The problem is, it's very hard to know about the denominators here Are people being ventilated now comparable to those who were ventilated previously? Complexhttps://twitter.com/terrence_mccoy/status/1379790001848877063?s=20 …
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The problem is, it's very hard to know about the denominators here Are people being ventilated now comparable to those who were ventilated previously? Complexhttps://twitter.com/terrence_mccoy/status/1379790001848877063?s=20 …
It's all looking pretty rough for Brazil, and very bad about this variant, but it's also worth being careful when we discuss how bad things are
There are interesting comparisons between P1 and B117 in Italy this thread. B117 seems more transmissible (in Italy) but remember there is good data to suggest B117 is really quite nasty.https://twitter.com/GiGuR0/status/1379848045433606168?s=20 …
So it's certainly possible that many of the factors attributed to P1 could have occurred with B117 or some other variant. Overwhelmed ICUs, poor oxygen supply, poor NPIs. But here is ICU occupancy in Barranquilo which had a reported 2020 attack rate of 55% https://www.ins.gov.co/estudio-nacional-de-seroprevalencia/reporte.html …pic.twitter.com/YIc26iEbUI
Do we know how the vaccines fair against it?
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