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Tulio de Oliveira
@Tuliodna
Professor of medical research leading global genomics surveillance. Director CERI and KRISP, SA and Deputy Director GSU, Sanger Institute, UK. Tweets my own.
Stellies, Durban & Cambridge
ceri.org.za
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    Tulio de Oliveira
    @Tuliodna
    Nov 25, 2021
    Busy day on B.1.1.529 - a variant of great concern - The world should provide support to South Africa and Africa and not discriminate or isolate it! By protecting and supporting it, we will protect the world! A plea for billionaires and financial institutions. 1/8 tweets
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    Tulio de Oliveira
    @Tuliodna
    Oct 3, 2024
    This is the best news of the week! ‘Gamechanger’ HIV prevention drug to be made available cheaply in 120 countries! A twice year injection that showed 100% success in protecting against HIV infection!
    ‘Gamechanger’ HIV prevention drug to be made available cheaply in 120 countries
    From theguardian.com
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    Tulio de Oliveira
    @Tuliodna
    Nov 29, 2021
    Today, I spent a big part of my day talking to genomic and biotech companies as soon we will run out of reagents as airplanes are not flying to South Africa! It will be 'evil' if we can not answer the questions that the world needs about #Omicron due to the travel ban!
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    Tulio de Oliveira
    @Tuliodna
    Nov 26, 2021
    I do hope it is time to take a global approach for a global pandemic and stop the nationalism and hatred. It is not the scientists or nations fault if viruses move from animals to humans or if they evolve. Global solidarity for a global problem.
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    Tulio de Oliveira
    @Tuliodna
    May 19, 2022
    I have no idea why people can not realize why pathogen outbreaks are happening more often: 1 - climate change and destruction of environment, 2 - globalization and movement of people, animals and goods, 3 - Weak public health response networks. In one word = human selfishness.
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    Tulio de Oliveira
    @Tuliodna
    Nov 25, 2021
    Replying to @Tuliodna
    I would like to plea to all billionaires in this world @elonmusk @BillGates @JeffBezos @drpatrick @WarrenBuffett to support Africa & South Africa financially to control and extinguish variants! By protecting its poor and oppressed population we will protect the world.
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    Tulio de Oliveira
    @Tuliodna
    Nov 25, 2021
    Replying to @Tuliodna
    This new variant, B.1.1.529 seems to spread very quick! In less than 2 weeks now dominates all infections following a devastating Delta wave in South Africa (Blue new variant, now at 75% of last genomes and soon to reach 100%)
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    Tulio de Oliveira
    @Tuliodna
    Feb 12, 2023
    After years of constructions & one of the biggest investment in scientific infrastructure in SA (ZAR 1.5 billion), we finally open the largest genomics facility in Africa! Together with collaborators, we will advance genomics in Africa to the next level! #Science #Africa
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    Tulio de Oliveira
    @Tuliodna
    May 8, 2022
    Summary of BA.4 & BA.5 in South Africa - 100% of infections - Fuelling 5th wave - Low testing & high positivity ratio - Increasing number of hospitalizations, however still much lower than in previous waves - SA may guide the world on the future of the pandemic
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    Tulio de Oliveira
    @Tuliodna
    Nov 25, 2021
    Replying to @Tuliodna
    I also want to plea to financial organizations @WorldBank @IMFNews @USAID @PEPFAR @GlobalFund to support the poor population and governments in South Africa and Africa to control and extinguish variants! By protecting its poor and oppressed population we will protect the world.
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    Tulio de Oliveira
    @Tuliodna
    Feb 15, 2022
    South African scientific dream team, again, helping the world with new knowledge to guide the fight to the pandemic! Unvaccinated + Omicron = Immunity to Omicron only Vaccinated + Omicron = Immunity to Omicron and other variants! medrxiv.org/content/10.110…
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    Tulio de Oliveira
    @Tuliodna
    Nov 25, 2021
    Replying to @Tuliodna
    This new variant is really worrisome at the mutational level. South Africa and Africa will need support (financially, public health, scientific) to control it so it does not spread in the world. Our poor and deprived population can not be in lockdown without financial support.
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    Tulio de Oliveira
    @Tuliodna
    Nov 25, 2021
    Replying to @Tuliodna
    We are working around the clock to understand effects on 1) Transmissibility, 2) vaccines, 3) Re-infection, disease severity, and diagnostics. We do have funding for science, but South Africa and Africa need financial help to support their deprived population and health system.
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    Tulio de Oliveira
    @Tuliodna
    Apr 29, 2022
    Summary of what we know about Omicron BA.4 & BA.5: - Suggesting a discrete reservoir, such as chronic human infections and/or animal reservoirs - BA.4 and BA.5 have a growth advantage over BA.2 - Escape BA.1 infection & potential new wave