| 2 Jan 2022 |
 @Brainstorm:libera.chat | New from COVID list by @JavierECarpio: Adam Kucharski (@AdamJKucharski): Still see commentary attributing all reduction in severity of Omicron waves to inherent virus properties, rather than immunity accumulated from earlier waves/vaccine. It's important to distinguish, because affects ability to extrapolate [... want %more?] → https://twitter.com/AdamJKucharski/status/1477592120533954562 | 10:49:08 |
 Brainstorm | Libya: +916 cases (now 389650), +12 deaths (now 5722), +6481 tests (now 2.0 million, 0.0% positive) since a day ago 🔹 Nepal: +213 cases (now 828986), +2 deaths (now 11596), +5962 tests (now 4.9 million, 0.0% positive) since 22 hours ago | 10:59:53 |
| @Brainstorm:libera.chat | New from COVID list by @JavierECarpio: Adam Kucharski (@AdamJKucharski): Some more context on recent UK data here, which compares co-circulating variants during same period (rather than two sequential waves): twitter.com/kallmemeg/stat… → https://twitter.com/AdamJKucharski/status/1477593569733005312 | 11:11:44 |
| Brainstorm | Latvia: +180 cases (now 277021), +2 deaths (now 4579), +3128 tests (now 5.6 million, 0.0% positive) since a day ago 🔹 Comoros: +147 cases (now 6835), +1 deaths (now 158) since a day ago | 11:37:18 |
| Brainstorm | Vietnam: +16948 cases (now 1.8 million), +221 deaths (now 32831), +116852 tests (now 75.1 million, 0.0% positive) since 22 hours ago 🔹 Romania: +958 cases (now 1.8 million), +17 deaths (now 58796), +16213 tests (now 17.1 million, 0.0% positive) since 23 hours ago 🔹 Indonesia: +174 cases (now 4.3 million), +1 deaths (now 144097), +4039665 vaccines (now 165.9 million), +201482 tests (now 63.5 million, 0.0% positive) since 23 hours ago | 12:02:15 |
| @Brainstorm:libera.chat | New from COVID list by @JavierECarpio: Carl T. Bergstrom (@CT_Bergstrom): Finding one contrarian who questions the obvious and then leading off the article with “Some US experts and public health officials are questioning….” is the “Big strong men, real tough guys, come up to me in tears” of science [... want %more?] → https://twitter.com/CT_Bergstrom/status/1477617270767558658 | 12:27:01 |
| Brainstorm | Saudi Arabia: +1024 cases (now 558106), +1 deaths (now 8879) since a day ago 🔹 Ukraine: +2008 cases (now 3.9 million), +121 deaths (now 102421) since 20 hours ago 🔹 Zambia: +1729 cases (now 259677), +3 deaths (now 3743), +5826 tests (now 3.0 million, 0.0% positive) since a day ago 🔹 Belarus: +771 cases (now 701192), +15 deaths (now 5609), +16446 tests (now 11.1 million, 0.0% positive) since 23 hours ago 🔹 Malta: +747 cases (now 54250), +2 deaths (now 479) since a day ago 🔹 Germany: +3429 cases (now 7.2 million) since 20 hours ago 🔹 Australia: +32150 cases (now 462974) since 18 hours ago 🔹 China: +3 cases (now 115254) since 9 hours ago 🔹 United Kingdom: +162904 cases (now 13.2 million) since 22 hours ago | 12:39:39 |
| @Brainstorm:libera.chat | New from COVID list by @JavierECarpio: Gregg Gonsalves (@gregggonsalves): OK. This sends shivers down my spine. Please read @Dahlialithwick & @mjs_DC's piece on #SCOTUS and vaccine mandates. Gorsuch's goal is to gut public health protections like a fish. He's a dangerous ideologue. slate.com/news-and-polit… → https://twitter.com/gregggonsalves/status/1477619470025826305 | 12:42:04 |
| Brainstorm | UAE: +2600 cases (now 767093), +3 deaths (now 2168), +429564 tests (now 112.2 million, 0.0% positive) since 23 hours ago 🔹 Hong Kong: +26 cases (now 12693) since a day ago 🔹 Gibraltar: +27 cases (now 8821), +327 tests (now 450923, 0.0% positive) since 23 hours ago | 13:10:49 |
