WOW—I need all the children to be okay. The poor children of inner city Atlanta, the poor children of Appalachia, the children of Israel, the children of Gaza, children of Congo, children of Haiti, the children of Ukraine, we need all children to be okay…
I made these threads of #kidsandcovid bc people were saying that kids couldn't or wouldn't get COVID. They do.
They also spread it.
We don't know what the virus will do longer term & are just facing how it spreads.
This a collection of news reports, tweets, and studies. 1/4
An Oklahoman with difficulty breathing on day 8 of illness goes to an ER, tests positive for COVID on PCR test, is still contagious with COVID, has COVID pneumonia, and dies that day from COVID would not be counted as a New COVID case by @HealthyOklahoma.
#Oklahoma
New report from Germany of a large matched-control #LongCovid study of 157,000 people w/Covid, including ~12,000 children and adolescents
"The results of the present study indicate that post-Covid-19 cannot be dismissed among children and adolescents."
https://t.co/JvNgibLw21
Texas re-elects its Governor who left millions of residents freezing in the dark for 17 days just two winters ago (and left hundreds and hundreds dead). Everything is bigger in #Texas… even the epic election fails.
Polls just closed in Wisconsin but if you are still in line, STAY IN LINE!
If you were in line before 8 PM, you have the right to stay and cast your ballot. Your vote = your voice = your power 💥
President @BarackObama is right. My story is only possible here in Wisconsin…and because of the people here who supported me and got me to this moment.
When I go to the Senate, Wisconsin, you will never have to doubt who I’m fighting for – it’s always for you.
After endorsing Stitt in 2018, the Tulsa World endorses Joy Hofmeister for Governor in 2022.
“In this moment, Oklahomans need Hofmeister’s transcendence of bitter partisanship and embrace of inclusiveness.”
https://t.co/UtAcgtlxM1
💰 💰💰Before the #Oklahoma Public Health Lab was moved & privatized without #okleg input, it was in a dysfunctional building but the lab was good. Now the privatized OPHL is in a good building but the lab is dysfunctional & we’ve wasted millions in extra management fees. 💰 💰💰
🇺🇸 The Worst Pediatric-Care Crisis in Decades. Across the country, children have for weeks been slammed with a massive, early wave of viral infections—driven largely by #RSV, but also #flu, #rhinovirus, #enterovirus, and #SARS-CoV-2. 🇺🇸 https://t.co/QPB5WqIx4J
5) I’ve been going after CDC pretty hard lately. Believe me—I don’t want to—but as a public health epidemiologist— I can’t keep watching @CDCDirector and her poor leadership keep running CDC into the ground. I have more to say in the coming weeks—SIGN UP: https://t.co/eDtVptdAOx