Baby look in the mirror https://t.co/SliIwwImM3
— Adam J. Moore, MPH (@AJMooreHealth) December 28, 2022
Suddenly the West cares about new variants. Specifically, the hypothetical ones that haven't evolved yet in China, not the ones that have already evolved, are highly immune evading, and have been allowed to spread freely outside China.
— T. Ryan Gregory (@TRyanGregory) December 29, 2022
I’m not sure why “I may wear masks in some situations forever” is weird and “thousands of people are going to die every week from this forever, oh well” is normal and cool.
— Linda Holmes thisislindaholmes.com (@lindaholmes) December 29, 2022
US says it’s “deeply concerned over China’s lack of transparency about its outbreak” esp. re: tracking & sequencing of variants.
— Oni Blackstock (@oni_blackstock) December 29, 2022
Yet CDC’s shift from COVID19 transmission levels to community levels, closure of mass testing sites, has obscured the true extent of spread here.
Prof. Hirata (Nagoya Inst. Technol.) reported that COVID infection had increased the health risks as follows:
— Hiroshi Yasuda (保田浩志) (@Yash25571056) December 27, 2022
- Myocardial infarction: 10.7-24.6 times;
- Heart failure: 6.6-10.4 times;
- Venous thrombosis: 26.1-53.1 times;
- Diabetes: 6.3-8.4 times.https://t.co/oC7KsGXueP
Country with rampant COVID spread for months and months further stigmatizes country that has already been heavily stigmatized by making *only travelers from said stigmatized country* test before entering. https://t.co/wRtZhnv8yk
— Oni Blackstock (@oni_blackstock) December 28, 2022
