COVID-19 updates for Monday, January 4

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Helen Branswell @HelenBranswell

This was unsettling to report & write. On the one hand, there are public health needs — "don't let the perfect be the enemy of the good." On the other, some serious people find the British #Covid19 vaccination plan cause for serious concern. Britain gambles on Covid-19 vaccines, upping the stakes for the rest of usChanges to the ways the vaccines are used could help vaccinate more people — or foster vaccine-resistant forms of the virus.statnews.com

January 4th 2021

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Eric Topol @EricTopol

In case you were looking for a map of the spike protein mutations for B.1.1.7 ("UK variant"), the N501Y (South Africa, ZA variant) and others associated with human-to -animal transmission virological.org/t/mutations-ar… via @edwardcholmes

January 3rd 2021

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Katie Hafner @katiehafner

Thought-provoking @washingtonpost op-ed by @Bob_Wachter & @ashishkjha on delaying 2nd dose of #CovidVaccine. Important: 21/28 days after 1st shot, both @pfizer & @moderna_tx are 80% to 90% effective, much better than many people think #VaccineStrategy Opinion | It’s time to consider delaying the second dose of coronavirus vaccineIn a perfect world, everyone would get two shots. But our situation is far from perfect.washingtonpost.com

January 3rd 2021

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André Picard @picardonhealth

Now that the Swedish🇸🇪 model has failed, it's time to ask who was pushing it, and why, by @PeterKGeoghegan theguardian.com/commentisfree/… via @guardian #COVID19 #GlobalHealthNow the Swedish model has failed, it’s time to ask who was pushing it | Peter GeogheganA light-touch approach to Covid-19 doesn’t work, but that didn’t stop pundits from advocating it for the UK, says openDemocracy’s Peter Geoghegantheguardian.com

January 3rd 2021

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Eric Feigl-Ding @DrEricDing

Airborne! OUTBREAK AT EMERGENCY DEPT—43 staffers infected at Kaiser ED in San Jose. All 43 #COVID19 positive in past week after party where one wore an air-powered costume and was asymptomatic. “Air-powered costumes will “obviously” no longer be allowed". sfchronicle.com/bayarea/articl…

January 3rd 2021

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