In order to protect those seeking refuge from the cold during the overnight period, the Palm Beach County Department of Public Safety activated the Cold Weather Emergency Shelter Plan for all of Palm Beach County.
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More patients in FL hospitals are getting #COVID-19 this time around partly due to laxer CDC rules on returning health workers to the job. The hospital/community transmission ratio has increased significantly since summer.
https://t.co/Thd8brP9mH via @businessinsider
16.6% of all kids and 14.9% of all teachers in Los Angeles school tests positive for #COVID19 - 65,000 positive kids and teachers! Every infection has risk of #LongCovid — let’s not ignore kids who have entire life ahead of them. https://t.co/YVkq6XBlIX
Tons of students march out in protest against #Omicron. Brooklyn Tech is the largest high school in the US 🇺🇸 - with ~6000 students in this school alone! Maybe the kids & teachers together are trying tell the at-home / studio-isolated TV pundits something about #COVID19 risk…
"We hear again & again about the mental health trauma of being denied in-person schooling... How come we almost never hear about the mental health trauma of losing a parent to Covid? 1 out of 500 children in America became an orphan."
My #minirant:
⚠️Totally “mild”—US pediatric #COVID19 hospitalizations nearly 2x last year’s all-time high. Kids shouldn’t be hospitalized—kids shouldn’t be getting #LongCovid. Kids have their whole lives ahead of them. Let’s protect the kids. 🙏
HT @DrWilliamKu—https://t.co/m4NHGoY0Nk
NEW—scientists at Walter Reed Army Institute of Research will soon announce that they have developed a vaccine that protects people from COVID-19 and all its variants, even #Omicron, called The ‘Spike Ferritin Nanoparticle COVID-19 vaccine’, or SpFN. 🧵
https://t.co/C140590sPj
On Omicron spread:
Vaccines keep ppl out of hospital - their most important attribute
However, vax’d can be infected & transmit. Yes, vax slow spread but by no means does vax mean you can’t be infected & spread
This is critical to acknowledge as we try to limit Omicron spread
Well well well… looks like wearing masks doesn’t… oh wait—
📍NEW—Mask-wearing is the single most effective public health measure at tackling #COVID19, reducing incidence by 53%—the first global systematic review of 30 worldwide studies shows. #MaskUp
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BEST BOOSTER? Mix it up — but depends which you had first. Switching vaccine for the booster seems to be the best—Pfizer to Moderna booster, Moderna to Pfizer for booster, and J&J should switch to Moderna / Pfizer booster. HT to @ScientistSwanda. #COVID19#BoosterShots#vaccinate
#COVID19 & #flu are both contagious respiratory illnesses that can have similar symptoms, but they are caused by different viruses. Use this chart to learn some of the similarities and differences.
For more info on COVID-19 & flu, visit: https://t.co/7JvVEcIerm.
NEW—Pfizer will file results of vaccines for kids 5-11 “over the next few weeks”, says the founders of BioNTech, which worked with Pfizer to develop the vaccine, telling German newsweekly Der Spiegel. BRING IT ON!!! #COVID19#vaccinate
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#COVID19 community transmission in the U.S. is high.
As of August 26, the 7-day average of daily new cases is 142,006, 2.8% higher than the previous week, & 1,117.9% higher than the lowest average in June 2021. Get vaccinated. Learn more: https://t.co/iSLwhCwlZ2.
As of August 23, national forecasts predict 7,800–27,000 new #COVID19 hospitalizations will likely be reported on September 20. More: https://t.co/Xys80ZGlxV.