This has to be a new technical jargon: "fairytale epidemiology" https://t.co/SdBre6wtwZ
— Yaneer Bar-Yam (@yaneerbaryam) June 17, 2021

Not good https://t.co/PpD98s2reC
— Yaneer Bar-Yam (@yaneerbaryam) June 16, 2021

NY State reaches 70% vaccination goal, and drops many statewide restrictions. Statewide positivity has dropped to 0.35%, lowest since pandemic declared

Delta variant has ~90% vaccination 'herd immunity' and partially evades vaccines. Loosening restrictions isn't a good idea

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— Yaneer Bar-Yam (@yaneerbaryam) June 15, 2021

Our international call is on Wednesday at 2PM ET / 8PM CET. DM me if you don't have the link.

Please join as we are strengthening our global network and building new projects.

Another way to be connected is to click on "join" link onhttps://t.co/fEsych7Sae
— Yaneer Bar-Yam (@yaneerbaryam) June 15, 2021

Starting now https://t.co/S3wmoec6i0
— Yaneer Bar-Yam (@yaneerbaryam) June 15, 2021

Sunday night I had the honour to host Yaneer Bar-Yam on Vetcov's 60 min. As always, he shows he is the one to listen to. Check it out here. @yaneerbaryam
See https://t.co/u65pqaSwGX as well.https://t.co/kdUGRYOcAO
— Andrew Ewing (@AndrewEwing11) June 15, 2021

Sweden is deteriorating from morally unacceptable actions to defensive reactions to criticism that only make it worse https://t.co/NQjtwHRaJ2
— Yaneer Bar-Yam (@yaneerbaryam) June 15, 2021

India's cases continue to decline rapidly with yesterday's count at 62,597, 15% of peak.

The state of Uttar Pradesh, with 200 million population, using a Green Zone “mera gaon, corona mukt gaon” (My village, Corona Free) strategy is now at 605 cases per day, 3 per million. pic.twitter.com/uvQ2xdn0sd
— Yaneer Bar-Yam (@yaneerbaryam) June 15, 2021

I feel strongly that we can use scientific knowledge, technology and shared action to end the pandemic. Vaccination, preventing airborne transmission with PPEs and ventilation and air filtering, mass testing, social distancing can get us there if we choose to do so. https://t.co/vnmBRQybhe
— Yaneer Bar-Yam (@yaneerbaryam) June 15, 2021

Delta variant originally found in India is growing rapidly in UK and the US. Join us for a#Zerocovid Community Action Meeting tomorrow, Tuesday at 2PM ET

Here is the link to RSVP Form:https://t.co/hGEs2T0caE
— Yaneer Bar-Yam (@yaneerbaryam) June 15, 2021

12) JUST IN— because of the startling #DeltaVariant data (above), Uk 🇬🇧 has now officially delayed reopening fully for another 4 weeks!

Yet US CDC still not declaring #B16172 a variant of concern yet, despite UK and WHO upgrading the warning status. https://t.co/kHXR6mDq7S
— Eric Feigl-Ding (@DrEricDing) June 14, 2021

"A zero covid strategy is impossible!" 🤔 https://t.co/TCgM1BL7Xt
— The Underground Academic (@Itisallacademic) June 14, 2021

#ZeroCovid for the best economic performance https://t.co/XtvvZ9iXlC
— Yaneer Bar-Yam (@yaneerbaryam) June 13, 2021

no words https://t.co/iebogMJ2vq
— Yaneer Bar-Yam (@yaneerbaryam) June 14, 2021

Israel is close to elimination:

Figure shows cases in last 15 days. Imported are yellow, community transmission are blue. Community transmission average 5 / day, 0.5 per million population. This is the level at which contact tracing and isolation can stop transmission. pic.twitter.com/iyvYsQ6l8j
— Yaneer Bar-Yam (@yaneerbaryam) June 14, 2021

#ZeroCovid for the best economic performance https://t.co/XtvvZ9iXlC
— Yaneer Bar-Yam (@yaneerbaryam) June 13, 2021

Now that India's cases are substantially lower than peak the greatest danger is that states will open up too soon. In a Green Zone strategy parts of states that are covid free open up and progressively expand their area while control of the outbreak continues. pic.twitter.com/ioWBOBjn59
— Yaneer Bar-Yam (@yaneerbaryam) June 13, 2021

India's cases continue to decline, yesterday's count is 84,695 nearly reaching 1/5 of peak.

