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Public health doctor, associate Prof @bar_ilan+ Research director @zivmedical Focus: vaccines, epidemiology, health inequalities, infectious diseases
May 11, 2023 6 tweets 4 min read
So #Covid19 is no longer a Public Health Event of International Concern #PHEIC . It is important to understand this DOES NOT mean it has stopped spreading or that it no longer represents a #publichealth risk or that covid related burden of disease is over. A quick explainer : 1/6 There are 3 criteria for @WHO to declare a #pheic according to the 2005 International Health Regulation: 1) an extraordinary event, 2) a public health risk to other States through the international spread, and 3) potentially requires a coordinated international response 2/6
Jan 6, 2022 4 tweets 3 min read
Our latest #LongCovid pre-print shows a 50-80% reduction in 7/10 most commonly reported symptoms 4-11 months following #sarscov2 infection in vaccinated adults vs those not- just in case you needed another reason to get the #vaccine medrxiv.org/content/10.110… @Dr2NisreenAlwan Image It's also the first paper from my PhD student @atonotiku -he has done the bulk of the work so congratulations to him!