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Ben Bradshaw. (2021, November 2). More than 50 #COVID19 cases in Parliament. U.K. still highest infection, hospitalisation & death rates in Western Europe. Still virtually no mask discipline among Tory MPs. Dwindling on public transport too. #Covid19UK [Tweet]. @BenPBradshaw. https://twitter.com/BenPBradshaw/status/1455451405205098498

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ReconfigBehSci. (2021, April 21). RT @covidoneyearago: One year ago today: A paper in Clinical Infectious Diseases identifies a 16.3% rate of in-household COVID-19 infection… [Tweet]. @SciBeh. https://twitter.com/SciBeh/status/1384784541873737729

Dr Nisreen Alwan 🌻. (2021, December 23). We’re in unchartered territory. Https://t.co/O1GGcXpMll [Tweet]. @Dr2NisreenAlwan. https://twitter.com/Dr2NisreenAlwan/status/1474051397570248716

Campbell, D., Sabbagh, D., & Devlin, H. (2022, January 7). Military deployed at London hospitals due to Omicron staff shortages. The Guardian. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/jan/07/military-deployed-at-london-hospitals-due-to-omicron-staff-shortages

Kissane, E. (2021, December 23). We’re About to Lose Track of the Pandemic. The Atlantic. https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2021/12/were-about-to-lose-track-of-the-pandemic/621097/

Prof. Christina Pagel. (2021, December 23). UKHSA surveillance report shows reinfections rising sharply as Omicron takes hold https://t.co/UGArY4sbOA [Tweet]. @chrischirp. https://twitter.com/chrischirp/status/1474041921249189896

ReconfigBehSci. (2021, December 22). RT @chrischirp: Positivity rising steeply too—There are definitely many more people we aren’t catching https://t.co/4xDPwYQtrx [Tweet]. @SciBeh. https://twitter.com/SciBeh/status/1473695678610214927

ReconfigBehSci on Twitter: “RT @fascinatorfun: Ouch. Norway 4117 new cases is equivalent to over 50k in the U.K. But the kickers are the sheer speed of increase (43%…” / Twitter. (n.d.). Retrieved December 23, 2021, from https://twitter.com/SciBeh/status/1468139950939901952

ReconfigBehSci. (2021, December 20). RT @thehowie: South Africa Deaths (7 day average) are near double levels of a few weeks ago. They will go up further. They are only 7.5%… [Tweet]. @SciBeh. https://twitter.com/SciBeh/status/1472991477672419334

Mahan Ghafari | ماهان غفاری on Twitter. (n.d.). Twitter. Retrieved April 29, 2022, from https://twitter.com/Mahan_Ghafari/status/1446196548904366092

Melton, J., & Sinclair, R. (2021). COVID-19 Infection Rates Are Related to Population Rates of Vaccination: A Response to Subramanian and Kumar.

ReconfigBehSci [@SciBeh]. (2021, December 10). Useful thread! [Tweet]. Twitter. https://twitter.com/SciBeh/status/1469208352819404805

Nick Brown [@sTeamTraen]. (2022, January 7). RT with a better screenshot. Https://t.co/kYVXpmAC3t [Tweet]. Twitter. https://twitter.com/sTeamTraen/status/1479417464157093888

Carl T. Bergstrom. (2022, January 20). Hope springs eternal. Https://t.co/GAghN6U4LI [Tweet]. @CT_Bergstrom. https://twitter.com/CT_Bergstrom/status/1484279472605982720

Health Nerd. (2021, March 28). Recently, Professor John Ioannidis, most famous for his meta-science and more recently COVID-19 work, published this article in the European Journal of Clinical Investigation It included, among other things, a lengthy personal attack on me Some thoughts 1/n https://t.co/JGfUrpJXh2 [Tweet]. @GidMK. https://twitter.com/GidMK/status/1376304539897237508

ReconfigBehSci [@SciBeh]. (2022, January 28). @ollysmithtravel @AllysonPollock that is a policy alternative one could consider- whether it’s more or less effective, more or less equitable, or even implementable in the current Austrian health care framework would need careful consideration.... None of that saves the argument in the initial tweet [Tweet]. Twitter. https://twitter.com/SciBeh/status/1487043954654818316

Jolly, J. (2021, December 30). Omicron havoc for airlines as JetBlue cancels almost 1,300 flights. The Guardian. https://www.theguardian.com/business/2021/dec/30/omicron-havoc-for-airlines-as-jetblue-cancels-almost-1300-flights

