5) Filtration of air is likely also key. MERV13 graded higher is the best. I was shopping for HVAC filters and most are not up to par—except for the highest. The 3M 2200 filtration level or higher is equivalent to MERV13 though. But most air filters way below this.

Consensus of 3 leading science, medical journals with *unprecedented* editorials; lies, anti-science, "dangerously incompetent" 1. Science Magazine science.sciencemag.org/content/sci/36… 2. The Lancet thelancet.com/action/showPdf… 3. NEJM thelancet.com/action/showPdf…

If we want get past COVID, it's not about masks or physical distancing or testing or contact tracing. It's about all of them.

WHO’s leader is warning against growing fixation on “herd immunity” to stop Covid. “Never in the history of public health has herd immunity been used as a strategy for responding to an outbreak,” Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told reporters Monday. “It’s scientifically and ethically problematic.”

Relying on any single safety measure won't work. Layering our approach is necessary to reduce risk of infection, prevent illness and death, and accelerate economic recovery.

Very happy that the new administration is getting g right on this to save lives !

Progression to "uncontrolled spread" now in 48 states. It'll be 50 shortly. A country truly out of control, controlled by people The White House who have no idea what they are doing.

Donald Trump's stunning abdication of leadership comes as coronavirus pandemic worsens - ⁦CNN Politics⁩ The leadership vacuum at this point in the pandemic is unconscionable. Where is ⁦CDC⁩ when we need it most? cnn.com/2020/11/12/pol…

I thought Covid would disappear after the election ? 🤪NOT !!!!

The #COVID19 trend in Georgia is going from worsening to alarming. Hospital capacity isn't an issue yet, but a giant leap in infections points in that direction. #gapol apnews.com/article/public…

COVID-19 patients are flooding Georgia's hospitals. The state was warned to step up mitigation to preserve the health care system. It didn't. All of this was predicted. It was preventable. ajc.com/news/coronavir…

Bloomberg counted up the shots administered in 43 countries and 59 U.S. states and territories bloomberg.com/graphics/covid… via Bloomberg Graphics. Close to 10 million #CovidVaccine have been administered in the US. GA has given 184K or 1.73 per 100 people (very low!).

The overwhelming, multi-dimensional evidence for masks vs #SARSCoV2, a call for a mask mandate, best practices including when double masking would help😷😷 cell.com/med/pdf/S2666-… Med by Cell Press by Monica Gandhi MD, MPH Linsey Marr https://www.threads.net/@linseycmarr nytimes.com/2021/01/12/hea… by Katherine J. Wu, Ph.D.

Vaccine reserve was already exhausted when Trump administration vowed to release it. I don’t know about you but I am exhausted with the continuing fumbling of the #COVID19 response by the Federal Government. washingtonpost.com/health/2021/01…

At the heart of the failed US response to the pandemic was the lack of Federal leadership from the President who sidelined of science and mocked public health advice. via The New York Times nytimes.com/2021/01/17/us/…

How the new glucose monitor may work on the Apple watch according to a recent patent filing. Android has similar tech also coming in 2021. This could be a game changer. appleinsider.com/articles/18/08… Dr. Jason Fung gary taubes Robert Lustig MD

COVID19 cases are now going up in the US and going up in 25 States. While vaccinations are rapidly expanding we still have a way to go to reach herd immunity and epidemic control. Need to not give up in NPIs.

I’m w Joseph Allen on this one... how in the heck is this still front page news and headlines a full 15 months into this pandemic.

Hearing about COVID breakthru infections but seeing today that vaccines are still REALLY good against Delta, it's easy to think "if it's so good, why are breakthrus happening?" Here's how I talk to patients about "how does someone get an infection." I call it "Virus Balls🦠."🧵⬇️

Such an important thread!👇 Keep yourself and others safe!