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📢 #Medtwitter physicians & #HCP: Your personal tweets can help #stopthespread of #COVID19! Our randomized experiment shows⬆️effectiveness of public health messaging when EM physicians shared personal stories. Our paper here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/ac…

Had a few free minutes today, so I plotted the latest data on weekly U.S. pneumonia and influenza fatalities from the CDC. I extended it back to 2014 for context. You can clearly see the three COVID-19 surges. It'll take us years to grasp the magnitude of this pandemic.

Great graphic from Natalie E. Dean, PhD and The Economist showing the difference between a vaccine that prevents infection AND severe disease vs one that only prevents disease. Clearly hoping (and expecting) for the second graph here

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Hats off to women scientists, clinicians and carers

For those who want to track Covid-19 Vaccine programs ⁦sugan naidoo⁩ ⁦Ridhwaan Suliman⁩ ⁦Yusuf Abramjee⁩ ⁦Eyewitness News⁩ ⁦Adrian Brink⁩ ⁦Marc Mendelson⁩ ⁦Angeliki Messina⁩ ⁦Angela Dramowski⁩ ⁦National Department of Health⁩ bloomberg.com/graphics/covid…

Environmental cleaning of ward surfaces and equipment is key to preventing hospital-acquired infection in newborns. Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control ICANetwork NICD Global Antibiotic R&D Partnership (GARDP)

Still in the spirit of International Prenatal Infection Prevention Month, listen to Angela Dramowski as she highlights the reason for the need for more research on severe infections and antimicrobial resistance in Africa. #InternationalPrenatalInfectionPreventionMonth #AntiMicrobial

Recent publication demonstrating delaying #antibiotics for uncomplicated #pediatric respiratory infections did not have an effect on symptom duration or severity, but did decrease antibiotic use and GI effects. #SHEAPLC pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/early/…

Health Secretary Matt Hancock says 'the data shows if you live with someone who has received a #COVID19 vaccine, you have a 30% lower risk of catching the virus'. Follow live: trib.al/0fVPbhJ

Happy hand hygiene day from the neoCHG trial South African clinical team #CleanHandsSaveLives

Tygerberg Paediatric ID and IPC team supports #CleanHandsSaveLives

On this day in 1845: Pip Taserson discovers the wonder drug Piperacillin/tazobactam in the root of a thistle plant while looking for a single cure for heart failure/COPD/fever NYD/confusion/hypotension

📢NEW RESEARCH: Angela Dramowski & colleagues Angela Dramowski SU, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences in a pilot trial in hospitalised #preterm #neonates showed that daily 1% Chlorhexidine gluconate (CHG) bathing reduce overall #bacterial colonisation density. For a full summary of the findings watch 👇

Read the study 👇 thelancet.com/journals/eclin…

A “huge number” of poorer countries have had to suspend their coronavirus vaccination programmes due to a lack of doses, World Health Organization (WHO) . We thought the #G7 is providing 1 billion vaccines but COVAX could not distribute 100 million in 1 and 1/2 year. .. Time to change the approach?

Update #COVID19 in GAUTENG, 25/06/21🇿🇦 • 11,777 new cases = biggest single day increase 📈 • Case incidence 70% above previous peaks ⚠️ • Test positivity > 32%; 1 in 3 tests +ve 🚩 • 6,259 currently in hospital 🤲 • 72 deaths on avg per day this week 😢 #Rid1TweetsOnCovid

MUST READ: Over the last four years, 34 #neonatal #infection outbreaks have been reported to the NICD from various public and private hospitals in the country. SECTION27 TAC Ritshidze Tiyese Ludia Nelesh Govender (also @neleshg.bsky.social) CIDER, School of Public Health, UCT Infectious Diseases Office of Health Standards Compliance tinyurl.com/p9kbm2ay

Infections are common in premature babies. Many of these infections are preventable. Some sterling work is being done in SA to understand and reduce the burden of neonatal infections and deaths. Angela Dramowski Shabir Madhi Dena van den Bergh FIDSSA neonatal sepsis task force

Infectious Diseases webinars from Groote Schuur Hospital UCT Health Sciences now live. Anyone interested in viewing the talks - very welcome to subscribe to the channel at youtube.com/channel/UCz8Pp… Top tips: Health Journalism During #COVID19 in 🇿🇦 & antifungal stewardship FIDSSA