Thread by @chrisvanderveen

THREAD

It's critical the @CDCgov immediately be transparent about its conclusion that vaccinated people can carry nearly as much "viral load" as unvaccinated.

The implications of that conclusion are enormous. CDC saying new data justified mask mandates

washingtonpost.com/health/2021/07…

But it's not entirely clear what data CDC are relying on

Here is link to CDC latest update from yesterday talking about his very subject

cdc.gov/coronavirus/20…

Some internet sleuths have already figured this out... but I will walk you through what's there

Head to these paragraphs:

"Relatively high viral loads... regardless of vaccination status"

Again, implications are HUGE. Why? Easier to spread.

But look closer at the line I highlighted

It links to this citation. Currently it says article remains "Under review"

researchsquare.com/article/rs-637…

But some of the sleuths have found that "under review" was tweaked . Note: Editorial decision once read: reject after peer review

h/t @districtai

.@Researchsquare answered @boulderfish's concerns this way.

Don't want to get into the minutia of that right now...but it's all starting to make some already suspicious people even more suspicious.
(can't say I blame them)

Let's go back to that CDC report and the 2 paragraphs (I've highlighted different sentences)

Looks like there is the possibility of more science to come

BUT

The whole reason behind the renewed push for masks is built on potential that even vaccinated people can spread virus now

Is that true? I'd love to see more than this one citation

Basically, we need more data

this is what leads to distrust.

this is what causes people to doubt

And honestly, we could use a lot less distrust and doubt right now

I'm open to thoughts here. And if there's good science on this, I'd love to see it.

I'll leave you with this...

For more than a year, the only time I saw my mom involved us meeting outside and wearing masks.

Why? b/c I would have never forgiven myself for getting her sick

Now that we're both vaccinated, I was told we were safe to meet in person w/o masks

That was a BIG deal for me

What the CDC said yesterday heavily inferred that that is no longer safe

Is that true? I don't know. But we should absolutely demand the data on this.

And demand more transparency... not less.

-FIN