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@VirginiaBuysse

10 months

How many plan to get the updated COVID-19 vaccine when it rolls out, possibly as soon as next week?

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If EVERYONE had the same COVID protections used for billionaires at the Word Economic Forum—state-of-the-art ventilation and same day PCR testing prior to entry, we could significantly reduce the risks of COVID and Long COVID. We are third class passengers on the Titanic.

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I went to the pharmacy to pick up my regular prescriptions and the sign on the door said: Pharmacy Closed Due to Staff Shortages. Will reopen on Monday at 8:00 AM (48 hrs later). Another sign read: Masks not required but recommended. Could these 2 things be related?🥴

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The BA.5 story by Eric Topol. This variant is the most contagious, immune evasive, and potentially deadly and debilitating we’ve seen to date. It is now the dominant variant. And the symptoms are those of viral meningitis. Not a cold, not the flu. 💀

The BA.5 story

The takeover by this Omicron sub-variant is not pretty

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Someone at the gym: excuse me, why are you still masking? Me: I’m a researcher (true) who studies COVID concentrations and genomic sequencing in nationally representative wastewater samples (does Twitter education count?) 🫠 Them: 😳

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Oh, you’re coughing, you have a fever and scratchy throat, and you say it’s not COVID? What is it then? You’re not sure, but you know it’s not COVID? There’s a lot of NOT COVID going around. Be careful, everyone.

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Requested outdoor seating at a restaurant. It was cold 🥶but there were heaters. And no other diners outside. The host who seated us: I don’t like to send my wait staff outside this time of year because they are out sick a lot and I don’t want them to catch a cold. 🥴

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How many people do you know right now who have some type of upper respiratory illness, but insist it’s not COVID because they tested with rapid home tests a few times and the results were negative? I’m not worried we’re not counting these tests. I’m worried they’re not working.

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@concernecus We’re at Trader Joe’s getting more microwave dinners. Calculating the square root of prices in our heads just for the fun of it.

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Since 2020, I’ve sent my two adult children regular public health updates about vaccines and boosters, positivity rates, where to find N95 masks, etc. Yesterday, my son texted: mom please stop sending these messages. #CDC , this is on you. #CovidIsNotOver

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What if, hear me out, the #CDC Director went on every news program in America right now and told people the truth—we are experiencing a Covid surge across the country, so we strongly advise that you avoid crowds and wear a well-fitted 😷 inside public places. A girl can dream.

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Waiting at Walgreens for my updated Moderna booster. No one is masking, including staff. One or two wearing surgical masks don’t count. People buying COVID home tests. I’m freaking out. This is crazy. We risk getting COVID while waiting for our COVID shots.

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2 years

If this bird app goes down, just want to say that everything I learned about COVID and health equity, I learned from people I follow on Twitter. You made me laugh; you made me cry; you made me scream into the void at times. I am so grateful to each one of you.

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My tweets today will focus on substantive reforms needed at the CDC. But first, can someone help me understand why Walensky and CDC employees continue to work remotely when CDC guidance says workers can go back to work sick? Anyone?

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We now have empirical evidence that Enovid nasal spray accelerates clearance of the virus during a COVID infection.

SARS-CoV-2 accelerated clearance using a novel nitric oxide nasal spray (NONS) treatment: A...

Use of NONS in patients recently infected with SARS-CoV-2 accelerates nasal virus clearance.

www.thelancet.com

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2020: Please let me survive COVID. 2022: Please let me avoid any long-term health complications from COVID.

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10 months

Do you know someone in the U.S. who has *summer flu* right now? Can you let them know it’s probably not the flu? This is CDC’s current U.S. map showing minimal to zero influenza activity in the U.S. for week ending Aug 12, 2023.

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@bkeithpayne @s_j_prins Why does this feel like a subtweet to research I often cite about the benefits of dark chocolate? Yes, I know it’s flawed research. Just let me have this one thing in my life, ok?

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Stop advising the use of COVID rapid tests before flights or social events such as weddings or memorials. RATs are notoriously bad at early detection (and may even give a false sense of security), because many people with COVID don’t test pos until Days 5-8.

