🇺🇸 Olivia Guidry was an Emergency Room Nurse at Ochsner Lafayette General in #Louisiana w/ a contagious laugh & smile that lit up the room. She died from COVID this week. She leaves a pregnant sister & parents currently sick as well #SoulsLostToCovidtheadvocate.com/acadiana/news/…
Lafayette Parish and the state have a vaccination rate of about 36%, below the national vaccination rate of nearly 50%.
To add: Olivia Guidry was an emergency room nurse against vaccination that spread misinformation: “It manipulates your DNA at the tiniest molecular level. Do. Not. Get. It. It's not safe." Her death was preventable. Vaccines are safe and don’t manipulate your DNA. #GetVaccinated
51 y.o. Guy Thomas, beloved head coach of Dunbar High School Track & Field in #Florida died from COVID. From his hospital bed, he continued to work on securing college scholarships for track members b/c he wanted to lift up his community #SoulsLostToCovidnews-press.com/story/sports/2…
Katlyn Mozingo: “We as young people don’t understand, because we feel like we are healthy, and next thing you know, you get it, and you give it to your mom and she passes,” she said.
lan Scott Lanoix's three sons had to bury him on Father's Day after he died of COVID-19. The #Louisiana-born man refused to get vaccinated because he considered it a "poison." He died on June 9 at the age of 54. #SoulsLostToCovidnewsweek.com/louisiana-man-…
15 y.o. Kaci Lynne Loux from Colorado contracted the #DeltaVariant in April. It progressed fast and took her life on 5/22/2021. Her mom is still in shock. “You shouldn't have to lose your own kid over it," she said. #SoulsLostToCovidwral.com/coronavirus/15…
Kaci Loux tested positive for the Delta variant and was hospitalized before her age group was eligible for the vaccine, the health department said.
5 y.o. Wyatt Gary Gibson from Dalton #Georgia died from a stroke and pneumonia due to COVID on Friday. His father is a deputy with the Whitfield County Sheriff’s Office. Absolutely heartbreaking!💔 wsbtv.com/news/local/geo…
These 5 threads are a reminder that children are not immune to COVID. Children under 12 are ineligible for vaccinations, so we should be doing everything in our power to shield them from the virus, which includes wearing masks and getting vaccinated
Boris Johnson’s government has come under pressure to urgently reconsider its plan to end Covid restrictions in England on Monday, as international scientists warned that the move poses a “danger to the world”. independent.co.uk/news/uk/politi…
More than 1,200 scientists from around the globe have condemned the prime minister’s decision to forge ahead with so-called “freedom day” on 19 July, describing it as “unscientific and unethical”.
Important Covid reminder. Pulse oximeters measure oxygen saturation in the blood. If the oxygen drops below 90% (while sitting or walking) then the patient needs to be admitted for oxygen supplementation. Pulse oximeters cost about $15.
Pulse oximeters are a very effective way of triaging sick COVID patients where vaccines are unavailable. However, if you're fortunate to have access to vaccines then #GetVaccinated
Some of my followers in Australia, Africa etc don't have access to vaccines yet, which make pulse oximeters a good investment
🇺🇸 24 y.o. Blake Bargatze from #Georgia contracted COVID during April at an indoor concert in #Florida. He wishes he was vaccinated after spending months in 3 different hospitals and needing a double lung transplant. #TheySurvivedCovidusatoday.com/story/news/nat…
🇺🇸 25 y.o. Marcus Hartford, chef from Toledo #Ohio contracted COVID in April from a birthday party at the restaurant he worked at. He spent 81 days on an ECMO machine, but still needs a ventilator to help him breathe. #TheySurvivedCovidnbcnews.com/health/health-…
With the delta variant rampant, it's time to start paying closer attention to the pandemic across the United States.
- New cases: 41,445
- Hospitalizations: 23,492 (+688)
- In ICU: 5,906 (+237)
- New deaths: 349
🧵This is a very important video about the pandemic. Dr. Richard Horton is Editor-in-Chief of The Lancet , a United Kingdom–based medical journal. He's an honorary professor at the London School of Tropical Med, Univ. College London & University of Oslo
"The word 'experiment' that's been used is a very interesting word because the word experiment starts off from assuming a position of uncertainty. You do something in order to make a discovery or test a hypothesis, but that's not what we're doing here."
"We know exactly what is going to happen, by taking the course that the government has committed to. We know there will be an increase in infections. That's not an experimental hypothesis to test."