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23 Jun, 6 tweets, 3 min read
Brazil just crossed 500,000 official deaths from #COVID19. Thousands of Brazilians protested against President Bolsonaro's handling of the pandemic over the weekend—criticizing his minimization of Covid, dismissal of masks, vaccines, and promoting HCQ.
2) Brazilian activists on Sunday staged an installation of roses at Copacabana Beach in Rio de Janeiro to highlight the deaths of 500,000 Brazilians from Covid, while pointing the finger of blame at President Bolsonaro
3) Brazil's President Bolsonaro got hit with a fine for not wearing a mask after leading thousands of motorcyclist supporters through the streets of Sao Paulo
4) Yes, Bolsonaro just that callous and insane trib.al/1Se9Q1e
5) Massive nationwide protests in #Brazil against Bolsonaro. 44 cities protested this weekend, calling for his resignation. Here is São Paulo:

6) only 11% of Brazilians are fully vaccinated. Brazil has the money to order vaccines. It just chose not to order 138 million until ICUs were full across the country. reuters.com/world/americas…

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The military was initially ordered by Trump to “just shoot them” (the George Floyd protestors) and to “crack their skulls”. Fascist?
2) my god… this is very Kim Jong Un-esque of Trump. Image
3) and this doesn’t make it any better… Image
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Doctors gave Trump a “dizzying array of emergency medicines” to save his life, from Remdesivir to monoclonal antibodies to dexamethasone, after his blood O2 dropped to 93%, dipping to 80% at one point. They hoped he get serious about #COVID19–he did not.🧵
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2) “When (FDA chief) Hahn later learned the [MAB request] was on behalf of the president, he was stunned. For God’s sake, it’s the president who’s sick, and you want us to bend the rules? Trump was in the highest-risk category— at 74, he rarely exercised and medically obese.”
3) “Trump’s brush with severe illness and the prospect of death caught the White House so unprepared that they had not even briefed Vice President Mike Pence’s team on a plan to swear him in if Trump became incapacitated.”
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BREAKING—At least 7 people positive for #COVID19 after going to European Championship soccer games in Copenhagen🇩🇰. Health Minister says about 4,000 people sat near some of those who tested positive. 2 cases stemmed from a game against Russia 🇷🇺 on Monday.
apnews.com/article/euro-2… Image
2) Unclear variant yet but #DeltaVariant is extremely contagious.
3) Russia has very high #DeltaVariant Image
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24 Jun
Brazil and Russia seeing fresh waves of cases. Brazil counted a record number of new cases of #COVID19 on Thursday, while Russia, with high #DeltaVariant cases, saw its highest tally since late January. Both only 10-11% fully vaccinated.
on.mktw.net/3gTGN1E
2) Meanwhile, U.S. vaccine program, meanwhile, has slowed sharply in recent days, as fewer people are making appointments. CDC says 45.4% of the overall population, are fully vaccinated, up only 0.1% from day prior.
3) “But experts are concerned at the low take-up rate in Southern states, in particular, where many are still below 40% of their populations fully vaccinated. The list includes Alabama,, Mississippi and Louisiana.
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24 Jun
⚠️“5-10 seconds” is all one needs to transmit the #DeltaVariant, warns Queensland 🇦🇺 health officer, that it **no longer takes up o 15 minutes** to pass on #COVID19. It can be a "fleeting moment" of seconds. It indeed happened *thrice* at shopping mall.🧵
abc.net.au/news/2021-06-2… Image
2) Experts say the Delta variant appears to be more transmissible across all age groups, including children.
It is spread so easily that a person in Sydney infected stranger simply by walking past them.
abc.net.au/news/2021-06-2…
3) NSW Chief Health Officer described the Bondi Junction incident as a "scarily fleeting" encounter.
"They are clearly facing each other but it is literally someone moving across from each other for a moment, close, but momentary," Dr Chant said.
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24 Jun
LETS INSTALL CO2 METERS—"if you measure CO2 in the air, you can estimate how much air one person is breathing that has already been breathed by another." Scientists use carbon dioxide detector to warn of the risk of contracting #COVID19 in enclosed spaces.
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2) Belgium announces that CO2 meters will be required in hotels, restaurants, bars, banquet halls & fitness centers & required to be **visible** to all customers.

Nice #COVID19 leadership by @PedroFacon—advocacy by @mdc_martinus. #COVIDisAirborne.
3) The Chile prototype measures air pollution which, in a room with people, would include the coronavirus if anyone was infected since it is known to circulate via exhaled vapor.
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