Thread by @BooSoonYew67

Now it's been a while since I've talked abt #COVID19 in #Malaysia (except a month back abt cases among school kids in Penang).. but if ever anyone wants to hv an academic understanding of why there is a resurgence of cases.. here it is.. Point mutation !!

https://twitter.com/RolandBakerIII/status/1549188403245092865?t=WfBt_pAw4fnibViN30Tvdw&s=19

This is the start of @RolandBakerIII 's thread on the mechanism of how the BA.4 & BA.5 subvariants of the #Omicron evade action of antibodies..

https://twitter.com/RolandBakerIII/status/1549184340784926721?t=WfBt_pAw4fnibViN30Tvdw&s=19

A look at recent cases in the USA, showing in no uncertain terms about the dominance of #COVID19 cases from the #BA4 & #BA5 ..

https://twitter.com/GeorgeMonks11/status/1549425938005360651?t=FTOciysrXKRletZcSQMPEA&s=19

Yet rise in cases aside, when #Omicron was upon us .. we saw the worst in 2020 & 2021, especially with #Delta .. yet these past 2 years allowed so many of us to receive & get boosted (once) vs #COVID19 .. Hence the prevailing optimism..

https://twitter.com/MonicaGandhi9/status/1548282178811097089?t=baWm_scfOEIzHF0ML_UjqA&s=19

A good summary of #COVID19 cases that get admitted into healthcare facilities.. a kind of observation also in many places here in #Malaysia ..

https://twitter.com/drklausner/status/1548066008945942530?t=bx_drM48uF7MKTAiRHkBaw&s=19

Following are the data on #COVID19 daily new cases in #Malaysia .. Trending up, yes, for these past 1 month ..
covidnow.moh.gov.my/cases

Below are the Hospital Bed Utilization of #COVID19 cases in healthcare facilities in #Malaysia in the various states..
covidnow.moh.gov.my/hospitalisatio…

Then compare with our #Vaccination numbers in #Malaysia for #COVID19 ..
covidnow.moh.gov.my

And a look at states which are high or low in #Vaccination percentages for #COVID19 in #Malaysia ..
covidnow.moh.gov.my/vaccinations

Back to #Vaccination .. on why there is such a difference between having 2nd dose (83.9%) & 1st booster (49.5%) .. it's all about so few of the 12-17y school kids who got their 1st boosters, just 1.4% !!! 😳😳 .. #COVID19 #Malaysia

Wouldn't lack of schoolkids in the 12-17y age receiving 1st booster be part reason of surge in #COVID19 cases in #Malaysia ?? Or for sure the rise in cases in schools that many of us see ourselves ??
Shouldn't @KKMPutrajaya & @DGHisham look into this ?
cc @Khairykj @RadziJidin

@threadreaderapp .. unroll .. tq

This was my thread then on 5th July 2022, when I saw a marked rise in cases amongst my own students after they attended their respective school sports events..

https://twitter.com/BooSoonYew67/status/1544103747978031104?t=WvAQSmj5QVIT2ijlgktc_Q&s=19

In the meantime, we MUST be diligent still in our washing of our hands.. especially with cleansing liquids..

https://twitter.com/Vaccinologist/status/1549520308654247938?t=RZHfkZySjoX4XWwVGJu2Ng&s=19