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Mar 13 • 6 tweets • 2 min read • Read on X
A new @pewresearch survey shows that people of color continue to be more concerned than white people about becoming sick from COVID-19, and spreading COVID-19 to other people. Pew research chart showing % of U.S. adults who say they are very/somewhat concerned that they: - Will get COVID-19 and require hospitalization - Might unknowingly spread COVID-19 to others
The @pewresearch survey also shows that people with lower incomes are more concerned than people with higher incomes about becoming sick from COVID-19, and spreading COVID-19 to other people. Pew research chart showing % of U.S. adults who say they are very/somewhat concerned that they: - Will get COVID-19 and require hospitalization - Might unknowingly spread COVID-19 to others
And yes, the survey also shows that there's a continuing partisan gap in the US on concerns about COVID-19. Pew research chart showing % of U.S. adults who say they are very/somewhat concerned that they: - Will get COVID-19 and require hospitalization - Might unknowingly spread COVID-19 to others
While the partisan differences in attitudes to COVID-19 gets a lot of coverage, we don't talk enough about how racial and economic inequities still persist and need to be addressed.
Ending funding for COVID-19 protections and treatments, and weakening COVID-19 guidelines disproportionately impacts marginalized communities. Yet, marginalized communities are never adequately centered in the decision-making about public health policy changes.
Source: pewresearch.org/science/2024/0…

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Mar 10
“In the earliest days of the AIDS crisis, America ignored the problem, even though people were dropping dead by the thousands.

We’re repeating the mistake now with long COVID.”

Thank you @njdotcom editorial board 👏

nj.com/opinion/2024/0…
“Living with AIDS in this country is like living in the twilight zone,” he said of an indifferent public. “It isn’t happening to them. They’re walking the streets as though we weren’t living through some sort of nightmare.” The Twilight Zone For those with long COVID, it feels like they’re living in a totally different reality than the rest of this country, they say – one that’s largely invisible. Millions have disappeared from their active lives like ghosts, and for the most part, nobody noticed. It has echoes of a 1988 speech by Vito Russo, of the AIDS activist group ACT UP: “Living with AIDS in this country is like living in the twilight zone,” he said of an indifferent public. “It isn’t happening to them. They’re walking the streets as though we weren’t living through some sort of nightmare.”
"Yet even wearing a mask is treated like a joke these days. But then, so was AIDS in 1982." Yet even wearing a mask is treated like a joke these days. “Woman Still Wearing Mask On Plane Must Have Inside Information About Next Pandemic,” an Onion headline cracked in November. But then, so was AIDS in 1982: When a reporter asked Ronald Reagan’s press secretary about the new illness ravaging the gay community, he and much of the White House press corps laughed about it.
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Mar 4
I see experts using this logic to excuse bad CDC guidelines. What they miss:

1️⃣ Behavioral science suggests weak guidelines make it LESS likely people will test or mask

2️⃣ Guidelines affect policy, this makes it LESS likely govs increase sick leave & give out free masks/tests
If no one is isolating, what makes you think they are going to test or wear a mask? When they hear that guidelines have been downgraded to the same level as the flu, this gives people a green light to ignore COVID completely.
When politicians see the CDC is weakening COVID guidelines, what they take away is that COVID isn't a threat worth investing resources into anymore. That means they won't invest in distributing free masks and tests, and they are repealing sick leave. hellgatenyc.com/hochul-moves-t…
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Mar 1
It’s official: The CDC has weakened its COVID isolation guidelines, in a move that goes against the science, encourages disease spread, and prioritizes corporate interests, making it easier for bosses to exploit workers.

Link: wapo.st/49zV8ZZ
Washington Post: CDC officially drops five-day covid isolation guidelines
One of the excuses the CDC is giving for weakening its COVID isolation guidelines is that the new ones are "easier to follow."

But when your guidelines go against the science, you aren't "simplifying" them, you are promoting misinformation. “Our goal here is to protect those at risk for severe illness while also reassuring folks that these recommendations are simple, clear, easy-to-understand and can be followed,” CDC Director Mandy Cohen said during a media briefing Friday. The change, she added, “reflects the progress we’ve made in protecting against severe illness from covid.”
With the new CDC guidelines, all people will hear is that if you don't have a fever, you can't spread COVID, which is wrong.

You can spread COVID when you don't have symptoms, and you may be contagious for weeks.

The new guidelines promote further misinformation about COVID.
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Feb 20
Latest Biobot data shows U.S. COVID wastewater levels are rising again, and higher than they have ever been compared to the same date in previous years.

In other words, COVID levels are still high and taking longer to go down after this winter's peak. Keep taking precautions. Chart of U.S. COVID wastewater levels from Biobot data
This chart compares U.S. COVID wastewater levels from each year. It shows that COVID wastewater levels are higher in February 2024 than they have ever been compared to February in previous years of the pandemic, when COVID levels fell more quickly after the winter peak. Chart comparing U.S. COVID wastewater levels from each year, using data from Biobot.
It's important to note that there's a discrepancy between the Biobot and CDC data. The CDC data shows that U.S. COVID wastewater levels are plateauing rather than rising again. Chart showing U.S. COVID wastewater levels using CDC data
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Feb 13
The CDC wants to stop telling people to isolate for five days when they are sick with COVID. This is a reckless, anti-public health policy that contravenes science, increases disease spread, and puts everyone at greater risk. 🧵 The Washington Post: CDC plans to drop five-day covid isolation guidelines Americans who test positive for the coronavirus no longer need to routinely stay home from work and school for five days under new guidance planned by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
The truth is COVID is still killing and disabling way too many people, and too many are locked out of society and can’t even access medical care safely due to high levels of COVID transmission. We still need strong isolation guidelines and better public health protections. /2
People look to the CDC for science-based guidance. But this policy change goes against the science and will cause more misinformation, misleading people to think that they can’t spread COVID if they “only” have “mild” symptoms. /3
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Feb 9

CNBC: 1918 flu pandemic boosted support for the Nazis, Fed study claims High death tolls from the 1918 influenza pandemic likely helped the Nazis gain power in “crucial” German elections, according to new research. In a staff report published on Monday, researchers from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York found that German regions with higher mortality rates from the virus had a higher vote share for the Nazi Party in the elections of 1932 and 1933. Using regional data on fatalities and historical voting figures, the study found that the share of votes won by the Nazis was higher where ...
Source: cnbc.com/2020/05/06/191…
Historically, extremist groups exploit crises to advance their bigoted political agenda. It's terrifying that the same thing is happening here with COVID in 2024, and few political groups on the left recognize this.
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