TROUBLING—64% of all new cases worldwide last week were recorded in Europe, as well as 57% of all new #COVID19 deaths worldwide. Both exponentially rising. This bodes badly—it’s even before the busy upcoming holiday travel (read: worldwide wave). #MaskUp #ventilation #vaccinate 
2) I believe the winter wave under #DeltaVariant or even #DeltaPlus could be even higher caseload than last winter. Hopefully deaths won’t exceed last winter but it could still be 50-66% as bad. Why? Because Delta is 2x more contagious & also more severe than last winter’s Alpha.
3) in terms of cases, no other region comes close currently. Same for deaths - the Americas with comparable population doesn’t even come close to half of Europe last week.
But I do worry if Africa would ever get hit hard & would the world report it? Or would the world not care?
But I do worry if Africa would ever get hit hard & would the world report it? Or would the world not care?
4) Poland is now on pace to set new records for cases and deaths with no real mitigation in sight. HT @DrWilliamKu
5) And in UK, in 28 days alone, over 1 million new cases last month plus 4300+ deaths! UK is an island - so it can’t use the “it’s our neighbors” excuse. It’s a @BorisJohnson policy debacle - and @sajidjavid’s failure of leadership.
https://twitter.com/JoePajak/status/1460668644778782729
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