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“Moderna…today announced that preliminary clinical trial data confirm its updated COVID-19 vaccine for the fall 2023 vaccination season showed a significant boost in neutralizing antibodies against EG.5 and FL.1.5.1 variants.” 1/

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@ncweaver CDC has lost all credibility at this point. They are mocked and ridiculed by scientists and average citizens alike. It’s just so disappointing and unthinkable that we are allowing this to happen before our very eyes.

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My husband seeing a neighbor outside who recently had COVID: How are your feeling? Neighbor: I can’t mow the lawn. I’m so weak. It’s been 2 months. It feels like POTS. My husband who has been begging me to travel with him: We should stay home and wear our 😷 anytime we leave.

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What are we doing about our updated boosters which are estimated to start waning in 4-5 months? I had mine 5 months ago. Anyone?

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2 years

Do you recognize the COVID cough? You might want to familiarize yourself with it. Just sayin.

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Some parents are beginning to talk openly about pulling their children out of school because of concerns about exposure to sick classmates or classmates who have sick family members at home. We should look closer at school attendance now that all protections have been lifted.

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As of today: ✅ There are no plans to offer a spring (or fall) COVID bivalent booster. ✅ Mask protections have all but disappeared everywhere ✅ Initiatives to improve indoor air quality never materialized ✅ Next gen intranasal vaccines are not within reach 🏳️ I surrender

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I’m going to bottom line this so everyone understands: Save your rapid home antigen tests to test out of isolation. To detect COVID at the front end, get a lab PCR test as soon as you have symptoms or 1-2 days after a known exposure.

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@therecount The phrase I mean no disrespect, means that disrespect will follow. Every. Time.

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CDC transmission map at the start of the new school year 2022, for reference.

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My goodness we are so bad at this.

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@nrookie @IEMcElroy @oni_blackstock And we know what kind of person that white boy grew up to be, don’t we.

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Wastewater sampled from each of 88 flights arriving in JFK international airport from Aug 1 - Sept 9 2022 showed that 65 (81%) were positive for COVID-19. 😳

Notes from the Field: Aircraft Wastewater Surveillance ...

This report describes surveillance of aircraft wastewater for early detection of potential COVID-19 variants.

www.cdc.gov

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You can’t make this stuff up.

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I’m just a girl, standing in front of CDC Director Walensky and MPX Response Coordinator Fenton, wondering… When they will convene a national summit for U.S. school boards and administrators to offer guidance about ways to keep school communities safe from #COVID and #MPX

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Getting ready to depart on my first international flight since before the pandemic began. Equipped with layered protections I learned from Twitter U: boosted recently with bivalent vaccine, respirator 😷 , Enovid nasal spray, clinical strength mouthwash with CPC… 1/

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We’ve reached the point in the pandemic when guidance from financial institutions about COVID is better than what we get from our public health institutions.

WBB Securities

@wbbsec

1 year

According to @CDCgov , #Omicron #XBB .1.5 cases have almost doubled in the last week. The variant is now 40% of new #COVID infections and is highly evasive. There are solutions, but they will require immediate action to prevent another dark #Covid19 winter @RickABright

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The CDC will cease tracking community levels and transmission rates of COVID-19 to coincide with the end of the public health emergency. What happens if there’s another big surge at some point?

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@ncweaver I find it fascinating that the only people who even mention the CDC are those who want to justify not wearing a mask or taking other precautions to prevent the spread of infectious disease.

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FDA warns of false negative results with any molecular test for the detection of SARS-CoV-2 variants, and notes that mutations in the virus can also impact performance of antigen and serology tests. H/T Rissa @ItsailsFL

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@AbraarKaran CDC Director Walensky was asked by Judy Woodruff on the PBS News Hour about whether Americans should upgrade their masks to N95s. Walensky’s response was the most people would find these masks too uncomfortable. She should lose her job for that response.

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Imagine yourself in Meghan’s shoes for a minute, when she wonders aloud “are my babies safe” as she becomes the target of extreme racism and hatred by the British tabloids and even death threats on social media. Terrifying. #HarryAndMeghanNetfix

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Called Walgreens to see if they had the COVID vaccines before I arrived for my appointment today. They said, unfortunately, we never received our supply of the vaccine. Why is @Walgreens letting us schedule an appointment at locations that never received the vaccine? 💀

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@VirginiaBuysse

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Every once in a blue moon, something truly wonderful happens on the internet. This is one of those times. Trust me.

