Cunningly evil—A scientist advising the UK 🇬🇧 government has accused leaders of allowing infections to rip through the younger population. @BorisJohnson & @sajidjavid also cunningly using rhetoric about caution as ‘a way of putting blame on public’. theguardian.com/world/2021/jul…
2) “The allegation comes after England’s remaining Covid restrictions were eased on Monday, with nightclubs throwing open their doors for the first time in the pandemic and all rules on social distancing and mask wearing dropped even as infections run high.”
3) almost 1 million new cases of #DeltaVariant in the UK 🇬🇧 in the past month. It will likely continue in England under the new lifting of Covid safety measures
📌Wear masks indoors, in public areas with ‘high transmission’ (why not all?)
📌All K-12 schools wear a mask indoors. More—🧵
2) “some vaccinated people infected with the #DeltaVariant after vaccination may be contagious and spread the virus to others.”
We have known this for MONTHS. A little late but better than never.
3) @CDCDirector: “the big concern is that the next variant that might emerge, just a few mutations potentially away, could eventually evade our vaccine… for hospitalization & death.”
BREAKING—CDC reverses course—CDC is expected to recommend on Tuesday that people vaccinated for the coronavirus resume wearing masks indoors. The change follows reports of rising breakthrough infections with the #Deltavariant. ➡️ ABOUT DAMN TIME! #COVID19nytimes.com/2021/07/27/hea…
2) the new guidance would mark a sharp turnabout from the agency’s position since May that vaccinated people do not need to wear masks in most indoor spaces.
3) As recently as last week, an agency spokesman said that C.D.C. had no plans to change its guidance, unless there were a significant change in the science. Federal officials met on Sunday night to review new evidence that may have prompted the reversal. cnn.com/2021/07/27/pol…
Damnit - there are again ZERO ICU beds available in the state of Arkansas (one of the lowest vaccinated states in the US). This means many others beside #COVID19 patients in the hospital awaiting beds may die. #vaccinate please for the love of god.
2) Anyone else see a vicious cycles happening if we know Covid infection and hospitalization also leads to IQ drop?
⚠️“SUBSTANTIAL DROP” in intelligence—#COVID19 survivors suffer severe cognitive deficit. Patients hospitalised on ventilators saw the biggest drop in on intelligence tests—equal to a **7-point drop in IQ**!
Larger than suffering stroke or lead poisoning!🧵news.sky.com/story/covid-19…
2) researchers found those who had contracted COVID saw the greatest underperformance on tasks requiring reasoning, planning and problem-solving compared to those who had not had the virus. ➡️ but they found a significant (starred) drop **even in mild patients too**! #LongCovid
3) "These results accord with reports of long-COVID, where 'brain fog', trouble concentrating and difficulty finding the correct words are common." the authors report.
Vaccine trials for kids 5-11 expanded—possibly delayed. F.D.A. has asked the companies to include 3,000 children in the 5-to-11-year-old group, roughly double the original number of study participants. Unclear if EUA approval will be delayed or not. 🧵 nytimes.com/2021/07/26/us/…
2) Pfizer is on a faster timetable than Moderna, and may be able to meet F.D.A.’s expectations on a bigger trial size and still file a request to expand emergency authorization by the end of September. Reviewing all the safety and efficacy data will likely take FDA a few weeks.
3) Pfizer has previously said it expects to have results for the 5-to-11-year-old group in September, with results for children aged 2 to 5 shortly after that. A spokeswoman said Monday that the company had no updates on its timetable.
“The [nuclear missile] silo construction at Yumen and Hami constitutes the most significant expansion of the Chinese nuclear arsenal ever,” says @mattkorda of @FAScientists, author of the ☢️ silo satellite analysis. This is worrisome. nytimes.com/2021/07/26/us/…
2) Satellite images reveal that China is building a second nuclear missile silo field. The discovery follows the report earlier this month that China appears to be constructing 120 missile silos, says @mattkorda@nukestrat
3) People’s Liberation Army Rocket Force (PLARF) appears to have approximately 250 silos under construction – **more than 10 times the number of ICBM silos** in operation today.