2) "People cannot feel safe just because they had the two doses. They still need to protect themselves," WHO official Dr. Mariangela Simao @mariangelasimao told reporters.
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WEAR MASK EVEN IF VACCINATED—Top @WHO leader urges masks against #DeltaVariant even if 2-dose vaxxed. "Vaccine alone won't stop community transmission. People need to use masks consistently, be in ventilated spaces—even if you're vaccinated" #COVID19
https://www.cnbc.com/2021/06/25/delta-who-urges-fully-vaccinated-people-to-continue-to-wear-masks-as-variant-spreads.html …pic.twitter.com/j5V6fbHdoi
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3) The WHO comments come as some countries, including the Us, have largely done away with masks and pandemic-related restrictions as the Covid vaccines have helped drive down the number of new infections and deaths.
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4) WHO officials said they are asking fully vaccinated people to continue to "play it safe" because a large portion of the world remains unvaccinated and highly contagious variants, like delta, are spreading in many countries, spurring outbreaks.
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5) I personally think is this very wise advice. The
#DeltaVariant is enormously contagious with even fleeting exposure of just seconds. This indicates clearly fast airborne transmission. Masks needed. Premium especially IMHO.https://twitter.com/DrEricDing/status/1406779894785351688 …
4:28“NO MORE THAN MERE SECONDS” of exposure in 10-60 centimeters where one man triggers several#DeltaVariant infections with brief “fleeting” contact. Thousands of shoppers at NSW
mass tested. Delta called “near & present danger”.
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6) Transmission happens with
#DeltaVariant without contact at all. Security camera footage supports it.pic.twitter.com/TzuDkxJUtu
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7) Yes the vaccine protects you ~80% for two doses. But it’s 60% for AZ and 83-88% for Pfizer, and 94.% against hospitalization. But that is not fool proof. And you can still keep transmitting it to rest of the population that is vulnerablepic.twitter.com/wEy0DoOjjZ
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8) 10% of hospitalizations last week in the Uk, which is heavily vaccinated, were still among 2 dose vaccinated. You need to keep masking, especially premium masks if possible.https://twitter.com/DrEricDing/status/1406421721717030916 …
10% of all#COVID19 hospitalizations last week were among fully vaccinated, despite >50% adults fully vaccinated in the UK—
this is the #DeltaVariant, which is 99% of all
cases. I’m a big 2-dose vaccine advocate—but we still need strong precaution.https://news.sky.com/story/covid-19-delta-variant-now-accounts-for-almost-all-of-uks-coronavirus-cases-says-public-health-england-12335566 … pic.twitter.com/0W1WHXagrQShow this threadShow this thread -
9) Why is
@WHO right on masks? 50%#DeltaVariant infections in Israel were in fully Pfizer vaccinated adults. 90% of COVID in
is #DeltaVariant Israel is most fully vaccinated country in the world at 60% 2-shot Pfizer.#Delta is just that aggressive https://www.wsj.com/amp/articles/vaccinated-people-account-for-half-of-new-covid-19-delta-cases-in-israeli-outbreak-11624624326 …Show this thread -
10) Israel is also forced to rescind its relaxation and reinstate its mask mandates. After just 1 week of relaxation of masks, they quickly back tracked. WHO is absolutely right on this. The CDC is totally wrong on letter 2 dose vaccinated people go without masks.https://twitter.com/DrEricDing/status/1408431925979668481 …
Let this sink in—the world’s most 2-dose fully vaccinated country, Israel, is forced to double-back and reinstate its indoor mask mandate. Why? Several fast outbreaks all triggered by the #DeltaVariant, which spread via “fleeting” exposure.#COVID19 https://www.timesofisrael.com/israel-to-reinstate-indoor-mask-mandate-next-week-as-covid-19-cases-keep-rising/ …Show this threadShow this thread -
11) expert warn areas with low vaccination are a “time bomb waiting to happen”.
#DeltaVariant rise will not end well for low vaccinations areas, whether in parts of US, Australia, or other under-vaccinated countries—unless we mask & ventilate.#COVID19pic.twitter.com/FLdtFeCicrShow this thread -
12) As Dr Fauci warned recently: “The problem you get into … is that a single dose only provides about ~30% effectiveness [against
#DeltaVariant]—so that is really an issue you gotta be careful”, as Fauci tells@nehakhanna_07.pic.twitter.com/jNtP7yLv7HShow this thread -
13) To all national and local leaders — please heed these advice by
@DrMikeRyan of the@WHO. He is the most respected outbreak preparedness person in my book.https://twitter.com/DrEricDing/status/1409026740295503873 …
1:19Dear governments dealing with#DeltaVariant: Please heed these words by@DrMikeRyan from March 2020. "Be fast, have no regrets. If you need to be right before you move, you will never win. the greatest error is not to move" & "speed trumps perfection".
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14) Please sign this mask reinstatement petition by
@endCOVID19 to the CDC:https://www.endcoronavirus.org/blog/cdc-universal-mask-mandates …Show this thread -
15) For those who wonder why we worry right now— those “fully” vaxxed with 1 shot J&J are not really fully vaxxed anymore, we don’t think.https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/booster-may-be-needed-jj-shot-delta-variant-spreads-some-experts-already-taking-2021-06-25/ …
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16) this is why we must still mask. 1 dose efficacy is just too low. Even 2 dose efficacy doesn’t prevent transmission airtight in any way. It’s not bulletproof for transmission.https://twitter.com/DrEricDing/status/1409277821713793027 …
So is 1 dose enough #DeltaVariant? **NO**—here is 1 dose efficacy via
for AstraZeneca against #DeltaVariant infection only 18%. For Pfizer, 1 dose efficacy still marginal at 30%. With 2 doses—it’s 60% AZ, 79% Pfizer. Two doses for the love of god. https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(21)01358-1/fulltext … pic.twitter.com/aLbJeuAvxfShow this threadShow this thread -
17) to be clear, I am the biggest vaccine supporter. But I’m a bigger supporter of ending the pandemic sooner with additional add on measures. UK with its high 47% 2-dose vaccine should be a lesson to all we need more mitigation like masks & ventilation.https://twitter.com/drericding/status/1409268839951523841?s=21 …
Getting nervous—The#DeltaVariant is not only causing 58.7% surge in cases, but also 72% increase in#COVID19 deaths and 10% increase in
hospitalizations—just in 1 week. UK has been 96-100% #DeltaVariant now for 2 weeks, cases
for a month. Masks?https://coronavirus.data.gov.uk/ pic.twitter.com/KGTil3ubpRShow this threadShow this thread -
18) this will unfortunately happen more and more with
#DeltaVariant unless we mask up until 2-dose vaccinations high enough above 80%.https://twitter.com/MelindaPerle/status/1409240593193111554 …Show this thread -
19) UPDATE— Los Angeles county, seeing 50%
#DeltaVariant, is now supporting the WHO position to recommend masks indoors even if you’re vaccinated. This reason is much based on the science of vaccines and the Delta variant. See latest thread below—https://twitter.com/DrEricDing/status/1409686190073126915 …
BREAKING—with #DeltaVariant now surging almost 50% of all#COVID19, Los Angeles County now "strongly recommends" everyone, **including folks fully vaccinated**, to wear masks indoors to curb the#Delta variant, especially when “you don’t know everyone’s vaccination status”. pic.twitter.com/BHFl3JrWakShow this threadShow this thread
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