Thread by @DrEricDing

An epidemiologist from Johns Hopkins walks into a maskless party with 14 fully vaccinated friends… 11 of 14 got breakthrough #COVID19 —so yes, even some epidemiologists had severely underestimated #DeltaVariant. @CDCgov definitely made a grave mistake.
baltimoresun.com/opinion/op-ed/…

2) “It was bad luck for my friend, but surely she wasn’t that contagious. Surely all of us were immune. I’d been sitting across the room from her. I figured I’d stay home and isolate from my family for a few days, and that would be that. And even that seemed like overkill…

3) “The official CDC guideline stated that, since I was fully vaccinated, I didn’t need to do anything different unless I started developing symptoms…” (seriously what the hell @CDCgov)

4) “I’m an epidemiologist at a major medical research university, which has a dedicated COVID exposure hotline. I called it, and workers said I didn’t need to do anything.” 🤦🏻‍♂️ cmon CDC, this is on you.

5) “Grave mistake” - this @JohnsHopkins trained epidemiologist you know has been arguing against the CDC since they announced their mask relaxation in May. google.com/amp/s/www.cbsn…

6) I doubled down that @CDCgov made a grave mistake.

https://twitter.com/drericding/status/1415538131835707393

7) although lower risk of infection if vaccinated, it’s clear the first 6 days of a breakthrough infection is still tricky because of similar viral load. Luckily viral load drops fast if vaccinated. But that first critical 6 days!!!

https://twitter.com/DrEricDing/status/1421874289398194187

8) Mild is not always so mild—“I can tell you that even a “mild” case of COVID-19 is pretty miserable. I’ve had fever, chills and muscle aches, and I’ve been weak enough that I can barely get out of bed. I don’t wish this on anybody.”