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The 6th #COVID19 surge in the US is deepening each day, driven by the highly infectious Omicron #BA2 & #BA2121 subvariants, and the Biden administration has made clear that it will no nothing to slow or stop the spread. #CovidIsNotOver A🧵1/
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On Wednesday the US recorded nearly 190,000 new cases, pushing the 7-day average of daily new cases to well over 100,000. According to the New York Times, hospitalizations now stand at 22,875, a 27 percent increase over the last 14 days. 2/
These figures are known to be significant undercounts due to the bipartisan undermining of testing & data reporting at the federal & state levels since January 2022. Only 4 states now report #COVID data daily, while 13 states report once/week or less. 3/
📍BREAKING—here it comes—Jonathan Karl tests positive for #COVID19 on Monday after attending the @WHCA’s dinner—sitting next to Kim Kardashian and talking one on one with Biden at #WHCD—yes that dinner we epidemiologists all warned about.
By @maxwelltani
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By @maxwelltani
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2) We epidemiologists and aerosol scientists have warned about the poor ventilation and high density being a bad setup for almost guaranteed transmission at @WHCA dinner if anyone in the audience had subclinical (undetected) virus. Welp and it happened.
3) I hereby nominate @Trevornoah as an honorary epidemiologist. He at least called the #WHCD for what it is.
📍5th WAVE BEGINNING in SA—cases are surging again in South Africa 🇿🇦, which in the past week is seeing cases tripling, positivity rates also up, and hospitalization rising. The surge has SA facing a possible fifth wave, linked to #BA4 & #BA5 subvariants. nytimes.com/2022/05/02/wor…
2) “What we are seeing now, or at least maybe the first signs, is not completely new variants emerging, but current variants are starting to create lineages of themselves,” Dr. de Oliveira said. Since initial identification last November, Omicron has produced several subvariants.
3) “Some scientists are trying to understand what the BA.4 and BA.5 spike in South Africa, which is concentrated mainly in the Gauteng, Western Cape and KwaZulu-Natal provinces, says about immunity from previous Omicron infections.
NEW KID ON THE BLOCK—#BA2’s new spin off #BA2121 sub-subvariant is now surging exponentially—so infectious that it is outpacing even #Ba2 and completely displacing #Omicron, which is now near extinct. Together #BA2 and #BA2121 are now 94% of all strains in US.
HT @DrWilliamKu
HT @DrWilliamKu
2) Hospitalizations are surging. We can debate new variants if more dangerous or not— but more infection, even if mild, means more problems. And don’t forget #LongCovid that doesn’t show up in hospitalizations.
USA: BA2 Anteil hat sich verdoppelt
Neue @CDCgov Daten zeigen, dass sich #BA2 von 11,6 % letzte Woche auf 23,1 % verdoppelt hat. Nach unserem Varianten-Modell wird BA2 die Dominanz in den #USA in 2 1/2 Wochen erreichen covid.cdc.gov/covid-data-tra…
Neue @CDCgov Daten zeigen, dass sich #BA2 von 11,6 % letzte Woche auf 23,1 % verdoppelt hat. Nach unserem Varianten-Modell wird BA2 die Dominanz in den #USA in 2 1/2 Wochen erreichen covid.cdc.gov/covid-data-tra…
#USA: BA2121 Anteil steigt ĂĽber 17% Marke
Follower kennen bereits die Bedeutung der 17% Marke im AITask Varianten-Modell: #BA2121 ist in den #USA auf dem Weg zur Dominanz - trotz #BA2 - und das in neuer Rekordzeit🔴🚑🏥
Follower kennen bereits die Bedeutung der 17% Marke im AITask Varianten-Modell: #BA2121 ist in den #USA auf dem Weg zur Dominanz - trotz #BA2 - und das in neuer Rekordzeit🔴🚑🏥
#USA: Variante BA5 wird dominat
BA5 steht in den USA kurz vor der Dominanz. Wie zuvor modelliert wird #BA5 die Variante #BA2121 ablösen. Die Grafik enthält den Trend der #Modellierung aus 05/2022 und die neusten #Varianten-Daten aus den USA:🦠🌊🚑🏥
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BA5 steht in den USA kurz vor der Dominanz. Wie zuvor modelliert wird #BA5 die Variante #BA2121 ablösen. Die Grafik enthält den Trend der #Modellierung aus 05/2022 und die neusten #Varianten-Daten aus den USA:🦠🌊🚑🏥
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