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Dec 16 • 4 tweets • 3 min read
⚠️CDC is investigating possible increase in invasive group A strep (iGAS) infections in U.S. kids. Doctors should notify health department about unusually aggressive #iGAS infections in kids. IGAS may cause strep toxic shock & necrotizing fasciitis.
cdc.gov/groupastrep/ig… Image
I hope US doesn’t follow UK with this Strep A outbreak that is storming UK right now. One school was closed due to 40% of kids a sense due to outbreak. Antibiotics shortage in Uk too. Pray that doesn’t repeat here in Us.
3) the ongoing shortage of amoxicillin may also be exacerbating the strep A outbreaks seen. Many states seeing spikes in Strep A. abcnews.go.com/WNN/video/rare… Image
4) Not just outbreaks in UK and US, Number of children with Group A streptococcus almost **4 times as high** as in previous years, according to Dutch CDC. rivm.nl/groep-a-strept… Image

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Dec 19
⚠️THERMONUCLEAR BAD—Hospitals completely overwhelmed in China ever since restrictions dropped. Epidemiologist estimate >60% of 🇨🇳 & 10% of Earth’s population likely infected over next 90 days. Deaths likely in the millions—plural. This is just the start—🧵
2) Summary of #CCP's current #COVID goal: “Let whoever needs to be infected infected, let whoever needs to die die. Early infections, early deaths, early peak, early resumption of production.” @jenniferzeng97

Dead bodies piled up in NE China in 1 night—
3) Doubling time in China may not be days anymore. Doubling time now possibly “hours” says some experts — let that sink in. R is hard to calculate if doubling is <1 day because it’s hard to PCR test that fast. The point is 🇨🇳 & the 🌎 is in deep trouble.
npr.org/sections/goats…
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Dec 18
⚠️Shanghai has ordered most of its schools to take classes online as #COVID cases & hospitalizations soar. Nurseries and childcare centres will also shut. Complete reversal after restrictions were eased earlier this month. Frustrating but it protects kids.
bbc.com/news/world-asi…
2) Hospitals and medical facilities have come under increasing strain, with temporary health centres and intensive care facilities being set up across the country.
In Shanghai, it has been reported that an extra 230,000 hospital beds have been made available.
3) Some schools in the city have also already stopped in-person classes because teachers and staff are ill.
In a statement, Shanghai's education bureau announced that most year groups in primary and secondary schools would move to online learning from Monday.
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Dec 9
⚠️MASK WEARING ADVISORY— New York City health department issues rec to #WearAMask “at all times when in an indoor public settings” including stores, schools, childcare facilities, elevators, public transit, public shared spaces, & even *crowded outdoor settings*! #BringBackMasks Image
2) Furthermore, the NYC health dept mask advisory includes people who have been **previously COVID infected and previously vaccinated.**

A recommendation for all people ages 2+.

And the mask should be a KN95 or KF94 or N95 or better. #BringBackMasks
nyc.gov/assets/doh/dow… Image
3) why did NYC suddenly recommend masks indoors for almost everyone? It’s because NYC has been rated high risk on CDC Community levels —which is CDC’s hospitalization-weighted metric, not just transmission. This is honestly too late — waiting for hospitals to be full is stupid!
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Dec 7
💡VACCINE 'SPACE RACE'--It is critical we do not lose our lead or let others leapfrog the U.S. in vaccine technology for COVID, flu, and future viruses. Congress must act now. We have one shot at this--or else it might too late. This is why I wrote this:🧵
thehill.com/opinion/congre…
2) Absent dedicated congressional funding, and funding deployed very soon, the next generation of COVID vaccines to hopefully end the pandemic once and for all, may instead come from overseas and controlled by overseas countries – even if based on U.S.-origin technology.
3) Therefore, the U.S. risks, as the New York Times put it, “creating a scenario in which Americans would have to travel abroad for the latest in American vaccine technology” if the current funding lag continues.
thehill.com/opinion/congre…
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Dec 7
🔔HUGE COVID RULES CHANGES—China lays out a new 10-point #COVID policy change. But it is **not** a Western ‘let it rip’. Key highlights:
📌asymptomatic/mild cases can now quarantine at home (but still needs 2x consecutive PCR negative tests on days 6&7)
🧵
nhc.gov.cn/xcs/gzzcwj/202…
2) 📌Rapid antigen tests allowed.

📌Mass PCR testing of population suspended except for in hospitals, nursing homes, and schools.

📌Blanket lockdowns of entire communities/streets no longer used—but stratify high risk area by households or building/floors.
3) 📌You no longer need to test negative with PCR and show negative test certificates to travel between regions (between cities and provinces)
📌Negative tests no long needed for “landings” - presumably airport arrivals? Unclear if just for domestic or international as well.
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Dec 6
⚠️AT LAST—@CDCgov finally encourages people to wear masks to help reduce the spread of respiratory illnesses as Covid, flu and RSV expand—hospitals are overloaded. ➡️Ironically @CDCDirector says "One need not wait on CDC action in order to put a mask on”!
cnbc.com/amp/2022/12/05…
2) More than 19,000 people were hospitalized with the flu during the week ending Nov. 26, nearly double the previous week, according to CDC data.
People hospitalized with Covid also increased 27% during the week ending Dec. 2, according to CDC data.
3) And respiratory syncytial virus, or RSV, has been hospitalizing children at higher rate than in previous years.
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