Israelis to re-mask amid outbreak that infected even fully vaccinated people

Serious disease sounds rare although few details are given

So, how much are masks protecting fully vaccinated people vs more vulnerable others?

Short 🧵

bloomberg.com/news/articles/… Most importantly, unvaccinated people have FAR higher risk of hospitalization and death

We anticipate bad delta outbreaks in them, for which vaccination is the best protection bar none. All hands on deck

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Detailed data on Moderna's mRNA vaccine are out!

From >30k subjects, stratified by age < & > 65, other risks, given 2 doses 28 days apart.

Primary endpoint COVID-19 >14 days after vaccine in subjects w/o baseline SARS-CoV-2 infection. Equivalent efficacy in various demographic subgroups including various illnesses associated with high risk. Data from 156 subjects with HIV included.

Key point re who is first for a #coronavirus #vaccine 💉

THERE IS NOT ONE LINE.

This isn’t really a sequence.

A THREAD 🧵

#bioethics #justice #SDOH

nytimes.com/2020/12/05/hea… Instead, different organizations will receive vaccines in parallel at roughly the same time. Long term care facilities and hospitals 🏥for instance will get shipments early on and at roughly the same time.

Deciding whether and how to reopen schools this fall is controversial

Esteemed parenting writer @JessLahey & I give evidence-based guidance in a new @WashingtonPost story. Here are some take-home points

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washingtonpost.com/back-to-school… First, there is no 1-size-fits-all answer. Variable local epidemiology & the different needs of each family & child mean we must individualize. It’s a huge challenge we have to face together

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