Thread by @DrEricDing

Heck no. With all due respect, @JoeBiden — you’re wrong. Pandemic is not over. Almost 3,000 Americans are dying from #COVID19 every single week.

A weekly 9/11 is a very big deal. Don’t even get me started on #LongCOVID—wreaking havoc on millions more.

I hope every Democratic Member of Congress joins me in questioning the administration on this. Tell @JoeBiden — don’t revoke #COVID19’s status as a Public Health Emergency. Don’t declare “Mission Accomplished” too soon.

Damnit people… we have seen the “it’s over” dismissive nonsense before. Remember in May 2021 when CDC dropped mask mandate? Remember how many died in the subsequent August-September 2021 #DeltaVariqnt wave and then the Dec-Feb first #Omicron wave??? SMH

https://twitter.com/drericding/status/1415538131835707393

Also Biden relying on his on CDC normally is okay, but the pandemic has shown the @CDCgov has always been behind the science and slow to act based on emerging science on transmission risks. Mark my words—this winter, COVID will be roaring back!

https://twitter.com/drericding/status/1423451747293433856

Holy crap— Biden was ad lib-ing??? ➡️"Biden’s insistence on Sunday night that the pandemic is over caught several of his own health officials by surprise. The declaration was not part of his planned remarks ahead of the “60 Minutes” interview" politico.com/news/2022/09/1…

So, is it 3000 a week? Yes. Nearly 3,000 people are still dying of #COVID19 every week. ~400-500 per day.

📍We could remain on this plateau for some time yet—and VERY LIKELU face winter surge. #CovidIsNotOver

theatlantic.com/health/archive…

7) According to the CDC’s own data, 93.89% of counties in the US are experiencing substantial or high community transmission of COVID. This, of course, is not the map the CDC chooses to share on their own social accounts.

HT @PeoplesCDC

8) To be clear… these red & orange colors of HIGH & SUBSTANTIAL TRANSMISSION is defined by @CDCgov itself not by other people. It really is still a pandemic Damnit.

9) However, the Walensky @CDCgov instead shares a “community levels” map—which does not at all provide an accurate picture of true transmission. People deserve to know what total transmission risk actually is @CDCDirector!!!

https://twitter.com/CDCgov/status/1570868886949478402

10) I swear, the always prescient @TaylorLorenz, somehow was able to predict Biden was going to say tonight earlier in the day when she predicted “COVID is still killing hundreds a day even as our leaders … push people to stop caring”. 🔥

https://twitter.com/TaylorLorenz/status/1571613099588997120

11) I hate this timeline… yet here we are.

Video from BBC’s “Yes Minister” comedy series. I can’t believe this is happening… again.

12) We are now nothing but a BBC parody and a Doonsbury cartoon. I hate this crap.

HT @charles_gaba for the find.

13) A pandemic is by definition global… even in UK… there’s still a lot of deaths… even in children 👇

A pandemic is over when there are no more winter surges and no more excessive deaths in adults and children.

https://twitter.com/drericding/status/1571026415235235840

14) we have indeed become “death blind” … people are still dying but we still choose to ignore it.

https://twitter.com/jreinermd/status/1570937698302689280

15) Is COVID now like the flu? NO! COVID still kills thousands more. 6000 COVID vs 20 flu in August.

https://twitter.com/greg_travis/status/1571192398553747456

16) "Now is the time to run harder & make sure we cross the line and reap the rewards of all our hard work.

If we don’t take this opportunity now, we run the risk of more variants, more deaths, more disruption, and more uncertainty. So let’s seize this opportunity." ~@DrTedros

17) Siri— tell me if pandemic is over for now…

Siri: No, here are the facts.

https://twitter.com/drericding/status/1571826336452251652

18) are most of excess deaths due to COVID? Yes— 60% are directly COVID… and the vast majority of the rest of the 40% “non COVID excess deaths” were mostly deaths **within 90 days of #COVID infection***! 👀 in other words— still due to COVID exacerbating!
moh.gov.sg/docs/libraries…

19) FASCINATING— Non-covid excess deaths "can be explained by patients who passed away from other illnesses within 90 days after being infected with COVID-19. In other words, COVID-19 aggravated existing illnesses, resulting in further mortalities." Wow.

20) "500 die a day”

“COVID is still a top 10 killer in the US, even if the number of current people dying is cut in half”

“Saying the pandemic is over get no one boosted”

Let's not give Biden a pass for "the pandemic is over." Well said @mehdirhasan