FLAWS 🇯🇲🇨🇦

@FlawsofCouture

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Yes, her name is Nguyen Nguyen. My grade 6 classmate that sat in front of me. She never spoke to anyone. Not even the teacher. I mean, EVER. But she was brilliant & never needed help with anything. We would walk to school together, & even then—not a single word. Then one day…

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It’s challenging being the only person left in your family who still wears a mask. Today I became one of them. How do you manage it?

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2 years

Anyone else notice a shift in who you are following on Twitter? I am now mostly following/listening to people who believe that the pandemic isn’t over, that we’re on the brink of a second pandemic, and a vaccine only approach won’t save us.

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Well, it turns out that students in states that stayed remote longest DID NOT have lower test scores than students from states that did not. So, the handwringing over *learning loss* will have to be attributed to something else. 🔥Stephanie Tait brings receipts. @greg_travis

Stephanie Tait ♿️

@StephTaitWrites

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Well, I decided to look up the officially published state educational testing results for the 2 states that stayed remote the longest & compare them to TX and FL to see if the results line up with this claim that remote schooling was the key factor in declining test scores. And…

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@jadedcreative This dog does a great impression of her

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Bivalent boosters wane at 4-5 months, and many are now 6 months out from their 💉. Going forward, the plan appears to be 1 dose/per year for everyone. Is there any empirical evidence against allowing those 65+, immunocompromised, or anyone else to get another bivalent booster?

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COVID cases are rising at an alarming rate. People are suffering and many are experiencing the lingering effects of the virus in their bodies; so many have died. When will the CDC acknowledge that the Great Unmasking was a mistake?Or is this the hill that we will all die on?

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Why are we not talking about Dickinson, the series on Apple TV that explores 19th century poetry, gender, and family? This is Emily Dickinson with a modern day twist! The acting, writing, and cinematography are simply brilliant! Did I mention the poems?

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I now wear gloves along with my N95 when I go into the grocery store. Noticing some people wearing gloves, but not always masks. We are terrible at science communication. #COVID19 #MonkeyPox

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@JosephCSlater But the belief that there’s less of a health risk for unmasked restaurant workers to be indoors with crowds of people in poorly ventilated spaces (albeit warm) is mind blowing.

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@alexmeshkin Alex, this is the best thing you’ve ever posted. I appreciate your honesty, your knowledge on this topic, your determination, and most important, your story which should scare the hell out of anyone who is no longer taking any precautions against getting COVID. 🙏

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Remember when we used to wipe down our groceries and refrigerated items but then we learned that it didn’t make sense, scientifically speaking. #COVIDisAirborne It makes sense now. Scientifically speaking. #MonkeyPoxVirus

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@melissakorn The author is no longer listed as adjunct at Northwestern University (as of last night) and there is a statement disavowing the opinions expressed in the OpEd. It’s a start.

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Can anyone explain why there isn’t a single reliable source pertaining to COVID-19 in the U.S. (or maybe anywhere, for that matter)? I mean, why should each of us have to google around to get answers to basic questions, like, wonder what’s happening on the vaccine front?

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@JoannaInNY_MPH I wanted to give him a brief tutorial on how COVID spreads indoors during a pandemic, but then I thought better of it, and just ordered 🍷 We have failed in every way.

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Why is public health policy now determined by opinion pieces in national newspapers? This isn’t an essay writing contest where phrases like *learning loss,* *urgency of normal,* and *you do you* are launched. Human life hangs in the balance. Let’s start acting like it.

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@NietzscheKant2 My heart breaks for restaurant workers. They are on the front lines. With no paid sick leave. No protections. Serving people who are similarly misinformed and unprotected.

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Why is this rollout of the updated COVID vaccine such a sh*t show?

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2 years

Can someone please explain why everyone I know infected with #COVID has been seriously ill, sometimes to the point of considering calling 911. But every single elected official reports having only mild/minimal symptoms. And they are always sooo grateful for vaccines. Scripted!

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Gotta hand it to Walgreens. They are continuing to report national and state COVID positivity rates, even as other data sources have shut down. For week ending 3/24, national positivity was 24.4%, down from 25.3% the week prior. Testing is down.

