EPIC—“I wanna talk about this whole not getting vaccinated and then running to the hospital when you get the virus-thing. ➡️ If you don't trust doctors enough to take their advice and get the vaccine, then why do you trust doctors once you catch #COVID?"❗️
Sobering video—“We never saw this last year”—of numerous children and young adults hospitalized who were completely healthy, but now stricken with severe #DeltaVariant. ➡️best 3 minutes you’ll watch all day. Thanks to Dr. Catherine O’Neal of @LSU. #COVID19
What on earth is long COVID?
1/ Long Covid is loosely defined as symptoms persisting weeks after COVID. Everyone has their own definition.
First, there is no single disease called "Long COVID".
Its a colloquial term given to a variety of conditions following COVID.
See thread
💡VIRAL LOAD of vaccinated versus unvaccinated #DeltaVariant who were hospitalized—2 keys findings:
📌93% lower risk of needing O2
📌 Faster drop in viral load in breakthroughs
📌However, in *first 6 days*, viral load of breakthroughs = unvaccinated! 🧵
https://t.co/0UE2uOo67F
📺”Experts have been telling us that #COVIDisAirborne. Which means the dumbest thing you can do is bring healthy & infected people together breathing the *same air*” ➡️Best video all week! HT @thejuicemedia
While much about Long Covid remains unknown, a new #SciencePerspective argues that reporting, recognizing and researching this emerging syndrome are essential to fully understand and address the #COVID19 pandemic and its long-lasting effects. https://t.co/r9s6mvZfBi
Yes, you can get COVID-19 after being vaccinated. But it's different from getting COVID-19 as an unvaccinated person: Your body is equipped with defenses it didn't have before.
A breakthrough does NOT put your body back at its immunological square one.
https://t.co/X5HRoTm53C
It's World #DrowningPrevention Day
Most drowning deaths occur in low- and middle-income countries. However, drowning affects every nation in the world 🗺️
Anyone can drown, no one should 🏊♂️
👉https://t.co/9viCLzCx6e
Those at greatest risk of drowning are often those least able to protect themselves, like 🧒 under 5 years.
There are many tested solutions to prevent this tragedy, so let's scale up #DrowningPrevention to save lives!
Anyone can drown, no one should 🏊♂️
👉https://t.co/9viCLzCx6e
8) Let me be clear—vaccines are amazing miracle. But we can’t just rely on just vaccines alone—must do other mitigation to get us out of the pandemic. Epidemiology models show that because #DeltaVariant so contagious, we *must must must* add masks and other NPI measures! ⬇️
6) the longer we wait, the more we might see this VE waning… the trend is very significant. Vaccines are excellent and please vaccinate to protect yourself but we need more than just vaccines alone to contain #DeltaVariant total spread. That’s the truth.
⚠️ANOTHER EFFICACY DROP—Not good—Israel 🇮🇱 Ministry of Health just released another vaccine efficacy update due to #DeltaVariant—only 39% Pfizer VE for #COVID19 infection, 40.5% for symptomatic, 88% for hospitalization, 91% for ICU/low oxygen/ death. More—waning efficacy too—🧵