Thread by @EthnicMediaSvc

This morning, the @CDCgov joins @EthnicMediaSvc for a robust discussion on #COVID19 vaccines, when a vaccine might be available for children five and under, and global #VaccineEquity . Join us on Facebook at 11 am PT: facebook.com/events/1008886…

Please send your questions for the @CDCgov and we will try to get them answered live.

@CDCgov Dr. John Brooks says #BA2Variant represents 30 percent of Covid cases in US, especially in #NewYork and #NewEngland where it reaches over 50 percent

Increased level of virus in wastewater, says Brooks. "We're watching and looking carefully."

"If cases rise from Omicron or other variants, we have the tools to fight it," says Dr. John Brooks of the CDC.

Is this the sign of another wave? Possibly not, says Dr. John Brooks of @CDCgov 95 pct of people in the US have some level of immunity.

We have increased numbers of therapeutics, he says. "I wish I could read the tea leaves, but I can't. We will see increases in cases, but it will not be as high," says Dr. John Brooks of @CDCgov

Those that are most protected are the elderly, because they are highly vaccinated and boosted, says Brooks of @CDCgov

We will ask #Refugees to document their vaccination status, says Dr. John Brooks of @CDCgov

"Not yet a benign disease. Hesitant to invoke this yet as an endemic," says Dr. John Brooks of @CDCgov "We're not there yet with this disease."

#Deltacron may be next, but good news is that the spike protein is based on Omicron, says Dr. John Brooks of @CDCgov

When will children under 5 be eligible for #CovidVaccine? Dr. Shannon Stokely of @CDCgov says #CovidVaccine is undergoing the most intense scrutiny in US medical history

If you are boosted, you are 21 times less likely to die from #COVID , says Dr. Shannon Stokely of @CDCgov "Vaccination is critical to protect you."

Vaccines do have waning immunity, says Dr. Shannon Stokely of @CDCgov "If you have been infected with #COVID , get a vaccine or boo

Right now, you don't need to get an annual shot for the #CovidVaccine but we are still looking to determine whether you need an annual booster, says Dr. Shannon Stokely of @CDCgov

"We are only as safe as a plane ride away," says Dr. John Brooks of @CDCgov Untreated #COVID infections is the source of new infections. We are very, very committed to global vaccine equity.

The pandemic has laid bare the inequities of health care in our country," says Dr. John Brooks of @CDCgov

"It takes all of us to protect our community and family members," says Dr. Shannon Stokely of @CDCgov "We are taking public health inequities to heart and finding ways to fill those gaps."

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