OH SHIT—Outbreak infects 124 of 127 nursing home residents & half the staff with #COVID19 in Ontario 🇨🇦. 29 people have died. Worse— #B117 variant is now confirmed in 6 of 6 samples—but expert believes widespread. Patients with #COVID19 even shared rooms!
2) They believe it was a relative of a staff member who brought it after traveling overseas. But supposedly they followed quarantine.

If more details, please share @BogochIsaac!
3) I don’t usually swear in tweets, but #B117 literally is a beast... https://twitter.com/drericding/status/1353221858670374912
4) such a beast that Denmark CDC is extremely worried https://twitter.com/drericding/status/1346899021621813249
5) This is why I have been clamoring for people to switch to premium masks to protect against the more contagious #B117 https://twitter.com/drericding/status/1353186978519539712
6) Here is the latest walk through of the new #b117 mortality data. It’s legitimately worrisome. See thread 🧵 for reasons why we think it’s ~30% more deadlier. https://twitter.com/drericding/status/1353468238773035008
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