COVID-19 updates for Tuesday, January 5

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Dr. Stephen M. Hahn @SteveFDA

FDA has just released a statement from me and Dr. Peter Marks, our @FDACBER Director, regarding authorized dosing schedules for #COVID19 vaccines. FDA Statement on Following the Authorized Dosing Schedules for COVID-19 VaccinesFDA Statement on Following the Authorized Dosing Schedules for COVID-19 Vaccinesfda.gov

January 5th 2021

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Ashish K. Jha, MD, MPH @ashishkjha

I love this piece by @peterbachmd about getting data on delayed vs immediate 2nd dose of vaccines Favorite line: "We can debate it on social media or we can go get more data" Let's go get more data Hospitals: compare ‘first-shot’ vs. ‘set-aside’ vaccine approaches - STATHospitals in the U.S. should compare if the “first-shot” approach for a Covid-19 vaccine is as good as the “set-aside” approach.statnews.com

January 4th 2021

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Helen Branswell @HelenBranswell

1. Looking back, looking forward: Today marks a year since @statnews published its first story on what we now call #Covid19. My remarkable editor, @JasonUkman, turned the table on me in this look back to the start of our pandemic coverage. A Q&A with Helen Branswell, one year after Covid became a full-time jobSTAT’s infectious disease reporter reflects on her own experience of reporting on the pandemic one year after publication of her first story.statnews.com

January 4th 2021

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Soumya @skarlamangla

In a sign of how bad things have gotten in LA, ambulance crews have been advised to try to cut back on their use of oxygen for patients in an attempt to preserve it for those who absolutely need it. our latest Ambulance crews told not to transport patients who have little chance of survivalL.A. County health agency tells EMTs not to transport by ambulance those who have virtually no chance at recovery.latimes.com

January 4th 2021

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Adam Kucharski @AdamJKucharski

Some reflections on modelling, disease dynamics and possible directions of post-COVID research: How modelling Covid has changed the way we think about epidemics | Adam KucharrskiThe pandemic has created a tragic ‘natural experiment’ that could produce unexpected insights, says epidemiology academic Adam Kucharskitheguardian.com

January 4th 2021

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