| @Brainstorm:libera.chat | New from COVID list by @JavierECarpio: Gregg Gonsalves (@gregggonsalves): Will #SCOTUS go pro-#COVID19? Because that is what is at stake and more. twitter.com/gregggonsalves… → https://twitter.com/gregggonsalves/status/1477627852946296833 | 13:12:05 |
| Brainstorm | Iran: +1510 cases (now 6.2 million), +41 deaths (now 131680) since a day ago 🔹 Italy: +96 cases (now 6.3 million) since 19 hours ago | 13:42:00 |
| @Brainstorm:libera.chat | New from COVID list by @JavierECarpio: Gregg Gonsalves (@gregggonsalves): Find your state. Then, more importantly, find your governor. #COVID19 @BillHanage @jeremyfaust @bhrenton alexanderjxchen.github.io/circuitbreaker/ pic.twitter.com/lDX9YP0W5x → https://twitter.com/gregggonsalves/status/1477636519036919812 | 13:57:23 |
| Brainstorm | Bangladesh: +557 cases (now 1.6 million), +1 deaths (now 28077), +19130 tests (now 11.5 million, 0.0% positive) since 23 hours ago 🔹 Senegal: +334 cases (now 75671), +2462 tests (now 923932, 0.0% positive) since a day ago | 14:06:57 |
| @Brainstorm:libera.chat | New from COVID list by @JavierECarpio: Dr. Angela Rasmussen (@angie_rasmussen): twitter.com/peterasinger/s… → https://twitter.com/angie_rasmussen/status/1477642865035468800 | 14:27:23 |
| Brainstorm | Azerbaijan: +368 cases (now 617679), +10 deaths (now 8375) since 20 hours ago 🔹 Iraq: +206 cases (now 2.1 million), +4 deaths (now 24167), +7006 tests (now 16.8 million, 0.0% positive) since a day ago 🔹 Yemen: +3 cases (now 10130) since 21 hours ago | 14:31:53 |
| @Brainstorm:libera.chat | New from COVID list by @JavierECarpio: Dr. Angela Rasmussen (@angie_rasmussen): Buddy, you don’t need to prove to me or anyone on Twitter that you know how to do math. Nobody is impressed that you took a break from incessantly hyping dogecoin or <insert cryptocurrency name here> to lecture me about viral [... want %more?] → https://twitter.com/angie_rasmussen/status/1477654169993441280 | 14:57:25 |
| Brainstorm | Myanmar: +79 cases (now 531025), +2 deaths (now 19274), +15222 tests (now 6.1 million, 0.0% positive) since 23 hours ago | 15:03:04 |
| @Brainstorm:libera.chat | New from COVID list by @JavierECarpio: Dr. Angela Rasmussen (@angie_rasmussen): Kindly refrain from cluttering my mentions with shit about moneyblackhole coin or NFT investment “opportunities” and how they’ve qualified you to smugly opine on viral evolution, zoonosis, plaque assays, or the entire [... want %more?] → https://twitter.com/angie_rasmussen/status/1477654171335626756 | 15:05:01 |
| Brainstorm | Denmark: +8271 cases (now 839928), +15 deaths (now 3302) since 23 hours ago 🔹 Chile: +1904 cases (now 1.8 million), +22 deaths (now 39162), +59275 tests (now 27.5 million, 0.0% positive) since 23 hours ago | 15:40:29 |
| @Brainstorm:libera.chat | New from COVID list by @JavierECarpio: Will Saletan (@saletan): Based on the pattern in South Africa & UK, “This is about a 2-month epidemic wave from start to finish,” says @ScottGottliebMD on FTN. NYC and other early-hit areas will peak within 2 weeks; other areas within 4 weeks. “Certainly, by the end of [... want %more?] → https://twitter.com/saletan/status/1477668620524298242 | 15:57:44 |
| @Brainstorm:libera.chat | New from COVID list by @JavierECarpio: Scott Gottlieb, MD (@ScottGottliebMD): We’re seeing clear shift by policymakers away from population-wide measures to protect public; toward appeals for people to take individual measures based on risk. With vaccine working, reduced virulence, that’s appropriate [... want %more?] → https://twitter.com/ScottGottliebMD/status/1477671869574692873 | 16:05:20 |
