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“COVID’s US toll expected to drop sharply by end of July” was the headline following a CDC “weather” report on the future course of the pandemic. That is entirely plausible and possible, but read the full story and we discover that shifting patterns could make the difference between sunny skies or storm clouds ahead.
Teams of researchers used statistical modeling to create and analyze four COVID-19 scenarios from April through September:
· High vaccination rate with moderate use of nonpharmaceutical interventions (NPIs) such as masking and distancing
· High vaccine uptake with low use of NPIs
· Low vaccine uptake with moderate use of NPIs
May 7, 2021 10:45am
Reed Tuckson, M.D. and co-founder of the Black Coalition Against COVID is reading tweets posted by Black Americans to drive vaccine education.
Dr. Reed Tuckson laughs as he reads a tweet from his phone: “‘Once COVID is over’ is starting to sound a lot like ‘when Rihanna releases a new album.’”
The former commissioner of public health in Washington D.C. isn’t just checking his Twitter feed, though. He’s reading tweets posted by Black people about COVID for a new public health campaign.
The humorous observations are entertaining, but for Tuckson and the Black Coalition Against COVID which he cofounded the tweets also serve as jumping off points for discussion in the new “Black Doctors Read COVID Tweets” effort.
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