Interesting insights from @Discovery_SA COVID-19 data presented at the ActuarialSocietyofSA Convention: vaccines reduce the risk of death from COVID-19 to below that of the flu. #assa2021za

💡BEST. VIDEO. ALL. YEAR. Please share with friends how the mRNA vaccine works to fight the coronavirus. 📌NOTA BENE—The mRNA never interacts with your DNA 🧬. #vaccinate (Special thanks to the Vaccine Makers Project The Vaccine Makers Project of Children's Hospital). #COVID19

Holding back on critical information can have disastrous consequences. I don't have to remind you about the first few weeks of pandemic. I am proud of everyone in the scientific community in SA for upholding scientific integrity and transparency

These words should be heard far and wide….

VACCINE RISK Even if vaccines have not been around for long, the sample for the Covid vaccines is so yuuuuge that we can already see what risks they don't have & proceed by elimination. This is not a precise estimation but the framework to work with.

Happy to post some good news here in preprint- homologous boosting with JnJ vaccine in #HCWs in #RSA worked! medrxiv.org/cgi/content/sh…

Yes we can! #RSA In world first, S.Africa's Afrigen makes mRNA COVID vaccine using Moderna data | Reuters reuters.com/world/africa/w…

Dear SANEF The Star eNCA News24 🇿🇦 Newzroom Afrika SABC News Cape Times Cape Argus plse do not cover the SONA red carpet arrivals. It’s revolting & an insult to the suffering of the majority of South Africans. To my followers: plse retweet if u hold this view.

If you're gonna listen to any speech about #Ukraine 🇺🇦, let it be this one. The Kenya ambassador to the UNSC perfectly explains how people across Africa understand Ukraine, and what the Kremlin's acts of aggression mean in our post-colonial world.

Relieved and chuffed this paper is out! Sisonke was a labour of love and I pay tribute to (superwoman) Glenda, the whole Sisonke team as well as the sites, and our HCW colleagues. Effectiveness of the Ad26.COV2.S vaccine in health-care workers in Sou... sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

We should stop feeling sorry for poor people. We should be enraged by the poverty people are trapped in.

Gauteng has shown a rapid rise in new cases over recent days. The last two specimen dates are above 2000 cases. This could be a possible signal for the start of a new wave, which is supported by wastewater surveillance data from all districts in Gauteng.

South Africa on cusp of resurgence, after the high infection rate with Omicron- albeit massive decoupling of infections and severe disease materialising. Current resurgence likely due to sub-lineage of Omicron- BA4. What can we expect, now that >80% population have some immunity

SA COVID UPDATE 23 APRIL • Changes from yesterday highlighted • 7 day average of new cases As expected, hospital numbers have just started rising again with the increase in cases.

🤔 Now where have we seen this before... Great data as always from our NICD In case you've been living under a rock for the past 2y, now would be a splendid time to get vaccinated/boostered against #COVID19 especially if you fall into the 'vulnerable' population

To all that celebrate: May this Eid bring joy and happiness to your life and give you ample opportunities to succeed in the future. Love, light and only good things. Eid Mubarak!

Study hard what interests you the most in the most undisciplined, irreverent and original manner possible.

“Outlive by Peter Attia” A thorough, clear, and actionable manual for maximizing our immediate and long-term health, firmly grounded in data and real-life conditions. A very important read. Thank you Andrew D. Huberman, Ph.D. for this great recommendation. 10 lessons from the book 🧵

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