Show and Tell: Coronavirus Edition 1/5/21

Here in LA it's starting to feel like I'm staying home so others can risk going out.

— julia duffy (@mybadauditions) January 4, 2021

Thread:

1/📌Report: current measures can't contain the B117 variant in the UK. The highly transmissible variant is spreading rapidly among all ages, even more so among under 20 group👇(orange bars represent the variant virus population, while green bars are the non-variant population)🧵 pic.twitter.com/AAPn1yt4ZF

— Dr. Ali Nouri (@AliNouriPhD) January 4, 2021

Anyone who pulls a stunt like this should forgo their right to be treated for Covid by our overrun hospitals and our overworked caretakers all over CA. Some of us are following all the rules while others are acting like selfish, psychotic whiny little assholes. https://t.co/y9nuk2gFNS

— Josh Gad (@joshgad) January 4, 2021

Full thread of that nonsense

Today, a group of anti-maskers protested at Ralph’s and the Century City shopping mall. Lots of angry confrontations with customers and a few physical altercations.

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— Samuel Braslow (@SamBraslow) January 4, 2021

Going to a single dose would undermine the last remaining credibility of OpWarpSpeed. If you look at the published data it’s only 2 doses for both mRNA vaccines that provide reasonable virus neutralizing antibodies. And it’s only 2 doses that protect https://t.co/r1InUWmTES

— Prof Peter Hotez MD PhD (@PeterHotez) January 4, 2021

The UK curve is a vertical line now. Not bending it ultimately means NHS not coping. This may mean people needing critical care not receiving it. If the whole country is over capacity then patients needing ICU can’t be sent to other remote units like what’s happening now. pic.twitter.com/GRwoMNXRzk

— Dr Nisreen Alwan 🌻 (@Dr2NisreenAlwan) January 4, 2021

BREAKING—UK health minister gives new warning—that the other new South Africa 🇿🇦 #SARSCoV2 strain could be more infectious than even the new UK B117 strain.

🇬🇧 advisor says scientists not fully confident #COVID19 vaccines would work on new 🇿🇦 variant.🧵https://t.co/J2eFYXsVlC pic.twitter.com/rIbfceSg0s

— Eric Feigl-Ding (@DrEricDing) January 4, 2021

Bookmark this thread, just in case:

How to treat Covid at home ... this was shared on a Covid survivor group...

HOW TO FIGHT COVID AT HOME
No one ever talks about how to fight Covid at home. I came down with Covid in November. I went to the hospital, running a fever of 103, a rapid heart beat, and other common....

— Ysabeau ✨ (@ItsMa____) January 2, 2021