Held my patient’s hand as he passed away last night. He said: “This is all my fault. I should have just gotten the damn shot. Now I’ll never see my family again.” The heaps of people that die due to not being vaccinated CAN’T tell you how much they regret it…

Listening to a pediatric hospitalist describe his recent week. 18 kids admitted for COVID. 17 eligible for vaccines, none of them vaccinated, none of their siblings or parents were vaccinated. This is the same trend that every peds hospitalist I have talked to experienced.

There is no way that someone who had set foot in a hospital in recent weeks would be talking about loosening COVID restrictions

The U.S. Olympic team's top doctor says all of the 200-plus athletes heading to Beijing for the Winter Games next month are fully vaccinated, and not a single one asked for a medical exemption. Well done! #GetVaccinated #WearAMask startribune.com/100-chief-medi…

Very similar pattern for age 50-64 44-fold reduction of hospitalization for vaccination Booster benefit consistent,at every time point, but gradient vs 2-shot less pronounced than age 65+

Eric Topol I have not admitted any patient for COVID who was fully vaccinated and boosted for over a month now. Additionally, most partially vaccinated or previously recovered patient have done well except those at risk. The unvaccinated, esp. the elderly, made up most admitted patients

The main thing masks infringe is the ability of the virus to infect other people.

Feeling the surge in my #PedsICU. 60% of my census are kids admitted with COVID or MIS-C. All unvaccinated. Several intubated, some previously healthy. Parents crying. Spent 3 hrs intubating and placing lines last night. I’m so so tired. And we havnt even peaked yet in Oregon.

An utter indictment of England's decision to *not* vaccinate ALL 5 to 11 year olds. Infections among 5-9 year olds is going through the roof, even tho' they've only been in school for a few weeks. A reminder: UK MHRA approved pfizer/BioNTech vaccine for 5-11yos in Dec 2021.

Tom Jackman @Jul101Vie BC Centre for Disease Control I don’t agree. Your immune system is not a muscle. You don’t lose it if you don’t use it (from being in isolation). Proof? Astronauts. Antarctic overwintering Teams. Submarine crews. None show immune deficiency or immune paralysis after coming out of isolation.

Latest on Moderna booster with omicron, clearly of great benefit. Misinfo from conservative news outlets claim vaccines do nothing vs infection and therefore mandates have no scientific basis. Not true, vaccines do reduce infection as well as disease. nejm.org/doi/full/10.10…

I was then asked why we should act if excess deaths are down? I don't think the aim of public health policy should be to replace one type of death with another! 1500-1800 COVID-19 deaths/wk are not acceptable when there are simple measures that could prevent these.

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A MOTHERS STORY. Today, I want to tell the world how our president and his corrupt followers are lying about the white genocide in South Africa!! My son, Braam Blignaut was a victim of a farm attack! A father of 4 boys who went to work each day to provide for his family! He

Just humans being bros 1.

President Ramaphosa: “there are no killings of farmers … in South Africa” How much proof do you need Cyril Ramaphosa 🇿🇦 ?