Thread by @MonicaGandhi9

Does anyone besides me feel that the messaging over the last month in the US has basically served to terrify the vaccinated and make unvaccinated eligible adults doubt the effectiveness of the vaccines?

If I could message, I would start with history of infectious diseases, how the immune system works, how the vaccines are working well if you understand the immune system, and how (like Europe) we can get back to normal life with vax
leaps.org/how-long-do-co…

Would also explain that asymptomatic transmission from vax'd with delta rare per contact tracing studies (CT values on PCR is a surrogate, contact tracing is how you determine transmission). Get source code here for Singapore data- we found 1 transmission
covid.viz.sg/historic.html

from vax'd to vax'd if asymptomatic. 1 in huge case cluster analysis. Putting emphasis on masks over vaccination is a huge mistake for a country to do given the history of infectious diseases and how only immunity can get you through (preferably through vax). Masks ok; vax great

Also, don't believe CDC thinks there is significant spread from asymptomatic vaccinated people because they are not recommending routine testing of asymptomatic vax'd people (like they recommended testing of asymptomatic before vax) except after exposure; clearer messages please

I am mildly amused that I have been tweeting since April 2020 & have never received this many likes to a post around current US messaging terrifying the vaccinated and making unvax'd think vaccines don't work. Makes me wonder if we can change the message!

https://twitter.com/MonicaGandhi9/status/1424174473402408960

>10K likes: I write articles about immunity & get a few polite likes but it resonated with vax'd that being scared is opposite message to deliver about how well vax works, resonated with unvax'd that doubts intensified over past month. Immunity ONLY way to get through pandemic