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1. So far there have been no #Ebola cases found in countries that neighbor Guinea, where the disease has re-emerged recently nearly 5 years after the massive West African Ebola
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1. #Flu thread.This seems truly to be the year that flu forgot. Almost no flu activity in the country. Last wk 18 people in the US tested positive for flu.
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1. An #Ebola thread:@WHO has put out an update on the new cases in DRC, in the part of the country where the 2018-2020 North Kivu & Ituri outbreak took
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1. Seeing as it's a Friday in what typically would be #flu season, here's a flu update, from week 4 data (ending Jan. 28) from @CDCgov.There continues to be almost
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1. #Flu activity remains amazingly low this winter. For the week ending Jan 23, less than 1% of specimens tested for flu came back positive. In the same week last
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2. The J&J vaccine showed an 85% efficacy at protecting against severe #Covid19 — in multiple settings around the world, including in South Africa. It was 100% effective against hospitalization
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1. Turning this into a thread.https://twitter.com/HelenBranswell/status/1355139183325683719 2. The J&J vaccine showed an 85% efficacy at protecting against severe #Covid19 — in multiple settings around the world, including in South Af
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1. In normal (ie non-Covid years) Fridays are #flu data update times. @CDCgov puts out #influenza data on Fridays. Flu has been overshadowed by #Covid19, but it still bears watching.
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1. This may be a thread.https://twitter.com/HelenBranswell/status/1349040350401331201 2. Interesting to hear HHS secretary Alex Azar blame the states for being too slow in the rollout of vaccine when states are still
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1. A #Flu thread:Because Friday was a holiday, @CDCgov published FluView today. US #Flu activity remains super low, thankfully.So far this season a single child has died from flu. It's
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1. It's a real pity the UK drug regulator, MHRA, doesn't hold public advisory committee meetings to assess #Covid vaccines, in the way @US_FDA does. Would have been fascinating to
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1. I am listening to #ACIP again today & will tweet about the discussion today about who should be next in line for vaccine after health care workers & nursing
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