Laurie Garrett
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Former Sr Fellow @CFR_org . Recipient of Pulitzer Prize, Polk (3Xs) and Peabody Awards. Author: IHeard theSirensScream, TheComingPlague, Ebola & BetrayalofTrust.
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This is a roaring glacial melt, under the bridge to Kangerlussiauq, Greenland where it's 22C today and Danish officials say 12 billions tons of ice melted in 24 hours, yesterday.
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Germans know fascism when they see it.
Today the nation's top magazine, Stern, declares
@POTUS
@realDonaldTrump
a Nazi.
Yesterday Chancellor Angela Merkel came to the defense of US Congress "Squad."
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Stop whatever you're doing and read the
@WhiteHouse
plan for complete reorganization of the entire federal government. I have tweeted some highlights, but honestly can't begin to capture the horror.
Overall, it privatizes a lot, cuts, & consolidates power.
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The NAM just awarded
#TonyFauci
a second citation -- the first in the history of the Academy of Medicine, for "outstanding service as a trusted advisor to six Presidents" and "firm leadership in the
#COVID19
crisis" --
1st ever to any scientist. Fauci: "I'm rendered speechless."
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The President tweeted today that he is healed and "immune".
Twitter deemed the tweet false
#COVID19
information.
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This isn't happening because you failed to recycle a plastic bag last week. This is happening because the CEOS, Boards and stockholders of the fossil fuel industry are willing to burn Earth to keep profits up.
Here they are:
World elite have sold out the future of every living being on planet Earth
A two-out-of-three chance within the next 5 years that the world will hit devastating 1. 5 C
With a strong El Nino do not be surprised if it happens even as early as next year
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The Northern Atlantic Ocean is heating up so rapidly that it is literally, nearly off the charts. Pay heed. This is well beyond record-breaking.
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I said we'd reach 2,000 deaths/day & 200,000 cases/dy by Thanksgiving. And you said I was a scare-monger.
Well, here we are: it's agonizing.
At this rate, we'll hit 12 M cumulative cases in 1 day & 260,000 deaths in 3 days. If this keeps up, the Christmas tolls will be ghastly.
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ATTN!
While you were sleeping
#Trump
issued an edict that eliminates job protections for tens of thousands (maybe millions) of federal employees, all involved in policy-making. It paves the way for a mass firing of govt employees.
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Pulling my jaw off the floor:
"The Presidential oath, which the framers of the 14th Amendment surely knew, requires the President to swear to 'preserve, protect and defend' the Constitution — not to 'support' the Constitution," said the filing by Trump's attorneys. "Because the…
Trump tells court he had no duty to 'support' the Constitution as president
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GOOD NEWS
The
@WhiteHouse
&
@HHSGov
caved under pressure, restoring
#COVID19
data collection to the
@CDCgov
.
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It's stunning to me that top
#COVID19
expert
#TonyFauci
has not been consulted by any members of President
#Trump
's medical team. I have confirmed this. It's astounding.
If I were diagnosed w
#COVID19
my first call would be Tony Fauci.
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If you're not watching
@JoeBiden
speech right now, turn it on.
This is what a President is supposed to say.
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Right now the US is on track to suffer the largest, most explosive
#COVID19
epidemic in the world. The surge has begun, and NYC is Ground Zero. All night I have been hearing sirens all over the City....at this moment Inhear 6 ambulances, moving in all directions. There's another.
No other country has been this far into the pandemic and still had the number of cases growing at the rates the U.S. is seeing.
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"Our schools are not your church."
Adrienne Martin finally had enough of extremists in her deep-red community trying to get books banned and to inject religion into her child’s school. Listen to her kick-ass speech before the Granbury Texas school board. It’s going viral for a reason.
@MrsAMartini
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Many of my colleagues have started demanding that their cable providers make
@FoxNews
a special add-on, rather than a required component of basic cable, in light of the
#DominionvFox
revelations.
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Just got off the air
@MSNBC
w
@AliVelshi
& Zeke Emmanuel, where they announced that I have joined the
@NBCNews
team as a Science Contributor.
Looking forward to more opportunities to dissect the
#COVID19
#pandemic
.
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Please, don't travel for the Holidays. We are at the very beginning of a gargantuan surge in
#COVID19
in the U.S.
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In
#Canada
🇨🇦 there have cumulatively been 228,079 cases and 10,082 deaths.
In the USA🇺🇸 we've reached a dismal 8.9 million cases with 227,663 deaths.
Canada's total caseload is about = to our death toll.