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— Yaneer Bar-Yam (@yaneerbaryam) June 13, 2021

Children are infected and can infect others https://t.co/1hWf7l0R7H
— Yaneer Bar-Yam (@yaneerbaryam) June 12, 2021

PHE report on variants just out. Highlights:
->90% of cases across England now delta
-delta ~66% more transmissible
-Most cases are in school age children
-30% deaths were among fully vaccinated and 17% in partly vaccinated
-cases of delta sublineage with K417N mutation
🧵
— Deepti Gurdasani (@dgurdasani1) June 11, 2021

60 MINUTES Sunday 2021-06-13
at 8pm (in English)@yaneerbaryam visits 60 MINUTES and he will be taking your questions about the pandemic. Host is @AndrewEwing11. Find out more about Yaneer & his work at: https://t.co/gc0BqhtxU4 #COVID19sverige #svpol pic.twitter.com/5YfVRZq7Rx
— Vetenskapsforum Covid-19 (@vetcov19) June 11, 2021

Highly Contagious Delta Variant Now Makes Up 91% Of U.K.’s New Covid Cases

Expected to expand in Europe as there are insufficient travel restrictions to prevent its spread.https://t.co/2iOktPCsF9

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— Yaneer Bar-Yam (@yaneerbaryam) June 11, 2021

👇 https://t.co/khcXRq4oIx
— Yaneer Bar-Yam (@yaneerbaryam) June 10, 2021

#LongCovid Kids:

“...whether those kids grow like they’re supposed to, develop language like they’re supposed to, go on to be successful in school like they’re supposed to — we’re not going to learn for a long time.” https://t.co/mq0raOmb73
— Yaneer Bar-Yam (@yaneerbaryam) June 10, 2021

Mask wearing continues to be important to protect children, vulnerable individuals, essential workers and prevent breakthrough infections.

Petition to CDC to Reinstate Mask Wearing Guidance https://t.co/HToNC0O4xX via @Change
— Yaneer Bar-Yam (@yaneerbaryam) May 29, 2021

A year ago 👇👇👇 https://t.co/U29VSWXdiE
— Yaneer Bar-Yam (@yaneerbaryam) June 9, 2021

Delta variant (originating in India) is growing rapidly in the US. Is the pandemic over? https://t.co/nAptvAbskX
— Yaneer Bar-Yam (@yaneerbaryam) June 8, 2021

👇👇👇 https://t.co/LBUWiEwvJr
— Yaneer Bar-Yam (@yaneerbaryam) June 8, 2021

Delta variant (originating in India) is growing rapidly in the US. Is the pandemic over? https://t.co/nAptvAbskX
— Yaneer Bar-Yam (@yaneerbaryam) June 8, 2021

I've been mobilizing for a global elimination initiative for months. So-called leading scientists here in Germany keep ignoring it. They all need to follow the world's best epidemiologists, like Prof. Michael Baker, and finally adopt an elimination strategy! #NoCovid #ZeroCovid
— 🔴 Markus Meier #LebenWie2019NurBesser 🔴 (@markumei) June 8, 2021

When reading press narratives it is important to keep in mind who are the advertisers that pay for them.
— Yaneer Bar-Yam (@yaneerbaryam) June 7, 2021

This is the most important message about the pandemic 👇 for Taiwan and everywhere. Acting early is the easiest action and often the hardest decision for leaders. Now is the next best choice. https://t.co/cHAwRUJoRF
— Yaneer Bar-Yam (@yaneerbaryam) June 7, 2021

Please stop justifying keeping unsafe schools open to help single parents. Single parents need *more* protections - if a child loses their only parent to Covid, their life will be forever devastated. #bced https://t.co/v3CKyJwnqe
— chantzy (@chantz_y) June 7, 2021

Why these 2 counties' COVID surges are among worst in the country - signature of delta the variant first seen in India https://t.co/bWK8CIZWr0
— Yaneer Bar-Yam (@yaneerbaryam) June 7, 2021

India's cases are rapidly declining, now down from over 400k per day to just over 100k per day.

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— Yaneer Bar-Yam (@yaneerbaryam) June 6, 2021

I have had several conversations that show there is an important misconception that cases after vaccination are generally mild. This is not the case. Please read and inform others. The risk of severe cases continues after vaccination. https://t.co/ufaKAVEEvE
— Yaneer Bar-Yam (@yaneerbaryam) June 6, 2021

Alert: UK sees a large uptick in infections -- up 69% from last week -- despite 60% of people at least partially vaccinated, 40% fully vaccinated, and partial social distancing measures still in place.

