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THREAD1/ Outbreak of #covid19 on an 18 hour flight in September flying from Dubai to New Zealand now officially published7 ultimately infected; 4 likely in flight, sitting within 4 rows

THREAD1/ Important article by @skarlamangla Some of the key factors with what went wrong in LAFundamentally, LA county was set up to do poorly- structural inequities (surprise) were almost a

THREAD1/ Read this. This is "global health"? This is our "solidarity"? This is extractive.Vaccines produced in South Africa & tested on South Africans are then deemed safe, & first given

Check out this new piece from Ed Yong in @TheAtlantic on pandemic year twoThanks to Ed for having me share some of my thoughts here alongside a number of colleagues

New #covid19 variant #B117 has led to vastly different responses around the globe.Japan, for instance, has stopped all foreigners from entering until the end of January— they had detected cases

1/ I signed on to this effort from @RapidTests & a number of colleagues to urge Congress to utilize rapid antigen testing in a smart way for epidemic control. #covid19https://www.rapidtests.org/expert-letter

Thread1/ Have been on wards for the past 3 weeks making it harder to keep up w/ other new developments. But today a patient told me that while we were

1/ So important to acknowledge that when we tweet or share recommendations for how to stay safe or what to do at an individual level, these have drastically different implications

THREAD1/ New paper out in @JAMAInternalMed on evaluating different types of MASKS and their filtration efficiency in indoor settings for #covid19 2/ They used a particle generator that put out

“Eating indoors at a restaurant is one of the riskiest things you can do in a pandemic,” she said. “Even if there is distancing, as this shows and other studies

1/ Been saying this for a while, but I’m going to say it again. Do not indoor dine right now. Order takeout. Tip restaurants. Support businesses. But I would not

1/ As the virus spreads, more people will "have no idea" where they got infected from. As this happens, we need to gain a better understanding of how & why

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