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    1. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 1 Jun 2021

      Remember the freak out over Seychelles because, despite widespread vaccination with AstraZeneca and Sinopharm, it had an increase cases (though mostly among the unvaccinated)? They had 14 deaths total for all of May, as far as I know none among the vaccinated. Vaccines work.pic.twitter.com/wVerUkmo1c

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    2. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 3 Jun 2021

      zeynep tufekci Retweeted Meaghan Kall

      Delta (formerly B.1.617.2) appears to be more severe in addition to more transmissible.😢Terrible news for the unvaccinated and for countries without prior big outbreaks or mass vaccination. We must do everything we can—immediately—to speed up vaccination.https://twitter.com/kallmemeg/status/1400489338425810951 …

      zeynep tufekci added,

      Meaghan Kall @kallmemeg
      This is due to 2 new analyses on severity, one from England and one from Scotland. They both found the same: Increased severity of Delta (B.1.617.2) - Risk of A&E attendance (Hazard Ratio 1.67) - Risk of hospital admission (HR 2.61 England, 2.39 Scotland ) pic.twitter.com/LQlnjpo8d3
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    3. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 3 Jun 2021

      zeynep tufekci Retweeted Paul Sax

      It's now more plausible that, without an immediate and massive campaign to increase vaccine supply and speed up distribution, we'll end up with more deaths from COVID after we had vaccines that could prevent them. A repeat of sorts of the AIDS catastrophe.https://twitter.com/PaulSaxMD/status/1398418667935879171 …

      zeynep tufekci added,

      Paul SaxVerified account @PaulSaxMD
      The analogy here with HIV by @zeynep is quite compelling -- specifically that most HIV-related deaths occurred *after* we had effective ART. The same might be true about Covid and effective vaccines, unless distribution rapidly improves. https://www.theinsight.org/p/we-need-to-get-real-about-how-the?token=eyJ1c2VyX2lkIjoxOTY2MTIxLCJwb3N0X2lkIjozNjk1MzQ5OCwiXyI6ImlLeHJaIiwiaWF0IjoxNjIyMjQzNzU1LCJleHAiOjE2MjIyNDczNTUsImlzcyI6InB1Yi0xMTg0Iiwic3ViIjoicG9zdC1yZWFjdGlvbiJ9.S1IzDV35qF9HgtPhsTI31d11ze0mxQ-TCQSk95142Vc …
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    4. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 3 Jun 2021

      The White House just announced a donation of money and vaccine sharing with COVAX, the global program headed by WHO. That's great but WE NEED MORE VACCINES and thus we need to work to increase the supply ASAP. Money can't buy vaccines which don't exist. https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2021/06/03/statement-by-president-joe-biden-on-global-vaccine-distribution/ …pic.twitter.com/Dtej7WWcIQ

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    5. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 9 Jun 2021

      zeynep tufekci Retweeted Noah Weiland

      Let me be honest. The sentiment is nice, but there is little chance that billions will be able to avoid getting infected FOR EVEN ANOTHER YEAR, let alone two, while waiting for vaccines. Increasing the supply NOW is the key. Otherwise, the pandemic will end, but with more deaths.https://twitter.com/noahweiland/status/1402685889835307014 …

      zeynep tufekci added,

      Noah WeilandVerified account @noahweiland
      The Biden administration plans to send 500 million doses of Pfizer's coronavirus vaccine to other countries over the next two years w/ @SharonLNYT @SherylNYT https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/09/us/politics/biden-global-vaccine-plan.html …
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    6. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 9 Jun 2021

      Extra money to incentivize supply ramp up is fine but I’m not sure that incentive is lacking. What we need is for vaccine production capable countries to come together and decide *that facility* there is now going to produce *this* vaccine, conversion work starting 7am tomorrow.

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    7. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 9 Jun 2021

      Without a concrete plan on exactly *how* that supply will increase asap, all we have is thoughts and prayers and some cash, nice but not the real bottleneck. Patent waivers are fine, but nowhere near enough. No croissant recipe will allow me to mass produce croissants tomorrow.

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    8. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 9 Jun 2021

      zeynep tufekci Retweeted ~ esperanza ~

      Take over whatever capacity we can, convert what we can, build what we can. More money at the problem is fine but without the first part, it can’t solve the supply problem quickly which is what we need.https://twitter.com/TeachEsp/status/1402692048415649792 …

      zeynep tufekci added,

      ~ esperanza ~ @TeachEsp
      Replying to @zeynep @ParkerMolloy
      They already committed to waiving the patents and sent a ton of materials/aid to other countries to increase development of vaccines. What else can they realistically do for other sovereign countries? https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2021/05/05/biden-waives-vaccine-patents/ …
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    9. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 9 Jun 2021

      zeynep tufekci Retweeted James E. Baldwin

      Yes. That’s the idea. Vaccine production is not easy and cannot be done by just turning over patents. Extra money at the problem is great but we need an active mobilization which means leadership and yes, governments cutting those deals to convert and add facilities. Now.https://twitter.com/james_e_baldwin/status/1402694624494424065 …

      zeynep tufekci added,

      James E. Baldwin @james_e_baldwin
      Replying to @TeachEsp @zeynep @ParkerMolloy
      Obviously it's not a direct analogy, but during WW2 the USA requisitioned much of its private manufacturing manufacturing capacity to produce weapons and vehicles for Britain and the USSR. I'm theory there's way more they could do
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      zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 12 Jun 2021
      Replying to @akk5d

      Yeah, but the really, really young age pyramid plus the rural nature.. I don't know.

      3:13 PM - 12 Jun 2021
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        1. Vanessa Lui‏ @vzlui 12 Jun 2021
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          Vanessa Lui Retweeted Murad Banaji

          It is going to take time to figure out what happened but this is something to keep an eye onhttps://twitter.com/muradbanaji/status/1403670994833887236 …

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          Murad Banaji @muradbanaji
          Mumbai's COVID-19 data is raising some questions. Cases and deaths have continued to fall. So has test positivity which is below 5%. 'R' (based on cases) is at around 0.95. But one worrying trend stands out: what seems like a rising fatality rate... (1/6) pic.twitter.com/kiOJPrVeUx
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