Covid-19: Cutting self-isolation to five days would be helpful, Nadhim Zahawi says. (2022, January 9). BBC News. https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-59925702

Theo Sanderson. (2022, January 5). Version with fewer ages and the CIs plotted: Https://t.co/WI2dA231xM [Tweet]. @theosanderson. https://twitter.com/theosanderson/status/1478740695041073152

James 💙 Neill - 😷 🇪🇺🇮🇪🇬🇧🔶. (2022, January 4). I hate it when I have to keep increasing the y-axis... #Omicron is #NotMild #LongCovidKids #SpotCovid https://t.co/rRBQveLqFa [Tweet]. @jneill. https://twitter.com/jneill/status/1478514263882932235

Scientists try to pinpoint why rapid Covid tests are missing some cases. (2022, January 6). STAT. https://www.statnews.com/2022/01/06/scientists-try-to-pinpoint-why-rapid-covid-tests-are-missing-cases/

JoHo. (2022, January 6). Just under a million boosters given. 4 confirmed myocarditis cases, 9 under review. All 4 have recovered. Https://t.co/WxE2gaNyRy [Tweet]. @JHowardBrainMD. https://twitter.com/JHowardBrainMD/status/1479144953460805632

John Drury. (2022, January 7). @IndependentSage Booster coverage by deprivation and age in England @IndependentSage https://t.co/9C6Tx4fRVo [Tweet]. @ProfJohnDrury. https://twitter.com/ProfJohnDrury/status/1479451829977198596

Craig, F. (2021, December 9). Covid: 150 deaths a day in UK an ‘unacceptably high number’, says professor. Channel 4 News. https://www.channel4.com/news/covid-150-deaths-a-day-in-uk-an-unacceptably-high-number-says-professor

Kirby, J. (2021, December 23). Omicron collides with a struggling global vaccination campaign. Vox. https://www.vox.com/22846774/omicron-global-vaccines-covronavirus-covid-19

mdr.de. (n.d.). Wie sich die Zivilgesellschaft in Mitteldeutschland zunehmend gegen die Corona-Proteste stemmt | MDR.DE. Retrieved January 16, 2022, from https://www.mdr.de/nachrichten/deutschland/gesellschaft/corona-proteste-zivilgesellschaft-sachsen-anhalt-thueringen-100.html

HKUMed finds Omicron SARS-CoV-2 can infect faster and better than Delta in human bronchus but with less severe infection in lung. (n.d.). Retrieved January 16, 2022, from https://www.med.hku.hk/en/news/press/20211215-omicron-sars-cov-2-infection?utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter&utm_campaign=press_release

TheDenmarkPost. (2022, January 1). Corona In Denmark: Where Omikron’s Wall Is Already There | News Headlines Denmark | The Denmark Post. https://thedenmarkpost.com/corona-in-denmark-where-omikrons-wall-is-already-there-news-headlines-denmark/

Drury, P. J. (2021, December 31). the crowd: Three forms of Covid leadership. The Crowd. https://drury-sussex-the-crowd.blogspot.com/2021/12/three-forms-of-covid-leadership.html

Yong, E. (2021, December 16). America Is Not Ready for Omicron. The Atlantic. https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2021/12/america-omicron-variant-surge-booster/621027/

CNN, B. M. H. (n.d.). Holiday travel heats up as the Omicron situation unfolds. CNN. Retrieved January 16, 2022, from https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/holiday-travel-omicron-2021/index.html

Siddiqui, T. R., Virginia Pietromarchi,Usaid. (n.d.). UK PM Johnson rules out new COVID curbs before Christmas. Retrieved January 16, 2022, from https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/12/21/omicron-now-dominant-in-the-us-as-who-sounds-alarm-live

Connolly, K. (2021, December 28). German court rules disabled people must be protected in Covid triage cases. The Guardian. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/dec/28/german-court-disabled-people-covid-triage

Tom Peacock. (2022, January 3). Lots of chat about B.1.640.2 in the last few days—Just a few points to keep in mind: - B.1.640.2 actually predates Omicron—In all that time there are exactly... 20 sequences (compared to the >120k Omis in less time) Def not one worth worrying about too much at the mo... [Tweet]. @PeacockFlu. https://twitter.com/PeacockFlu/status/1478118173903839237

