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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4/Biden
"Get your booster shot now, so you can have this additional protection during the holiday season.
Second, for those not yet fully vaccinated: get vaccinated today. This includes both children & adults. America is leading the world in vacc'ing children ages 5-11..."
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5/Biden
"...and has been vaccinating teens for many months now – but we need more Americans in all age groups to get this life-saving protection. If you have not gotten vaccinated, or have not taken your children to get vaccinated, now is the time." #COVID19#OmicronVariant
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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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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...
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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 ?
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.
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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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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Two important #COVID19 treatment studies were released this week. One, from @Merck got a lot of attn and soared on the stock markets. The other, with better results, from @Regeneron got little notice.
Key point with both: Best results come from treatment before symptoms.
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2/ @Merck press release: Gave molnupiravir to 385 people w/#COVID19 & placebo to 377.
After 29 days, 7.3% of molnupiravir group were either hospitalized or died, vs 14.1% of placebo-treated. So, says Merck, the drug cut the risk of severe COVID by 50%. s2.q4cdn.com/584635680/file…
3/ @Regeneron made combo monoclonal antibody treatment, REGEN-COV & pub'ed data in @NEJM .
28 days post-treatment, 1.3% of 1,355 treated patients were hospitalized or died, vs 4.6% of 728 placebo recipients.
So, REGEN-COVID cut acute disease risk by 71%. cidrap.umn.edu/news-perspecti…