Show and Tell: Pandemic Edition 8/2/22

“As an immunologist with four decades of research on antibodies under my belt, I always felt like I had a pretty good handle on COVID-19.

“But when I caught the virus in May, my hubris quickly turned into humility…[and] a serious heart complication”https://t.co/z1FrbIeAax

— Radical Centrist, wrathful tantric deity 🇺🇦 (@RadCentrism) July 30, 2022

Monkeypox cases around the world 🌍 timeline:

May 6th: 1 case
May 21st: 100 cases
June 6: 1,000 cases
June 14: 2,000 cases
June 21: 3,000 cases
June 23: 4,000 cases
June 28: 5,000 cases
July 12: 10,000 cases
July 20: 15,000 cases
July 27: 20,000 cases

Doubling time: 2 weeks.

— Monkeypoxtally (@Monkeypoxtally) July 30, 2022

This is concerning. This Spanish man got infected by buying a second-hand scooter from an infected person, suggesting fomites on handlebars.

That's really bad. https://t.co/rToMqtieWm

— StopYourLimits 🇪🇺🇺🇦 | Covid | Finance | War (@limits_stop) July 30, 2022

"The concern is that people will be less able to hold off future bugs and pathogens like influenza, or that unsettled immune systems could lead to an increase in diabetes and other auto-immune diseases.. Their white blood cells were unrecognizable..”https://t.co/G7jG06pYxy

— Hiroshi Yasuda (保田浩志) (@Yash25571056) July 30, 2022

Mark my words.

Burning Man (in a month) will be one of the most significant early superspreaders of Monkeypox. The consequences will be absolutely disastrous.

On top of COVID.

— Mx. Charis Hill ♿🏳️‍⚧️ (they/them) (@BeingCharisBlog) July 30, 2022