| Brainstorm | Serbia: +1907 cases (now 1.3 million), +21 deaths (now 12760), +10888 tests (now 7.3 million, 0.0% positive) since 23 hours ago 🔹 Montenegro: +1288 cases (now 173161), +2 deaths (now 2416), +3913 tests (now 988673, 0.0% positive) since 23 hours ago 🔹 Sri Lanka: +339 cases (now 587935), +22 deaths (now 15019) since 23 hours ago | 16:05:25 |
| @Brainstorm:libera.chat | New from COVID list by @JavierECarpio: Scott Gottlieb, MD (@ScottGottliebMD): In CT, Gov Lamont deployed millions of N95 masks to high risk settings, schools etc. If we’re asking public to assume more individual responsibility to protect themselves, and not implementing population wide measures, we must [... want %more?] → https://twitter.com/ScottGottliebMD/status/1477674206016024582 | 16:12:58 |
| @Brainstorm:libera.chat | New from COVID list by @JavierECarpio: Face The Nation (@FaceTheNation): "I certainly don't think schools should be mandating boosters," @ScottGottliebMD tells @margbrennan. He says the decision should be left up to parents. pic.twitter.com/jr9OiVGEBo → https://twitter.com/FaceTheNation/status/1477675109766905856 | 16:35:30 |
| @Brainstorm:libera.chat | New from COVID list by @kevinwineinger: Michael Mina (@michaelmina_lab): Though #COVID19 has captured the energy of public health, other pathogens that harm us haven’t gone away.California is taking a bold step to improve access to at-home tests for Sexually transmitted infections starting this [... want %more?] → https://twitter.com/michaelmina_lab/status/1477685251082174469 | 16:58:04 |
| @Brainstorm:libera.chat | New from COVID list by @JavierECarpio: Gregg Gonsalves (@gregggonsalves): So main unresolved question here is where the hell is the data on which they are basing these (changing) recommendations? “Fauci says U.S. officials may soon add testing component to new 5-day isolation period” - The Washington [... want %more?] → https://twitter.com/gregggonsalves/status/1477688474329358339 | 17:13:10 |
| @Brainstorm:libera.chat | New from COVID list by @JavierECarpio: Helen Branswell (@HelenBranswell): And by "this" I mean this.Everybody in your bubble is part of other bubbles. h/t @busycactus & @KellyMDoran twitter.com/HelenBranswell… pic.twitter.com/fY9uVlN31M → https://twitter.com/HelenBranswell/status/1477694485438078984 | 17:35:44 |
| @Brainstorm:libera.chat | New from COVID list by @JavierECarpio: Eric Topol (@EricTopol): So far we've seen reduction in Omicron clinical severity vs Delta, reflecting both immunity wall and instrinsic virus properties, in 2 different populations:Gauteng, South Africa 73%papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cf…UK [... want %more?] → https://twitter.com/EricTopol/status/1477697322863632385 | 17:50:47 |
| @Brainstorm:libera.chat | New from COVID list by @JavierECarpio: Eric Topol (@EricTopol): A key driver of breakthrough Omicron infections is time from vaccination. When they occur, the neutralizing antibodies induced are effective (cross-reactive) vs the prior variantsmedrxiv.org/content/10.110… pic.twitter.com/2xOzO17W3D → https://twitter.com/EricTopol/status/1477700301247303680 | 17:58:20 |
| @Brainstorm:libera.chat | New from COVID list by @JavierECarpio: Eric Topol (@EricTopol): A 3rd shot (booster) vaccine has 88% effectiveness (95% CI 78, 93) vs Omicron hospitalization [vs 52% without, @UKHSA]UK booster/100 residents 50%Denmark booster/100 residents 49%US booster/100 residents 21%@OurWorldInData pic.twitter.com/sMaiHqNmmD → https://twitter.com/EricTopol/status/1477709932141056001 | 18:36:02 |