Mody, S. K., Seema. (2021, December 30). U.S. CDC says people should “avoid cruise travel, regardless of vaccination status.” CNBC. https://www.cnbc.com/2021/12/30/us-cdc-says-people-should-avoid-cruise-travel-regardless-of-vaccination-status.html

Just 1 per cent of eligible Canberrans are unvaccinated as the capital becomes one of world’s most-vaccinated cities. (2021, December 30). ABC News. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-12-31/covid-canberras-unvaccinated-1-per-cent-in-a-highly-vaxxed-city/100642468

Barnes, O., & Burn-Murdoch, J. (2022, January 7). Covid hospital admissions in Greater Manchester surpass last winter’s peak. Financial Times. https://www.ft.com/content/6a8a52f3-d940-4d70-a30b-111a3a646089

ReconfigBehSci. (2021, December 28). RT @gianlucac1: Excuse me....am i wrong or you didnt control for previous infection of the vaxxed? If that is the case how can you "isolat… [Tweet]. @SciBeh. https://twitter.com/SciBeh/status/1475813442988777478

Kim Reynolds ending COVID disaster declaration, shutting down vaccination and case count websites. (n.d.). Des Moines Register. Retrieved March 14, 2022, from https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/politics/2022/02/03/iowa-governor-kim-reynolds-end-covid-disaster-policies-vaccination-case-websites-omicron/6653655001/

Marc Stegger. (2022, February 22). New preprint on #COVID19 is out: “Occurrence and significance of Omicron BA.1 infection followed by BA.2 reinfection”. Using the national surveillance system in Denmark, we show that reinfections with #SARSCoV2 VOC #Omicron BA.2 can occur after recent BA.1 infection #SSI_dk https://t.co/Cm0n8vga4P [Tweet]. @MarcStegger. https://twitter.com/MarcStegger/status/1496099303143653379

Stegger, M., Edslev, S. M., Sieber, R. N., Ingham, A. C., Ng, K. L., Tang, M.-H. E., Alexandersen, S., Fonager, J., Legarth, R., Utko, M., Wilkowski, B., Gunalan, V., Bennedbæk, M., Byberg-Grauholm, J., Møller, C. H., Christiansen, L. E., Svarrer, C. W., Ellegaard, K., Baig, S., … Rasmussen, M. (2022). Occurrence and significance of Omicron BA.1 infection followed by BA.2 reinfection (p. 2022.02.19.22271112). medRxiv. https://doi.org/10.1101/2022.02.19.22271112

ReconfigBehSci. (2022, February 1). RT @thehowie: NYC update Cases down 40%; positive rate 4.0% Hospital census back to levels of December 27 and declining. New hospitali… [Tweet]. @SciBeh. https://twitter.com/SciBeh/status/1488786082254700553

Ben Bradshaw. (2021, October 19). Very disappointing non-answer from the Health Secretary to my question why the U.K. has the highest #Covid19 infection, hospitalisation & death rates in Western Europe. Https://t.co/jrxb872YpB [Tweet]. @BenPBradshaw. https://twitter.com/BenPBradshaw/status/1450426408614993923

Willett, J. D. S. (n.d.). Omicron: Vaccines remain the best defence against this COVID-19 variant and others. The Conversation. Retrieved February 8, 2022, from http://theconversation.com/omicron-vaccines-remain-the-best-defence-against-this-covid-19-variant-and-others-174195

Reuters. (2022, January 13). Sweden sets new record of COVID cases, sees peak at end of January. Reuters. https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/sweden-sees-infection-peak-end-january-amid-omicron-spike-2022-01-13/

Barnes, O., & Alabi, L. O. (2022, January 27). UK coronavirus cases tick up 10%, symptom tracker app shows. Financial Times. https://www.ft.com/content/f9833324-7986-48c4-a96c-153049ed9b5a

Mahase, E. (2022). Omicron sub-lineage BA.2 may have “substantial growth advantage,” UKHSA reports. BMJ, 376, o263. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.o263

Jorge A. Caballero, MD (jorgecaballero.eth). (2022, January 25). I’m not sure what to say anymore https://t.co/wapOCaoD6X [Tweet]. @DataDrivenMD. https://twitter.com/DataDrivenMD/status/1485914512360235010

