Also: we need less worrying about vaccine efficacy against the variants, more about... vaccinating everyone as soon as possible. Herd immunity was already widely misunderstood, but we're underestimating how its politics have been complicated by, well, how good our vaccines are.
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We need to change our strategies and meet the variant surges with vaccination surges, and aggressively address vaccine equities. Many places like Michigan, where hospitalizations are increasing, are also greatly lagging in vaccinating black people. https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2021/03/fourth-surge-variant-vaccine/618463/ …pic.twitter.com/3hYS99Lbr0
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Honestly, in the US, we do have everything we need to meet likely our last big pandemic challenge. Every other piece of news we have is good, including the latest from the CDC on transmission (in the piece). But we do need to act now, and also globally where things are worse.
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aka didn't read the piece.https://twitter.com/bricey16/status/1377007307125624833 …
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I understand why we did an each-state-does-their-own-thing policy until now. But the administration should immediately implement a national strategy of geographic prioritizing. We already have federal sites in many states, and we have the vaccine supply. https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2021/03/fourth-surge-variant-vaccine/618463/ …pic.twitter.com/uYLiDAPoWd
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Yes. The current risk is that the efficacy of the vaccines—which is great news!—will overshadow the very real vulnerability of those who are left behind, and are now facing yet another surge exactly as we open things up.https://twitter.com/AlexJamesFitz/status/1377072149945548800 …
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Reminder there is a lot of good news! My article above talks about this study she's referencing. (I haven't seen the full clip, but this excerpt is a wee bit overstated. Data showed 90% reduction in *any* infection—thus transmission—which is excellent).https://twitter.com/therecount/status/1376950399232573442 …
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Another important consideration. One thing that can accompany a targeted vaccine surge is temporary OSHA guidelines protecting the yet unvaccinated (there are many!) essential workers. Surge+time limit+so much good news+money subsidy could make this work.https://twitter.com/wsbgnl/status/1377059878422765573 …
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I agree. I think we should have concrete and empirical benchmark-driven timelines. I write "a little bit more" because I'm not in charge (but I can see where things are going) but we should have the endgame spelled out for the public.https://twitter.com/natem42/status/1377275758972792834 …
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Bad news: B.1.1.7 is already established as more transmissible & increasing evidence that it's also more lethal. Good news: our vaccines work very well against it. Potential tragedy, outlined in my article: we don't respond quickly. https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2021/03/fourth-surge-variant-vaccine/618463/ … https://twitter.com/EricTopol/status/1377358072314654720 …pic.twitter.com/eqPi7cG3GN
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The truth is worse, much worse, but I don't know if I should disappoint you further.https://twitter.com/MoreeSpinne/status/1377373855329746946 …
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NYC council member asking for a vaccine surge. See thread.https://twitter.com/MarkLevineNYC/status/1377366003424759810 …
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More excellent, excellent news from vaccine trial follow-ups. (This one is for Pfizer). I'll repeat: I think we should spend much less time speculatively worrying about potential future variants, focus more on vaccinating folks now.https://twitter.com/sid8998/status/1377613261533814785 …
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