Middelaar, L. van. (2021, December 29). Faced with Covid, Europe’s citizens demanded an EU response – and got it. The Guardian. https://www.theguardian.com/world/commentisfree/2021/dec/29/covid-europe-citizens-eu-response-pandemic-european-health

James 💙 Neill - 😷 🇪🇺🇮🇪🇬🇧🔶. (2021, December 30). @dgurdasani1 And for age 0-5... Https://t.co/ve3v92iJgR [Tweet]. @jneill. https://twitter.com/jneill/status/1476701258392211456

Prof. Debby Bogaert 💙. (2021, December 20). @chrischirp NL is slightly behind the UK re #omicron and based lockdown on a.o. This model (source @MarionKoopmans). Despite uncertainty the ‘continue as is’ effect on ICU beds occupied (red) is chilling. Green model is with lockdown after and blue is before Christmas. Decisiveness matters! Https://t.co/2IODZGnNJ6 [Tweet]. @DebbyBogaert. https://twitter.com/DebbyBogaert/status/1472845880411758592

Liu, Y., Ebinger, J. E., Mostafa, R., Budde, P., Gajewski, J., Walker, B., Joung, S., Wu, M., Bräutigam, M., Hesping, F., Rupieper, E., Schubert, A.-S., Zucht, H.-D., Braun, J., Melmed, G. Y., Sobhani, K., Arditi, M., Van Eyk, J. E., Cheng, S., & Fert-Bober, J. (2021). Paradoxical sex-specific patterns of autoantibody response to SARS-CoV-2 infection. Journal of Translational Medicine, 19(1), 524. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12967-021-03184-8

Felicity Nelson. (2022, January 5). Some useful tips from me https://t.co/2c7wiM6oF0 [Tweet]. @frogsandstars. https://twitter.com/frogsandstars/status/1478597475766128640

Covid’s evolution: ‘With each passing wave, we’ve seen greater transmissibility.’ (n.d.). MSN. Retrieved January 15, 2022, from https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/covid-s-evolution-with-each-passing-wave-we-ve-seen-greater-transmissibility/vi-AARYwCn

ɪᴀɴ ᴍ. ᴍᴀᴄᴋᴀʏ, ᴘʜᴅ 🦠🤧🧬🥼🦟🧻🧙‍♂️. (2021, December 25). This is much better. #COVIDisAirborne https://who.int/news-room/questions-and-answers/item/coronavirus-disease-covid-19-how-is-it-transmitted https://t.co/ScaJHRRwVa [Tweet]. @MackayIM. https://twitter.com/MackayIM/status/1474706710090579970

Anthony J Leonardi, PhD, MS. (2021, December 28). What you guys keep saying for coronavirus immunity versus what keeps happening https://t.co/KdMuJrTNbO [Tweet]. @fitterhappierAJ. https://twitter.com/fitterhappierAJ/status/1475922603109978125

Taylor, J. (2022, January 5). ‘Appalling message’: Outrage over Novak Djokovic’s medical exemption to play Australian Open. The Guardian. https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2022/jan/05/appalling-message-outrage-over-novak-djokovics-medical-exemption-to-play-australian-open

Natalie E. Dean, PhD. (2022, January 2). Interesting. From this afternoon in @nytimes: Https://nytimes.com/2022/01/01/us/omicron-covid-holidays-surge-testing.html https://t.co/qCCkjXKS2K [Tweet]. @nataliexdean. https://twitter.com/nataliexdean/status/1477487783992254464

Chappell, B. (2022, January 13). Quebec’s “unvaxxed tax” has people rushing to get vaccinated. NPR. https://www.npr.org/2022/01/13/1072775645/quebec-covid-19-unvaccinated-tax

DrPH, M. D. H., M. D. (2022, January 11). The Folly of School Openings as a Zero-Sum Game. The American Prospect. https://prospect.org/api/content/4a1fc36e-7263-11ec-9e7d-12f1225286c6/

Eric Topol. (2022, January 14). Much less loss of smell and taste with Omicron, but more sore throat than with Delta https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1046623/Technical-Briefing-34-14January2022.pdf @UKHSA symptom data from ~175,000 Omicron and ~88,000 Delta cases https://t.co/DIGRGkoXa9 [Tweet]. @EricTopol. https://twitter.com/EricTopol/status/1482029245580808192

