Holy cow: 10% of the village of Corzano
has the #B117 variant—10% of all residents! 60% of cases are kids from kindergarten and primary school, other 40% are their parents, says the mayor. Schools in the village now closed. https://www.ansa.it/amp/lombardia/notizie/2021/02/03/covid-nel-bresciano-focolaio-in-paese-chiuse-scuole_ca390880-aeff-4d7b-b326-538b82c01361.html?__twitter_impression=true

2) Israel is seeing a sharp rise in the number of children and teens getting infected with coronavirus, according to
Health Ministry.
“This is something we did not witness in previous waves of coronavirus,” Health Minister Yuli Edelstein said. #COVID19 https://m.jpost.com/health-science/with-more-kids-sick-with-covid-can-israel-re-open-schools-656791/amp?__twitter_impression=true

“This is something we did not witness in previous waves of coronavirus,” Health Minister Yuli Edelstein said. #COVID19 https://m.jpost.com/health-science/with-more-kids-sick-with-covid-can-israel-re-open-schools-656791/amp?__twitter_impression=true
4) Schools are closed in this Italian village until Feb 8th. But it might be extended because of the new outbreak. https://tg24.sky.it/milano/2021/02/03/variante-covid-corzano-brescia
5) More on pediatric transmission. There is a phase shift that happens if cases are no longer low in a community. https://twitter.com/drericding/status/1357204055110676480?s=21
6) this is the most detailed explanation of school transmission. Current data is biased because children are rarely / less frequently tested. https://twitter.com/dgurdasani1/status/1346362159446577154
7) Here is the other major looming problem in this pandemic.... its diverging into two. And the new strain will likely launch a new surge. https://twitter.com/DrEricDing/status/1357566949404905472
8) We need to call a spade a spade. I’m the biggest supporter of the hardworking scientists at the CDC... but something isn’t making sense with indoor cafeteria unmasked school lunches.... https://twitter.com/DrEricDing/status/1357920766512267264
9) we are back to SQUARE ONE if we don’t stop these damn variants with tricky mutations that evade even our previous antibodies. Because look at what fresh hell we discovered this week... Fauci is even worried. https://twitter.com/drericding/status/1358065355785134083?s=21 https://twitter.com/DrEricDing/status/1358065355785134083