Serena Facchinetti

Mainly COVID, peppered with climate, social issues, and occasional UX. She/Her

[Serena Facchinetti @chiya_serena]

The @CDCgov must adjust the Community Level metric to account for the severe underreporting of case numbers. The map would look *very* different from what it is today. Many counties are currently not taking appropriate precautions. This must be fixed! 🧵@AshishKJha46 @PTF_org

[Nicholas Kristof @NickKristof]

Elon Musk says that no one has died because he slashed humanitarian aid. I went to South Sudan to check if that's true. It's not. Within an hour of starting interviews, I had the names of a 10-year-old boy and an 8-year-old girl who had died because of decisions by wealthy men in Washington.
The visit that moved me the most was to a remote area that used to have no health care, where women routinely died in childbirth. Then a US-funded maternity clinic opened through @UNFPA in December, and not one woman has died since. I showed up, and people mistakenly thought I was responsible for the clinic. One new mom wanted to name her baby for me, and the village elders thanked me and hailed America's generosity. What they didn't know was that Trump/Musk had cut all funding for UNFPA and that as a result the maternity clinic will close this month, and women will once again be bleeding to death in the dust.
Here's a giftlink to my report from ground level about what the shutdown of USAID means: https://t.co/tbgKk7ESqj

[James Talarico @jamestalarico]

Greg Abbott says private school vouchers are for poor kids.

But when I questioned the bill author, he admitted this voucher scam gives our taxpayer dollars to parents making over $500,000 a year.

Vouchers are welfare for the wealthy.

[United Nations Geneva @UNGeneva]

"#COVID19 is still very much with us. The virus is circulating in all countries.

Governments need to provide their populations with the tools to protect themselves

As individuals it is important to take measures to reduce risk of infection & severe disease."
- @mvankerkhove

[Eric Topol @EricTopol]

The new significant wave. It's hard to believe the we're well into our 5th year of this virus and not taking the requisite steps to gain control.
Including updates on the new boosters and #LongCovid.
In Ground Truths (link found in my profile)

[Ziyad Al-Aly, MD @zalaly]

📢Our review "Long COVID science, research and policy" is out in @NatureMedicine

By @zalaly @ahandvanish @LisaAMcCorkell @leticiasaurus @swulfie @VirusesImmunity @EricTopol

A thread
https://t.co/Cvlmbo14lK

[Jerome Adams @JeromeAdamsMD]

Incredibly disheartening that it took 4 years and countless dashed #Olympics dreams to achieve global recognition that:
-Covid IS more than just a cold
-Even the "young and healthy" can be impacted
-Basic infection control measures should be embraced in high-risk settings 😞

[Serena Facchinetti @chiya_serena]

@Hansmajestaet1 @TRyanGregory Sweden = Europe and in southern Europe it's scorching hot right now so people tend to duck indoors (not to mention no mask in sight). People travel for summer holidays to southern EU countries and bring it back? Then the improved transmissibility would help spread. Just assuming.

[Moderna @moderna_tx]

Your risk of #LongCOVID rises with each additional infection.

A recent study has shown that by their third COVID infection, patients have a 40% chance of developing Long COVID symptoms.

Learn more about the threat of Long COVID: https://t.co/l1s2QF68GH

[Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran]

I can't stress enough how downplaying COVID has emboldened the far right.

When you tell people "you do you" or say that schools don't need public health protections, you shift the Overton window, making it easier for anti-vaxxers to say it's fine to spread measles.

[T. Ryan Gregory 🇨🇦 @TRyanGregory]

Dear media,

Please stop normalizing viral, bacterial, and fungal infections.

Please stop normalizing working or attending school while sick.

Please stop normalizing people dropping out of the workforce.

Please stop normalizing the exclusion of disabled people.

[Jammer @acrossthemersey]

“NYC Health & Hospitals reinstate masking across 11 Facilities.”

COVID has been rising in all 5 boroughs. On Dec. 31, 1,769 people recorded positive tests according to state health data, an 85% increase over Nov. 30 & 235% over Oct. 31.

If only it’d been done before Christmas🫠

[Adam Parkhomenko @AdamParkhomenko]

I can’t stop watching this

[Serena Facchinetti @chiya_serena]

@drensber @j_g_allen @TheLancet @covidcommission Now children on day 6 are allowed to eat with the rest of their class even when still +, exposing others. This goes against @CDCgov protocols for infected people that recommend keeping a mask on until day 11 if + and will cause outbreaks. https://t.co/TJmv3BobHv @POTUS @HHSGov

[Serena Facchinetti @chiya_serena]

@drensber @j_g_allen @TheLancet @covidcommission We caught it late and relaxed protocols too early.
Masking comes with its own set of challenges (e.g. no policy on N95s, people not wearing masks properly, masks being politicized.. ).
We would've seen more deaths & disability with no layers in place. 🧵

[Serena Facchinetti @chiya_serena]

@drensber @j_g_allen @TheLancet @covidcommission Layers work: schools in MA that kept universal masking the longest had fewer cases.
https://t.co/ipiEKey9hv

[Serena Facchinetti @chiya_serena]

@drensber @j_g_allen @TheLancet @covidcommission COVID clusters happen the most within households and more often than not they start with a child, especially when schools are in session. Hence keeping schools safe is very helpful in controlling the spread.
https://t.co/34H5vTprgw

[CIDRAP @CIDRAP]

COVID Omicron carries 4 times the risk of death as flu, new data show

#Flu was tied to 7,851 deaths from week 33, 2022, to week 12, 2023, compared with 32,607 deaths tied to #COVID19

https://t.co/RH387dUC2h

[Serena Facchinetti @chiya_serena]

On day 6-8 people exhale a significant amount of virus -> https://t.co/euLVqpA5wL
The @CDCgov must review the 5-day quarantine for schools, where infectious kids on day 6 eat with their peers, causing preventable outbreaks in our communities.
#CovidIsNotOver @CDCDirector @POTUS

[Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran]

Kaiser Permanente in California becomes the latest healthcare system to reinstate their mask mandate due to a rise in number of patients with COVID.
https://t.co/0f1mY0yLbR