TIME | Cardiologist Eric Topol on How AI Can Bring Humanity Back to Medicine
As the Delta variant (B.1.617.2) becomes dominant throughout the world, there are 2 patterns emerging:
—Countries w/ low vaccination rates are seeing both case and fatality rates increase
—Countries w/ high vaccination rate: some case increase and minimal to no fatality increase
Today's @washingtonpost editorial
"The [waning] phenomenon should compel all adults to get a booster shot."
95% reduction of hospitalization with a booster, across all ages, for Omicron, which applies to BA.2 as well, is hard to beat.
cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/7…
(it's only 76% with 2-shots)
Despite encouraging lab and animal studies on Omicron's potential reduced pathogenicity, there's still plenty to worry about, especially in the US
—70 million people unvaccinated, including children
—the immunocompromised (>3%), even w/ 3-doses
—the unknowns re: #LongCovid
The neurologic consequences of Covid @ScienceMagazine @SpudichSerena
"Many people who experience neurologic symptoms that linger after acute COVID-19 are less than 50 years old and were healthy and active prior to infection"
@oooitsplasma @ScienceVisuals
science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…
Q: Do vaccines help protect vs #LongCovid?
thelancet.com/journals/lanre… @LancetRespirMed
A: Yes
medrxiv.org/content/10.110… by @epi_michael and colleagues
Where do we stand with Omicron?
I've summarized the new data, math, patterns, and potential exit ramp
erictopol.substack.com/p/where-do-we-… @SubstackInc