I had originally planned on covering the Office of the Director of National Intelligence’s (ODNI) assessment of Foreign Threats To the 2020 US Federal Elections on Tuesday night, but decided we needed something on the then just happened domestic terrorist attack in Atlanta. Yesterday, ODNI also released the executive summary from a recently completed threat …
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COVID-19 Coronavirus Updates: Wednesday / Thursday, March 17-18
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did you try switching off your vaccine for 30 seconds? sometimes forcing it to rejoin the network helps https://t.co/YVhN0h1Mxa — Gerry Doyle (@mgerrydoyle) March 16, 2021
COVID-19 Coronavirus Updates: Wednesday / Thursday, March 17-18Post + Comments (37)
The US administered 2.3 million vaccine shots today, bringing the total to 113 million, or 34.0 doses per 100 people. The 7-day moving average rose to 2.47 million shots per day. 22.2% of Americans have received at least one shot; 12.0% are now fully vaccinated. pic.twitter.com/luyM9ZNCb7
— Patrick Chovanec (@prchovanec) March 18, 2021
Optimism is spreading in the U.S. as COVID-19 deaths plummet, states ease restrictions and open vaccinations to younger adults. But health experts say the surge in coronavirus cases in Europe should serve as a warning not to drop safeguards too early. https://t.co/ygQbrVen1L
— The Associated Press (@AP) March 17, 2021
The US had +62,794 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 today, bringing the total to nearly 30.3 million. The 7-day moving average rose slightly to 55,595 new cases per day. pic.twitter.com/faVNmGOdcp
— Patrick Chovanec (@prchovanec) March 18, 2021
They call it the Fauci Effect: Public health schools & programs to train medical professions see a surge in applicants as the pandemic wears on, @DrewQJoseph reports. https://t.co/P6MzQIT0i4
— Helen Branswell (@HelenBranswell) March 17, 2021
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“We all want the tourist season to start. We can’t afford to lose another season." The European Union has proposed a certificate plan that would allow the bloc's 450 million people — vaccinated or not — to travel freely across the bloc by summer. https://t.co/RfuyZe3g01
— AP Europe (@AP_Europe) March 17, 2021
New surge in Covid infections in several EU countries, as some also suspend use of Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine https://t.co/AWbAoKAdG8
— BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) March 17, 2021
UK vaccine roll-out to be slower than hoped, deliveries to pick up from May https://t.co/GBoLUshrgz pic.twitter.com/nfgDM5FNwh
— Reuters (@Reuters) March 18, 2021
UK's NHS warns of "significant reduction in weekly supply" of Covid vaccines for a month from week beginning 29 March https://t.co/hMpxDvdVTt
— BBC Breaking News (@BBCBreaking) March 17, 2021
Ukraine's COVID-19 cases exceed 1.5 million https://t.co/rnFGFPo38p pic.twitter.com/WBNsnC9qMX
— Reuters (@Reuters) March 18, 2021
Maharashtra leads big surge in COVID-19 cases https://t.co/qT6F6RB9ad pic.twitter.com/nFvHlvL6Vu
— Reuters (@Reuters) March 18, 2021
China reports 6 new COVID-19 cases vs 4 a day earlier https://t.co/zVHPryEZpp pic.twitter.com/BW2etl8yTd
— Reuters (@Reuters) March 18, 2021
Japan to lift Tokyo area state of emergency as planned on Sunday https://t.co/Ws9gwuXLxi pic.twitter.com/i3FBlc1gMi
— Reuters (@Reuters) March 18, 2021
Seoul defends mandatory coronavirus testing of foreign workers https://t.co/KcihilM8K8 pic.twitter.com/IEzICEsYtU
— Reuters (@Reuters) March 18, 2021
President John Magufuli of Tanzania, possibly the single most vehement COVID denier among global leaders, has just passed away from COVID. pic.twitter.com/oiIrba2qLs
— ian bremmer (@ianbremmer) March 17, 2021
There are religious figures in almost every faith who are spreading misinformation about vaccineshttps://t.co/oeSnipzoUt pic.twitter.com/jlR6wXwU5k
— BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) March 17, 2021
A year ago Mexico's health leader @HLGatell said twice in a press conference that diseases like #COVID19 "disappear" under pressure from human immunity and spoke of the "moral strength" of president @lopezobrador_ "against contagion".
