Amit Rao

Health care mixed with business and politics
@UNC ➡️ DC health policy ➡️ @UTexasMcCombs ➡️ @WellSkyHealth
RT≠Endorsement / Views are my own

[Amit Rao @amitnrao]

@leestorrow Yes

[UNC Tar Heels @GoHeels]

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[Carolina Basketball @UNC_Basketball]

We're going to the NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP!!

[Governor Josh Stein @NC_Governor]

It's @DukeMBB vs. @UNC_Basketball in the Final Four.

North Carolina is ᴏꜰꜰɪᴄɪᴀʟʟʏ the center of the college basketball universe.

[Ashish K. Jha @ashishkjha]

So when you hear we have a pandemic of the unvaccinated

Yes that includes kids

But largely only in unvaccinated communities

Very few kids in highly vaccinated places are getting sick

So if you want to protect unvaccinated kids

Make sure everyone around them has the shot

Fin

[Dr. Cyrus Shahpar Archived @cyrusshahpar46]

Milestone Monday just in: Today we hit 70% of adults w/ at least one dose! +468K doses reported administered, incl. 320K newly vaccinated (vs. 257K last Monday). 7-day average of newly vaccinated highest since July 4. Let's continue working to get more eligible vaccinated! 🇺🇸

[Damon Jones @nomadj1s]

A simple, *hypothetical* example of the Base Rate Fallacy:

Suppose w/o a vaccine, 9/10 get hospitalized

Suppose w/ a vaccine 1/10 get hospitalized

(Note: a very good vaccine!)

Suppose 90/100 get the vaccine

What share of the hospitalized are vaccinated?

[Larry Levitt @larry_levitt]

This is so important.

Imagine 100 people at an event, 90 of them vaccinated and 10 unvaccinated.

50% of the unvaccinated people get infected – that’s 5 people.

10% of the vaccinated people get infected – that’s 9 people.

The vaccine is still working really well.

[New Liberals @CNLiberalism]

Fox News out here doing better than the New York Times and WaPo today on this issue

[Daniel Negreanu @RealKidPoker]

What more do you need to see? 97% of new hospital admissions and 99.5% of deaths in the US are unvaccinated.

You can get Delta if you are vaxxed, for sure, but you are probably not going to suffer as much as you would otherwise.

[Jen Kates @jenkatesdc]

NEW: We reviewed state data on breakthrough events. Take home: these are extremely rare. Among states w/data, >9 in 10 cases, hospitalizations, deaths were among those unvaccinated/not fully vaccinated. w/@LindseyH_Dawson @Emma__Anderson @annarouw @joshmich @_nataliesinger

[Marc Goldwein @MarcGoldwein]

“The 125,682 "breakthrough" cases in 38 states represent less than .08 percent of the 164.2 million-plus people fully vaccinated since January.”

[Amit Rao @amitnrao]

💯💯💯

[Julian Sanchez @normative]

Increasingly convinced the core math class everyone takes in 8th or 9th grade needs to be probability & statistics rather than algebra I.

[Ashish K. Jha @ashishkjha]

I know I sound like a broken record

But here's the thing

The vaccines are largely working as expected

We had an outbreak in P-town with lots of vaccinated folks infected

No one died. Very few got sick

And things have returned to normal

This is how vaccines work folks

[Larry Levitt @larry_levitt]

New:

Breakthrough COVID-19 hospitalizations among vaccinated people will inevitably rise as the number of vaccinated people grows.

But, the overwhelming share of hospitalizations across states are among unvaccinated people.

Because, the vaccines work.

https://t.co/KNbfbTyOeO

[Ashish K. Jha @ashishkjha]

Vaccinated people are far far far less likely to spread the virus than unvaccinated people

Like way less likely

A lot less

Pretty clear from the data we have so far

That's my Friday thought

[Amit Rao @amitnrao]

🤯

[Elise Stefanik @EliseStefanik]

Today’s Anniversary of Medicare & Medicaid reminds us to reflect on the critical role these programs have played to protect the healthcare of millions of families. To safeguard our future, we must reject Socialist healthcare schemes.

[4th and 1 @jaesofamous]

This is the best explanation of the Covid Vaccine I’ve ever heard.

[Larry Levitt @larry_levitt]

As more employers require COVID-19 vaccination, they might also consider offering paid time off for workers to get vaccinated and recover from any side effects.

[Ryan Struyk @ryanstruyk]

FAUCI: "99.5 percent of the deaths, in the United States, are among unvaccinated people, and 0.5 percent are among vaccinated people. Boy, if there ever was a statistic that would stimulate someone to get vaccinated, I think this one is it."