Flavia Garcia

Health policy geek. Views my own.
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[Mariana Hallal @marihallal]

A democracia no Brasil tá realmente se deteriorando no governo Bolsonaro? O projeto Varieties of Democracy analisa a situação dos regimes democráticos em vários países ao longo dos anos. Isso é o que o projeto diz sobre o Brasil:

[Chris York @ChrisDYork]

One of the things I don’t feel is being emphasised enough about Ukrainian refugees is that almost every child has left behind their dad, and almost every woman a husband or boyfriend.

This is Tatyana 37, Marusia, 3 and Danilo 8.

[Flavia Garcia @FlavsieGarcia]

Actually an uplifting read - remarkable story https://t.co/b41Qdsu8uP

[Peter Sturdgess @petersturdgess]

These anti-war demonstrations in Russia would be illegal in the UK under the proposed new Police and Crime Bill.

[Flavia Garcia @FlavsieGarcia]

A very important thread

[Dr. Theresa Chapple has moved to bluesky @Theresa_Chapple]

I spent an hour on the phone with a vaccine resistent person. I spent the first 20 minutes trying to get her to believe that I am not judging her for her choices, just hear to listen and provide factual information.

[Flavia Garcia @FlavsieGarcia]

This is wild

https://t.co/7bVBznRLbT

[Flavia Garcia @FlavsieGarcia]

"Thinking that endemicity is both mild and inevitable is more than wrong, it is dangerous: it sets humanity up for many more years of disease, including unpredictable waves of outbreaks."

COVID-19: endemic doesn’t mean harmless https://t.co/tD6dc9IoS9

[Flavia Garcia @FlavsieGarcia]

@seb_bw @csisponi Congrats Seb! Hope you’re doing well xx

[Liz Szabo @LizSzabo]

Here’s what worries me: Omicron is unlikely to be the last variant. What if the next one is just as transmissible but totally impervious to vaccines and boosters and causes more serious disease? As bad as Omicron is, I fear it could get worse

[Flavia Garcia @FlavsieGarcia]

Boosted - in and out of Ocean Terminal walk-in in less than 15 mins. Go go go! 💉💉💉

[Adam Kucharski @adamjkucharski]

Arguably the laziest and most damaging cognitive error of the pandemic is not appreciating that lagged outcomes like deaths don’t reflect current threat in a rising epidemic. Remember: first UK COVID case was identified on 31 Jan 2020 - first death was reported on 5 Mar.

[Flavia Garcia @FlavsieGarcia]

@Leanne_Bethany @DHSCgovuk Same situation. Our airline said this morning that we do need to take a test, so getting one at the airport! If you haven't already, you may need to do one in order to get on the flight!

[Prof Nisreen Alwan 🌻 @Dr2NisreenAlwan]

South Africa needs serious help to contain the new covid variant, not just banning and alienation. World leaders, for the sake of the whole world, please don’t mess this one up!

[Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran]

The harmful message coming straight from the top ahead of the winter surge: "Vaccines are the only tool we have to stop this, blame the unvaccinated for the surge"

But vaccines aren't the only tool we have (masks, tests, ventilation etc)

Policymakers should be held accountable!

[Apsana Begum MP @ApsanaBegumMP]

Racism is 𝘯𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 “banter”.

[Prof. Devi Sridhar @devisridhar]

You can both want to get on with & enjoy life- as well as want to avoid getting COVID. These aren’t incompatible goals for individuals or governments. Unfortunately it’s been framed that way.

[Michael Mina @michaelmina_lab]

I truly dislike the term "Natural Immunity"

There is no such thing as artificial immunity

A vaccine drives a NATURAL immune response

The question is simply "how do you want to start building that immunity?" Through a risky infection or via a safe vaccine

Me? I choose vaccine.

[Nathaniel Tapley @Natt]

There were 229,000 new cases of coronavirus in the world yesterday. The UK provided 20% of them. 1 in 5 of the new cases in the whole world was on our little island.

[Double Homicide @Dareal_CD]

You miss one joke on Twitter and the TL don’t be making no sense for the next 3 days