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Eric Feigl-Ding Profile picture
@DrEricDing
Jun 17, 2021 • 29 tweets • 24 min read • Read on X
⚠️Confirmed—#DeltaVariant is by far the *most contagious** variant found to date, with a transmissibility that is ~2x faster than older strain. #P1 is 2nd fastest, says @WHO study.🧵

📍#B117 #Alpha—29% faster

📍#B1351 #Beta—25%

📍#P1 #Gamma—38%

📍#B16172 #Delta—97% #COVID19 Image
2) “Effective reproduction number of SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern/interest compared against each other, 64 countries, data until 3 June 2021”
eurosurveillance.org/content/10.280… Image
3) “Of the six variants currently designated as VOI, five were considered in our analysis and among these, only B.1.617.1 (#Kappa) and B.1.525 #Eta demonstrated a statistically significant increase in the effective reproduction number of 48% and 29%, respectively.” Image
4) To be clear, “faster” transmission of #DeltaVariant means “change in effective reproduction number of SARS-CoV-2 variants relative to non-variants” (from 64 countries through 3 June 2021).

➡️Thus if the original Wuhan 1.0 strain had an R0 of ~3.5, x2 for #Delta—to get 7. 👀
5) Notice how the “other” older strain (non-VOC/VOI) in dark green have all but disappeared from most countries. #B117 #alpha came to the scene during the winter, and #P1 #Gamma dominated Brazil and didn’t let #Alpha take hold.

But in UK, #DeltaVariant has overtaken alpha. Image
6) Also, the other India-origin varian #Kappa #B16171, while not officially a higher-risk-rated VOC, seems to be faster than the VOC’s #Alpha #Beta, and maybe #Gamma. I think #Kappa deserves to be upgraded. It’s found in outbreaks in Australia 🇦🇺 at the moment. Image
7) The new #DeltaVariant faster transmission data is why @WHO declared it a VOC 3 weeks ago in late May. UK 🇬🇧 declared Delta a VOC 2 weeks ago… but US CDC only declared Delta a VOC… 2 days ago.
8) With data of #DeltaVariant like this 2 weeks ago, it was quite obvious #B16172 was poised to be by far the fastest variant found to date.
9) Sorry, I’ve been super annoyed at the slow movement of the CDC to act and warn about the #DeltaVariant. They were relatively quite while rest of the world scrambled to contain the #B16172 variant from India— sometimes warning VOC status 3 weeks is just too late.
10) I’ve been fuming for a while—because CDC should have acted when it saw clear data on #DeltaVariant consistently soar like this across many states. We have lots precious time.
11) #DeltaVariant also is more confusing to identify - it mimics the common cold, and the classic #COVID19 symptom of loss of smell is much more rare! This is a huge change.
12) When I see #DeltaVariant stats like these… I get worried. Granted, many of the double vaccinated are more elderly in the UK, but that doesn’t bode well for elderly protection then.
13) Similar #DeltaVariant worries from a 🇨🇦 hospital— ➡️Outbreak even w/ 2 dose of mRNA vaccines—16 patients & 6 HCWS #DeltaVariant positive. 6/16 patients & 5/6 HCWs had received 2 doses of #COVID19 vaccine. A 2x vaccinated 80-year old also died. cbc.ca/amp/1.6063802
14) Here is a BEST EXPLAINER video on #DeltaVariant. Part 1 of 3.

➡️ 1 dose isn’t enough.

by @IndependentSage @VickiGSP.
15) again, @IndependentSage also emphasizes that people who are either elderly or have morbidity may be even more susceptible to #DeltaVariant - even if vaccinated.

Video part 2 of 3 by @VickiGSP

16) We don’t want lockdown type restrictions. So the way to avoid that is with faster actions.
17) the main problem with #DeltaVariant is that the 1 dose strategy isn’t good anymore. 1 dose vaccine efficacy is likely just ~33% or so with either AstraZeneca or Pfizer. That is trouble for millions that aren’t two dose vaccinated yet.
18) back to the age issue, notice how virus neutralization drops with age. Problem with #DeltaVariant (right) and vaccine is that among young adults, they start at lower vaccine neutralization level than even an elderly person with original strain!
19) Now the crisis—Let this sink in—over 100 US counties right now have <20% of local population vaccinated. That is a “time bomb waiting to happen” says Dr @mtosterholm.

This will not end well low vaccinations area of the US & around world. #COVID19

20) And now @WHO_Europe chief says #Delta is soon going to take over Europe as well. Most countries in Europe are not acting quickly or at all. This is Germany right now… #DeltaVariant (brown) is soaring. #P1 Gamma is tagging along and rising too. Image
21) MORE SEVERE—UK scientists found #DeltaVariant to have 2.4-2.6x higher risk of hospitalization than B117 #AlphaVariant. But Alpha is 64% higher risk than original for hospitalization. So 1.6*2.5= 4.1x. That’s why Delta likely has 4x higher hospitalization risk than original ⚠️
22) Bottomline: #DeltaVariant is the most contagious fastest spreading variant to date. It’s more severe, and while 2 dose efficacy is good, Delta has 1 dose vaccine evasion—that is the “problem” as Dr Fauci put it. And most folks aren’t 2 dose vaccinated.
23) Regarding J&J, I have no direct evidence-based position. However… it’s not technically a 2-dose vaccine. if you’re interested what some immunologists think… read thread 🧵 below… but the CDC needs to put out guidance on this soon. Very soon.
24) Damnit we should have acted faster against #DeltaVariant. Now the world is going to pay a heavy heavy price.
25) In case anyone had any doubt how utterly dominant #DeltaVariant is— it just hit 99% of all #COVID19 cases in the UK. The US is where UK was in late April / early May.
26) please sign the petition to CDC for urgent #DeltaVariant action. It is by @endCOVID19 & @CovidActionGrp and a “coalition of scientists, public health officials, epidemiologists, health care workers, educators, advocates, parents, & concerned citizens:
change.org/p/centers-for-…
27) folks— we seriously need to act, and act damn fast. #DeltaVariant is going to be a serious scourge for many countries around the world soon, not just for India and UK. US is on the tipping point… see thread 🧵 below.
28) Siri, define “#DeltaVariant is fast spreading”….

