Thread by @DrEricDing

WATCH📺—Despite 97.5% of all adults in England🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 with antibodies to #COVID19 (via vax/infection)–hospitalizations still surging. Why? Because variants like #Omicron are adapting. Need multivalent vax, plus ➡️N95 & ventilation are agnostic to variants—key!

2) Boosters are critical, yes, but we need a higher sea wall of protection that can handle virus evolution & adaption. That’s why premium masks & ventilation & air disinfection key.

Special thanks to @theosanderson for the animation. Data via 🇬🇧 @ONS.
ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulati…

3) And we need to be honest also that vaccine boosters wane too. This figure in French from UK data shows that even boosters wane against highly evasive #Omicron 10 weeks after a booster shot -VE down to 45% for symptomatic. We need new multivalent vaccines & masks & ventilation.

4) Booster campaign in UK likely are bringing cases and hospitalizations down slowly. But bending it takes time. And remember - even when cases peak— we are only ad 50% of the wave. The other 50% is experienced on the way down. And hospitalizations will keep going for a while.

5) Even if #Omicron is slightly milder in adults (but 20% more severe in kids), total hospitalization drop is not that much compared to Delta (which is already well known to be 2-3x more severe than Wuhan). We are somehow letting “it’s mild” mentality keep endangering folks.

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