oxygen shortage
Meanwhile in India:

• • •

Missing some Tweet in this thread? You can try to force a refresh
　

Keep Current with Infectious Diseases

Infectious Diseases Profile picture

Stay in touch and get notified when new unrolls are available from this author!

Read all threads

This Thread may be Removed Anytime!

PDF

Twitter may remove this content at anytime! Save it as PDF for later use!

Try unrolling a thread yourself!

how to unroll video
  1. Follow @ThreadReaderApp to mention us!

  2. From a Twitter thread mention us with a keyword "unroll"
@threadreaderapp unroll

Practice here first or read more on our help page!

More from @InfectiousDz

Infectious Diseases Profile picture
5 Apr
Rwanda, where peaks have been tight and controlled quickly, is on the upswing. Most of its peak mirror Kenya's with a slight lag.
Malawi also faced a steep surge in cases following South Africa's B.1.351 triggered wave.
Although countries like Malawi have controlled surge after B.1.351 spread through South Africa and the region, there's still a problem here. Although the best vaccine is a vaccine in the arm, not all vaccines are quite the same.
Read 8 tweets
Infectious Diseases Profile picture
5 Apr
The B.1.351 variant has also created waves in Southern and East Africa, as countries face new peaks. Kenya is currently facing this COVID Loch Ness monster.
Read 9 tweets
Infectious Diseases Profile picture
5 Apr
This is COVID in Chile. It's current COVID peak is higher than it's ever been.
This is in spite of being a world leader in vaccination (among the top 5) with about 30% of population fully vaccinated.
This is in spite of tight lockdowns and border closures, with eyes wide open to the risk Brazil's epidemic creates for the rest of South America.reuters.com/article/us-hea…
Read 13 tweets
Infectious Diseases Profile picture
5 Apr
This is COVID in Chile. It's current COVID peak is the higher than it has ever been.
Chile is in the top 5 worldwide in terms of vaccination. Almost 30% are fully vaccinated.
Few countries have been so quick to vaccinate bmj.com/content/372/bm…
Read 8 tweets
Infectious Diseases Profile picture
7 Feb
Ebola resurgence can happen well after transmission is controlled
Ebola virus can last in semen, perhaps up to 2 years. Ebola after recovery likely waxes and wanes in some in immunologically protected areas(testes, also eyes) leading to sexual transmission cdc.gov/media/releases…
In July 2015, there was a death from Ebola in Liberia after transmission had been halted. Many theories raised then, including sexual transmission but also zoonotic transmission from meat rather than from bats or standard reservoirs thelancet.com/journals/lanre…
Most sexual transmission has been associated with male partners and semen. It is not thought that female partners transmit the virus. cdc.gov/vhf/ebola/tran…
Read 12 tweets
Infectious Diseases Profile picture
14 Jan
The longer we let COVID simmer, the longer it has to not just a) cause badness for us b) develop variants that spread and cause more badness but c) find an animal host that will make it a lot harder for it to go away
Some variants may do better in
ferrets (N501T) nature.com/articles/s4146…
and mink (N501T) academic.oup.com/ve/advance-art…
and mice (N501Y) science.sciencemag.org/content/369/65…
more here github.com/hodcroftlab/co…
We know COVID can also find a home in cats
nejm.org/doi/full/10.10…
and big cats bbc.com/news/world-eur…
newsroom.wcs.org/News-Releases/…
Read 14 tweets

Did Thread Reader help you today?

Support us! We are indie developers!

This site is made by just two indie developers on a laptop doing marketing, support and development! Read more about the story.

Become a Premium Member ($3/month or $30/year) and get exclusive features!

Become Premium

Too expensive? Make a small donation by buying us coffee ($5) or help with server cost ($10)

Donate via Paypal Become our Patreon

Thank you for your support!

Follow Us on Twitter!

Like this author's thread?

Get emails when @InfectiousDz has new unrolls!

Check out other threads from @InfectiousDz!

Read all threads by @InfectiousDz