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27 May, 4 tweets, 3 min read
HOSPITALIZATIONS INCREASING in UK 🇬🇧 with surge in #B16172. We need to all be hyper vigilant about this variant from India.

Facts:

📍Admissions have risen by 20% across the UK as a whole in the last week.

📍northwest England, it has risen 25%.

(HT @jburnmurdoch) #COVID19 🧵
2) The surge recently in Bolton 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 is much younger. This is bad for the spread (harder to slow down because of fewer vaccines in young) but good for lower likely fatality rate. But it’s not zero. And it could carry long COVID concerns.
3) The surge is different in different parts of England. Highest in Bolton and Bedford and Blackburn. But what is clear is that #b16172 variant is quickly replacing #B117 for sure, which is going extinct fast. #B117 is better controlled by vaccines in latest studies.
4) DOUBLED SINCE LAST WEEK… let that sink in. #B16172

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29 May
Welp—“Vietnam has uncovered a new Covid-19 variant combining characteristics of the two existing variants first found in India🇮🇳(#B16172) & UK🇬🇧(#B117)” 🇻🇳 Health Minister said. “The new variant is very dangerous” and “spreads quickly by air”. #COVID19 🧵
straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/v… Image
2) here is the curve in Vietnam. It’s pretty sharp of an increase.
3) A “hybrid”—
“The new one is an Indian variant with mutations that originally belong to the UK variant,” Mr Long was quoted as saying, adding that authorities would soon announce the name and detailed characteristics of the newly discovered variant.
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29 May
📍600 prisoners currently jailed on a #COVID19-infected prison ship🚢 dubbed “Death trap on the East River”, where audio intercepts described chemical agents & “enhanced restraints” used daily. In April 2021, 5 prison units under COVID quarantine. HT @ava
2) The terrible conditions on the South Bronx prison ship. @TakeBackTheBX is organizing protests. @ava says @laurapoitras is investigating with #seanvegezzi, who are sharing the intercepted audio. ImageImage
3) the Vernon C. Bain Correctional Center is an infamous floating jail in the East River at edge of the South Bronx. Built in the 1990s to alleviate overcrowding at Rikers & can house 800 male inmates—many others go there when they can't afford to pay bail
wnyc.org/story/paying-b…
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28 May
📍BREAKING—Hospitalizations for #COVID19 has spiked up 72% in just 8 days, according to latest UK 🇬🇧 govt data. This follows a surge in #B16172 cases. Deaths have also begun to increase. UK is among the most vaccinated countries, with ~57% with at least 1 dose, and 35% fully.🧵 Image
2) On a weekly cumulative basis, weekly hospitalizations has increased 25% versus the previous week.

Worrisome is that weekly deaths has increased 38% as well, according to SAGE member @GabrielScally, who is not very optimistic about the data. Image
3) Specifically, Dr Scally’s exact words were “not looking positive in #COVID19 unfortunately”.
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28 May
3 million excess pandemic deaths in India 🇮🇳…

Let this sink in—the tragedy that continues to unfold in India has claimed a very large death toll of close to 3 million. While uncertainty surrounds these estimates, alternative methods suggest they are in the ballpark. #COVID19
2) Reality in 2021 is that #COVID19 is now a developing country pandemic. brookings.edu/blog/future-de…
3) Roughly 40,000 excess pandemic deaths a day worldwide. Insane. economist.com/briefing/2021/… Image
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28 May
Let’s call for a massive push to vaccinate 𝗮𝘁 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝘀𝘁:

📍10% of every country's population by September

📍30% by the end of 2021.

The @WHO is calling on #WHA74 to rally such goals.

“If any country is left behind, we are all held back”. ~@DrTedros
2) If wealthier vaccinated countries don’t help, this will continue to happen. Neglect of the developing world will lead to hurting the world continually.

This is why we must share vaccines and unite.
3) if we don’t share vaccines, then richer countries will still be hit. We are all connected. No country is invulnerable.
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28 May
DISGUSTING—Florida governor Ron DeSantis, now threatens to block cruise ships 🛳 from resuming if it requires passengers vaccinated—signing into law a fine of $5,000 per person that is ask to show proof of vaccination—DeSantis will not back down. #COVID19
nymag.com/intelligencer/…
2) “Cruise ships are, of course, a well-known vector for the coronavirus. They inherently pack a lot of people into a confined space, and have terrifyingly high rates of infection.
3) “Aside from the public-health ramifications, it’s difficult to imagine cruises luring anything close to their pre-pandemic number of customers without being able to give them the assurance that their fellow passengers will be vaccinated.”
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