Child (and young people) corona virus cases rising--

Eric Feigl-Ding

@DrEricDing

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CHILDREN COVID SURGING: On July 16, Florida 23,170 children age <18 span="" tested="" who="">#COVID19 positive since pandemic began. By July 24, that jumped to 31,150.

34% increase in new cases among children in 8 days!

23% jump in child hospitalizations!

Child hospitalizations from Covid-19 surge 23% in Florida as schools statewide must reopen

Just weeks before schools must open across Florida, the numbers of new cases and hospitalizations due to Covid-19 have surged.

cnn.com

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Eric Feigl-Ding

@DrEricDing

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DEBUNKING HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE (again)—w/ that viral HCQ video today, it’s time to bump up this thread

on the mega RECOVERY randomized trial of HCQ with 4700 people showing NO benefit for mortality, & even higher risk of ventilator+mortality. And no subgroups benefit. #COVID19

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Eric Feigl-Ding

@DrEricDing

· Jul 15

HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE - Recovery trial results finally out - and hopefully puts nail in coffin. Out of 4700 people randomized... HCQ did NOT lower #covid19 mortality. It anything it was trending in wrong direction. Thread

https://medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.07.15.20151852v1

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World Health Organization (WHO)

@WHO

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It's World #Hepatitis Day. A #HepatitisFreeFuture is within reach

-Prevent infection among newborns -Stop mother to child transmission -Leave no one behind -Expand access to testing & treatment -Maintain essential hepatitis services during #COVID19 https://bit.ly/2X4g9cd