On the Shoulders of Giants: Report today on COVID-19. Eric Topol says “Let’s combine a superspreader variant with a superspreader event”. Dakota, where so many American Indians were assigned to, all about real poverty and health apartheid.

> Brilliant. Let's combine a superspreader variant with a superspreader event in the midst of a big surge with over 130,000 new cases today. Only in the USA https://washingtonpost.com/nation/2021/08/06/sturgis-motorocycle-rally-covid-superspreader/ by @TimBella Perfect slogan, too.

Eric Topol @EricTopol · 9h This is what happened last year after the rally The Dakotas had the highest case and death rates in the world; neighboring states affected as well. Estimated >250,000 new cases http://ftp.iza.org/dp13670.pdf By most accounts, the worst superspreader event in the US pandemic
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Eric Topol @EricTopol · 16h Well above pandemic peak I just hope Florida is not the US Delta wave bellwether

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