Holy cow: 10% of the village of Corzano š®š¹ has the #B117 variantā10% of all residents! 60% of cases are kids from kindergarten and primary school, other 40% are their parents, says the mayor. Schools in the village now closed. ansa.it/amp/lombardia/notiziā¦
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2) Israel is seeing a sharp rise in the number of children and teens getting infected with coronavirus, according to š®š± Health Ministry.
āThis is something we did not witness in previous waves of coronavirus,ā Health Minister Yuli Edelstein said.#COVID19
m.jpost.com/health-science/wā¦
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3) forgot to mention, the mayor of the village in Italy š®š¹ is also #COVID19 positive.
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4) Schools are closed in this Italian village until Feb 8th. But it might be extended because of the new outbreak. tg24.sky.it/milano/2021/02/0ā¦
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5) More on pediatric transmission. There is a phase shift that happens if cases are no longer low in a community.
This š§µ makes the clear case that school transmission of #COVID19 does occur, and increases when cases levels riseāwhich then further drives school transmission. Itās a deep analytical thread but thatās the Bottomline. Schools are not impervious to transmission.
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6) this is the most detailed explanation of school transmission. Current data is biased because children are rarely / less frequently tested.
I've been a hearing a lot about how children are more infectious *now* & contribute to transmission because of the B117 variant, but didn't before. This is a myth. Children & schools have always played an important role in transmission. Time to lay this to rest. Thread.
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7) Here is the other major looming problem in this pandemic.... its diverging into two. And the new strain will likely launch a new surge.
ā ļøTWO DIFFERENT #COVID19 PANDEMICSāMany think with cases dropping that pandemic is nearly over. But truth is, there are now 2 different #SARSCoV2 pandemics divergingāold strain is waning, while the more contagious #B117 strain is dominating. We will be soon slammed very hard. š§µ
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8) We need to call a spade a spade. Iām the biggest supporter of the hardworking scientists at the CDC... but something isnāt making sense with indoor cafeteria unmasked school lunches....
Iām trying hard to square this:
šCDC this weekend: not really safe to have a #SuperBowl party with people outside your home.
šAlso CDC: itās safe for teachers to teach kids/teens, in person, indoors, 5 days/week.
š¤...and let loud kids eat at lunch indoors unmasked? #COVID19
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9) we are back to SQUARE ONE if we donāt stop these damn variants with tricky mutations that evade even our previous antibodies. Because look at what fresh hell we discovered this week... Fauci is even worried.
Worrisome discoveryāAmong placebo group for Novavaxās vaccine in South Africašæš¦: people with prior #COVID19 infections appeared just as likely to get sick as people without prior infectionsāmeans past infection wasnāt fully protective for #B1351 variant.š§µ
washingtonpost.com/health/20ā¦
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10) latest U.K. data on infection positivity in kids.... much higher relatively to adults.
WorrisomeāUK š¬š§ data shows suddenly higher #COVID19 positivity % in England š“ó §ó ¢ó „ó ®ó §ó æ (where #B117 highly dominant) in children ages 5-9, in both boys and girls, sustained each week over 4 consecutive weeks. Ages 0-4 positivity also increasing. Israel š®š± has also seen kids case trend.
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11) the Italian village outbreak of 60% of cases in kids matches this new outbreak in kindergartners in another Austrian town. Unknown variant yet.
Sudden Kindergarten outbreakāa once small #COVID19 outbreak in an Austrianš¦š¹ kindergarten exploded from 10 cases Monday to suddenly *32 cases* by Wedā20 cases in kids, 12 adults & caregivers.
(Article in Germanātranslation below). HT @hiems_mollis.
noen.at/melk/coronavirus-kinā¦
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12) Now there is a full blown national outbreak in kids in Italy š®š¹ from #B117. See detailed thread š§µ below.
KIDS EPIDEMIC in Italy š®š¹ā#B117 variant among Italy's infected schoolchildren and is helping to fuel a ārobustā uptick in the curve of #COVID19āwith higher transmission rates "among the youngest age groupā of the population.
finance.yahoo.com/news/virusā¦
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