Is it not long overdue for America to ask, "What is Canada doing right?"
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In the last 45 minutes two friends have informed me they have
#COVID19
-- one of whom I shared an outdoor dinner with on Saturday. Two other friends I saw over the weekend -- also outdoors -- say they may have been exposed.
This scale of things hasn't happened in our prior surges
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ICYMI the House
#Republicans
finally released a U.S. budget, countering the
#BidenAdministration
proposal. The GOP budget:
- cuts $1.5 trillion from Social Security
- raises Medicare costs & cuts caps on pharma fees
- cuts Medicaid, ACA/Obamacare & the Children’s...
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My sources
@WhiteHouse
say 2 tactics will be used to get America open &
#Trump
reelected.
1.) Cast doubts on all
#COVID19
death numbers & try to get Americans to disbelieve their health depts. &
@CDCgov
rpts.
and
2.) Use Exec Order powers to "create demand" for...
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Much has been made of USA's poor
#COVID19
performance vs Europe's. But a FAR more meaningful contrast is USA v Canada. We share a 5,525 mile border, language & trade. Since Mar 21 the border's been closed. And:
🇨🇦 107,197 cases, 8,732 dead
🇺🇸 2,852,807 cases, 129,718 dead
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THIS IS HUGE: The
@WhiteHouse
is pushing
@US_FDA
to approve a
#SARSCoV2
#vaccine
for use before the elections, WITHOUT completing safety and efficacy studies. It was bad enough to rush the process, but bypassing it entirely? This is the definition of insanity.
Politics over science: Debate is raging over whether FDA should use emergency powers to clear a
#coronavirus
vaccine before the completion of clinical trials
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The latest: The global total
#COVID19
caseload is approaching 1/4 million.
And the USA has moved up from the 8th largest, to 6th largest national epidemic.
Italy has about half as many cases as China, but nearly 400 more deaths.
It's all pretty ominous.
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I'm mystified by these outdoor restaurant eating bubbles. Fresh open air is the reason to feel
#COVID19
safe, dining outdoors. But if you're inside a nearly airtight bubble, aren't you defeating the whole purpose of "outdoors" & sitting in a virus-laden micro-atmosphere?
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🆕This is unprecedented in US history: 7 US govt agencies issue a joint statement warning that foreign powers intend to manipulate the American 2020 elections, calling on Congress and
@WhiteHouse
to act aggressively to "protect democracy in America."
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JUST IN: DOJ, DOD, DHS, DNI, FBI, NSA, and CISA release joint statement on 2020 election security, warning, "Russia, China, Iran, and other foreign malicious actors all will seek to interfere in the voting process or influence voter perceptions."
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I'm not sure who generated this, but I'm awfully glad it's making the rounds on social media.
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I completely agree. Jon Stewart broke my heart with this.
Scientists, and the very ideals of science, are under attack on many fronts. This is dangerous and shortsighted. So I was dismayed to hear Jon Stewart add to the "questioning" when he went on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert this week. My thoughts here.
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Get this, America?
In South Korea, the government issued a national 😷😷 mandate because of 200 cases.
200.
Today in the USA we had 170,000+ new cases in a single day.
But, meh. Masks? Shrug.
Come on!
South Korea imposes face mask fines after COVID-19 cases rise above 200
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Think about that: More than 70% of ICU beds countrywide are full. We are in a
#COVID19
crisis.
The current ICU bed situation nationwide, per HHS. More than 70% of ICU beds are full in most states--mostly for non-COVID-19 patients. As we approach winter, there's less excess capacity.
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An unvaxed teacher carrying the
#DeltaVariant
, with mild
#COVID19
symptoms passed virus to 55% of students, as far away as 5 rows, while reading to class w/out wearing a mask. Marin, California.
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I hope this isn't too much horn-tooting, but I'm so excited. My diploma just arrived in late delivery, from Rutgers University.
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My entire neighborhood has erupted in shouting, screaming, honking , cheers, dancing!!@@!
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Amazing
Jen Psaki says the U.S. will hit Pres. Biden’s doubled goal of 200 million shots on Thursday, more than a week ahead of schedule
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Two
#Republicans
broke ranks in Texas.
"In a shocking and last-minute turn of events, a bill that would raise the minimum age to purchase AR-15 style semiautomatic rifles from 18 to 21 passed out of a House select committee Monday, advancing the bill hours…
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After 2.5 hours standing in line in subfreezing temp for my "appointment " I finally got the
@moderna_tx
#COVID19
Vaccine. Hooray! But looking around, 90% of vax recipients are under 35 yr old white folks, in downtown
#Brooklyn
This is messed up.
