Pam R Yoder

[Dr. Tom Frieden @DrTomFrieden]

It's been a tough and heart-wrenching year since the Covid pandemic was declared March 11, 2020. We must work together globally to prevent the next, inevitable health emergency.

[Helen Branswell 🇨🇦 @HelenBranswell]

Important questions.

[Eric Topol @EricTopol]

While there's been a lot of attention to the B.1.351 (SA) variant immune escape and efficacy drop-off, @novavax results also point to partial resistance (albeit less) for B.1.1.7, which is troubling, as it clearlyhas enhanced transmission

[Dr. Tom Frieden @DrTomFrieden]

Time to sound the alarm on the emergence of new Covid strains. US must ramp up protection protocols (masks, stop indoor contacts, vaccination) and genomic sequencing now. We need to know how and where strains are spreading.

[Pam R Yoder @DrPam]

@youyanggu @christiancyoder

[Bob Wachter @Bob_Wachter]

7/ That’s biggest worry: when cases hit a certain threshold, all systems break: testing, contact tracing, hospitals, ICUs. Then it’s tragedy on top of tragedy – many more deaths & cases than “necessary” since the region is flying blind & can’t offer optimal care to the very sick.

[Bob Wachter @Bob_Wachter]

6/ More than 900 (!) clinical staff at the Mayo Clinic are now out with Covid https://t.co/4g7Zv2YGKz – mostly transmitted in the community. Hard to see how you keep your hospitals/clinics staffed with that kind of workplace sickness rate.

[The White House 46 Archived @WhiteHouse46]

Statement by President-elect Biden on Pfizer's vaccine progress:

[Rick Berke @rickberke]

As Biden plans to announce #COVID19 task force Monday, @ZekeEmanuel says there will be "sub-task forces in each area,'' including testing, contact tracing and vaccines. https://t.co/OHB4UKVMcT via @statnews @levfacher

[Eric Topol @EricTopol]

Years from now people will ask "How did you survive the Trump presidency?"
The problem is the hundreds of thousands who didn't.
And countless suffering #LongCovid.
Because of the play down and surrender to the virus.

[Marc Benioff @Benioff]

It’s not over. Wear a mask.
❤️😷

[Bob Wachter @Bob_Wachter]

Given the astonishing events, overflowing with teachable moments, we'll do a special @UCSF grand rounds tomorrow, live for UCSF-ers @ 12-1:15 (Pac). All-star cast on epi (Rutherford), testing (Langelier), clinical (@PCH_SF) & treatment (@annieluet). Will post @YouTube by 7:30pm.

[Bob Wachter @Bob_Wachter]

1/ Covid (@UCSF) Chronicles, Day 188

Let’s keep things simple today.

200,000 deaths. We’ll hit that number in the next few hours.

[CBS News @CBSNews]

WATCH LIVE: House Speaker Nancy Pelosi holds her weekly press conference https://t.co/Nj065CIsxp https://t.co/9jb9pjVWZa

[Dr. Tom Frieden @DrTomFrieden]

Thank you! To all the doctors, nurses, patients, and others who made studies on steroids a reality. Now we have a clear answer: steroids can help with moderate/severe Covid illness. Good studies. Good science. Better outcomes for patients and society. Steady progress.

[Linsey Marr linseymarr.bsky.social @linseymarr]

Great results on cloth masks, easy to compare. Two layers of percale high thread ct cotton with a MERV13 filter blocks >90% of outgoing droplets/aerosols >0.5 microns. Washing the filter degrades performance.

[Dr. Tom Frieden @DrTomFrieden]

We have a great vaccine against measles and last year an estimated 140,000 kids died globally from measles. Even with a Covid vaccine, in all likelihood we'll need to continue to adapt our lives.

[NIH @NIH]

https://t.co/wllO4eZUef

[Joseph Allen @j_g_allen]

NEW #SchoolsForHealth report on risk reduction strategies for schools. #COVID19

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