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Carlos del Rio The silence from Governor Brian P. Kemp is deafening. We can ignore #COVID19 but it isn't ignoring us.

Nearly 70% of India's total #coronavirus cases were reported in June alone. Here's how COVID-19 spread across India aje.io/k3vzh

1/9 Weekly epi roundup: US lagging in control, surging in cases. Only the Northeast is at all reassuring, and those gains are at risk. Reopening schools is getting much harder. Drawing from CDC Covid-View and covidexitstrategy.org

Dr. Fauci is right. Watch this. The US is not “doing great.” This is a new virus & all scientists & medical professionals are still learning daily. He is our country’s finest. I have known him for 30 yrs & trust him with my life. Science must drive our response.

Placing medical data collection outside of the leadership of public health experts could severely weaken the quality and availability of data, add an additional burden to already overwhelmed hospitals and add a new challenge to the U.S. pandemic response. idsociety.org/news--publicat…

We're likely to see 25,000 deaths from Covid in the next month. That's about 30 deaths each hour. 1 death every 2 minutes. It's crucial that we get on the same page across the US or we'll continue to face preventable disorganization, economic decay, and death.

“The biggest challenge to getting a Covid-19 vaccine into enough people’s arms won’t be scientific, technical or logistical; it will come from a lack of trust,” writes former CDC head Tom Frieden on.wsj.com/2XgNArU

Have you guys read the MMWR on the #COVID19 outbreak at the Georgia sleep away camp? At least 260 cases, attack rate in 6-10 y.o. 51%. Most only at camp for 2-3 days. Whoa! cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/6…

In other #COVID19 news, GC, chlamydia, and syphilis are down more than 50% in Q2 compared to 2019 in Fulton County. I hope this all isn't just decreased testing.

Estimated cost of recent epidemics/pandemics: SARS (2003) - $40 billion H5N1 (2006) - $40 billion H1N1 (2009) - $45 billion Ebola (2014) - $55 billion COVID-19 (2020) - $8.8 TRILLION Investing in public health preparedness is FAR cheaper than the economic impact of a pandemic.

Places around the world that used masks consistently have had half to two-thirds less Covid spread. Imagine how many deaths could have been prevented in the US if the federal government had focused on masks rather than hydroxychloroquine.

In the US, there's a new death from Covid every 2 minutes. Globally, there's a new death from Covid every 10-15 seconds. Each life is precious. We must do better.

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Covid is evolving in weeks and months the way flu evolves in years. Ominous.

Vaccines offer us legitimate hope for an end to the pandemic, but they're not a magic bullet. Together, we have to keep masking up, distancing, and improving our capacity to test, trace, and quarantine in the months ahead. nyti.ms/3pmwd4Y

The only way to save livelihoods is to save lives. wapo.st/3a5fL2U

See Covid-19 Risk in Your County and a Guide for Daily Life Near You nyti.ms/2NIwwcJ

Italy called syphilis ‘the French disease’, the French called it the ‘the Neapolitan disease’, the Russians called it the ‘Polish disease’, the Polish called it ‘the German disease’. B.1.1.7 is called the British variant outside of Britain, the Kent variant within. poor Kent.

The FDA’s Experience with Covid-19 Antibody Tests | NEJM nejm.org/doi/full/10.10… Serological testing for #SARSCoV2 is "all over the place" and the U.S. FDA is trying to establish some order. Still significant confusion in clinicians as how best to use it and how to interpret it.

New York is withholding vaccine eligibility from a majority of the more than 30,000 people incarcerated in the state’s prisons and jails. Since the start of the pandemic, more than 5,000 inmates have tested positive for the coronavirus, and 31 have died. nyer.cm/aWE45Vg