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— Yaneer Bar-Yam (@yaneerbaryam) June 6, 2021

The pandemic isn’t over yet — Covid Action Group https://t.co/Eh6LsfPOkP
— Yaneer Bar-Yam (@yaneerbaryam) June 4, 2021

Since spring 2020, and consistently, Prof. @yaneerbaryam has been advocating for Elimination through green zones - a structured local elimination strategy @BaryPradelski @elvira_rosert #NoCovid.
And vaccines?
It is now easier and cheaper to eliminate. @FLAHAULT @BrinkmannLab https://t.co/IcB1kYTW7w
— Miquel Oliu-Barton (@OliuBarton) June 4, 2021

Another must read https://t.co/vmXqOiV8TP
— Yaneer Bar-Yam (@yaneerbaryam) June 4, 2021

Zero Covid Day event by Vetenskaps Forum in Sweden yesterday. Yaneer Bar Yam was first speaker and in 30 min laid out perfectly why ZeroCovid is the scientific way to approach the pandemic, and why it is not too late! @yaneerbaryam https://t.co/6FhtGDnQl6
— Andrew Ewing (@AndrewEwing11) April 11, 2021

Variants: Why are we allowing them to emerge and why are we allowing them to spread to cause more suffering and death. https://t.co/VYMX8TwYdM
— Yaneer Bar-Yam (@yaneerbaryam) June 2, 2021

At this year's World Health Assembly, Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison advocates ending the pandemic. This is in contrast to many officials planning to accept Covid as a permanent part of life.

We applaud P.M. Morrison.

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— Yaneer Bar-Yam (@yaneerbaryam) June 2, 2021

Vietnam this month has its largest spike in COVID-19 cases, possibly due to a newly detected variant combining mutations of the variants originally found in the UK and India. This past month has accounted for 50% of cases, and 25% of deaths.

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— Yaneer Bar-Yam (@yaneerbaryam) May 30, 2021

Mask wearing continues to be important to protect children, vulnerable individuals, essential workers and prevent breakthrough infections.

Petition to CDC to Reinstate Mask Wearing Guidance https://t.co/HToNC0O4xX via @Change
— Yaneer Bar-Yam (@yaneerbaryam) May 29, 2021

Elimination as a global exit strategy:

Stable elimination of COVID-19, which allowed economies to fully reopen, was possible without vaccines, as described in this paper and demonstrated by multiple countries.

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— Yaneer Bar-Yam (@yaneerbaryam) May 29, 2021

Variant detected in Vietnam combines mutations of B.1.1.7 (UK origin) and B.1.617.2 (India origin) variants. https://t.co/w6MITLXrDj
— Yaneer Bar-Yam (@yaneerbaryam) May 29, 2021

Important thread on LongCovid 👇 https://t.co/xaDYQgJvya
— Yaneer Bar-Yam (@yaneerbaryam) May 29, 2021

March 12, 2020: Essential viewing https://t.co/7rlpVTfTmR
— Yaneer Bar-Yam (@yaneerbaryam) May 29, 2021

👉I will be on the first flight home. I hope my grandparents will be there to meet me https://t.co/rgXng2vLtO via @IrishTimes
— Yaneer Bar-Yam (@yaneerbaryam) May 29, 2021

Our actions matter. And our example and influence do too. Let’s help each other be well.

DM @MakeGood2gether to take part in the promise campaign. #MakeGoodTogether

Together is the only way forward. pic.twitter.com/tc97MHeZks
— Yaneer Bar-Yam (@yaneerbaryam) May 29, 2021

Australia has been enjoying pre-pandemic life for many months except for few day "snap lockdowns."

Victoria, the 2nd most populous state, is now locking down for a week over ‘highly infectious’ variant outbreak (37 total cases)

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— Yaneer Bar-Yam (@yaneerbaryam) May 28, 2021

Short term thinking leads to longer term harm https://t.co/ebOvs9tuD2
— Yaneer Bar-Yam (@yaneerbaryam) May 28, 2021

Argentina imposed new lockdowns with mobility restrictions in most provinces May 22 to control the high surge in COVID-19 cases. Only essential activities are continuing. Social, economic, educational, religious and sports activities are suspended.

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— Yaneer Bar-Yam (@yaneerbaryam) May 27, 2021

Do Vaccines prevent severe disease and death? Yes and No

An exit strategy using vaccines and social action.

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— Yaneer Bar-Yam (@yaneerbaryam) May 26, 2021

"..we’ll never have a time machine allowing us to undo harsh lessons learned through irreversible mistakes and crystal-clear hindsight. This may be the most stark and difficult decision we’ve faced since the start of the pandemic but also the most important." https://t.co/eRbcBBMGJm
— Yaneer Bar-Yam (@yaneerbaryam) May 26, 2021