2) Brazil is becoming an enormous Manaus" - @MiguelNicolelis
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3) One group puts
#P1 at an astoundingly high 2x more transmissibility. Experiences from Manaus - the Amazonian city hit hard by the P.1 variant - suggest it could be up to twice as transmissible as earlier Covid there, the first detailed study suggests.https://www.bbc.com/news/amp/health-56252779 …Afficher cette discussion -
4) They also put the chance of
#COVID19 reinfection via#P1 at between 25% and 60%https://github.com/CADDE-CENTRE/Novel-SARS-CoV-2-P1-Lineage-in-Brazil/blob/main/manuscript/FINAL_P1_MANUSCRIPT_25-02-2021_combined.pdf …Afficher cette discussion -
5) Another group,
@obscovid19br, is premiering results soon showing 2.5x: “In our model, which uses data on hospitalizations from Manaus,#P1 is **2.5x more transmissible** than the wild-type B lineage,” says@bollemdb.Afficher cette discussion -
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7) Dr
@bollemdb and I call for world leaders to help Brazil
urgently now.
This will be the “worse humanitarian crisis the world has seen in this pandemic” if we don’t act now!https://twitter.com/bollemdb/status/1367111749078499337 …Afficher cette discussion -
8) I’ve been trying to warn the world about Brazil
for months. Manaus epidemic was a canary in coal mine. But we didn’t listen to their cries.https://twitter.com/DrEricDing/status/1350039932090376193 …Afficher cette discussion -
9) Folks—I am **not** exaggerating how serious it is in Brazil. Those of us in the English-speaking world have a bias towards English speaking country news. But news from
is extremely sobering. @agencia_fiocruz is very reputable: their@fiocruz warning.https://agencia.fiocruz.br/covid-19-nota-tecnica-aponta-agravamento-da-pandemia …Afficher cette discussion -
10) “In a special edition, the Bulletin of the Covid-19 Fiocruz Observatory publishes a technical note with a warning that, for the first time since the beginning of the pandemic, there is simultaneous worsening of several indicators throughout the country...”
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11) “such as the increase in the number of cases and deaths, the maintenance of high levels of incidence of
#SARSCov2, the high positivity of tests and the burden of hospitals. At the moment, 19 units of
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12) “The alarming scenario, according to the analysis, represents only the tip of the iceberg of a level of intense transmission in the country. Therefore, the researchers believe that it is necessary to adopt more stringent non-pharmacological measures.”
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13) “In view of this situation, the researchers at Covid-19 Fiocruz Observatory highlight the need to adopt stricter measures to restrict circulation and non-essential activities, according to the epidemiological situation and care capacity of each region”
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14) In the US, there are 10 reported
#P1 variant cases so far. Where are half of all P1 in US?
Florida.
Where is also #B117 surging fastest?
Florida.pic.twitter.com/jyAqt3Hmga
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15) Let us learn from Manaus. Let’s not chase natural infection herd. Let’s not repeat it. https://www.bmj.com/content/372/bmj.n394 …pic.twitter.com/Rqbu1ajowS
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16) Brazil crisis is accelerating it all parts of the country — even the wealthiest... look at this hospitalization and mortality curve!!$https://twitter.com/drericding/status/1368148998985560071 …
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17) It is cataclysmically bad in Brazil right now...https://twitter.com/drericding/status/1368135341916454914 …
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