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This is appalling. The
@WhiteHouse
stripped
@CDCgov
of its data-collection responsibilities for
#COVID19
.
@HHSGov
hired a private company to take over. The data is now useless, insane.
Call/write your Congressional Rep & say we need
#pandemic
truth in America.
Once again, the state data on current COVID-19 hospitalizations is unstable. CA, SC, and TX have all posted notices stating their hosp. data is incomplete because of the HHS changeover. We’ve maintained the freeze on their hospitalization data again. More on that tomorrow.
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I can't get over this. I've watched
@WhiteHouse
Cheif over and over, and I'm still flabbergasted by this complete resignation to
#COVID19
defeat. While America waits for cures &
#vaccines
another 200,000 of us -- or more -- will die.
Chief of Staff Mark Meadows: "We're not going to control the pandemic."
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The original
#Disneyland
is in Anaheim, CA. Decades later,
#DisneyWorld
was built in Orlando, FL. Thanks to
@GovRonDeSantis
right-wing hostility,
#Disney
has abandoned plans to expand in FL; instead will radically update & improve its original California site.
CA wins, FL loses.
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Turn up the volume and listen to the sound of a city in the grips of
#COVID19
. Every siren wailing is carrying more lives to an already overcrowded hospital.
And every siren signifies an EMT crew risking their lives to save others.
#coronavirus
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Stellar, detailed reporting from Florida on Gov. DeSantis orders to downplay and cover up the true extent of
#COVID19
in his state, leading up to the elections.
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In presser live now
@WhiteHouse
#Biden
officials announce they are invoking the Defense Production Act to boost PPE-making & manufacture of components
@pfizer
needs to speed
#COVID19
#vaccine
production.
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I shouldn't need to mention this, but I will. I got my first dose of the
@moderna_tx
#COVID19
#vaccine
and I feel terrific. Zero side effects of any kind, and hope that within a few days my body will be cranking out protective antibodies by the trillions.
Good night. Sleep tight.
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I have just tested + for
#COVID19
-- my 1st time. I wear masks, but hardly anybody else does. Went to 6 pharmacies in search of
#Paxlovid
...only one has the drug, but declined insurance & demanded $1600.38 for 5-day supply. Outrageous.
@kavitapmd
@celinegounder
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God bless the Sturgis motorcycle rally of more than 450,000 mostly maskless bikers -- this is its long predicted outcome.
Covid-19 is surging in North Dakota, South Dakota, Wisconsin and Utah
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I worked with United Farmworkers in college. Despite my youth, I could never keep up, even w/women 3 times my age. I learned what "back-breaking work" is. The food you eat is mostly picked by workers who are paid by volume, not time, so speed dictates $. Try doing this for 8 hrs.
FYI she earns $1.86 per 60 bundles of radishes, and she paid more state and federal taxes than the president did.
#WeFeedYou
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All over NYC yesterday via bike I saw huge, blocks-long lines for
#COVID19
tests. I hope the folks realize a negative test on Saturday doesn't ensure safety for all if you gather for Thanksgiving on Thursday, especially if travel is involved.
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Every health expert in the Nation asked you to stay home
#Thanksgiving2020
. And this is how America responded.
If you think we are having a bad
#COVID19
surge now, wait to see what happens 7-10 dys after all of these folks travel back home from the Holidays.
This footage from Flight Radar 24 shows the heavy level of air traffic on Monday, Nov 23. Despite CDC guidelines that Americans refrain from travel, an estimated 2M Americans are expected to fly somewhere this Thanksgiving week
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Last year, "Analysis of nearly 1 million Danish health records found patients who tested + for
#COVID19
were more likely to be diagnosed with
#Alzheimer
’s disease,
#Parkinson
’s disease & stroke."
NOW, US researchers say they know how this happens.
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When exposed to
#SARSCoV2
why does one person have no illness, while another is soon in ICU?
Dose.
Controlled study in monkeys shows the dose of viruses inhaled is a key factor determining the severity of the disease.
Seems obvious, yet this is new.
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The epidemic has exceeded 90,000 official cases.
#COVID19
4,335 South Korea
2,036 Italy
1,501 Iran
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This is THE best musical tribute to
#MelaniaTrump
any New Yorker could ask for. Brilliant, from
@LauraBenanti
via
@StephenAtHome
--- The BIG🍎 thanks you! 🗽
@MaryLTrump
@NYCMayor
@NYGovCuomo
@BCEFA
@CoreyinNYC
@NydiaVelazquez
@SenSchumer
First Lady
@LauraBenanti
heads to New York City and fills us in on her post-White House plans.