Wise, J. (2022). Covid-19: One in 23 people in England had infection in early January. BMJ, 376, o222. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.o222

Faheem Younus, MD. (2022, January 15). Impact of social distancing OVER a month. 15 vs 406 infections. See below and avoid gatherings https://t.co/Bc9yCNPjNs [Tweet]. @FaheemYounus. https://twitter.com/FaheemYounus/status/1482217293899874307

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/

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

Reguly, E. (2022, January 10). Support growing among European governments for COVID-19 vaccine mandates as Omicron cases surge. The Globe and Mail. https://www.theglobeandmail.com/world/article-compulsory-covid-vaccine-mandates-are-coming-to-europe/

Ryan Imgrund. (2022, January 2). If schools are not a source of transmission for COVID-19, why were school board per capita rates of infection 1.77x HIGHER than their surrounding community? SOURCE: Ministry of Education data; Compiled on December 17th, 2021; Calculations are mine. Https://t.co/94trbDvw2C [Tweet]. @imgrund. https://twitter.com/imgrund/status/1477683538971529217

Augustin, E. (2022, January 5). Cuba’s vaccine success story sails past mark set by rich world’s Covid efforts. The Guardian. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/jan/05/cuba-coronavirus-covid-vaccines-success-story

Omicron peak could be “long and drawn out”, Sage scientists warn as pressure mounts on NHS. (2022, January 3). Inews.Co.Uk. https://inews.co.uk/news/politics/omicron-covid-variant-uk-peak-long-drawn-out-sage-scientists-warning-nhs-1380110

Bansal, B. (2021). Rapid COVID-19 Test: Investigating the Willingness to Take a Rapid Test Based on Multiple Factors. PsyArXiv. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/j3t76

Carl T. Bergstrom. (2021, December 28). Heck of a time to relax NPIs. Https://t.co/iw4HKNkXz4 [Tweet]. @CT_Bergstrom. https://twitter.com/CT_Bergstrom/status/1475753262246547456

Omicron and children: Pediatric hospitals in parts of U.S. filling fast. (n.d.). Washington Post. Retrieved December 28, 2021, from https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2021/12/24/omicron-children-hospitalizations-us/

Murray, J. (2021, December 28). Omicron is ‘not the same disease’ as earlier Covid waves, says UK scientist. The Guardian. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/dec/28/omicron-is-not-the-same-disease-as-earlier-covid-waves-says-uk-scientist

Deepti Gurdasani. (2021, December 23). Some brief thoughts on the concerning relativism I’ve seen creeping into media, and scientific rhetoric over the past 20 months or so—The idea that things are ok because they’re better relative to a point where things got really really bad. 🧵 [Tweet]. @dgurdasani1. https://twitter.com/dgurdasani1/status/1474042179110772736

Pagel, C., & Squires, A. (2021). Schools: Still a gaping hole in the English covid strategy. BMJ, 375, n3149. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.n3149

ReconfigBehSci. (2021, December 17). RT @peterdodds: Current excess deaths estimate per @TheEconomist: 18.2 million with 95% range of 11.4 million to 21.2 million. And up it… [Tweet]. @SciBeh. https://twitter.com/SciBeh/status/1471903926035353610

Savage, M., McKie, R., & Ungoed-Thomas, J. (2021, December 18). UK scientists: Bring in curbs now or face up to 2m daily Covid infections as Omicron spreads. The Observer. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/dec/18/uk-scientists-curbs-covid-infections-omicron-deaths-restrictions-sage

News ·, P. P. · C. (2021, December 13). How neighbours and communities are divided over COVID-19 in this rural Alberta county | CBC News. CBC. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/northwest-alberta-has-lowest-vaccination-rate-in-province-1.6280652

Tom Moultrie. (2021, December 17). A 1-figure Gauteng update, bringing in data through Wednesday 15/12 (PCR only; by date of collection). The turn continues. On similar metrics (not shown) ALL northern provinces (NW, GT, MP, LP) seem to have now turned. Https://t.co/6Bh3kZsooK [Tweet]. @tomtom_m. https://twitter.com/tomtom_m/status/1471723711287996416

Jay Varma. (2021, December 16). Um, we’ve never seen this before in #NYC. Test positivity doubling in three days 12/9—3.9% 12/10—4.2% 12/11—6.4% 12/12—7.8% Note: Test % is only for PCR & NYC does more per capita daily than most places ~67K PCR/day + 19K [reported] antigen over past few days (1/2) https://t.co/PhxsZq55jn [Tweet]. @DrJayVarma. https://twitter.com/DrJayVarma/status/1471485885447389186

