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Scott Gottlieb, MD
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1/n My @WSJ Op Ed: We must plan now for when Covid vaccine supply exceeds demand; and how we create incentives. It starts with setting up framework for making a
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As current epidemic surge peaks, we may see 3-4 weeks of declines in new cases but then new variant will take over. It'll double in prevalence about every week. It'll
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THREAD: Covid cases are accelerating across the U.S. and we have some hard months ahead. We are at the beginning of exponential spread in many states. We need to take
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THREAD: For the last 6 months, FDA’s device center worked effectively with labs to advance hundreds of tests for Covid. A new HHS policy that extricates FDA from this work
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THREAD: Covid caused 338,000 diagnosed infections in kids. 86 tragically died, thousands more hospitalized. To compare burden to flu, an estimated 11.3 million kids got symptomatic flu in 2018-19, 477
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From @AmerAcadPeds data on Covid in kids. Documents 288K total child cases, and 76 tragic deaths. CDC in its school opening guidance compares pediatric Covid deaths to pediatric flu deaths.
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THREAD: To safely return kids to in-class learning, schools will need detailed guidance on reducing Covid risk. They may have to look elsewhere, to state documents as well as foreign
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When we see data showing in hospital mortality for Covid patients aged 35-44 of almost 5% we should keep in mind — that’s exceptionally high; especially since criteria for admission
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THREAD: This is a hard moment - but it’s a brief moment in our long history. It’s six months until we get to a technology to end the Covid epidemic
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THREAD: The professional staff of FDA’s device center advance an important new policy to facilitate pooled testing of Covid samples; which will help employers, colleges, schools and others enable more
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