Dr. Jorge Caballero
Hear me out: the COVID pandemic isn't over.
Dec 5, 2022 at 4:08amWeb
Show threadDr. Jorge CaballeroDec 5, 2022

Bear with me: maybe COVID hospitalizations should be a bigger story than the hyped-up coverage of flu hospitalizations. Especially when COVID admissions are outpacing flu admissions 1.5 to 1, and this COVID surge is just getting started

source: https://www.cdc.gov/flu/weekly/index.htm

Weekly U.S. Influenza Surveillance Report

Learn more about the weekly influenza surveillance report (FluView) prepared by the Influenza Division.

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Show threadDr. Jorge CaballeroDec 5, 2022

The most fucked up policy decision global leaders made vis à vis COVID was telling the public that it was safe to send kids to school and to return to work.

We now have an entire generation of children and their parents who will suffer the effects of long COVID－ either directly or indirectly－ long after today's world leaders are long gone. smdh.

Show threadDr. Jorge CaballeroDec 5, 2022
That's not to say that we couldn't make it safe to send kids to school or to return to the office: it was absolutely possible－ and still is. The problem is that we haven't invested in retrofitting our buildings to make them safe for 6-8 hours/day, 5 days a week. Policymakers just pretended that we'd done enough and global leaders ran with with that.
Show threadDr. Jorge CaballeroDec 5, 2022

For folks that don't know: I led a public service project that made it possible for anyone in the U.S. to search for COVID-19 testing sites, and actually get accurate results back. I co-led a team of hundreds of volunteers from across the country to source data that shaped the pandemic response for 2 U.S. Presidential Administrations as well as state and local public health agencies responsible for 1 in 5 persons in the U.S.

I'm not just talking out of my ass.

Show threadDr. Jorge CaballeroDec 5, 2022

Coders Against COVID. It me ⤵️

https://content.govdelivery.com/accounts/USDHSFEMA/bulletins/2883543

App of the Week: COVID-19 Testing Sites Locator

Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
Show threadDr. Jorge CaballeroDec 5, 2022

The data in this letter from Senators Warren (D-MA) and Smith (D-Minn) to retail COVID-19 testing providers? It me ⤵️

https://www.warren.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/warren-smith-question-top-retail-testing-providers-companies-on-lack-of-pediatric-testing-at-their-covid-19-testing-sites

Warren, Smith Question Top Retail Testing Providers Companies on Lack of Pediatric Testing at Their COVID-19 Testing Sites | U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts

The Official U.S. Senate website of Senator Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts

Show threadDr. Jorge CaballeroDec 5, 2022

The data in this OpEd from Dr. Peter Hotez and U.S. Rep. Sylvia Garcia? It me. ⤵️

https://www.houstonchronicle.com/opinion/outlook/article/Peter-Hotez-and-Sylvia-Garcia-We-must-learn-from-16194462.php

Peter Hotez and Sylvia Garcia: We must learn from the historic decimation of Hispanic communities

Hispanic moms and dads in their 30s, 40s, 50s and 60s were lost to COVID-19.

Houston Chronicle
Show threadDr. Jorge CaballeroDec 5, 2022

There are dozens of other examples. The upshot is simply: I was there. I did what I could to enable better decisions and to empower decisionmakers. Many others helped, but global leaders decided that it was time to move on, and we're all paying the price for their short-sightedness.

/end COVID rant

Show threadSimple VitalityDec 5, 2022
@DataDrivenMD Likewise, I did what I could (great job, Dr. Caballero!) and am horrified at the state of affairs, particularly with deadly covid AND long covid at high numbers and presumed massive long term results. We have to do better.
Show threadTheJenDec 5, 2022

@DataDrivenMD

I watched your information like a hawk throughout this entire thing. My family has yet to contract covid in large part thanks to your information. We still mask, are completely vaxxed, and do other common sense things to prevent illness.

So thank you for all your hard work. It matters and is appreciated.

Show threadAnnDec 5, 2022

@DataDrivenMD

Thank you so much for all your effort. You've helped a lot of us keep ourselves as safe as we can.

It is incredibly frustrating that we know what to do, we have the means to do it, we just have leaders who choose to gaslight instead of solve the problem.

I can only hope that someday we will pull our collective heads out of our asses and pull ourselves out of this mess.

The cost will have been unfathomable by then, but we can stop making it worse at any point.

Show threadJulieDec 5, 2022
@DataDrivenMD you were one of the few people I found in the bird place who could provide clear and concise information about the pandemic. I am so grateful for all that you’ve done to help all of us navigate this pandemic.
Show threadElizabeth AlcinoeDec 5, 2022
@DataDrivenMD This was a massive failure of public health. It still is.
Show threadAlan MartelloDec 5, 2022

@DataDrivenMD I’m still masked in indoor public spaces, but definitely not the norm. It’s clear people’s willingness to comply have driven public policy for a while. I find what’s happening in China now fascinating to watch - a different public health approach (zero Covid policy and mass lockdowns) have come to the same place (individuals saying “we’re done” in increasing numbers).