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New published results support universal masking as an effective strategy for reducing Covid-19 incidence in K-12 schools and the loss of in-person school days.

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Dire warnings from all directions now.

Daniel Kerlinsky MD

@DrDan20000

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Dr. Topol warns us about Omicron BA.5 evading immunity and now has become 50% of new cases. Dr. Lewis warns us of the torturous clinical manifestation. I'm warning that untreated BA.2 disrupting the blood-brain barrier makes BA.5 much more injurious to the brain.

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People with a cold: I feel terrible, I think I’ll stay in bed. People with COVID: I feel terrible, I’m going into work to finish that project, then I’ll stop and pick up dinner on my way home, tomorrow’s a big day—we are ✈️ 5 hrs to attend a memorial service. 🤒

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@wsbgnl What if we had a CDC Director that communicated this message instead:

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@michaelharriot Can someone please explain how it’s possible to have too much Black history? It’s like saying you can have too much knowledge or too much truth. Wait. Is that… oh.

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Phases of the pandemic: 1. We’re all in this together. 2. Vaccines will save us. 3. Masks are ridiculous and lead to *learning loss* 4. We’ve got tools + boosters 5. It’s only mild 6. Pandemic is over + boosters 7. People too afraid to leave their houses—this is not healthy

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@VirginiaBuysse

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@Lakshmi_RKG People outside of education who claim that masking harms children’s development and learning should link to empirical evidence to support these claims. But they never do for some reason. It’s just anecdotal evidence they offer us.

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Me texting everyone I know: CDC just approved an additional spring Covid booster for 65+ Some of the Replies: I’m done with those 🤦‍♀️ I’m waiting until summer 🧐 I’ve had 5 doses. Is there a new one? 😔 I knew someone who got Covid from the 💉 💀

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The current vaccine-only approach focused on blunting the severity of COVID-19 isn’t working. We need next Gen intranasal vaccines that build mucosal immunity and prevent transmission at the source. What does 2023 have in store for next gen vaccines?

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@DCDoc33 Also, if you allergies suddenly flare up, assume it’s COVID. Better to err on the safe side.

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Didn’t think I could stan Rep Katie Porter more than I already do, but today she is the champion of more affordable and accessible high quality child care for working parents. ❤️ ❤️ ❤️

Rep. Katie Porter

@RepKatiePorter

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If you want a strong and growing economy, you should care about child care. Millions are leaving the workforce, hesitating to form small businesses, or forgoing promotions because child care is unaffordable for most families. Our entire economy is hurt as a result. (THREAD)

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Thinking about posting regular COVID updates with news you can use to stay up to date with research, policy, and practice. Informed by science, but from a lay person’s perspective. Links to sources. Any interest?

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I went to the UNC Wellness Center today in my 3M Aura 9210+ NIOSH N95 mask. On a typical day, I’d estimate about 30% are wearing a 😷 - a mix of surgical, cloth, and a few KN95s or KF94s. But today, the guy standing next to my locker was wearing MY 3M Aura mask!

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@Bob_Wachter @UCSF This thread left me speechless. The really odd thing is that the majority of the country and the world have no idea how bad BA.5 will be, and are just crowding into airports and bars like there’s no tomorrow. Maybe that’s because there isn’t going to be one. 💀

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Why are we raising alarms about the low probability of being infected by a jogger running around a lake in a park instead of focusing on the much bigger risk of being exposed to COVID by maskless groups inside schools, churches, restaurants, bars, shops, and places of employment?

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I’m going to try to get a bivalent booster this week…stay tuned. Also, why does it have to be this way? We’re free to get COVID, but not the vaccine? Why?

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The pandemic is over. And our banking system has never been stronger. Any more questions?

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I’ve tried twice to get another 🦠bivalent booster 💉and failed both times. My last one was Sept 2022. But I’ve learned a few things along the way. Many of you shared tips and workarounds. I tried most of these. Here’s how it went. A 🧵 1/

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Why is it easier to purchase a firearm in the U.S. than it is to get a second COVID booster? Anyone?

