New Covid study hints at long-term loss of brain tissue, Dr. Scott Gottlieb warns

New Covid study hints at long-term loss of brain tissue, Dr. Scott Gottlieb warns “You could compensate for that over time, so the symptoms of that may go away, but you’re never going to regain the tissue if, in fact, it’s being destroyed as a result of the virus,” said Gottlieb, who serves on the board of Covid vaccine-maker Pfizer. Oh my.

Covid delta: WHO says variant is the fastest and fittest and will 'pick off' most vulnerable

Covid delta: WHO says variant is the fastest and fittest and will 'pick off' most vulnerable “We can protect those vulnerable people, those front-line workers,” Ryan said, “and the fact that we haven’t, as Director-General [Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus] has said, again and again, is a catastrophic moral failure at a global level.” I would argue that another moral failure is everyone who has intentionally conveyed the message that the virus isn't a threat in order to sell alternative cures, promote themselves, or keep their businesses open.

Cleavon MD on Twitter: "Delta variant is rampant. 83 patients with COVID hospitalized at this hospital in Missouri. Almost all unvaccinated people. The morale among hospital staff is low." / Twitter

Cleavon MD on Twitter: "Delta variant is rampant. 83 patients with COVID hospitalized at this hospital in Missouri. Almost all unvaccinated people. The morale among hospital staff is low." / Twitter Rural, white evangelicals in parts of Missouri are being smitten by an uncaring virus.

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The%20Delta%20Variant%20Could%20Create%20%u201CTwo%20Americas%u201D%20Of%20COVID%2C%20Experts%20Warn: A study of cases in Scotland published this week found that the risk of hospital admission with the Delta variant was roughly doubled compared to people infected with the Alpha variant.

Expect the Unexpected From the Delta Variant - The Atlantic

Expect the Unexpected From the Delta Variant - The Atlantic Delta has gotten so much attention because it has the most troubling collection of traits yet: It is markedly more transmissible than Alpha, can sicken a large proportion of people who have had only one dose of a vaccine (though not those who have had two), and may even cause more severe disease. All of this is enough to be a warning, especially as Delta is now responsible for 10 percent of U.S. cases and rising. But as with Alpha, which was also suspected to be more severe, how the variant ends up behaving in the real world will depend on more than its biology. It will also depend on how we—the virus’s hosts—choose to behave, how many more people we vaccinate, and, to some extent, how lucky we get. One of the better articles I've read on the Delta variant. Despite it's increased transmissibility vaccinations may prevent a surge.

Eric Topol on Twitter: "Over 11,000 new cases in the UK today, nearly all can be attributed to delta B.1.617.2, highest since 19 Feb 43% increase in hospitalizations past week https://t.co/pItJxXPpv6 @OurWorldinData https://t.co/1OfLktW4qx" / Twitter

Eric Topol on Twitter: "Over 11,000 new cases in the UK today, nearly all can be attributed to delta B.1.617.2, highest since 19 Feb 43% increase in hospitalizations past week https://t.co/pItJxXPpv6 @OurWorldinData https://t.co/1OfLktW4qx" / Twitter Here comes a brutal, second wave of infections. It's like a slow motion train is approaching, but the train gets faster and large with each passing moment. All we have to do to stop it is push a large, red button, but the people tied to the tracks have been told that pushing the button has a statistically insignificant chance of harming them.