Gerrit de Villiers

Passionate about life (Tweeting in personal capacity)

[Gerrit de Villiers @Gerrit_deV]

What a great idea!

[Gerrit de Villiers @Gerrit_deV]

@andreabooth7 Same from my side

[Gerrit de Villiers @Gerrit_deV]

#CrazySocks4Docs
The mental health of Healthcare workers took tremendous strain last 2 years. Reach out if you need support.

[Bill Clinton @BillClinton]

Archbishop Desmond Tutu’s life was a gift. Help continue his influence on awareness, early diagnosis and effective treatment of prostate cancer by supporting the endowment in his name: https://t.co/7dREOLkezi

[Gerrit de Villiers @Gerrit_deV]

What a Nurse Leader! #NursesWeek

[Mediclinic SA @Mediclinic]

Mediclinic Southern Africa would like to introduce our new Nursing Executive, Hendrica Monyebodi Ngoepe, who brings her own unique experiences to the role. https://t.co/3qs8ukA6gq

[Gerrit de Villiers @Gerrit_deV]

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[Gerrit de Villiers @Gerrit_deV]

@Philipler Well done.

[Gerrit de Villiers @Gerrit_deV]

@toit_ilze @Insight_SA Nice to hear from you.

[Gerrit de Villiers @Gerrit_deV]

So important to raise awareness on this.

[andrea booth @andreabooth7]

#MentalHealthMatters #anxietysucks #depressionsucks

[Gerrit de Villiers @Gerrit_deV]

What a great video! Get your shot! #VaccinesSaveLives #OurBestShot

[businessforsa @businessforsa]

It's time for us all to make a difference..

Get your vaccine..

[Gerrit de Villiers @Gerrit_deV]

Amazing work done by these centres.

[Rape Crisis Cape Town @RapeCrisis]

Do you know what a TCC is?

Thuthuzela Care Centres are medical facilities that are open 24 hours a day for rape survivors to get medical attention, counselling and legal assistance all in one place.

Use the map to find your nearest Thuthuzela Care Centre

[Gerrit de Villiers @Gerrit_deV]

Very promising Gauteng data

[Ridhwaan Suliman @rid1tweets]

Update #COVID19 in GAUTENG 🇿🇦

Finally all indicators moving in right direction 👏
Not out of the woods yet though as risk remains ⚠️

• Cases down 40% week-on-week ⬇️
• Test positivity still above 30% 🚩
• Hospitalisations down 17% ↘️
• Deaths down 14% ↘️

#Rid1TweetsOnCovid

[Gerrit de Villiers @Gerrit_deV]

Looking forward to see this data.

[Linda-Gail Bekker @LindaGailBekker]

Hopefully yes and yes ! We are aiming for mid august and we have waited long enough to include a period that includes exposure to both beta and delta VoCs

[Gerrit de Villiers @Gerrit_deV]

There is hope to conquer Delta in South Africa and elsewhere. #OurBestShot

[Eric Topol @EricTopol]

While Delta is a formidable version of the virus, we have the tools to take it on.
Besides masks and distancing, there are 5 vaccines with some proof of protection against the Delta variant.

[mike schussler @mikeschussler]

Last week if you lived in Gauteng you were 15 times more likely to be infected by Covid than the World average.

[Gerrit de Villiers @Gerrit_deV]

Good to see this data

[Linda-Gail Bekker @LindaGailBekker]

Covid + one jab =good immunity

[Gerrit de Villiers @Gerrit_deV]

Thanks LGB for clarifying!

[Linda-Gail Bekker @LindaGailBekker]

The Johnson and Johnson Ad26 coronavirus vaccines used in the Sisonke 3B study in HCWs were NOT manufactured in Baltimore and are NOT contaminated!

[Gerrit de Villiers @Gerrit_deV]

A good explanation of the process to get vaccinated. #OurBestShot

[Mia Malan @miamalan]

9 Mediclinic hospitals will become #VaccineRolloutSA sites next week:
1. Morningside
2. Medforum (Tshwane)
3. Bloemfontein
4. Pietermaritzburg
5. Geneva (George)
6. Gariep (Kimberley)
7. Cape Gate (Brackenfell)
8. Vergelegen
9. Milnerton

[Gerrit de Villiers @Gerrit_deV]

This is food for thought in vaccinating esp the elderly.

[Eric Topol @EricTopol]

The considerable debate about whether delaying the 2nd vaccine dose was a risk: it may actually be a benefit
"Peak antibody levels were 3.5 times higher in those who waited 12 weeks for their booster shot than were those in people who waited only 3 weeks"
https://t.co/heRSBITcEg