Since, 195,000 Mexicans have died of COVID. https://t.co/iPwk2kIiEy— Laurie Garrett (@Laurie_Garrett) March 17, 2021
As usual, @zeynep writes something that is both important and right. The Biden Administration should get serious right now on how to distribute U.S. doses around the globe. Good public health and good foreign policy.https://t.co/e2BwSlt2lc
— Erik Voeten (@ErikVoeten) March 17, 2021
Which two countries would be 1st to receive American-made coronavirus vaccine? Mexico and Canada are at the top of Biden’s list, @josh_wingrove reports. But Biden admin will not share until after it has enough for Americans. https://t.co/60aj0FhNXa
— Jennifer Jacobs (@JenniferJJacobs) March 17, 2021
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Terrific overview: How do you treat coronavirus? Here are physicians’ best strategies https://t.co/fae39ht1iE
— Jon Cohen (@sciencecohen) March 17, 2021
1. @GretchenVogel1 & @kakape published a terrific piece today on the dilemma in Europe surrounding the AstraZeneca vaccine & the concerns it may be linked to rare but serious adverse events. https://t.co/99aGKXaFlk
— Helen Branswell (@HelenBranswell) March 18, 2021
It was assumed, you vaccinate a lot of older people, some percentage of them are due for blood-clot problems regardless. Unfortunately, it’s worse than that:
… Scientists don’t know whether the vaccine causes the syndrome, and if so, what the mechanism is. But vaccine safety officials say they did not take the decision lightly, and that symptoms seen in at least 13 patients, all between ages 20 and 50 and previously healthy, in at least five countries are more frequent than would be expected by chance. The patients, at least seven of whom have died, suffer from widespread blood clots, low platelet counts, and internal bleeding—not typical strokes or blood clots. “It’s a very special picture” of symptoms, says Steinar Madsen, medical director of the Norwegian Medicines Agency. “Our leading hematologist said he had never seen anything quite like it.”
A somewhat similar blood disorder, called immune thrombocytopenia (ITP), has been seen in at least 36 people in the United States who had received the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines against COVID-19, The New York Times recently reported. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said it was investigating these cases, but also said the syndrome did not appear to be more common in vaccinated people, and immunizations in the United States have continued. But Madsen says the cases seen in Europe in recent weeks are distinct from ITP, which lacks the widespread blood clots seen in the European patients.
The United Kingdom, which has administered the AstraZeneca vaccine to more than 10 million people, has so far not reported similar clusters of unusual clotting or bleeding disorders…
Study from Denmark:
COVID-19 reinfection rare, but more common in older people, study finds https://t.co/FgEhLqG1pE pic.twitter.com/igr2FB8LpH
— Reuters (@Reuters) March 18, 2021
China has approved another Covid vaccine for emergency use, one that was developed by the head of its Center for Disease Control. The approval adds a 5th shot to its arsenal https://t.co/Jm9Cbr0WM0 via @medical_xpress
— delthia ricks ? (@DelthiaRicks) March 17, 2021
Roche, the Swiss pharmaceutical giant, is launching a lab test to detect coronavirus variants. The variants are highly transmissible & could undermine vaccination campaigns https://t.co/bDRyLsqrpi via @medical_xpress
— delthia ricks ? (@DelthiaRicks) March 17, 2021
20% of blood donations: SARSCoV2 antibodies were present in ~1 in 5 blood donations from unvaccinated people, according to data from the American Red Cross. Between mid-June 2020 & early March 2021, the agency tested more than 3.3M donations in 44 states https://t.co/6vNsibmaZd
— delthia ricks ? (@DelthiaRicks) March 17, 2021
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At odds with national Republicans, GOP mayors welcome long-awaited COVID relief https://t.co/cHy0YbUj3t via @MelissaQuinn97
— Grace Segers (@Grace_Segers) March 16, 2021
How ethnicity and wealth affect US vaccine rollout https://t.co/KLzsN8lh7H
— BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) March 18, 2021
Ineligible Trump Tower staff were vaccinated w doses intended for Chicago’s (mostly poor & black) West Side. Eric Trump was among those vaccinated. Or maybe he wasn’t. https://t.co/g8dabL9hLi
— Dana Houle (@DanaHoule) March 17, 2021
The unequal distribution of #COVID19 #vaccines in New York is striking. Statewide, 23.5% of adults have had at least 1 dose. In the City? Well, wealthiest Manhattan has vax'ed 28+% w/at least 1 dose, but the rest of the city is all below 20%.https://t.co/o7Z2LyJiFx pic.twitter.com/tAgTy1wPt1
— Laurie Garrett (@Laurie_Garrett) March 17, 2021
Massachusetts created three State Police vaccination sites for troopers during an early stage of the rollout.
