NEW—the faster transmission #B16172 variant will likely dethrone #B117 and become the dominant variant in 🇬🇧 “in a matter of days” and could pose unknown dangers. Since B16172 was upgraded last week by both WHO & UK, it has *doubled* in cases. 🧵#COVID19https://t.co/S2cx3gySZ5 pic.twitter.com/fWO8eEyUrO
— Eric Feigl-Ding (@DrEricDing) May 19, 2021
The average # of normal flu deaths a year is 36,000. This past year there has been less 1,000 flu deaths. Masking, cleanliness, etc done for Covid have helped on flu. So why wouldn’t we all continue to mask in regular flu seasons? Seems like a simple thing to save many lives.
— Matthew Dowd (@matthewjdowd) May 18, 2021
Will we need booster shots? Maybe, & it’s important to track breakthrough infections to see if immunity wanes & role of variants. Let’s be careful about sounding too definitive without data; for some vaccine hesitant, the prospect of boosters is a deterrent to the 1st vaccine. pic.twitter.com/Erzkemzuga
— Leana Wen, M.D. (@DrLeanaWen) May 20, 2021
A 55% jump in vaccines in the US military. https://t.co/GBMck19kL7
— Andy Slavitt (@aslavitt46) May 20, 2021
BREAKING—Oklahoma State Department of Health announced that it identified a cluster of 17 cases of the #B16172 variant, including 3 that were in fully vaccinated people. 2 others were partially vaccinated. Travel didn’t play a role. https://t.co/9WW0KKDye5
— Eric Feigl-Ding (@DrEricDing) May 20, 2021
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