This has not been shared widely in the media so let’s fix that. COVID-19 is now in retreat in the United States, the United Kingdom, AND Worldwide. Worldwide, cases have fallen MORE THAN 30% since late August and weekly deaths have fallen MORE THAN 15%. It gets better. Read on.🧵
•U.S. cases and hospitalizations have fallen 35% and 25% respectively since September 1st.
•Daily deaths in the U.S. have fallen 10% since September 20th. It is the FIRST sustained decline in deaths since the early summer.
•Deaths in the U.K. have fallen 21% since their-
September peak.
•Hospitalizations in the U.K. are down 28% since their September peak.
•The pattern has also been evident within countries, including India, Indonesia, Thailand, Britain, France, and Spain. In each of them, the Delta variant led to a surge in cases lasting-
somewhere from one and a half to two and a half months.
•In the U.S., the Delta surge started in several Southern states in June and began receding in those states in August. In much of the rest of the U.S., it began in July, and cases have begun falling the past few weeks.
•Even pediatric cases are falling, despite the lack of vaccine authorization for children under 12.
•The share of those in the U.S. 12 and over who have received at least one vaccine shot has reached 76%.
•MORE THAN 6 BILLION vaccine doses have been administered worldwide.
•Lastly, around 1/2 of those in the U.S. have probably had COVID already, giving them some natural immunity. This matters and counts.
“Eventually, immunity will become widespread enough that another wave as large and damaging as the Delta wave will not be possible.
“Barring something unexpected,” Dr. Scott Gottlieb, has stated: “I’m of the opinion that this is the LAST major wave of infection.”
“COVID isn’t going to disappear anytime soon. It will continue to circulate for years, many scientists believe. BUT the vaccines can transform
COVID into a MANAGEABLE disease, not so different from a flu or common cold. In the past few weeks, the country appears to have moved closer to that less grim future. Whatever this autumn brings, the worst of the pandemic is almost certainly behind us.”
One thing I want to add onto this thread that is circulating in the media. This particular study out of The Lancet. PLEASE NOTE: Vaccine effectiveness in preventing hospitalization and death remained high at 90% for AT LEAST (NOT ONLY) SIX MONTHS, even against the highly
contagious Delta variant. That’s from the actual study itself. Felt the need to put that out there since most headlines today have been extremely misleading. You can find that study here: thelancet.com/journals/lance….
THIS IS HUGE! Researchers at Lancaster University have developed RI-AG03, a peptide inhibitor, that in preclinical studies PREVENTED the build-up of harmful Tau proteins in the brain, which are believed to be a key driver of Alzheimer’s disease. Let’s talk about that! 🧵⬇️
Tau proteins are essential for maintaining the structure and function of neurons. However, in Alzheimer’s disease, these proteins malfunction and aggregate into long, twisted fibrils. As these fibrils build up, they form neurofibrillary tangles- masses of tangled tau proteins
THIS IS HUGE! Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania have developed a vaccine against the bacterium Clostridioides difficile (C.diff), that in preclinical studies, protected against succumbing from infection AND prevented recurring cases. Let’s talk about that! 🧵⬇️
The bacterium Clostridioides difficile is named “difficult” for a reason. Originally, it was hard to grow in the lab, and, now, it’s the source of gut infections that are tough to treat. About half a million people in the U.S. contract C. diff every year, often from hospitals-
THIS IS HUGE! Scientists at the University of Oxford are developing the world's FIRST ovarian cancer vaccine that could potentially wipe the disease out. OvarianVax teaches the immune system to recognize and attack the earliest stages of ovarian cancer. Let’s talk about that!🧵⬇️
The hope is that individuals could receive the vaccine preventatively with the goal of eradicating the disease. Researchers have suggested it could work in a similar way to the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine, which is on track to stamp out cervical cancer.
Oxford researchers are designing OvarianVax, a vaccine which teaches the immune system to recognize and attack the earliest stages of ovarian cancer. The team will receive up to £600,000 for the study over the next three years to support lab research into the vaccine.
WOW! Researchers at ETH Zurich have effectively suppressed the growth of Glioblastoma, the most aggressive and deadly brain cancer, in BOTH ex vivo human tissue samples AND in preclinical trials with Vortioxetine- an FDA APPROVED serotonin modulator.
Vortioxetine is recommended by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) for adults who have major depressive episodes. But lab tests on cancer cells have shown it was effective in treating glioblastoma (GBM)- the most commonly diagnosed high-grade
THIS IS HUGE! Researchers at Harvard Medical School have developed a nasal spray that in preclinical studies, offered NEARLY 100% protection from respiratory infections by COVID-19, influenza, viruses, AND pneumonia-causing bacteria. Let’s talk about that! 🧵⬇️
Researchers are calling their discovery Pathogen Capture and Neutralizing Spray (PCANS). The results are published in the journal Advanced Materials. Yes, it is PEER-REVIEWED.
• onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ad…
Researchers say the spray "coats the nasal cavity, capturing large respiratory droplets from the air, and serving as a physical barrier against a broad spectrum of viruses and bacteria, while rapidly neutralizing them with over 99.99% effectiveness."
All immunity is natural, because your immune system is natural.
It is acquired either through infection or vaccination. Infection has more side effects, many of which are very bad and one of which is death.
Naturally, I choose to acquire my immunity through vaccination.
As originally stated by Dr. Rasmussen. I won’t tag her fully only because I don’t want to needlessly flood her mentions. I thought this was one of THE most influential statements regarding vaccination and immunity and that is why I wanted to share it today.
Recently, I have been getting a fair amount of questions regarding updated vaccines that are AVAILABLE NOW, timing, and current circulating SARS-CoV-2 strains so I figured an UPDATED thread would be helpful! 🧪🧵⬇️