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  1. 41 minutes ago

    If we don’t vaccinate the world, we’re in danger of even more variants emerging.

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    20 hours ago

    How do we adapt to Covid-19 being in our lives long term? Great article from 👇

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    18 hours ago

    Vaccine inequity will not help us overcome the pandemic. Rich countries must share the vaccines they pledged today, not tomorrow or next month.

    There are still 9 countries where less than 1 in 100 people have received their first jab. Next to this text is an image of a woman receiving a covid vaccine.
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  4. 16 hours ago

    🦠 Are new variants more dangerous than the original virus? 💊 Do they affect current medicines and vaccines? 🤔 Should we be worried? answers your top questions about variants ⬇️

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  5. 18 hours ago

    Vaccine inequity will not help us overcome the pandemic. Rich countries must share the vaccines they pledged today, not tomorrow or next month.

    There are still 9 countries where less than 1 in 100 people have received their first jab. Next to this text is an image of a woman receiving a covid vaccine.
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    21 hours ago

    The Covid pandemic has cost the US $16 trillion. We must invest in public health—the costs of preparedness are a tiny fraction of the price of disaster.

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    21 hours ago

    A tragedy, with no sign of fatalities letting up, not getting enough attention or help from other countries Indonesia, the 4th largest population in the world, has been devastated by the Delta variant, with only 8% of its population fully vaccinated

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    Aug 2

    The worlds long term plan to managing Covid-19 in the future must include: 🌍Monitor the virus through global genomic surveillance 💉Invest in vaccine and treatments 🫂 Ensure everyone has access to them 🤝Share and coordinate resources

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  9. 24 hours ago

    will be with us for a long time – it's an endemic disease. So what does this mean? And can we stop even more outbreaks? ⬇️

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    Jul 30

    Vaccinated people are far far far less likely to spread the virus than unvaccinated people Like way less likely A lot less Pretty clear from the data we have so far That's my Friday thought

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    Jul 30

    We are a long way off from 's global vaccine targets, says . "So far, just over half of countries have fully vaccinated 10% of their population, less than a quarter of countries have vaccinated 40%, and only 3 countries have vaccinated 70%."

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  12. Jul 30

    The deadly Delta variant is spreading with devastating consequences. The effects of vaccine nationalism are clear.

    "On average, in five of ’s six regions infections have increased by 80%, or nearly doubled over the past four weeks”, says . “In Africa deaths have increased by 80% over the same period. Much of this increase is being driven by the highly transmissible Delta variant"
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  13. Jul 30

    The Delta variant appears to be the most deadly so far. Details in 🧵⤵️ from . Rich countries need to share vaccines urgently to 📉 cut transmission 👩‍⚕️ protect healthcare systems 🦠 prevent even more deadly variants from emerging

    Here is some of the data that was looked at and published by to make the recommendations to re-implement earlier this week Note that the is MORE transmissible than - MERS & SARS - Ebola - Seasonal Flu and the Flu of 1918 - Smallpox 1/
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  14. Jul 30

    "Countries with the greatest stocks of vaccines should not hoard them and push to cover their entire populations while other countries do without." The most vulnerable and healthcare workers should be vaccinated first, no matter where they live |

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  15. Jul 29

    Stressed and stretched systems need a steady supply and time to plan. “Expecting a system in a poor country to distribute 817,000 vaccines in a matter of a few weeks, in the context of all these other challenges, is setting them up to fail.” 💬

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  16. Jul 29

    ⌛️ Supplies to COVAX are scarce and intermittent. "Health systems are already stretched to the max, with health workers dying while trying to contain this third wave.” 💬 Last-minute giveaways mean those systems are put under even more pressure.

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  17. Jul 29

    "We have to make the vaccine available globally. And I’m afraid, to date, we’ve failed to do that." 💬 Less than 1 in 100 people in low-income countries have been vaccinated. This compares to 9 in 10 adults in the UK.

    In conversation with Sir Jeremy Farrar, Director of Wellcome Trust
    Sir Jeremy Farrar set out his reflections on the extraordinary last 18 months and put forward his ideas on how the world can be better prepared to tackle future threats.
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  18. Jul 29

    🗓 This isn’t happening quickly enough. The pandemic is raging on – even if restrictions in the UK are lifting. Rich countries – like the UK 🇬🇧 – need to share vaccines faster.

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  19. Jul 29

    Yesterday, announced it's started sharing the first 9 million of the 100 million doses it promised. Thoughts 😃 It’s always good to see pledges being turned into action. 😰 But we also have concerns 🧵 ⤵️

    Kenyan doctor Legson Chesimet handles bags of samples for testing of the COVID-19 coronavirus at the Aga Khan University Hospital in Nairobi, Kenya. He's dressed in personal protective equipment: a big mask, goggles, and wears a full-length gown with gloves. Alongside the image, the text reads 1 in 8 healthcare workers fully vaccinated worldwide.
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  20. Jul 29

    Explore more of the Wellcome Photography Prize 2021 images ⬇️ 

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