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Covid (@UCSF) Chronicles, Day 453

1/ I know everybody’s sick of playing 3-dimensional Covid chess. Sorry, but the Delta variant forces us back to the chess board. Ergo, this 🧵.
If you’re fully vaxxed, I wouldn’t be too worried, especially if you’re in a highly vaxxed region.

— Bob Wachter (@Bob_Wachter) June 13, 2021

Coronavirus infections are dropping where people are vaccinated, rising where they are not, Post analysis finds https://t.co/670wqxqoxh

— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) June 14, 2021

📍Outbreak even w/ 2 dose of mRNA vaccines—🇨🇦 hospital—16 patients & 6 healthcare staff #DeltaVariant positive. 6/16 patients & 5/6 HCWs had received 2 doses of #COVID19 vaccine; 7 patients & 1 healthcare worker had 1 dose. 1 patient now in ICU. #dontletuphttps://t.co/YlXEOED68O

— Eric Feigl-Ding (@DrEricDing) June 14, 2021

⚠️90-96% of all #COVID19 in 🇬🇧 caused by #DeltaVariant.🧵

📍32% of all Delta cases visiting the hospital emergency room are at least 1 dose vaccinated

📍33% who are then hospitalized vaccinated

📍45% of all deaths got at least 1 shot—➡️ 29% got 2 shots.https://t.co/RViq5NiioQ pic.twitter.com/v2OYV2GM09

— Eric Feigl-Ding (@DrEricDing) June 14, 2021

Delta variant fears coming true—@WHO_Europe director says #DeltaVariant of #COVID19 is "poised to take hold"—#B16172 evades 1-dose vaccine & “shows increased transmissibility & some immune escape” & more severe. It is exponentially ⬆️ in 🇬🇧 & 🇺🇸 too.🧵https://t.co/E21M2Mqa5y

— Eric Feigl-Ding (@DrEricDing) June 14, 2021

If and when Covid-19 infections and hospitalizations rise among the unvaccinated, don't pin that on President Biden or Dr. Fauci. The vaccines are readily available, the cost is free, and the message is clear to get doubled vaxxed.

If people refuse and get sick, that's on them.

— George Takei (@GeorgeTakei) June 14, 2021

I'm concerned about the Delta variant

Why?

Most contagious variant yet

Wreaked havoc in India

Spiking cases in UK

Growing rapidly in the US

So what do we do?

Get vaccinated

Help an unvaccinated friend get the shot

High vaccination rates is how we fight the Delta variant

— Ashish K. Jha, MD, MPH (@ashishkjha) June 14, 2021

The United States had administered 309,322,545 doses of COVID vaccines, according to the CDC.

— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) June 14, 2021

The two key facts about the Delta variant:

1. It seems to be both more contagious and more severe than other versions of the virus.

2. Vaccines work extremely well against it, virtually eliminating death. Check out the recent trends in Britain:https://t.co/LJJtxI1Fyh pic.twitter.com/DvfdiOs9r2

— David Leonhardt (@DLeonhardt) June 14, 2021

Eric Clapton says the Covid vaccine has impaired his guitar playing. Just for the record, he has already said nerve damage has impaired his guitar playing. Next he’ll be saying it was fear of the vaccine that made him racist in 1976. https://t.co/R69VtbphQP

— Michael Hann (@MichaelAHann) June 14, 2021