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    1. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 21 Apr 2021

      zeynep tufekci Retweeted Dr Gabriel Scally

      The situation in India is dire and all variants associated with a surge need attention. But this man is 88 years-old, diabetic, two prior heart surgeries, and still had only mild symptoms (mild fever was reported) and is hospitalized out of caution likely because he is former PM.https://twitter.com/GabrielScally/status/1384452978086596616 …

      zeynep tufekci added,

      Dr Gabriel Scally @GabrielScally
      Concern about the variant first identified in India can only grow after a former Indian PM is admitted to hospital with COVID even though he has had two doses of vaccine. https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/former-pm-manmohan-singh-tests-covid-19-positive-admitted-to-aiims/articleshow/82146482.cms …
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    2. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 21 Apr 2021

      The surge in India looks terrifying and reports are horrific. The hospital system may collapse, and India needs immediate support in all ways we can. This is unchecked exponential growth. The potential variant contribution (increased transmissibility?) doesn't change the basics.pic.twitter.com/UehtCPAIMs

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    3. Joseph‏ @ChaosOS_59 21 Apr 2021
      Replying to @zeynep

      Why now? India had all the reasons before for massive COVID outbreak but was a mystery in that it didn't. Why so late?

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    4. Flaky Puff  💉 💉‏ @DecadentPuff 21 Apr 2021
      Replying to @ChaosOS_59 @zeynep

      India already registered 50%-60% positivity for antibodies in sero-prevalence surveys. The better question is why so many *hospitalizations and severe cases* now. Which is hard to answer in a comforting fashion

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      zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 21 Apr 2021
      Replying to @DecadentPuff @ChaosOS_59

      Those surveys aren't reliable, neither were the ones out of Manaus, imo. Random serosurveys were not done.

      7:06 AM - 21 Apr 2021
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        1. Cam Simpson  🥼 🧪 🧬 💊‏ @RoadMeetsFeet 21 Apr 2021
          Replying to @zeynep @DecadentPuff @ChaosOS_59

          ⬆️⬆️⬆️ India was the country I was most worried about last year. I felt supposition that BCG immunity would help them was woefully misplaced and based on faulty data. Awful watching this play out.

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        1. Flaky Puff  💉 💉‏ @DecadentPuff 21 Apr 2021
          Replying to @zeynep @ChaosOS_59

          I defer to you ofc but even accounting for bias in sampling, I would naively have expected more immunity. Like even simple extrapolations from death data show a detection rate of 3.6%!! Maybe 50% is too high an estimate but how much lower can it be? 40%? 30%?

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