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23 May, 4 tweets, 3 min read
It’s sickening to watch UK’s CDC equivalent (Public Health England) now being an outlet of Boris Johnson administration’s propaganda. Yesterday, Johnson’s office censored PHE from publishing #B16172 outbreak data in schools—and then hails 33-60% 1&2 dose efficacy as a win for AZ.
2) to be clear, while 60% 2-dose efficacy is good, it’s not great. And asymptomatic infection likely lower. And 33% 1 dose is tricky too given how many countries rely on one dose strategy.
3) Many scientists are shocked by the recent actions of PHE to muzzle and coverup school outbreak data on #b16172.
4) Countless scientists are infuriated by PHE’s actions to muzzle and delete data for Boris Johnson regarding #b16172 #COVID19 outbreaks in kids in schools.

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25 May
“The Queen has spoken” - the TV anchors when @Simone_Biles landed the Yurchenko Double Pike!

(This is the one so difficult that the Olympics refuses to award extra difficulty points for)
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2) NYT: Simone Biles executed a vault considered so dangerous that no other woman has attempted it in competition. For now, gymnastics limits the scoring rewards for trying it.

When the Olympian was asked why she does it, she answered, “Because I can.”
nytimes.com/2021/05/24/spo…
3) Biles is known for moves so difficult that several have been named after her. Her latest signature skill is called a Yurchenko double pike. She executed it with such speed that even "gravity seems to have been taken by surprise," writes @JulietMacur.  nyti.ms/3yBYcmg
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24 May
Residents in the epicenter of UK’s #B16172 variant outbreak, in Bolton 🇬🇧, told not leave the city unless it is essential, under new guidelines  published. Hospitalization soaring along with cases. 90% of all #COVID19 in Bolton is the worrisome #B16172. 🧵
theboltonnews.co.uk/news/19325835.…
2) look how much cases in Bolton has increased… 113% in one week. But many other places too. Bolton just the largest so far. Image
3) this is part of the bigger nationwide surge in the UK driven mostly by #B16172. See detailed thread 🧵 for more details of the outbreaks… ⬇️
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24 May
Hospitals in Osaka, Japan buckling under a huge wave of #COVID19, running out of beds, ventilators, and even intubation medicine—as exhausted doctors warn of a "system collapse", and advise against holding the Olympics. Even only ~half of HCW vaccinated. 🧵reuters.com/world/asia-pac… Image
2) The speed at which Osaka's healthcare system was overwhelmed underscores the challenges of hosting a major global sports event in two months' time, particularly as only about half of Japan's medical staff have completed inoculations.
3) "Simply put, this is a collapse of the medical system," said Yuji Tohda, the director of Kindai University Hospital in Osaka.
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23 May
⚠️PAY ATTENTION to rising #B16172 crisis in UK—crucial because India variant affects us all. It is now ~50% of all cases in England, surging fast, especially in kids. Hospital #COVID19 ward in Bolton🇬🇧 filling up. “It’s too late to contain” @chrischirp 🧵
assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/upl… ImageImage
2) And key worry is that the surge in #B16172 is domestic community transmission. Not related to international travel. Image
3) And look at the growth rate! #B16172 variant is by leaps and bounds growing faster than any other variant. The previously fast #B117 is growing much much slower—5x slower than B16172.

There can be 2 reasons—higher transmissibility, or more reinfection / vaccine breakthroughs. Image
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23 May
NEW—UK reports that 2 doses of AstraZeneca vaccine efficacy for #B16172 India variant: just 60%. And latest study says #B117 efficacy just 66% (lower than before). 1-dose efficacy 33% for #B16172.

Clearly #B16172 problematic in 🇬🇧 when 2/3 of shots is AZ
gov.uk/government/new…
2) that said, the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine was 88% effective against symptomatic disease from the B.1.617.2 variant 2 weeks after the second dose, compared to 93% effectiveness against the B.1.1.7 variant
3) “both vaccines were 33% effective against symptomatic disease from B.1.617.2, 3 weeks after the first dose compared to around 50% effectiveness against the B.1.1.7 variant”
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23 May
Staggering—at least 3 million excess deaths in 2020–which is **1.2 mil** more than the 1.8 mil official numbers: WHO estimates that is the excess in the America & Europe alone (data not yet including Asia, Africa, Middle East).

I’m also imagining India 😢
who.int/data/stories/t…
2) “Excess mortality is defined as the difference in the total number of deaths in a crisis compared to those expected under normal conditions. COVID-19 excess mortality accounts for both the total number of deaths directly attributed to the virus as well as the indirect impact”
3) what about undercount? “A recent assessment of health information systems capacity in 133 countries found that the percentage of registered deaths ranged from 98% in the European region to only 10% in the African region.” Damn! who.int/data/data-coll…
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