➡️ Delta variant can infect people in mere seconds via fleeting contact.

Siri, does this fleeting exposure infection happened often?

➡️ it happened twice in one outbreak. Video camera evidence included. See thread 🧵
29) we must also be vigilant about #DeltaVariant and school children. Kids can transmit very efficiently. And kids can get #LongCovid too - 1 in 12 in fact.

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Apr 25
📍Let this sink in—a world leading virologist @RickABright who has studied H5N1 bird flu says he is pausing all his milk consumption until he sees proof from both FDA & USDA that pasteurized milk is safe to drink. Pausing milk because of his concern over lack of transparent data.
Why are scientists pausing milk intake? Because there still isn’t enough data on safety of pasteurized milk. There has been data on other viruses in the past that survive pasteurization. See detailed thread 🧵 below.
3) also avoid raw and undercooked eggs for now just to be safe…
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Apr 24
Testing conducted by the FDA on pasteurized commercially purchased milk has found genetic evidence of the H5N1 bird flu virus. ➡️But the testing, done by PCR cannot distinguish between live virus or fragments of viruses that could have been killed by the pasteurization process.

The FDA said it has been trying to see if it could grow virus from milk found to contain evidence of H5N1, which is the gold standard test to see if there is viable virus in a product. 📌The FDA *does NOT explicitly say FDA laboratories were unable to find live virus in the milk samples, but nevertheless it does state that its belief that commercial, pasteurized milk is safe to consume has not been altered by these findings.

(Sound familiar? Just like blanket assuming a virus “isn’t airborne”, “cannot transmit without symptoms”, “no human to human transmission” errors during COVID). That said, I will am hopeful that no live virus will be found in confirmation. But let’s be precautious.
statnews.com/2024/04/23/h5n…Image
2) PPE and safety googles or face shield recommended for dairy farmers and anyone handling raw milk 🥛. Also they warn about poor fitting respirators for children (who may work near dairy— like I used to help on a dairy farm as a kid in rural Pa). Image
3) people working with cattle 🐄 should also “avoid eating drinking smoking chewing gum in contaminated areas or touching eyes.” And people exposed should wear PPE should be monitored for symptoms for 10 days. Image
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Apr 13
📈Measles epidemic trajectory is worsening in the U.S.—it has NOT flattened as some claimed. The surge continues—comparison of newest versus recent outbreak graph. Majority are unvaccinated, but there’s enough unvaccinated in many clusters for outbreaks.
cnn.com/health/measles…

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2) here is another way to visualize the measles epidemic. Another annoying thing is that although 95% not double vaccinated, 5% of the previous 113 cases were vaccinated— which means that there is waning immunity or vaccine breakthrough with sufficiently big outbreak possible.
3) I specifically wanted about this issue that pockets of unvaccinated could still trigger outbreaks, and vaccine breakthroughs possible due to vaccine waning & if surrounded by pockets of low vaccinations. See my warning oped below. 👇
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Apr 10
🐄—"Experts fear that H5N1 avian flu… may have been transmitted through a type of cattle feed called “poultry litter”—mix of poultry poop, spilled feed, feathers, and other waste scraped from the floors of industrial chicken and turkey production plants."
telegraph.co.uk/global-health/…
Europe does not allow cattle to be fed poultry feed. US does. This helps explain why US is seeing a cow outbreak of avian flu.
3) CDC warns against chicken and bird exposures and direct contact with poop. Yet why the hell are we feeding cattle poultry litter??? Corporate farms are so stupid and greedy.
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Apr 9
Global CO2 levels and temperatures. But but but we scientists are merely “fear mongering” according to deniers. How about just facing reality? How about precautionary warnings to protect human lives?

@ed_hawkins @MrMatthewTodd #climatecrisis Image
Oh this seems totally fine.
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I think we are screwed at this point on limiting temperature rise by 1.5 C. It’ll still take a miracle to avoid 2 C.
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Apr 8
📍BIRD HUNTING AVIAN FLU DEATH—WHO reports that a 21 year old young man with no underlying conditions suddenly died of #avianflu in Vietnam. He started with a cough/fever, but died 12 days later with severe pneumonia and ARDS. ➡️He had only gone bird hunting recently. BE CAREFUL.
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2) "From 2003 to 25 March 2024, a total of 888 worldwide human cases of influenza A(H5N1), 463 deaths (52% CFR), reported to WHO from 23 countries. Almost all cases of human infection with avian influenza A(H5N1) linked to close contact with infected live or dead birds, or contaminated environments."
who.int/emergencies/di…
3) It is interesting that WHO had to point out he had no contact with any sick or dead birds. Only hunting. And he had gone bird hunting the prior month in Feb 2024. And no other contact with people since. The latency period seems rather long.
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