Sno Fun

Only They Who Guard the Mystery Shall Be Unhappy

[Sno Fun @sno_fun]

@jeffm1981 @WalkerBragman As far as I've read, the US federal government is not providing adequate support for "new anti-virals, next gen vaccines, and better treatments in development", nor improved ventilation. If you've got better sources that show that, pls share them.

[Dr Ellie Murray, ScD @EpiEllie]

Y’all! 👇🏼
https://t.co/TvrnGkrR1D

[Katie Bach @kathrynsbach]

The Census Bureau’s household pulse survey just released new #longcovid data, incl. questions about the impact of LC on day-to-day activities (!!). Today: 4.4M US adults — 25% of those with LC — have activities “limited a lot” by LC. (1/)

[Sno Fun @sno_fun]

@sailorrooscout Would it reduce the efficacy of an upcoming Omicron booster in late fall/early winter for me to get a 4th dose now? I have 3 doses of Moderna and would get a 4th dose of Pfizer.

[Eric Topol @EricTopol]

The use of high-quality masks (like N95/KN95 respirators) by patients, compared with surgical masks, substantially reduced Covid infections among nearly 4,000 health care workers
https://t.co/Ta5sfucD4V @JAMANetworkOpen

[Jonathan Howard MD @19joho]

How to actually open schools is different than building your twitter reputation as someone who says “open schools.”

[Prof. Akiko Iwasaki @VirusesImmunity]

Here is the summary of our findings. There are many implications for diagnosis and therapy for #longCOVID. (26/)

[Jason L. Salemi, PhD, FACE @JasonSalemi]

1. Will add more later when the transmission levels get updated, but @CDCgov has their new levels out.

55% of the US population lives in a county classified as high risk based on a HOSPITALIZATION-based measure.

By far the highest % in months.

[HSE Ireland @HSELive]

We don’t always know who’s at risk from COVID-19 and other viruses. But we do know how to protect them: https://t.co/Wgrun2Rzhc

#ForUsAll

[Eric Topol @EricTopol]

How can you go from sequence of a novel virus to 2 vaccines with 95% efficacy and safety (>75,000 participants in RCT trials) in 10 months and not, in 2.5 years, go after pan-β-coronavirus and nasal vaccines with the same aggressive (OWS) template?

[Eric Topol @EricTopol]

"The coronavirus pandemic has created a mass-disabling event" #LongCovid
https://t.co/0urhgtH3zZ
by @FrancesSSellers

[Elizabeth Stuart @Lizstuartdc]

@JuliaRaifman @gregggonsalves @DLeonhardt Agree -- using national data at 2 time periods we found that in school settings teacher + student masking lowered COVID risk, and multiple mitigation strategies were key. Somehow that data seems to get forgotten.

https://t.co/s4A3q8nw9u

https://t.co/xCvhxKfsEI

[Dr Ellie Murray, ScD @EpiEllie]

Brookline looked at the data on cases in students and made the sensible and informed choice to reinstate masks for now. This sort of data-driven approach is to be applauded! I hope others will follow suit!

[Benjy Renton @bhrenton]

New in @JAMA_current: We find that more all-cause deaths occurred in the first 8 weeks of the Omicron wave in Massachusetts than in the 23 weeks of the Delta wave. Even if Omicron has a lower infection fatality rate, higher rates of spread = more deaths.
https://t.co/zICpEmCsJT

[Dr Dan Goyal @danielgoyal]

Despite all the arrogance of the West, we got Covid wrong. We are still getting Covid wrong.

Time to look East, at those thriving while "Living with Covid"

Japan: no lockdowns, no excess mortality, better economic performance, and more socialising...
🧵

[Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias]

We need more and better vaccines rather than living with endless variants and this level of death forever.

https://t.co/64spoRsSXo

[Prof. Akiko Iwasaki @VirusesImmunity]

It’s time to invest in next generation COVID vaccines that not only prevent severe disease but also block infection and transmission. It makes sense to induce mucosal immunity to fight a mucosal viral infection. My opinion in @nytimes today👇🏽

https://t.co/8iazYmf3sH

[Jon Levy @jonlevyBU]

According to MA DPH, there were 7,403 COVID cases among kids age 5-19 in the past 2 weeks. But the number from DESE was 21,459.

Because of rapid/pooled tests that don't get to DPH and the fact that not all cases are reported to DESE, it's hard to know what the real number is.