Devlin, H., Davis, N., & correspondents, N. D. S. (2022, January 14). Expect another Omicron wave in early summer, Sage says. The Guardian. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/jan/14/expect-another-covid-omicron-wave-in-early-summer-sage-says

Dr. Cecília Tomori. (2021, December 27). Maryland—Just awful to watch what’s unfolding. Now at 1714 hospitalizations ⬆️ 130 in 24 hrs. 16.5% test positivity. Some counties have acted but no statewide 😷 policy! No measures to slow the spread. Https://coronavirus.maryland.gov https://t.co/C03cSRO2AX [Tweet]. @DrTomori. https://twitter.com/DrTomori/status/1475503877977948166

BNO Newsroom. (2021, December 30). BREAKING: U.S. reports 400,000 new coronavirus cases, the biggest one-day increase on record, with some states yet to report [Tweet]. @BNODesk. https://twitter.com/BNODesk/status/1476348049404436485

Jorge A. Caballero, MD. (2021, December 30). 544 children with #COVID19 were admitted to U.S. hospitals yesterday—This shattered the previous single-day record that was set 2 days ago (421) source: HHS (https://healthdata.gov/Hospital/COVID-19-Reported-Patient-Impact-and-Hospital-Capa/g62h-syeh) https://t.co/bOUylcyZlV [Tweet]. @DataDrivenMD. https://twitter.com/DataDrivenMD/status/1476357620550148100

O’donnell, C., & Aboulenein, A. (2021, December 30). COVID-19 hospitalization surge among U.S. children spurs new Omicron concerns. Reuters. https://www.reuters.com/world/us/covid-19-hospitalization-surge-among-us-children-spurs-new-omicron-concerns-2021-12-30/

Kathy Hochul. (2021, December 31). #COVID Update: -339,853 Test Results Reported -76,555 Positives -22.53% Positive -7,919 Hospitalizations (+546) -80 new deaths reported by healthcare facilities through HERDS https://t.co/dQqT4TaUGl [Tweet]. @GovKathyHochul. https://twitter.com/GovKathyHochul/status/1477009632841420800

Unvaccinated COVID-19 hospitalizations cost billions of dollars. (n.d.). Peterson-KFF Health System Tracker. Retrieved January 14, 2022, from https://www.healthsystemtracker.org/brief/unvaccinated-covid-patients-cost-the-u-s-health-system-billions-of-dollars/

ReconfigBehSci. (2022, January 4). meet @michaelmina_lab for detailed info on what LFTs are for... Https://t.co/QRDQkp5SQW [Tweet]. @SciBeh. https://twitter.com/SciBeh/status/1478484756987887618

Kit Yates. (2022, January 4). There are sone issues with data from Wales and Northern Ireland covering the holiday weekend, but still, wow. U.K. breaches the 200k daily cases mark for the first time. Https://t.co/k5P96LeiRU [Tweet]. @Kit_Yates_Maths. https://twitter.com/Kit_Yates_Maths/status/1478414522205577224 i

Kit Yates. (2022, January 5). I can tell you for a fact that it isn’t ‘mild’ for everyone. Https://t.co/9DJHOMBv7F [Tweet]. @Kit_Yates_Maths. https://twitter.com/Kit_Yates_Maths/status/1478651876329594882

Alison Buttenheim. (2022, January 13). How many more days until Rhode Island’s cases line exceeds the word “exceeds” in the text header? 🙁 https://t.co/DFjqjHXutJ [Tweet]. @abuttenheim. https://twitter.com/abuttenheim/status/1481738740318015492

Is mandatory COVID vaccination legal? Here’s what Canada’s charter says. (n.d.). Calgaryherald. Retrieved January 14, 2022, from https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/is-mandatory-covid-19-vaccination-constitutional

Prof. Gavin Yamey MD MPH. (2022, January 7). Thank you @j_g_allen for continuing to advocate for childhood vaccination & for sharing evidence on masks Yesterday, the U.S. saw a record number of COVID-19 pediatric hospital admissions, almost 1,000 Unvaxxed kids are 10 X more likely to be hospitalized than vaxxed kids 1/2 [Tweet]. @GYamey. https://twitter.com/GYamey/status/1479265484562386944

