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@DrEricDing

Epidemiologist & Health Economist. Health Policy & Social Justice. Senior Fellow, FAS. Former 16 yrs . COVID updates since Jan 2020.

Washington DC & Virginia
Joined January 2009

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    Jan 24

    The “HOLY MOTHER OF GOD” tweet was exactly 1 year ago today. For those who have been with me this past year, I hope and pray your families are safe. Let’s work together to end this pandemic.

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    And this is just the B117 "UK" variant. Imagine what will happen when the B1617.2 "India" variant gets there. Japan has one of the oldest populations in the world, combined with a very low vaccination rate.

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  3. 4) replay of the vault in supposedly ‘slow motion’

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  4. 3) Biles is known for moves so difficult that several have been named after her. Her latest signature skill is called a Yurchenko double pike. She executed it with such speed that even "gravity seems to have been taken by surprise," writes .  

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  5. 2) NYT: Simone Biles executed a vault considered so dangerous that no other woman has attempted it in competition. For now, gymnastics limits the scoring rewards for trying it. When the Olympian was asked why she does it, she answered, “Because I can.”

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  6. “The Queen has spoken” - the TV anchors when landed the Yurchenko Double Pike! (This is the one so difficult that the Olympics refuses to award extra difficulty points for)

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  8. 12) Osaka is seeing a surge with mostly from the UK. But want to know what is even faster and more dangerous than B117? from India that is now dominating and replacing even the UK variant in UK. See thread 🧵

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    Hospitals in Osaka, Japan buckling under a huge wave of , running out of beds, ventilators, and even intubation medicine—as exhausted doctors warn of a "system collapse", and advise against holding the Olympics. Even only ~half of HCW vaccinated. 🧵

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  10. 3) Donate to — he is in close battle for the Lt Governor race. ➡️ Sam also strictly does not accept any corporate PAC money whatsoever.

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  11. 📍“Mr has guts” 📍”there is no doubt Mr. Rasoul’s command of complex issues; his skills as an organizer; or his detail-oriented legislative work to strengthen free health clinics, safeguard drinking water & boost aid to struggling families.”

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  12. MOMENTOUS—Amid Israel-Palestine strife, it’s historic that the Editorial Board has just endorsed for Lt Governor of Virginia. He’s the 1st Muslim & Palestinian-American in VA’s legislature, & soon to be 1st in VA exec office.⬇️

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    Healthcare infrastructure on the verge of collapse in facing a 4th wave. Doctors & Healthcare staff stretched to the limit & suggest not holding this summer given the new highly contagious variant of . Not just elderly even youth badly affected

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  14. 4) And the travel restriction is not just for Bolton but also many other municipalities. Maybe too little too late. 😞

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  15. 3) this is part of the bigger nationwide surge in the UK driven mostly by . See detailed thread 🧵 for more details of the outbreaks… ⬇️

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  16. 2) look how much cases in Bolton has increased… 113% in one week. But many other places too. Bolton just the largest so far.

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  17. Residents in the epicenter of UK’s variant outbreak, in Bolton 🇬🇧, told not leave the city unless it is essential, under new guidelines  published. Hospitalization soaring along with cases. 90% of all in Bolton is the worrisome . 🧵

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  18. 11) Caring for critically ill patients in the face of infection risk has taken a serious toll on staff, said Satsuki Nakayama, the head of the nursing department at OMPUH. "I've got some intensive care unit (ICU) staff saying they have reached a breaking point”

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  19. 10) Minami said a supplier recently told him that stocks of propofol, a key drug used to sedate intubated patients, are running very low, while Tohda's hospital is running short of the ventilators vital for severely ill COVID-19 patients.

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  20. 9) "In the Olympics, 70,000 or 80,000 athletes and the people will come to this country from around the world. This may be a trigger for another disaster in the summer."

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  21. 8) "The Olympics should be stopped, because we already have failed to stop the flow of new variants from England, and next might be an inflow of Indian variants," said Akira Takasu, the head of emergency medicine at OMPUH.

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