Mark Katz

Public health doc. Infectious disease epidemiologist.

[WHO/Europe @WHO_Europe]

🆕 WHO/Europe study demonstrates the continued impact of #COVID19 vaccination, preventing severe outcomes including death @LancetRH_Europe

Across the studied countries, COVID-related hospitalizations were also considerably reduced.

Read more ➡️ https://t.co/XIHuWufvmh

[The Lancet Reg Health-Europe @LancetRH_Europe]

New study on #COVID19 vaccine effectiveness against SARS-CoV-2-confirmed hospitalisation in the eastern part of the WHO European Region (2022-2023). Local data to support efforts to increase uptake of COVID-19 vaccine in the region.
@KatzM_A
https://t.co/t9Lga00yXp

[Hans Kluge @hans_kluge]

A timely reminder that #COVID19 has not 'gone away.'

In the @WHO_Europe Region - covering 53 Member States across Europe and Central Asia - the % of patients with respiratory illness testing positive for #SARSCoV2 in primary care has increased 5-fold in the last 8 weeks.

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[WHO/Europe @WHO_Europe]

A new study in Albania brings fresh evidence that the #COVID19 vaccine booster provides excellent protection against SARS-CoV-2 infection in health-care workers.

Read more here⬇️
https://t.co/cVaUvDuKVQ

[WHO/Europe @WHO_Europe]

New study - published by @LancetRH_Europe - helps inform actions to increase #COVID19 #vaccine uptake among Albania’s health workers.

What are the study's findings? Read our 🧵& story 👇
https://t.co/sgWzSOkp7K

[WHO/Europe @WHO_Europe]

In #Georgia, health workers prepare for a busy winter season - concerned about the surge of #COVID19 & #influenza.

Health workers vaccinated against the #flu are more likely to get vaccinated against COVID-19, says recent @WHO_Europe-@NCDCGeorgia study
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https://t.co/17tAcWHS4J

[Barak Ravid @BarakRavid]

Mourning the loss of @joshmitnick. A colleague, a great journalist and a wonderful man. May he rest in peace. The best way to honour his memory is by reading his stories. Like this one more than 10 years ago about a guy called Naftali Bennett
https://t.co/VCifTRwmoC

[Miguel Hernán @_MiguelHernan]

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We've just confirmed the effectiveness of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine outside of randomized trials.

Details @NEJM: https://t.co/POgXK8owvM

Yes, great news, but let's talk about methodological issues that arise when using #observational data to estimate vaccine effectiveness.

[joshmitnick @joshmitnick]

Now comes the hard part: Two months into a lightning fast Covid vaccine rollout, Israel faces vaccine hesitancy. Demand for shots is down. My @ForeignPolicy
story on what needs to happen now w/analysis by
@Nadav_Eyal & Nadav Davidovitch of @bengurionu
https://t.co/kwMUSN9IJ0

[Mark Katz @KatzM_A]

What to Do About Doctors Who Push Misinformation? https://t.co/HwaX0LhRvy

[Foreign Policy @ForeignPolicy]

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's second nationwide coronavirus lockdown had compromises made along the way to placate religious coalition allies. It may well be enough for many Israelis will defy the order in protest, @joshmitnick writes.
https://t.co/mF3wbfHBRl

[joshmitnick @joshmitnick]

UAE deal shakes up Israeli views – of Netanyahu and the region My story in @csmonitor https://t.co/q2bHa5pW47

[Ken Katz @kenkatzmd]

https://t.co/W4g0ySOtYA via ⁦@nytimes⁩ ⁦@AdeAdamson⁩ “This is not to say that dark-skinned people shouldn’t pay attention to their moles and get periodic skin checks — they should.” Where are the data showing that “periodic skin checks” improve outcomes (for anyone)?

[joshmitnick @joshmitnick]

An Exit Interview with @mutasimali3: Darfur to Israel to US, refugee refines his fight for Sudan https://t.co/tGpQUOESDW via @csmonitor