Wanna walk you through something I feel is critical right now as state deals with yet another COVID wave
If you or someone you know is 70+, pay attention.
(This centers around question I just asked @GovofCO)
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First... Clearly Colorado is in a tough spot.
One of the worst waves in the country right now
Look at hospitalizations. Headed in the wrong direction.
Now in our 2nd worst wave
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What's driving this?
Well, clearly, most people ending up in hospitals, even today, are UNVACCINATED
This is latest figure from state
BUT there's more
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According to @nytimes, a LARGE driver of patient growth is in the 70+ age range
So what's up?
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We do know VAST MAJORITY of people 70+ are vaccinated.
We also know the VAST MAJORITY of those were vaccinated early this year (they were first in line)
NYT says 94% of 65+ have received at least ONE dose
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So... what's going on...
Well, we know vaccine effectiveness isn't as good with 70+
State even pointed this out today. Other studies show waning effectiveness w/this group too
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What I don't understand is why the state isn't doing everything it can to get this population boosted...
Like... now
When 1 in 55 Coloradans are infectious
This is a CRITICAL time for these folks... Keep in mind, this group is VERY PRO VACCINE
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So... I'll do some of this myself.
If you know someone who has been vaccinated and is over the age of 70.. share with them what I've just old you.
As of now, according to @CDPHE roughly 2/3rds of this group has not received a booster. This is hundreds of thousands
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Trust me... you don't want to end up in a hospital right now with shortness of breath and a low o2 level b/c you put off that booster appointment by a few weeks.
Talk to your doctor. Get an appointment
And, by all means, consider what a booster might mean in your life.
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You'd think more than 48 hours after the start of the ICE raids in Denver/Aurora we'd know just how many people were detained/taken into custody.
We don't
And that's now the story
Let's talk about it. Two days ago the feds said it was trying to arrest 100 TDA members
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Yesterday, we asked ICE how many were detained
Seemed like a simple request. FOX News, after all, had reported 30. Keep in mind, FOX had a reason to know. They had a team embedded with ICE on Wednesday.
Let's talk about some of the reporting on the ICE raids that took place in Denver/Aurora yesterday.
There are clearly some inaccuracies circulating online right now
Let's start with this one
It's categorically not true.
(this aired this morning on @FoxNews)
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Later this morning, reporter @BillMelugin_ reported what ICE, for some inexplicable reason, has only shared with him (and his crew that was embedded with ICE yesterday)
He reported 30 arrests. Only ONE TDA member
This makes sense based upon what our crews saw yesterday
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The low number of arrests has led some to imply that the migrants had to be tipped off...
The embedded Fox crew, for example, seemed to be surprised to see a @9news crew already at a raid location when they arrived in Thornton.
The man accused of murdering two and injuring two others along the 16th St. Mall over the weekend has a complicated past.
One that's already led to some confusion.
I'd like to share what we've learned today about Elijah Caudill, 24, in this THREAD
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A few things are clear
Caudill is a convicted felon who has spent time in both state prison system and in various jails since 2021
He was paroled in Aug 23 after a 4.5 months in prison on a THEFT case.
His first arrest as an adult came in 19. For stealing baseball cards
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That case was dropped. Things escalated in 2021 when a propety manager told Westminster police Caudill threatened him with a knife before saying, "I will cut your f---ing throat"
The one thing you have to realize in the ridiculous and messy world of the US health care system is that no one typically pays the list price for anything.
Not for ER visits. Not for CTs. And not for rx drugs.
The latter is a mess. And one that still confuses me…but…
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Earlier this year the Commonwealth Fund did a study on the 10 drugs Medicare (the govt) will now “negotiate” prices on.
It’s a remarkably nerdy read. But one that’s important.