Tweet

@VincentRK

@ScientistSwanda

@PeterHotez

@AndrewEwing11

More from @DrEricDing

Eric Feigl-Ding

@DrEricDing

16 Nov

Worrisome—Several outbreaks of severe bird flu in Europe and Asia have been reported in recent days, in a sign the virus is spreading quickly again. Previous #birdflu outbreaks have led to culling tens of millions of birds. It can infect humans. 🧵
news.yahoo.com/norway-reports…

2) It is attracting the attention too of epidemiologists as the virus can be transmitted to humans. China has reported 21 human infections with the H5N6 subtype of avian influenza so far this year, more than in the whole of 2020.

news.yahoo.com/norway-reports…

3) South Korea reported an outbreak at a farm of around 770,000 poultry in Chungcheongbuk-do, the OIE said on Monday, citing a report from the South Korean authorities. All animals were slaughtered.

(Photo of bird flu culling from 2016)

Read 6 tweets

Eric Feigl-Ding

@DrEricDing

15 Nov

https://twitter.com/trvrb/status/1460275929221984257

WORRISOME IF ENDEMIC—As more become immune (good)—#SARSCoV2 will shift in evolutionary pressure towards ⬆️ **immune escape**, especially if endemic—it will undergo **continual antigenic drift**—that is—more continual mutations. ➡️hence why #COVID19 elimination is likely better.🧵

https://twitter.com/trvrb/status/1460275929221984257

2) Think of the virus & human immunity as an evolutionary arms race — each fighting for dominance. With growing immunity, the virus will be pressured more to be more evasive. Basically like when the walls are closing in—**pole vaulting** over walls get more important than speed.

3) This is also why letting the virus rip with mass infection also stupid. “Learn to live with the virus” is code for this. It is code for let it rip and citing “endemic” as if it’s a good outcome. It’s NOT!

Read 5 tweets

Eric Feigl-Ding

@DrEricDing

15 Nov

HOPEFUL—the NIH launches a large, long-term study of the impacts of COVID-19–it will track up to 1,000 children & young adults who previously tested positive for COVID-19 and evaluate the impact of #COVID19 on their physical and mental health over 3 years.
nih.gov/news-events/ne…

2) The study is expected to yield a detailed picture of COVID-19’s effects on the overall health of children, their development and immune responses to infection, and their overall quality of life in the years following infection.

3) Early data suggested that children were less likely to suffer from severe cases of COVID-19 than older people. However, among the 6 million reported pediatric COVID-19 cases the US, many children have experienced significant acute and long-term effects of the disease.

Read 5 tweets

Eric Feigl-Ding

@DrEricDing

15 Nov

@WHO

📝Dear @WHO—If the WHO can choose to delete its bad diabetes tweet, ➡️then it can delete its infamously bad “COVID is not airborne” misinformation tweet from March 2020. It’s time. Fix the error—let’s save more lives now! #COVIDisAirborne

🙏 @DrTedros @gabbystern @mvankerkhove

https://twitter.com/who/status/1460306974378184705

@WHO

2) There are moments in history we all wish we could time travel back to fix. @WHO has let this inaccurate post stay online still. It’s time to correct the record and fix it for posterity & history.

Please retract this @DrTedros @gabbystern @mvankerkhove

https://twitter.com/who/status/1243972193169616898?s=21

@WHO

3) Please please fix this @WHO

https://twitter.com/mdc_martinus/status/1460323272852185091

Read 5 tweets

Eric Feigl-Ding

@DrEricDing

15 Nov

Welp—China is killing the pets of #COVID19 patients without their consent. Patients reported coming home to find their pets have been killed while the pet owners were in quarantine or being treated.

…I do think this is too draconian. 😢
scmp.com/news/people-cu…

2) “If I happen to catch Covid-19, what if my cat starves to death or gets killed while I’m in quarantine?” There is a spate of recent incidents in 🇨🇳 where the pets of coronavirus patients were forcefully killed by local governments as part of their prevention measures.

3) But the same time - we need to read the tea leaves 🍃 a little here… this is not a crackdown against political dissent in anyway. This was done apolitically - yet China still did it—why? This is a bad sign - that China had to resort to this.

Read 5 tweets

Eric Feigl-Ding

@DrEricDing

14 Nov

📍Video—You don’t need to speak French🇫🇷 to understand the coronavirus is airborne. For family & friend gatherings—please take #COVIDisAirborne precautions:

📌Ventilate
📌Disinfect the air
📌Gather outside
📌Monitor CO2 levels
📌Vaccinate
📌Test

Merci🙏