AstraZeneca just halted their vaccine because of an adverse reaction. This is a really BIG deal. An important thread about the latest on reactogenic vaccines for #Covid19 from first party sources, along with upcoming public health issues on vaccines that are coming now fast. 1/ People need to know all current coronavirus vaccines are what’s called “reactogenic” vaccines—all are “expected“ to cause adverse reactions, especially excessive immunological responses, associated signs, symptoms. Pain and fever. Much more w these candidates than flu vaccines 2/

Super alarming. Breakout of “respiratory” related illnesses in NYC clearly related to #COVID19 viruses.

This is a thread about how to interpret the sudden appearance of respiratory infections in NYC and how that can serve as a model for the rest of the country. 1/9 This is nyc.gov data. Above is screenshot of today’s chart. You can see respiratory emergency visits going out of control—note the massive spike, also note this data is 3 days delayed. Track this daily going forward. 2/9

1) Some thoughts on Fitbit: this is a cheap acquisition (1.5x sales) but will do little for Google. Google’s overall hardware strategy is still inferior to Apple’s. I actually wrote about this last week in ‘Why Semiconductor Development Matters’

stevecheney.com/on-the-future-… 2) AirPods Pro with ‘AR audio’ reveal this best. Why? Because Google can’t and will never be able to build integrated SoCs — AirPods show this today, but the lack of UWB (for spatial awareness) in the new Pixel best exemplifies how they are still 2-3 years behind.

1. Wrote about the future of self-driving cars (alternative title: ‘Why LiDAR is a Myth’) and why image processing innovation will help it subsume this market (autonomous vehicles). There are system-wide reasons (sw / hw / data processing). stevecheney.com/on-the-future-… 2. Tesla’s and Waymo’s (and startups’) challenges are multi-dimensional. All are racing to get to consumer cars, build the tech, find distribution and avoid strategy taxes. But it’s going to become clear everyone will ditch LiDAR within 3 years.

1/ Excited to share the most profound product Estimote has ever imagined. It’s unparalleled in the market—a tiny LTE-m GPS device that can locate itself down to a meter and lasts for years on a battery. Full product info here and a few use-cases live below blog.estimote.com/post/177348177… 2/ Hilton and other large hospitality chains have deployed this as a life-saving device to locate housekeepers who push its panic button when in distress—important for new safety regulations and literally capable of saving people’s lives