REACT 1 study, Imperial, 13th May
https://www.imperial.ac.uk/news/221233/coronavirus-infections-have-fallen-1000-england/
https://spiral.imperial.ac.uk/handle/10044/1/88507
N = 127,000, home PCR swab tests
Positive, 115
15th April to 3rd May
Prevalence, 0.1% of the population or 1 in 1,000
(March 30th 0.2% or 1 in 500)
R = 0.9
Since January, link between the rate of infections, hospitalisations and deaths, de-coupled
B.1.1.7, 24 samples = 92.3%
B.1.617.2, 2 samples = 7.7%
Both from London, no travel history
UK, India variant
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-57109660
Public Health England, cases = 1,313
5th May, n = 520
Department of Health and Social Care
Ministers cannot rule out re-imposing economic and social restrictions at a local or regional level if evidence suggests they are necessary to contain or suppress a variant which escapes the vaccine
Regional restrictions possible
Surge testing in 15 areas across England
Cluster areas, increased genome sequencing
Bringing forward second vaccine for people who are eligible
Prime Minister
It is a variant of concern, we are anxious about it
US
https://covid.cdc.gov/covid-data-tracker/#trends_dailytrendscases
Deaths, 580,837
One dose, 46.6%
Fully vaccinated, 35.8%
CDC, 13th May
https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/vaccines/fully-vaccinated.html
If you’ve been fully vaccinated:
resume activities that you did prior to the pandemic
resume activities without wearing a mask or staying 6 feet apart,
except where required locally
Domestic travel, do not need tested before or after travel or self-quarantine after
do NOT need to get tested before leaving the United States unless your destination requires it.
still need a negative test or evidence of recovery before boarding an international flight to the United States
should still get tested 3-5 days after international travel
do NOT need to self-quarantine after arriving in the United States.
If you’ve been around someone who has COVID-19, you do not need to stay away from others or get tested unless you have symptoms
Except, correctional, detention facility or a homeless shelter
For now, if you’ve been fully vaccinated:
follow guidance at your workplace and local businesses
Masks on planes, buses, trains, domestic and international
International arrivals, test within 3 days
Test and stay at home is symptomatic
Weaken immune system, talk to their healthcare provider
Association Between Vaccination With BNT162b2 and Incidence of Symptomatic and Asymptomatic SARS-CoV-2 Infections Among Health Care Workers (JAMA, 6th May)
https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2779853
Single-center, retrospective cohort study, Tel Aviv
Data were collected on symptomatic and asymptomatic SARS-CoV-2 infections confirmed via polymerase chain reaction
December 20, 2020, to February 25, 2021
N = 6,710 health care workers
Symptomatic SARS-CoV-2 infection
Incidence rate fully vaccinated = 4.7 per 100,000 days
Incidence rate unvaccinated = 149.8 per 100,000 days
97% protection
Asymptomatic SARS-CoV-2 infection
Incidence rate fully vaccinated = 11.3 per 100,000 days
Incidence rate unvaccinated = 67 per 100,000 days
86% protection
Letter from 1,500 Doctors to the French Health Minister asking for an Emergency Use Authorisation of ivermectin
https://twitter.com/search?q=j%20chamie&src=typed_query
https://wgzcasdczhofbr6plu2xpjzmcm-ac4c6men2g7xr2a-www-francesoir-fr.translate.goog/opinions-tribunes/recours-gracieux-aupres-du-ministre-de-la-sante-pour-livermectine
Right to care of their patients
Criteria met for risk to benefit ratio
Chemo prophylaxis is relevant to stem the pandemic
Vigibase, pharmacovigilance data, 130 countries
Past 30 years
Ivermectin, 16 deaths and 4,700 adverse effects
Doliprane, 3,695 deaths and 161,147
Minister,
March 31, 2020, National Medicines Safety Agency rejected our request for a Temporary Recommendation for Use for Ivermectin
This refusal represents for us a serious threat to public health
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