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1/ Should we give as many people one dose of the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines as possible? Or half as many people two doses of vaccine? It’s a data-free zone.https://twitter.com/CitizenCohn/status/1358075667573862401
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1/ “When I say ‘experts’ in air quotes, it sounds like I’m saying I don’t really trust the experts,” @NYGovCuomo said of pandemic policies. “Because I don’t.”https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/01/nyregion/cuomo-health-departm
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1/ NYC released its data on COVID vaccinations by race today. Among adults 18+, those vaccinated skew whiter. Black and Latinx NYCers are vaccinated at disproportionately lower rates. https://www1.nyc.gov/site/doh/covid/covid-19-data-vaccin
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1/ New COVID variants are emerging:- B.1.1.7 from the UK: more transmissible, possibly more virulent. Even if not more virulent, more transmissible = more infections, more disease, more hospitalizations, more
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1/ Sadly, "natural herd immunity" hasn't worked out so well for Sweden or the USA:https://www.nytimes.com/live/2021/01/09/world/covid-19-coronavirus/a-new-law-in-sweden-gives-the-government-more-power-to-impose-virus-restricti
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1/ VERY back of the envelope. 80-90% of deaths from coronavirus in the United States were preventable. 2/ For comparison, estimated # of deaths from COVID per 100K by country
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1/ Let's call it like it is. The push to reopen schools is about providing childcare so parents can go back to work. Schools are not daycares. The U.S. is
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1/ THE NUMBER ONE #COVID #coronavirus topic right now? SCHOOL REOPENING. Here's my first of a couple threads on the topic, starting with some thoughts on K-12. 2/ K-12 shouldn't
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1/ I feel this same anger:“I get angry when I see people refuse to wear a mask or physically distance from others or stay home when they could because it
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@NYChealthy took a beating in the @NYTimes over the weekend: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/21/nyregion/nyc-contact-tracing.html It's a bit more complicated. Got an inside (but on-the-record) look at NYC's #contacttracing data toda
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