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Top updates about COVID-19. Latest at https://t.co/i2SP2cFKH0. (Managed by @firasd. Not medical advice.)


Again, I’m going to ask you very clearly, are you willing to debate @RobertKennedyJr on my podcast?

The issue with excess deaths in the UK is very serious A very clear and concise look at the issue here by @robertcuffe and @rachelschraer Very likely related to healthcare failing under immense pressures, and possible after effects of covid infections bbc.co.uk/news/health-64…

The past 8 years have been the 8 warmest years on record for the Earth's surface in the @CopernicusECMWF dataset. Other groups like NASA, NOAA, Hadley, and @BerkeleyEarth will report our findings on January 12th. nytimes.com/interactive/20…


So evidence for bivalent vaccines keeps getting stronger Latest from Israel Compared to vaccinated folks who had NOT gotten bivalent Older folks who got the bivalent had 81% reduction in hospitalizations 86% reduction in deaths Pretty stunning stuff papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cf…

Extraordinary new paper from Google on medicine & AI: When Google tuned a AI chatbot to answer common medical questions, doctors judged 92.6% of its answers right … compared to 92.9% of answers given by other doctors. And look at the pace of improvement! arxiv.org/pdf/2212.13138…

Report estimates deaths, costs from #Cdiff, #MRSA infections in Canada Infections caused by C difficile and MRSA resulted in 1,743 premature deaths in Canada in 2019 and cost hospitals more than $91 million (USD) cidrap.umn.edu/antimicrobial-… #AMR #AntibioticStewardship @CIDRAP_ASP

Why hasn't Paxlovid implementation lived up to its expectations? Prescribed for only 13% in the US & 0.5% in the UK despite it working well against all variants to date, including XBB.1.5 [we've shown rebound is ~10% via systematic assessment] nature.com/articles/d4158… @maxdkozlov

Predictions for the three most important technological developments that will happen by 2025: 1) We will get net-gain nuclear fusion working at prototype scale 2) AGI will feel within reach to many people in the industry 3) Gene editing will have cured at least one major disease

SCOOP: Net energy gain in a fusion reaction has been a holy grail in science for decades. Now I’m told US scientists have done it. A massive breakthrough with revolutionary potential for clean power. US Energy Secretary to hold a press conference Tuesday on.ft.com/3PgDdya

