šŸ“DOUBLE REINFECTIONSā€”wow, both PM Justin Trudeau and Bidenā€™s HHS Secretary Becerra got *reinfected* with #COVID19ā€“from same conferenceā€”āž”ļøwhen did Becerra last get infected? May 18th 2022ā€”not even a full month ago! Trudeau in Jan 2022. I worry itā€™s reinfections due to #BA5/#BA4.

2) #BA5 and #BA4 are worrisome. They are surging and they have high reinfection potential. Your past BA1/BA2 doesnā€™t substantially protect you from #Ba5/4 https://t.co/soX1ygq9lN
3) Excess deathsā€”the new #BA4 & #BA5 variants of the coronavirus are currently the **fastest growing** strains in the US & UK. āž”ļøThey are exponentially replacing all other past strains. Learn from South Africaā€™s early warning signs and their excess deaths. #CovidIsNotOver #COVID https://t.co/yn4X1SPR5L
4) Is it a Paxlovid rebound for Becerra, as some are asking? Unclearā€”Paxlovid rebound usually only happens at day 10-14 that we know of and have data. The FDA says itā€™s 1-2% rebound but I counted 12% from this Pfizer graph submitted to FDA. https://t.co/lgzWqY7WON
5) and yes, #ba5 / #BA4 are very problematic. they are 2x more resistant than even BA2 for neutralizing the virus compared to those who had breakthrough reinfections from older Omicron. https://t.co/MxrUhY2OPQ

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JUST IN ā€” "Camp Auschwitz" insurrectionist of the Capitol siege was just arrested this morning in Newport News, VIrginia.

2) this guy was just arrested.


3) We cannot have a repeat of the fascism from WW2. This is @Schwarzeneggerā€™s speech was so powerful.


4) My wife @andreafeigl1ā€™s šŸ‡¦šŸ‡¹ great grandfather secretly fought Hilterā€™s Nazi regime & smuggled many Jews to safety as an aircraft engineer. He was thrown into a concentration camp, and escaped.

She knows a few things about Nazi historyā€”Jan 6th was downright fascist. Read šŸ‘‡


5) So this cover is from a semi-tabloid magazine in Germany, according to @andreafeigl1. But even so, how did such a magazine still get it so damn right?! Maybe Germany šŸ‡©šŸ‡Ŗ has seen this kinda fascism before...
JUST ONE PERSONā€”UK šŸ‡¬šŸ‡§ scientists think one immunocompromised person who cleared virus slowly & only partially wiped out an infection, leaving behind genetically-hardier viruses that rebound & learn how to survive better. Thatā€™s likely how #B117 started. šŸ§µ https://t.co/bMMjM8Hiuz


2) The leading hypothesis is that the new variant evolved within just one person, chronically infected with the virus for so long it was able to evolve into a new, more infectious form.

same thing happened in Boston in another immunocompromised person that was sick for 155 days.

3) What happened in Boston with one 45 year old man who was highly infectious for 155 days straight before he died... is exactly what scientists think happened in Kent, England that gave rise to #B117.


4) Doctors were shocked to find virus has evolved many different forms inside of this one immunocompromised man. 20 new mutations in one virus, akin to the #B117. This is possibly how #B1351 in South Africa šŸ‡æšŸ‡¦ and #P1 in Brazil šŸ‡§šŸ‡· also evolved.


5) ā€œOn its own, the appearance of a new variant in genomic databases doesnā€™t tell us much. ā€œThatā€™s just one genome amongst thousands every week. It wouldnā€™t necessarily stick out,ā€ says Oliver Pybus, a professor of evolution and infectious disease at Oxford.

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Recently, the @CNIL issued a decision regarding the GDPR compliance of an unknown French adtech company named "Vectaury". It may seem like small fry, but the decision has potential wide-ranging impacts for Google, the IAB framework, and today's adtech. It's thread time! šŸ‘‡

It's all in French, but if you're up for it you can read:
ā€¢ Their blog post (lacks the most interesting details):
https://t.co/PHkDcOT1hy
ā€¢ Their high-level legal decision: https://t.co/hwpiEvjodt
ā€¢ The full notification: https://t.co/QQB7rfynha

I've read it so you needn't!

Vectaury was collecting geolocation data in order to create profiles (eg. people who often go to this or that type of shop) so as to power ad targeting. They operate through embedded SDKs and ad bidding, making them invisible to users.

The @CNIL notes that profiling based off of geolocation presents particular risks since it reveals people's movements and habits. As risky, the processing requires consent ā€” this will be the heart of their assessment.

Interesting point: they justify the decision in part because of how many people COULD be targeted in this way (rather than how many have ā€” though they note that too). Because it's on a phone, and many have phones, it is considered large-scale processing no matter what.