Shematologist, MD. (2022, January 13). In medicine this is what we call a conflict of interest. Https://t.co/DNk0pDdz6Y [Tweet]. @acweyand. https://twitter.com/acweyand/status/1481480271254138880

US, G. S., Barbara K. Hofer,The Conversation. (n.d.). Don’t Look Up Illustrates 5 Myths That Fuel Rejection of Science. Scientific American. Retrieved January 14, 2022, from https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/dont-look-up-illustrates-5-myths-that-fuel-rejection-of-science/

Helen Branswell. (2022, January 11). 1. #Omicron’s takeover was stunningly rapid and is now nearly complete, at least in the U.S. The latest “Nowcast” from @CDCgov (which uses recent data to model what’s happen now) suggests most of what is circulating here now is omicron. Https://t.co/6w3e8Ut5NW [Tweet]. @HelenBranswell. https://twitter.com/HelenBranswell/status/1480970453313277954

Jennifer Cohn ✍🏻 📢. (2022, January 11). This chart says it all. If u got double vaccinated early on & are not yet boosted, ur effectively unvaccinated against Omicron infection. Thus, many adults & teens are effectively unvaccinated against infection. Kids got vaccinated recently & thus may be in a safer position. 1/ [Tweet]. @jennycohn1. https://twitter.com/jennycohn1/status/1481034404260581377

France joins other EU countries in toughening rules for COVID pass. (2022, January 6). POLITICO. https://www.politico.eu/article/french-parliament-approves-covid-vaccine-pass/

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NSW records 22 deaths, 91,928 COVID-19 cases as rapid tests added to daily infection tallies. (2022, January 12). ABC News. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-01-13/nsw-records-22-deaths-and-91928-covid-cases/100753504

Stock, S. J., Carruthers, J., Calvert, C., Denny, C., Donaghy, J., Goulding, A., Hopcroft, L. E. M., Hopkins, L., McLaughlin, T., Pan, J., Shi, T., Taylor, B., Agrawal, U., Auyeung, B., Katikireddi, S. V., McCowan, C., Murray, J., Simpson, C. R., Robertson, C., … Wood, R. (2022). SARS-CoV-2 infection and COVID-19 vaccination rates in pregnant women in Scotland. Nature Medicine, 1–9. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41591-021-01666-2

Carl T. Bergstrom. (2022, January 14). Simple as pie. Https://t.co/tWuTE9Wt3C [Tweet]. @CT_Bergstrom. https://twitter.com/CT_Bergstrom/status/1481897807518654464

Brian Wasik. (2022, January 13). A week later and NY State data still showing an extremely high hospitalization VE in the face of Omicron. Https://t.co/6tWPqyamoZ [Tweet]. @BrianRWasik. https://twitter.com/BrianRWasik/status/1481697336019537921

Active epidemiological investigation on SARS-CoV-2 infection caused by Omicron variant (Pango lineage B.1.1.529) in Japan: Preliminary report on infectious period. (n.d.). Retrieved January 14, 2022, from https://www.niid.go.jp/niid/en/2019-ncov-e/10884-covid19-66-en.html

Sample, I., & editor, I. S. S. (2022, January 13). Covid isolation to be cut to five full days in England, says Sajid Javid. The Guardian. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/jan/13/covid-isolation-to-be-cut-to-five-full-days-in-england-says-sajid-javid

Stephen Reicher. (2022, January 13). Following evidence is that peak infectivity with Omicron comes 3-6 days after symptoms emerge (https://niid.go.jp/niid/en/2019-ncov-e/10884-covid19-66-en.html), the isolation period is cut to 5 days. How is this “following the science” https://t.co/XRf0pbgiHG [Tweet]. @ReicherStephen. https://twitter.com/ReicherStephen/status/1481652386993041415

Dolgin, E. (2022). Omicron thwarts some of the world’s most-used COVID vaccines. Nature. https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-022-00079-6

Yang, M. (2022, January 14). ‘Menace to public health’: 270 doctors criticize Spotify over Joe Rogan’s podcast. The Guardian. https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2022/jan/14/spotify-joe-rogan-podcast-open-letter

Glenn Beck has Covid again after refusing vaccine: ‘It’s going into my lungs.’ (2022, January 13). The Independent. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/glenn-beck-covid-ivermectin-mark-levin-b1992427.html

