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26 Nov, 3 tweets, 4 min read
According to @GISAID gisaid.org/hcov19-variant…
The #B11529 variant #SARSCoV2 was detected in South Africa's Johannesburg area on Nov. 22, and swiftly came to dominate & spread to neighboring #Botswana & #HongKong .
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2/ The new #B11529 variant is highly mutated, compared to other forms of #SARSCoV2 . Some mutations (green) have no clear impact on viral activity. Others (orange) make the virus cling harder to human ACE2 receptors, escape immunity, etc. And (blue) there are inserted bits.
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3/ At the time this was posted, abt 50% of new cases in Gauteng, So Africa were #B11529 -- just 48 hours later that's jumped to 90+%. Here, from @GISAID are collection dates & %ages just pre-Thanksgiving. This is very rapid.

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26 Nov
Statement by @POTUS @JoeBiden on the #Omicron #COVID19 Variant
"This morning I was briefed by my chief medical advisor, #TonyFauci...about the Omicron variant, which is spreading through Southern Africa. As a precautionary measure, I am ordering additional air travel..."
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2/Biden
"...restrictions from SoAfrica & 7 other countries. These new restrictions will take effect on November 29.
For now, I have two important messages for the American people...
First, for those Americans who are fully vaccinated against severe COVID illness --"
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3/Biden
"...the best way to strengthen your protection is to get a booster shot, as soon as you are eligible. Boosters are approved for all adults over 18, six mos past their vaccination and are available at 80,000 locations coast-to-coast. They are safe, free & convenient.
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14 Nov
Here are some sources on #COVID19 in zoo & pet animals, including vaccinating animals and human-to-animal transmission.
In response to your request for sources I give you:
It is mainly zoo personnel-to-animals.
phys.org/news/2021-11-l…
nytimes.com/2021/11/07/us/…
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 zoo, coatimundi
promedmail.org/post/20211026.…
zoo, wild carnivore
promedmail.org/post/20211018.…
zoo, snow leopard
promedmail.org/post/20211013.…
zoo, snow leopard
promedmail.org/post/20210802.…
zoo, snow leopard
promedmail.org/post/20210726.…
zoo, vaccination
promedmail.org/post/20210705.…
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3/
 zoo lion, fatal
promedmail.org/post/20210607.…
zoo, lion
promedmail.org/post/20210504.…
zoo, tiger, lion
promedmail.org/post/20210125.…
zoo, gorilla
promedmail.org/post/20210112.…
zoo, snow leopard
promedmail.org/post/20201214.…
zoo, lion, human
promedmail.org/post/20201208.…
zoo, tiger
promedmail.org/post/20201104.…
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8 Nov
This reminds me of a strange set of events in the Reagan Admin. A big study done in a huge SoCAL retirement community concluded that estrogen therapy after menopause prevented women from having heart attacks. The Reagan admin promoted estrogen for millions of women. BUT [more]
2/ The estrogen supplements caused ovarian & breast cancer & gave no benefit in cutting cardiac disease.
A look-back on that study revealed that the healthier women in that retirement community were, yes, taking estrogen, but also working out, eating low fat diets, and...
[more]
3/..were visited more by family members & tended to vote #Democrat. Highest mortality was in women who were the opposite on all factors.
So, will #Republicans have a 2021 drop in life expectancy due to misinfo beliefs, #COVID19, anti-science, bad diets? Or no diff vs #Democrats ?
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29 Oct
PRES. BIDEN: Well, let me state the obvious: We have no older or no more loyal, no more decent ally than France. It's been -- you've been with us from the beginning. You're the reason, in part, why we became an independent country.
You were there for us; we'll be there for you.
Q Is the relationship repaired?
PRES. BIDEN: You're asking me?
Q Yeah.
PRES. BIDEN: Well, the answer is: I think what happened was -- to use an English phrase, what we did was "clumsy." It was not done with a lot of grace. I was under the impression certain..."
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2/BIDEN...certain things had happened that hadn't happened.
And -- but I want to make it clear: France is an extremely, extremely valued partner -- extremely -- and a power in and of itself.
And so, I don't know any reason that -- we have the same values.

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18 Oct
NYC streets have become seriously dangerous for cyclists, and teenagers are leading the way in protest. The @GretaThunberg peers are holding a @thetubenyc bike rally Oct 23, 11m Borough Hall, Brooklyn -- I'll be speaking. @Streetfilms @noneck @bikenewyork @driversofnyc
Oct 23, 11am Bike rally @BicyclesOnly @bikeblognyc @Tri_State @nycbikemaps @brooklynbybike @BicycleHabitat @howiewolf @nicolegelinas @MC_NYC @mossmitchell @jonorcutt @NYC_SafeStreets @MoveNewYork @BrownBikeGirl @DBtodomundo @nicoleamurray @bridges4people @philritz1 @NUMTOTs
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7 Oct
The Israeli findings regarding @pfizer #COVID19 2-dose vaccination & heart inflammation found 136 cases out of 5 million vax recips:
"a risk that was more than twice that among unvacc'ed persons. This was highest in young male recipients..."
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nejm.org/doi/full/10.10…
2/ More from Israel
"In our study, definite or probable cases of #myocarditis among persons between the ages of 16 & 19 years within 21 days after the 2nd vaccine dose occurred in 1 of 6637 male recipients & in 1 of 99,853 female recipients."
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3/ A 2nd Israeli study of @pfizer vax recips found, "the est'ed incidence of #myocarditis was 2.13 cases per 100,000 persons; highest among male patients between the ages of 16 & 29 years. Most cases of myocarditis were mild or moderate in severity."
nejm.org/doi/full/10.10…
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