I wonder if any countries (Japan?) had better Covid public health messaging and saw better results.

Show threadNathanael NerodeDec 6, 2022

@amart @DataDrivenMD Yes, Japan had better messaging and has had much better results.

Covid is still one hell of an enemy, so they still have casualties, but they're doing far better. Japan's government talked about masks immediately and has continued to do so. Not enough about air purifiers (#HEPA) though, not enough about mask quality (#N95, #P100)

Show threadAlan MartelloDec 5, 2022
@DataDrivenMD thanks for your service to our country at a historically difficult time
Show threadEJWPDec 5, 2022
@DataDrivenMD I was a volunteer employee #data collector during the summer of 2020. While collecting data from USA state sites, I realized how different counties reported to their states. I was made redundant in Nov. 2020. Haven’t seen much #covid reporting from @reuters since then.
Show threadsabikDec 7, 2022

@DataDrivenMD
That's a bit generous; they made their own offices and their own children's schools safe

Parliament has 8 ACH

Show threadJohnWDec 5, 2022

@DataDrivenMD It is actually much worse than that. Between the recent discovery that Long Covid screws up the gut biome, effectively lowering peoples ability to combat disease due to a malfunctioning immune system, the median health of future generations has taken a nosedive.

Right at the time when the more severe effects of climate change are ramping up (most problematic... scarcity of resources), we are in real danger of our species dying off.

Show threadBrian HawthorneDec 5, 2022
@DataDrivenMD And their teachers. And their teachers’ families (that’s me).
Show threadPrincess UnikittyDec 5, 2022
@DataDrivenMD my heart breaks for the kids forced back into plague boxes.
Show thread1Mar𝒵ipanDec 6, 2022
@DataDrivenMD 2022 gave us this. Which will play-out over the next forever or so months, and years.
Show threadJ.H.NoyesDec 7, 2022

@DataDrivenMD

A sane population would make them suffer for it.

Show threadMoss4peaceDec 7, 2022
@DataDrivenMD As an elementary teacher, I was deeply concerned about our children and all the folks working with them. And, at the time, not even a vaccine to help.
Show threadKarlDec 5, 2022
@DataDrivenMD the up incoming issue is people are and I quote over Covid-19.
Show threadStarkRGDec 5, 2022
@Karl @DataDrivenMD Ahh, but Covid-19 isn't over them.
Show threadKarlDec 5, 2022
@StarkRG @DataDrivenMD you’re certainly not wrong…..
Show threadkaffandoDec 5, 2022
@DataDrivenMD
#COVID19
Hello! Here is my graph for Victoria, Australia from 1 Nov to yesterday. It's fun, isn't it?*
*being completely facetious
Show threadKBSez ✅Dec 5, 2022
@DataDrivenMD
With all due respect, file this under “ no shit, Sherlock…”
How many people are dying each week?
#CovidIsNotOver
Show threadVoronDec 5, 2022
@DataDrivenMD The ultra rich owner class oppose public health policy that negatively impact their profits
.
They own the media & the politicians
Google’s search results (now that net neutrality is gone)
& Twitter
So we are screwed, regardless of reality
Show threadKanaMaunaDec 5, 2022
@DataDrivenMD Every time somebody tells me that Covid must be ending because it can’t go on that long, I remind them that the Black Death lasted for about 300 years. Diseases never get tired.
Show threadJust EllaDec 5, 2022
@DataDrivenMD I am a retired RN,BSN, triage family medicine. You speak the truth. I believe in the vaccination program, have had mine, will have as many times as required. Also to follow the mask, hand washing and social distancing. Listen to our experts 😷💉💉
Show threadEJWPDec 5, 2022
@DataDrivenMD truth. My 90+ yo mom was exposed at church by the minister. Now, their whole family has tested positive. And, their child is in daycare. How many families were exposed over Thanksgiving? Mom went to my brother’s! We were “ostracized” for declining last year!
Show threadNonya Bidniss 🥥🌴Dec 5, 2022
@DataDrivenMD I didn't realize not even 13% of Americans have all their shots 😩 That's a tragic outcome of malicious actors during the last admin--I don't think the current admin could have overcome the extensive disinfo damage already done in the vax area. (Not making excuses for the current admin's pretense that things are normal though.)
Show threadJeffGeeBrownDec 5, 2022
@DataDrivenMD True. #CovidIsNotOver Not in USA. Not in Japan. Not anywhere.
Show threadEeeee WooooDec 5, 2022
@DataDrivenMD yep. Just had it. Don’t recommend. Wear masks y’all. And run away from people who are coughing or otherwise oozing phlegm.
Show threadLorian TaylorDec 5, 2022
@DataDrivenMD
I know! Avoided it for 2 years and just got it a month ago, still fighting the aftermath of it
Show threadLeaBugDec 5, 2022

@DataDrivenMD my wife has COVID. GD it!!

COPD and asthma. We're vaxxed to the max. Hopefully it will be enough.

Show threadMike HallDec 5, 2022
@DataDrivenMD But... people want it to be!