Jennifer K McDonald. (2021, October 16). Here’s the rebreathed fraction of air table from the all-knowing @DavidElfstrom [Tweet]. @JenniferKShea. https://twitter.com/JenniferKShea/status/1449380211435479047

Dave, D., Friedson, A. I., Hansen, B., & Sabia, J. J. (2021). Association Between Statewide COVID-19 Lottery Announcements and Vaccinations. JAMA Health Forum, 2(10), e213117. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamahealthforum.2021.3117

Omicron Inevitability? 55% say they’ll be infected regardless of precautions; two-in-five would end all restrictions. (2022, January 13). Angus Reid Institute. https://angusreid.org/omicron-covid-19-inevitable-back-to-school/

Zuo, F., Abolhassani, H., Du, L., Piralla, A., Bertoglio, F., Campos-Mata, L. de, Wan, H., Schubert, M., Wang, Y., Sun, R., Cassaniti, I., Vlachiotis, S., Kumagai-Braesch, M., Andréll, J., Zhang, Z., Xue, Y., Wenzel, E. V., Calzolai, L., Varani, L., … Pan-Hammarström, Q. (2022). Heterologous immunization with inactivated vaccine followed by mRNA booster elicits strong humoral and cellular immune responses against the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant (p. 2022.01.04.22268755). https://doi.org/10.1101/2022.01.04.22268755

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Cde. (2022, January 13). German panel recommends COVID-19 booster for all 12-17-year-olds. CDE News. https://cde.news/german-panel-recommends-covid-19-booster-for-all-12-17-year-olds/

ReconfigBehSci on Twitter: ‘RT @SciCommPSU: Today at 4! “COVID-19 Vaccines: Science versus Anti-Science” with @PeterHotez. Presented by @huckinstitutes https://t.co…’ / Twitter. (n.d.). Retrieved 14 January 2022, from https://twitter.com/SciBeh/status/1450591196653314051

ReconfigBehSci. (2021, October 20). RT @ProfJohnDrury: Sustaining mutual aid and community support groups: Covid-19 and beyond Free online event, 12.30pm November 3rd [Tweet]. @SciBeh. https://twitter.com/SciBeh/status/1453284900711370756

ReconfigBehSci on Twitter: ‘RT @TravellingTabby: Https://t.co/bMZAOzCwhA The 263 new deaths reported today is the most in a day for almost 8 months. From the 208 ne…’ / Twitter. (n.d.). Retrieved 14 January 2022, from https://twitter.com/SciBeh/status/1453081931038568457

Cutler, S. (2022, January 13). Cutting the Covid isolation period to five days is foolhardy and dangerous. The Guardian. https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/jan/13/cutting-covid-isolation-period-five-days-foolhardy-dangerous

Pagel, C. (2021, October 26). Why the UK was so vulnerable to another Covid outbreak. Prospect Magazine. https://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/science-and-technology/why-the-uk-was-so-vulnerable-to-another-covid-19-outbreak-coronavirus

Lapid, N. (2022, January 4). Covid Science: Virus leaves antibodies that may attack healthy tissues. Reuters. https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/virus-leaves-antibodies-that-may-attack-healthy-tissues-b-cell-antibodies-2022-01-03/

•. (n.d.). NYC ER Doc Breaks Down How Omicron Affects the Boosted, Vaxxed and Unvaccinated. NBC New York. Retrieved January 13, 2022, from https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/coronavirus/nyc-er-doc-breaks-down-how-omicron-affects-the-boosted-vaxxed-and-unvaccinated/3468742/

Ariel Karlinsky. (2022, January 2). Russia at 1.04 MILLION excess deaths since March 2020, which is about 240% higher than their reported COVID-19 deaths. This is 1st place worldwide (for countries with data) in absolute excess mortality, 2nd place on per capita terms and 9th on p-score. #poptwitter #epitwitter https://t.co/aLBRRht3z2 [Tweet]. @ArielKarlinsky. https://twitter.com/ArielKarlinsky/status/1477531141510946818

Anthony J Leonardi, PhD, MS. (2022, January 4). Wow. 17 years of T cell immunity guys. Looks like it works as advertised. Https://t.co/bkSizFXK49 [Tweet]. @fitterhappierAJ. https://twitter.com/fitterhappierAJ/status/1478392475240869899