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14 May, 5 tweets, 2 min read
US CDC repeated its original mistake that only people who are sick should wear masks. Now they say only people who are unvaccinated should wear masks. Who would put on a mask to tell everyone they are unvaccinated? This endangers those who are unvaccinated directly and indirectly
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The new CDC guidance is very far from what is needed to protect us from infections and their consequences.

nytimes.com/2021/05/13/ups…

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15 May
COVID returns to Vietnam. 29 new domestic cases on Friday

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Malaysia’s cases grew to 4,112 local cases Friday triggering a third lockdown.

The government is warning that it may reach 8,000 cases in June if regulations are not followed.

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Philippines has extended or imposed new travel bans from countries with high infection rates, like India and Oman. Philippines’ COVID-19 cases have been declining since April 14th.

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9 May
Japan's cases and deaths are approaching record highs.

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Plotted on the same axes (see vertical scales on both sides) we can see the time delay between cases and deaths clearly. The delay is due to progression of the disease and to reporting delays.

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UK's cases and deaths continue to improve as vaccinations help to stop transmission, but slowly due to partial reopening

A more rapid decline would both prevent cases and allow more complete reopening. Optimizing a dynamic process is different from optimizing static level

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8 May
Young healthy adults after COVID: "strikingly lower vascular function and a higher arterial stiffness compared with healthy controls"

Vascular alterations among young adults with SARS-CoV-2 American Journal of Physiology-Heart and Circulatory Physiology journals.physiology.org/doi/full/10.11…
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8 May
Israel's reported infections decreased by 50% in the last week, with 55% of Israelis fully vaccinated. Today they had just 30 new infections -- will they soon reach (and remain) at 0?

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The UK has classified the Indian variant as a "Variant of Concern," saying it is "at least as transmissible" as the UK variant.

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Saudia Arabia has announced that all public and private sector workers will be required to take a COVID-19 vaccine.

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7 May
I just had a chance to read this book review, and the description of societal/institutional failure is spot on. One modification I would make is inserted below

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Michael Lewis' 'The Premonition' Is A Sweeping Indictment Of The CDC npr.org/2021/05/03/991…
"Much has been written about how the pandemic came to be, but not so well known are the details about how it was able to spread so quickly in the United States.

"Author Michael Lewis has written a new book, The Premonition, that fills in those blanks.

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"And it is a sweeping indictment of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention(CDC)

"Lewis, also author of Liar's Poker, Moneyball, The Blind Side and The Big Short, says a public health doctor in California named Charity Dean is one of the people who saw the real danger

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7 May
India set a new daily record of over 414,000 cases, nearly 4,000 reported deaths. While cases are not growing as rapidly as recently, they are still not declining significantly.

Implementing very strong restrictions would result in cases declining rapidly.

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The number of known infections of the Indian variant in Poland has reached 16. Three cases of the Brazilian variant were found in the southern region of Silesia. Poland tightened quarantine rules for people traveling from selected countries.

reuters.com/world/europe/p…

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New cases in Poland (left axis, blue curve) have declined recently but are still very high.

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