Carl Zimmer. (2021, December 15). Connecticut has gone practically vertical https://nytimes.com/interactive/2021/us/covid-cases.html?referringSource=articleShare https://t.co/mBlybyTpAA [Tweet]. @carlzimmer. https://twitter.com/carlzimmer/status/1470986172583317506

Dr Duncan Robertson. (2021, December 15). Cases on the dashboard exclude reinfections.And there are a lot of reinfections as far as Omicron is concerned h/t @AlistairHaimes and @Peston And this is only cases reported today—Not from infections today With a 2-day doubling time for Omicron, this isn’t great https://t.co/fU2RLhshtn [Tweet]. @Dr_D_Robertson. https://twitter.com/Dr_D_Robertson/status/1471156538681315336

NSW could have 25,000 COVID-19 cases per day by next month, modelling suggests. (2021, December 14). ABC News. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-12-15/nsw-covid-19-infections-reach-three-month-high-1360-new-cases/100700866

ReconfigBehSci. (2021, December 13). RT @CaulfieldTim: India, U.S. account for a quarter of #COVID19 #misinformation: @UAlberta study https://ualberta.ca/folio/2021/12/india-us-account-for-a-quarter-of-covid-19-misinformation-study.html “Misinformation s… [Tweet]. @SciBeh. https://twitter.com/SciBeh/status/1470435900073168907

McQuinn, C. (n.d.). Schools and childcare services to get up to €72m for ventilation. The Irish Times. Retrieved December 13, 2021, from https://www.irishtimes.com/news/health/schools-and-childcare-services-to-get-up-to-72m-for-ventilation-1.4753597

Mahase, E. (2021). Covid-19: Do vaccines work against omicron—and other questions answered. BMJ, 375, n3062. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.n3062

💉💉 Henry Madison DPhil. (2021, December 12). Denmark, already up shit creek because of Delta, has just met Omicron. Near-vertical growth. #auspol #covid19aus https://t.co/Jhvs3dWWhK [Tweet]. @RageSheen. https://twitter.com/RageSheen/status/1470125914788818944

Sample, I., & editor, I. S. S. (2021, November 4). England Covid infection rates doubled in over-65s between September and October. The Guardian. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/nov/04/england-covid-infection-rates-doubled-in-over-65s-between-september-and-october

Mason, R., & Devlin, H. (2021, December 8). Boris Johnson rushes in Covid plan B amid Christmas party scandal. The Guardian. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/dec/08/boris-johnson-plan-b-covid-measures-england-omicron-vaccine-passports-mask-wearing

Seth Trueger. (2021, June 26). friendly reminder that “more transmissible” is by itself REALLY BAD for a pandemic. Even small increases in R₀ mean more potential for spread, more cases, more deaths etc please get your vax & help others get theirs https://t.co/mlojYmp71j [Tweet]. @MDaware. https://twitter.com/MDaware/status/1408811800108355586

Lindiwe Mazibuko. (2021, November 27). When literally every country “banning” you has a higher infection rate 🙄 https://t.co/NZMuf9Pfx5 [Tweet]. @LindiMazibuko. https://twitter.com/LindiMazibuko/status/1464539078611939333

Andrew L. Croxford. (2021, December 1). Switzerland just clocked 10,466 cases today, which normalised to the U.K. would be 81,500, with a positive test frequency of 15.83%. Https://t.co/fxjSaL9n3O [Tweet]. @andrew_croxford. https://twitter.com/andrew_croxford/status/1466034479156404226

Castle, S., & Landler, M. (2021, November 24). A Claim of Herd Immunity Reignites Debate Over U.K. Covid Policy. The New York Times. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/24/world/europe/uk-virus-herd-immunity.html

Gearoid Reidy. (2021, November 22). Tokyo coronavirus case count for today is just 6 Previous two Mondays: 7, 18 7-day average: 17.1 Serious cases -1 to 8 Newly reported deaths: 1 https://t.co/RMcui7EaZf [Tweet]. @GearoidReidy. https://twitter.com/GearoidReidy/status/1462694865964175361

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Germany coronavirus: Record rise prompts warning of 100,000 deaths. (2021, November 10). BBC News. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-59234443