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Taking Uber to an appointment. Wearing my 3M Aura N95 mask. Driver not masking but all 4 windows are down and I’m in large SUV. Would you do this?😬Be kind.

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Is this true? Are hospitals no longer testing patients admitted to the hospital for COVID? Even those with symptoms? Not true in my locale. But maybe elsewhere? The federal government is still requiring that hospitals and states report these data weekly.

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Remember Find Waldo? Well, this is the World Health Organization staff gathering for a photo op. How many masks do you see? Winner gets a free chicken dinner.

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@AmerAcadPeds Thank you! You just made educators and parents everywhere smile. We so appreciate your voice on masking and children’s development. As an education professional, I applaud your message.

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Why the mask? A winning reply.

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Plus, I will wear a 😷 indoors and not dine inside a restaurant. I recognize my privilege to have access to all of these tools. Extremely grateful to the COVID Conscious Community for educating me about how to stay safe and protect others at the same time. 2/

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And it looks like I’m not alone

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This. When people don’t believe you when you say you’ve never had COVID. The simmering anger in the recognition that they’ve been sold a lie—everyone has had it by now; getting it is beneficial and protects you from getting it again. So unfortunate. And so wrong.

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1/ Out of all the types of responses I receive on this platform every time I explain that I've never had Covid-19, the one that is - tragically - the most telling goes something like this: 'of course you've had it. Everyone has had it by now'.

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I’m a warrior for #LongCovid and #ImmunizeUnder5s now. Why? These are the groups that need our advocacy the most now. If you tweet about Covid19 and don’t center these groups, you’re not doing it right.

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Virginia Buysse, PhD

@VirginiaBuysse

2 years

@danaparish @CassandraNoCov @CDCDirector @CDCgov @POTUS @WHO I’m at the point in the pandemic(s) where I am obsessing about the idea of carving out part of the country where those of us who want to try to survive can go. It’s totally bonkers but I can’t stop thinking about it. We can’t run and we can’t hide, can we?

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Virginia Buysse, PhD

@VirginiaBuysse

1 year

Ok, I’ll bite. What happens tomorrow if we believe? You’re going to announce the COVID pandemic isn’t really over after all, and you’re calling for renewed efforts to stop transmission, improve indoor air quality, and prevent and treat Long COVID?

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Virginia Buysse, PhD

@VirginiaBuysse

2 years

People telling me in the replies that RATs are working you just have to KEEP TESTING and that I need to follow Michael Mina to understand why tests AREN’T WORKING the way they did before… this is exactly what I mean by NOT WORKING. We need better tests for early detection.

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Virginia Buysse, PhD

@VirginiaBuysse

2 years

@unclecrispies @1goodtern Is this you in disguise? Because it sounds exactly like you. You are both spot on when you talk about COVID and the harm it has caused and will continue to cause to our children and their children. For the love of God, how do we wake people from their slumber?

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Virginia Buysse, PhD

@VirginiaBuysse

2 years

Have you had to explain to someone that getting an updated bivalent booster does not mean you can stop wearing a 😷 inside? We are so bad at public health messaging.

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Virginia Buysse, PhD

@VirginiaBuysse

1 year

@LisaDeNike Yes, they listened to my words, and had no idea what I was talking about, but it sounded right. And bad.

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Virginia Buysse, PhD

@VirginiaBuysse

1 year

Trying to wrap my head around this message from WHO: It’s so so important to track the global rise of XBB dot sublineages why? So each of us individually can be vigilant and safe. ??? The Titanic is sinking, keep your eye on the rising water level and be safe, friends.

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Virginia Buysse, PhD

@VirginiaBuysse

2 years

I’m in a terrible place right now. I want to move somewhere between *the pandemic is over* and *zero COVID forever lockdown*. Does this place exist?

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Virginia Buysse, PhD

@VirginiaBuysse

2 years

What if the SARS2 pandemic made society think differently about the air we breathe in crowded, indoor spaces the same way cholera made us rethink drinking water from a contaminated well.

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Virginia Buysse, PhD

@VirginiaBuysse

2 years

Pediatrician apologizes for posting unmasked pictures of his family on a plane. But he still gets is wrong. The virus doesn’t allow you to safely unmask during eating, sleeping, or taking selfies. The virus is just plain rude that way.

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