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#COVID19vaccine #Quebec math update, Aug 1st:
- 57k doses yesterday.
- 7-day rolling average falls to 67k.
- We close out #July with 11.3M cumulative doses given.
- 73.6% with at least 1 dose, and 57.9% fully vaccinated.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1go5iieM0DmzpeuFd16zTUzVAIus4lT7R/view?usp=sharing
Alberta goes full on 1984 in #covid19 denialism: "We were always at war with Eastasia".
L'Alberta a demandé d'enlever toutes les affiches portant sur la COVID. En particulier, celles portant sur la distanciation et le port du masque alors que Delta s'impose.
Le déni comme stratégie de santé publique, vous avez déjà vu cela? https://twitter.com/jvipondmd/status/1421482940865736704
"Her husband said Sonya was previously vaccinated, and believes she was exposed to the virus during the #StanleyCup championship celebrations."
Still think it's worth it to have pro sports in a pandemic?
TAMPA, Fla. - Sonya Bryson-Kirksey, the Tampa Bay Lightning’s national anthem singer for home games, has been moved to the intensive care unit, several days after being hospitalized for COVID-19 👇🏼
https://www.fox13news.com/news/lightning-national-anthem-singer-moved-to-icu-after-being-hospitalized-with-covid-19-husband-says
Implications of fully vaccinated still being able to transmit #DeltaVariant:
- Surrounding #HighRiskCOVID people with fully vaccinated people won't protect them.
- #VaccinePassports allowing fully vaccinated people to skip quarantine when travelling are a bad idea.
- #WearAMask
The CDC now says new data appears to show that vaccinated people who contract COVID can spread the Delta variant just as easily as unvaccinated.
https://www.ksdk.com/article/news/health/coronavirus/delta-variant-covid-spread/285-a0b8b8b2-b8fe-44f8-abe1-6a3c3020546b
The @CDCgov advises #immunocompromised people to mask, distance and avoid indoor spaces "until further notice".
But without a plan for what else they can try, "until further notice" is basically the same as "forever".
https://www.cnn.com/2021/07/16/health/cdc-warning-covid-19-vaccine-immunocompromised/index.html
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