#Benania
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Powerful stuff here --- Send it to everybody you know who declines to social distance and scrupulously wear masks.
"Whatever happened to decency and humanity," asks a nurse who got
#COVID19
from a patient.
‘I’m pretty much fighting two wars: a war against COVID and a war against stupidity’ — This front-line doctor in Texas is absolutely OVER anti-maskers’ ignorance
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I'm in a zoom mtg now w/top
#Trump
advisor:
- Says he ABSOLUTELY WILL NOT concede
- few legal options right now to contest
- Electoral College is next target: claims there are "faithless electors" who can be turned for 20 states. Working on it now.
Electors meet Dec 14th.
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Greetings from "ghost town" New York City, where the TGIF crowds are so thick, it's tough to maneuver your bike, and elegant 5-star restaurants have waiting lists out to New Years Eve. Just another
#Trump
lie.
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After days of pleading for test kits the
#COVID19
- afflicted nursing home in Kirkland WA finally got some & screened 35 of their residents -- 31 came back positive.
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Under the Plan, the govt sells off the US Postal Service, FAA, eliminates more than a 1/3rd of the US Public Health Corps, restructures all foreign aid & development programs, and places every single domestic program for poor families & children under a single welfare authority.
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Yesterday during the insurrection Members of the House & Senate were evacuated into a shared space, where many
#Republicans
refused to wear
#COVID19
masks.
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Mr. President, please reexamine these comments you made on Sept. 21 -- at yet another mostly-maskless rally. "Almost nobody" gets sick from
#COVID19
, you said. Your base believes you. If you actually care about their health, please warn them to get tested and wear 😷😷.
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I've been sick for 3 days. No, not
#COVID19
-- just a bad cold. But if I've been wearing 2 masks & staying 6' distances, how did I catch a cold?
Best answer: Let my guard down on hand-washing.
Careful, folks.
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Dr. Fauci says he’d ‘be certain that we’d still have polio in this country’ if the type of vaccine misinformation that is being spread today existed decades ago
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Poll: Biden notches higher approval rating in Texas than GOP Gov. Abbott
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I forgot how great her rebuttal was. She warned us...
In my opinion, this was one of the most complete, SAVAGE breakdowns of trump's bullshit "rigged" accusations anyone has ever done.
Hillary Clinton was right about everything.
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That didn't take long.....
The first cruise to depart in the Caribbean since the beginning of the pandemic has come to an abrupt end after one passenger tested positive for
#Covid19
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There is absolutely NO evidence that this is true. The Wuhan strain was already in Calif. & Wash State before the China travel ban, & NY/East Coast epidemics came from Europe, not China.
#COVID19
was already in America, Mr. President, when you issued your China ban.
Critics attacked President
@realDonaldTrump
for taking early, decisive action to stop travel from China.
His decision saved American lives.
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Now THAT is what I call a quote.
Brennan takes final shot at Trump: "I leave his fate to our judicial system, his infamy to history, & his legacy to a trash heap"
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This is pretty hard to believe. Press pool photo of lunching
@WhiteHouse
staffers today --- count the 😷😷s.
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The trajectory of the U.S.
#COVID19
epidemic just couldn't be worse, especially compared to other nations.
We've outpaced China and we're racing to hell at a clip well beyond Italy or Spain.
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On May 11 when the US
#COVID19
emergency officially ended it was uncanny here in NYC -- POOF, most masks disappeared. And now we have a surge in non-COVID "colds" or "flu" -- other viruses.
Having caught one of them, despite my ongoing precautions, I find myself feeling…
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The Plan also offers a real estate bonanza for developers, selling off federal properties en masse. And it cuts or restructures all the fedl progs that are meant to educate people about their financial rights & protect them from bank & mortgage fraud.
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Every State in the Nation has officially out-of-control
#COVID19
epidemics. With >90,000 Americans hospitalized and nearly 270,000 deaths, we are heading into Holidays Hell.
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I just noticed that my Twitteratti have climbed to 200,000+ followers.
WOW.
It's an honor and a heavy onus to have all of you on board.
👏🏽😷
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This would literally amount to partisan murder.
The White House is considering slashing millions of dollars for Covid relief, HIV treatment, screenings for newborns and other programs in Democratic-led cities that Trump has deemed “anarchist jurisdictions,” according to documents obtained by POLITICO.
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