Some thoughts on Omicron and COVID19 in the last week or so

  Some recent Tweets and threads from me on Omicron and related topicsI am dismayed by the people, including leaders, who are treating#Omicron as " mild "& therefore not a big deal ignoring the unvaccinated& unboosted, long covid, at risk groups and that it is not " mild " for everyone, just on average has less severe effects to the vaccinated— Jonathan Eisen (@phylogenomics)January 5, 2022If you are citing something written by Monica Gandhi on COVID please read this and other threads pointing out just how many times she has been wrong wrong wrong and wrong.https://t.co/XJcJ2kytlt— Jonathan Eisen (@phylogenomics)January 6, 2022Looking for guidance on how to wear / test / optimize the fit of KN95s and N95 masks.— Jonathan Eisen (@phylogenomics)January 6, 2022Honestly, disappointed in@Bob_Wachter calling this"new". We knew this>1 month ago.https://t.co/8UqtflU7WF— Jonathan Eisen (@phylogenomics)January 6, 2022Repeat after me.It is not the flu.It is not the common cold.It is not mild.It is not something to just let rip.It is something we can and should keep fighting.https://t.co/any0vRZWwr— Jonathan Eisen (@phylogenomics)December 31, 2021And the@ucdavis#COVID#s and positivity rates are going up up up up up up up.https://t.co/VsqgJYyw0CAnd remember, many people are away right now so, well, the#s when people return will likely be very much higherpic.twitter.com/x6cE3sKnbB— Jonathan Eisen (@phylogenomics)January 1, 2022 -------- This is f...
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