2) Smoking and nonsmoking parts of the plane? Peeing and nonpeeing parts of the swimming pool? That’s like the coronavirus on an airplane. Meanwhile in reality of actual hospitalizations…
3) Don’t let what happened in the UK happen in the US — it was utter chaos at British airports the other week with pilots, flight crew, and airport workers sick and unable to serve flights. Don’t say @AlaskaAir wasn’t warned!
4) Dear @AlaskaAir — don’t be an idiot airline and let this happen. @AmericanAir, your fellow Oneworld alliance member, you’re being warned too. Don’t end up like your other UK oneworld partner @British_Airways
CDC better come through—Biden WH says that it intends to appeal a Florida judge’s ruling that struck down a federal mask mandate on public transportation—**if the @CDCgov decide that extending it is necessary**. @CDCDirector better deliver. #CovidIsNotOver nytimes.com/2022/04/19/us/…
2) what a mess—“Federal District Court judge in Tampa who struck down the mandate put forward a sharply constrained interpretation of CDC’s legal authority under the Public Health Service Act of 1944. If it prevailed, the CDC’s hands would be tied in future public health crises.”
3) “But a ruling by a district court judge is not a binding precedent. Appealing the matter would carry the risk that the court that oversees her — the Court of Appeals for 11th Circuit — could issue a ruling that constrains the agency’s future conduct at least in its region”
NEW KID ON THE BLOCK—#BA2’s new spin off #BA2121 sub-subvariant is now surging exponentially—so infectious that it is outpacing even #Ba2 and completely displacing #Omicron, which is now near extinct. Together #BA2 and #BA2121 are now 94% of all strains in US.
2) Hospitalizations are surging. We can debate new variants if more dangerous or not— but more infection, even if mild, means more problems. And don’t forget #LongCovid that doesn’t show up in hospitalizations.
2) I’m very worried about the sudden rise of the new #BA2121 sub subvariant. These are log linear which means they are exponential increase. Figure by @trvrb
*earlier above I meant old classic #Omicron is extinct.
MISINFO BY DELTA AIRLINES—This statement by @Delta that #COVID19 is now an “ordinary seasonal virus” is wrong. My source says that Delta did not consult with its senior medical advisor before releasing this misinformation. Hope Delta will correct ASAP!
2) Four studies published this year show as many as a third of coronavirus cases result in long-haul covid. Some of those cases followed mild infections, according to the University of California at Davis.
3) Research in England released in June found as many as 2 million people living there were experiencing long-haul symptoms, The Washington Post reported. washingtonpost.com/world/2021/06/…
PREVIEW OF NEXT MONTH AT US AIRPORTS—“Chaos” at @HeathrowAirport as hundred of flights✈️ got cancelled or delayed as airlines were hit by staff shortages due to #COVID19. 3 hour waits—some flights delayed 24 hours. How is ‘let it rip’ good for the economy?
2) “the cancellations are due to high levels of staff absence as a result of #Covid infections”. Naturally.
3) Let’s check in meantime how UK hospitals are doing… oh… pandemic record levels of hospital beds occupied? 12 hour waits for care and surging??? Sounds like a warning about a dystopian future that we are heading towards.
📍JUST IN—A federal judge in Florida overturned the CDC’s mask mandate on public transit, that it “exceeds the CDC’s statutory authority & violates procedures required for agency rulemaking”. U.S. District Judge Kathryn Kimball Mizelle was Trump-appointed. news.bloomberglaw.com/coronavirus/ma…
2) the “court vacates the mandate”. Obviously this district case will be appealed to a higher court. The Trump-appointed judge in this case previously clerked for Clarence Thomas.