Thread by @Rpshahmemorial1

The posts from what we know in the last 3 days across the globe on #Omicron are all at one place here. Feel free to read along . The information from 29th November will follow in the thread below .Currently this is the known Geographic spread #RPSMTrust

https://twitter.com/Rpshahmemorial1/status/1464872540006858757?s=20

Ctd1) So there is a concern that the #Omicron is diversifying pretty fast, that concern in a population where 20% has HIV is a legitimate issue

https://twitter.com/hjelle_brian/status/1465020053095477248?s=20

Ctd2) All Variants of Concern have such clusters of sudden increase of mutations,the issue is they are coming up in an area where only 70% get access to Antiretroviral (HIV Tt) therapy,help needs to go a further step ahead - covid vaccines, antiretrovirals,logistics& Monoclonals

Ctd3) @michaelmina_lab tells us that the waste water surveillance is showing that the virus is spreading like crazy , that reminds me of what happened in Brazil after the P1 wave ended, they almost immediately had the P2 wave , this looks like a familiar story ctd)

Ctd4 Japan closes borders to all foreigners.

Ctd5)Marriage of the Two pictures one of the provinces and the second of the percentage people positive shows that while the positive population is highest in Gauteng BUT it is also rapidly growing in the southern states , north of Gauteng the growth is not as much @DrEricDing

Ctd6) WHO update- not much new information but still who.int/news/item/28-1…

Ctd7) @Antonio_Caramia made a good chart of cases & these have grown at astronomical rates, almost 6 times in last 2-3 weeks , we know that if cases rise hospitalizations & deaths rise in 4 to 6 weeks later .They will overwhelm hospitals .We know 18% infected need hospitals.

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https://twitter.com/Rpshahmemorial1/status/1465197784806526977?s=20

Ctd9) Yesteray We had updated that we expect that the RTPCR will work out fine ( if not better) and @michaelmina_lab had said he expected the Lateral Flow ( Rapid Tests ) would've been fine, here is more information that they are working

Ctd10) @davidrliu clearly shows the rate of change in spike protein and since Moderna /AZ /Pfizer all work at the spike protein there's fair chance that they MAY take a hit( so many mutations there).Oral medications like Paxlovid, Molnupiravir may not take that big a hit ctd)

@davidrliu Ctd11) Meanwhile Australia finds one more

@davidrliu Ctd12) #Omicron has been found in Europe ,Australia& North America ,Africans are wanting not be discriminated against, wishing the world community come together & stop global air travel for 3 weeks .WHO leaders @DrMikeRyan, @DrTedros ctd)

https://twitter.com/MalecheAllan/status/1464963460870070275?s=20

@PMOIndia

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Ctd16)AstraZeneca Vaccine in India, need to boost old and frontline workers @PMOIndia , @narendramodi , @shekhar_mande , @MoHFW_INDIA , @BhallaAjay26 ,@OfficeOf_MM , @mansukhmandviya

Ctd17)Community transmission found in Scotland. That shows the need to act fast, test & track immediately.

Ctd18)Now comes Portugal , Europe will soon find #Omicron all over if they don't act fast .

Ctd19) @hjelle_brian created a flutter when he noted that TMEM245 is a snatched human protein, @PeacockFlu ,@SGriffin_Lab ,@ChristosArgyrop . Months earlier I had read this . Is TMEM245 an alternative entry pathway #Omicron
piecehttps://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/651439

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