Very encouraging data out of South Africa. Decoupling between new COVID-19 cases and ICU admissions and deaths. In addition, cases in South Africa have peaked and are now on the decline.
Let’s talk about this and more! 🧵
Let’s talk about this and more! 🧵
It is IMPORTANT to note severity of disease in humans is NOT determined only by virus replication but also by the host immune response to the infection. Make sure you are PROTECTED. Regarding the information above:
•H/T: @ScottGottliebMD
•Source: ourworldindata.org/coronavirus/co…
•H/T: @ScottGottliebMD
•Source: ourworldindata.org/coronavirus/co…
Summary:
•Difficult to disentangle if less severity is due to prior IMMUNITY (vaccine or natural infection) OR intrinsic virulence of Omicron
•Most hospital admissions in UNVACCINATED individuals
•>70% seroprevalence and 40% one dose of vaccine
•2-3x higher risk re-infection
•Difficult to disentangle if less severity is due to prior IMMUNITY (vaccine or natural infection) OR intrinsic virulence of Omicron
•Most hospital admissions in UNVACCINATED individuals
•>70% seroprevalence and 40% one dose of vaccine
•2-3x higher risk re-infection
•Vaccine immune escape (nAbs ONLY), protection against SEVERE infection sustained
•Other provinces may have lower seroprevalence and lower vaccination
•Vulnerable: UNVACCINATED, no previous SARS-CoV-2 infection
•GET PROTECTED. GET BOOSTED.
•Don’t walk around immune naive!
•Other provinces may have lower seroprevalence and lower vaccination
•Vulnerable: UNVACCINATED, no previous SARS-CoV-2 infection
•GET PROTECTED. GET BOOSTED.
•Don’t walk around immune naive!
Encouraging data out of Denmark. Omicron-related hospital admissions are at around 0.6% compared to around 1.5% for Delta hospitalizations. That’s about a 60% DECREASE. Preliminary data obviously BUT the message stays the same: make sure you are PROTECTED. covid19.ssi.dk/virusvarianter…
You can read more on Denmark here: irishtimes.com/news/health/ea…
UK study on Omicron symptoms falling in line with what has been observed in South Africa: Omicron symptoms are predominantly cold symptoms such as runny nose, headache, sore throat and sneezing. NOTE: FOR VACCINATED INDIVIDUALS
•covid.joinzoe.com/post/omicron-a…
•hindustantimes.com/world-news/omi…
•covid.joinzoe.com/post/omicron-a…
•hindustantimes.com/world-news/omi…
“New Studies Raise Hopes That Vaccines Prevent Severe Disease From Omicron - In the lab, immune cells put up a strong fight against Omicron, suggesting that vaccines will be able to prevent the worst outcomes of the virus variant." nytimes.com/2021/12/15/hea…
Thank your T-Cells! 🎉
Thank your T-Cells! 🎉
If you can’t read the article above, you can find the WHO presentation and studies here: who.int/news-room/even…. If it helps, some of my previous threads have already gone into this!
https://twitter.com/sailorrooscout/status/1469341180475412482?s=21
New out of Moderna this morning. Moderna’s booster dose of 50μg INCREASES the level of neutralizing antibodies against Omicron by 37-FOLD. A booster dose of 100μg INCREASES the level of neutralizing antibodies by ~83-FOLD. Conclusion? The boosters ARE effective against Omicron!
You can read more on that here: •reuters.com/business/healt…
•investors.modernatx.com/news/news-deta…
Stay calm. Stay vigilant. Get protected. Get boosted. Don’t walk around immune naive. We can get through this.
•investors.modernatx.com/news/news-deta…
Stay calm. Stay vigilant. Get protected. Get boosted. Don’t walk around immune naive. We can get through this.
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