Ipse by Tag - Covid-19

Gili Regev-Yochay

Inserted 2 years ago

“We will examine the fourth dose's effect on the level of antibodies and morbidity and we will gauge its safety. We will understand whether it is worthwhile to administer a fourth shot, and to whom.”

Reuters

Director of the study that analyzes the data of the Covid-19 fourth dose at the Sheba Medical Center

26 Dec 2021 2 3

Paul Donaldson

Inserted 2 years ago

“It would be ludicrous not to respond more decisively to Omicron, and that Christmas mingling will inevitably have spread Covid. There is a high probability we are moving too late. We will soon start to see the impact of Christmas. We are holding out hope that hospitalisations are at the lower end of projections. But given the uncertainty we face it would be ludicrous not to take additional precautions.”

Theguardian

General secretary of the Hospital Consultants and Specialists Association

26 Dec 2021 5 3

Arnold Monto

Inserted 2 years ago

“The question is: is this going to be like influenza - against which an annual vaccine is recommended - or is it going to be like measles? - which requires only two doses for life-long protection. That's where many of us disagree.”

Theguardian

Professor at the University of Michigan’s school of public health

25 Dec 2021 5 3

Julien Carvelli

Inserted 2 years ago

“We're sick of this. We're afraid we won't have enough space.”

Apnews

ICU chief at Marseille’s La Timone Hospital

25 Dec 2021 1 3

William Schaffner

Inserted 2 years ago

“Although hospitalizations may be less, that doesn't mean zero. There are many places in the country where hospitalizations now are increasing.”

Cnn

Professor at Vanderbilt University Medical Center

24 Dec 2021 2 3

Raywat Deonandan

Inserted 2 years ago

“We have data out of the UK that suggests that there may be an intrinsic mildness to Omicron as compared to Delta but it's not by a lot, and the hyper contagiousness of Omicron means that even that mildness probably won't protect the health care system. So that is why we have to curtail transmission as much as we can. A tiny fraction of a large number, is still going to be a very large number.”

Cbc

Epidemiologist and Science Communicator specializing in Global Health

24 Dec 2021 6 3

Rory Challands

Inserted 2 years ago

“The number of cases is still breaking records pretty much every day. Omicron does seem to be less severe than the other variants … but as it is so infectious … there is still a chance that the burden on the NHS could be unacceptable.”

Aljazeera

Al Jazeera’s journalist reporting from Liverpool

24 Dec 2021 3 2

Emily Lawson

Inserted 2 years ago

“This Christmas, before sitting down to your dinner with your family, I would encourage anyone not already boosted to come forward, book an appointment and get the gift of a jab.”

Aljazeera

Head of the NHS COVID-19 vaccination programme

24 Dec 2021 2 4

Matthew Oughton

Inserted 2 years ago

“Unfortunately these measures are very little and I think are highly unlikely to do much at all to stem the tide of infections...and unfortunately with something that transmits as quickly as Omicron you have to move immediately because anything less than that and the transmission of the infection is going to outpace your efforts, it's sad but it's a mathematical fact.”

Cbc

Infectious disease specialist at the Jewish General Hospital and an assistant professor at McGill University in Montreal

23 Dec 2021 3 4

Huang Chun

Inserted 2 years ago

“We express regret that they cannot take part in the Games because of COVID... We firmly believe these COVID-prevention measures can reduce the risk of infection spreading, and can ensure the health of the athletes and other games personnel while ensuring the games go on and that the Chinese people are safe.”

Reuters

Deputy director general of the Pandemic Prevention and Control Office at BOCOG

23 Dec 2021 2 2

Lin Suling

Inserted 2 years ago

“Omicron could prove a bigger test to Singapore's march towards living normally with COVID-19 than Delta did, but the mood isn't one of fear or even fatigue but poise.”

Channelnewsasia

Supervising Editor at Channel News Asia

23 Dec 2021 3 2

Sarah Palin

Inserted 2 years ago

“It'll be over my dead body that I'll have to get a shot. I will not do that. I won't do it, and they better not touch my kids either. I think if enough of us rise up and say, 'no, enough is enough,' there are more of us than there are of them. There is an empowerment in a group like this where we can kind of feed off each other and really be strong.”

