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Dominique Heinke Profile picture
@Epi_D_Nique
May 17, 2021 • 5 tweets • 2 min read • Read on X
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My fan-fiction CDC statement:

Dear America,

We now have enough data to say that the vaccines are highly effective at preventing transmission as well as severe outcomes. This is great news!

Most people who are fully vaccinated can feel confident their level of protection.

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This means that people with fully functioning immune systems who are not on immunosuppressant drugs have strong protection against getting Covid-19 in nearly all situations.

This includes when you are outdoors or indoors with unvaccinated people.

However...
Although infection rates are dropping quickly in many places, thanks to these wonderful vaccines, Covid is still spreading to too many people and we do not have enough people vaccinated to gain good control.

We also do not have a vaccine verification program.

Therefore...
We ask that fully vaccinated people continue to wear a mask when in public indoor places for a while longer.

Your cooperation will help keep our communities safe while we continue to provide vaccines to those communities our vaccine programs have left behind.

Although...
We know this has been a difficult year. We are all looking forward to ditching our masks and getting back to the activities and people we love.

Your help now will let us reach that goal faster. Your help now will save lives.

With love,

The CDC

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Dominique Heinke Profile picture
Oct 29, 2022
The panic around Halloween candy & "rainbow fentanyl" hides a real danger:

Children 4-8 are 10X more likely to be involved in a fatal pedestrian crash on Halloween night.🧵

1. This is the story of a friend's son, who miraculously survived. 👇

Tips to keep kids safe for families:🧵

1. Visibility👀

Be visible to🚗

Light-colored costumes, reflective tape, glow sticks/necklaces/clip lights & flashlights.🔦

Be able to see🚗

Face masks limit children's ability to see 🚫👺
Use face paint ☑️🎨
consumerreports.org/car-safety/sma…
2. Pedestrian Car Safety:🧵

DO:
--Go out before full darkness, esp w little ones
--Look for cars on roads & driveways
--Use sidewalks & crosswalks
--Hold hands for street crossings

DON'T:
--Assume you have the right of way
--Assume cars see you

cont.
consumerreports.org/car-safety/sma…
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May 17, 2022
The consequences of forcing "normal" under profoundly abnormal conditions:

Everyone is set up to fail.

'And when I ask students what is happening to them, what is making school so hard this year, their consistent response is that it is just "too much." It’s all too much.'
...
"Because even prior to the pandemic, “normal” wasn't working. ...Too many students felt churned through a system that through its schedule, structure, and offerings, communicated that they were not at the center of its design."
...
wbur.org/cognoscenti/20…
This nails the consequences of trying to pretend we are in 2019 but with zoom and masks.

We have failed to acknowledge that our needs have changed.

That the expectations need to change.

That the resources need to expand to meet these.
wbur.org/cognoscenti/20… Image
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Dominique Heinke Profile picture
Jan 7, 2022
This chart is helpful for thinking about the relative differences in protection between different mask types.

The exact times posted? I wouldn't rely on those, especially since that was made pre-omicron.

The clear winner here is everyone with N95 or similar #BetterMask.
Going into a public indoor space without a mask right now... VERY NOT RECOMMENDED!
This thread also is helpful for illustrating how well the different masks filter out particles. And it's pretty entertaining.

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Dominique Heinke Profile picture
Jan 7, 2022
I love data.

I'm constantly assessing risks & benefits on data.

But here's a secret:

Data-driven approaches are only helpful when you have reasonable quality data.

Bad data = bad decisions.

In a pandemic, bad decisions = unimaginable damage.
stayathomemacro.substack.com/p/emily-oster-…
It's critical to adjust your assessments as the data change.

Schools may well have been safe enough in late August and managed ok through the fall given the case levels.

Even if high quality data were captured during the fall they tell us nothing about the safety NOW.
What we are facing now is nothing like what we have faced before in this pandemic.

I suspect even schools with very strong mitigation measures will struggle to stay open with omicron spreading this quickly and at such high levels.

nytimes.com/2022/01/06/opi…
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Jan 5, 2022
1. Cases are high due to holidays

2. A circuit breaker/delayed school start now means the millions of infectious people would become non-infectious before resuming normal life.

3. Breaking transmission now means fewer infections, disruptions & better vaccine protection later.
An extra few days vacation or remote learning could keep keep schools open.

But force everyone back into the buildings right now and... well... too many people out sick to have school.

How long will staff be out w isolation & lingering symptoms?

A small delay to break transmissions now could prevent a hell of a lot of disruption for the rest of the winter.

For all of the screaming about kids in-person education being so critical, returning to buildings immediately is the most painful & disruptive path forward.
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Aug 18, 2021
Make no mistake, this is a policy choice.

And no, it doesn’t matter if hospitalizations & kids in ICU are really there bc of RSV:

A full hospital is a full hospital.

A full hospital can’t care for kids who are sick or injured for *any* reason.

This is crucial…
As the linked article even very sick kids have high survival IF they can receive care.

But IF hospitals cannot take more patients, IF they run out if ventilators or staff, kids cannot get that life-saving care.

Sending kids to schools without adequate protections is dangerous.
There's not much excess capacity for children's hospitals in the US.

And remember, kids with cancer, major birth defects, genetic diseases need those ICU beds too. These kids are especially vulnerable to Covid-19 as well so a surge in cases risks their exposure in the hospital.
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