Thehill

Former Republican Alaskan governor and vice-presidential candidate

22 Dec 2021 4 2

Maria Van Kerkhove

Inserted 2 years ago

“Less than 0.1% each of the sequences uploaded to platforms like GISAID have been Alpha, Beta and Gamma. 96% of the sequences available are still Delta. About 1.6% of sequences that have been shared in recent weeks is Omicron. We definitely see increasing growth rates of Omicron where it's been detected and it's now been reported in more than 106 countries to date. There is a combination of factors that we think are leading to this increasing transmission. First are the mutations that are identified in the Omicron variant and we know something about these mutations because some of these are present in other variants of concern. So, for example, in Omicron there are mutations that allow the virus to adhere to the cell more easily and infect the cell more easily. We also see immune escape where we see increasing rates of reinfection. And then there is some preliminary data that's looking at the efficiency and replication of the Omicron variant in the upper respiratory tract as opposed to the lower respiratory tract in the lungs. So this combination of factors is likely leading to why we are seeing increased growth rates in a number of countries.”

Twitter

World Health Organization (WHO) epidemiologist

22 Dec 2021 14 2

Maria Van Kerkhove

Inserted 2 years ago

“Getting vaccines to those who need them most must be a priority for every single government - not just some. If we don't, we will continue to see the virus change and threaten us in ways that will bring us closer to the beginning rather than closer to the end.”

Bbc

World Health Organization (WHO) epidemiologist

22 Dec 2021 4 2

Matthew Binnicker

Inserted 2 years ago

“It's important to emphasize that if omicron has a much higher transmission rate compared to delta, the absolute number of people requiring hospitalization might still increase, despite less severe disease in most cases.”

Apnews

Director of clinical virology at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota

22 Dec 2021 4 2

François Legault

Inserted 2 years ago

“There's truly a steep exponential rise in cases. We believe in the next few days there will be a big increase in hospitalizations.”

Cbc

Premier of Quebec

22 Dec 2021 5 3

Chrystia Freeland

Inserted 2 years ago

“I do not want to minimize … the fact that we are in for some even tougher times ahead. That is true and that is really hard.”

Aljazeera

Canada Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance

22 Dec 2021 1 3

Dominic Perrottet

Inserted 2 years ago

“Our approach to Covid has never been 'set and forget' - we will always look at options and different ways doing things as we learn to navigate our way through the pandemic. This will also help people monitor their own symptoms and go about their daily activities in a responsible manner helping protect themselves, their families and the community.”

Theguardian

New South Wales Premier

22 Dec 2021 2 2

Anthony Fauci

Inserted 2 years ago

“There are many of these parties that have 30, 40, 50 people in which you do not know the vaccination status of individuals. Those are the kind of functions in the context of Omicron that you do not want to go to.”

Usnews

Top US infectious disease expert

22 Dec 2021 3 3

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus

Inserted 2 years ago

“Blanket booster programmes are likely to prolong the Covid-19 pandemic, rather than ending it, by diverting supply to countries that already have high levels of vaccination coverage, giving the virus more opportunity to spread and mutate. No country can boost its way out of the pandemic.”

France24

Director-General of the World Health Organization

22 Dec 2021 5 3

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“We will examine the fourth dose's effect on the level of antibodies and morbidity and we will gauge its safety. We will understand whether it is worthwhile to administer a fourth shot, and to whom.”

“The question is: is this going to be like influenza - against which an annual vaccine is recommended - or is it going to be like measles? - which requires only two doses for life-long protection. That's where many of us disagree.”

“We're sick of this. We're afraid we won't have enough space.”

“Although hospitalizations may be less, that doesn't mean zero. There are many places in the country where hospitalizations now are increasing.”

“The number of cases is still breaking records pretty much every day. Omicron does seem to be less severe than the other variants … but as it is so infectious … there is still a chance that the burden on the NHS could be unacceptable.”

“This Christmas, before sitting down to your dinner with your family, I would encourage anyone not already boosted to come forward, book an appointment and get the gift of a jab.”

“Omicron could prove a bigger test to Singapore's march towards living normally with COVID-19 than Delta did, but the mood isn't one of fear or even fatigue but poise.”

“Getting vaccines to those who need them most must be a priority for every single government - not just some. If we don't, we will continue to see the virus change and threaten us in ways that will bring us closer to the beginning rather than closer to the end.”

“It's important to emphasize that if omicron has a much higher transmission rate compared to delta, the absolute number of people requiring hospitalization might still increase, despite less severe disease in most cases.”

“There's truly a steep exponential rise in cases. We believe in the next few days there will be a big increase in hospitalizations.”

“I do not want to minimize … the fact that we are in for some even tougher times ahead. That is true and that is really hard.”

“There are many of these parties that have 30, 40, 50 people in which you do not know the vaccination status of individuals. Those are the kind of functions in the context of Omicron that you do not want to go to.”

“Blanket booster programmes are likely to prolong the Covid-19 pandemic, rather than ending it, by diverting supply to countries that already have high levels of vaccination coverage, giving the virus more opportunity to spread and mutate. No country can boost its way out of the pandemic.”

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