But Governor Charlie Baker rejected calls for teacher-specific clinics, arguing it could divert doses from other needy populations. https://t.co/hryxSSPIDx pic.twitter.com/EVJdvBhq06
— The Boston Globe (@BostonGlobe) March 16, 2021
Well, the alternative is having people show their vaccine status on a card before entering a specific public place, a policy that I'm sure conservatives would love. https://t.co/eU5Wn0isbl
— Mangy Jay (@magi_jay) March 17, 2021
COVID-19 Coronavirus Updates: Tuesday/Wednesday, March 16-17
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You gotta love this.#COVID19 #vaccine #veterans pic.twitter.com/7VUrs0hlrz — Laurie Garrett (@Laurie_Garrett) March 16, 2021
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Dr Fauci, appearing on @Morning_Joe, just painted a more optimistic vision of July 4th, saying that Biden’s goal of Americans gathering in small groups that day could be exceeded if the nation doesn’t backslide in its pandemic response
— Jonathan Lemire (@JonLemire) March 16, 2021
The US administered 1.7 million vaccine shots today, bringing the total to 111 million, or 33.4 doses per 100 people. The 7-day moving average rose slightly to 2.44 million shots per day. 21.7% of Americans have received at least one shot; 11.8% are now fully vaccinated. pic.twitter.com/XSJslEHsNl
— Patrick Chovanec (@prchovanec) March 17, 2021
The US had +52,650 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 today, bringing the total to nearly 30.2 million. The 7-day moving average declined to 55,093 new cases per day, its lowest level since October 14. pic.twitter.com/qiCKCC88ai
— Patrick Chovanec (@prchovanec) March 17, 2021
.@CDCgov's @DrNancyM_CDC sat down with me today to talk about the U.S. #Covid19 vaccine rollout.
I got to do the fun part — ask the questions. @DrewQJoseph did the hard work — write the story. https://t.co/ecOlRU6nTQ pic.twitter.com/8dDKbp2nkR— Helen Branswell (@HelenBranswell) March 16, 2021
A number of Republican lawmakers are saying no to COVID-19 vaccines https://t.co/CSAsSehEI3
— Scott Wong (@scottwongDC) March 16, 2021
Trump tells Republican supporters to get vaccinated https://t.co/jKZT8AyQkq
— BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) March 17, 2021
NEW: Acting @FEMA Administrator Fenton announces the agency will stand up a "1-800 number" in April to begin reimbursing families of Americans who died of Covid19 for funeral costs.
The program has been stalled as the agency grapples to avoid fraud and work with incomplete data. pic.twitter.com/y2DrMlXDHv
— Nicole Sganga (@NicoleSganga) March 16, 2021
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Europe’s suspension of AstraZeneca's vaccine may be driven as much by politics as science. Once it became clear Germany was suspending use, the pressure mounted on other governments to hold off as well https://t.co/fz7ZSSaS0Q
— delthia ricks ? (@DelthiaRicks) March 17, 2021
Community activists armed with language skills are reaching out in a Berlin immigrant neighborhood, hoping to raise awareness of the dangers that COVID-19 poses in areas where infection rates remain high. By @kugrieshaber https://t.co/2Cqm6JlYos
— AP Europe (@AP_Europe) March 17, 2021
Faced with a possible flood of visitors from Germany later this month, authorities in Spain's Balearic Islands are warning hotel owners that tourists must adhere to coronavirus restrictions the same way residents do. https://t.co/3snxoO2C7X
— AP Europe (@AP_Europe) March 16, 2021
Coronavirus 'not under control' in Paris region, says hospital executive https://t.co/Z4RuNAs77E pic.twitter.com/sefcOHKjFv
— Reuters (@Reuters) March 17, 2021
Britain considering best way to proceed on vaccine passports: minister https://t.co/FOsuNc76q0 pic.twitter.com/3dirkpmg1V
— Reuters (@Reuters) March 17, 2021
A look at how Russia's Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine is making its way into the EU and what it means for both parties:https://t.co/S4NjRrwQ49
— The Moscow Times (@MoscowTimes) March 16, 2021
"Please, I just need to tell my in-laws that my immunity won't kick in until after Passover." https://t.co/cACX12hPC9
— Mig Greengard (@chessninja) March 15, 2021
Bahraini prince takes AstraZeneca vaccine to Everest without approval https://t.co/m5h2m93uf5
— BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) March 16, 2021
Covid-19 disruptions killed 228,000 children in South Asia, says UN report https://t.co/kSUe7e4hHD
— BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) March 17, 2021
India's coronavirus infections rise by highest in three months https://t.co/B3oNKuFrxz pic.twitter.com/raU2IOnUFi
— Reuters (@Reuters) March 17, 2021
Philippines to bar entry of foreigners, some nationals as COVID-19 cases climb https://t.co/alQozyjy6h pic.twitter.com/QT2YTiJrts
— Reuters (@Reuters) March 17, 2021
Vietnam says homegrown COVID-19 vaccine to be available by fourth quarter https://t.co/KkKcH5MhfZ pic.twitter.com/fs13Vg6OEM
— Reuters (@Reuters) March 17, 2021
Australia to send Papua New Guinea vaccines as cases surge https://t.co/4hN36imWoO
— BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) March 17, 2021
Brazil Sao Paulo health chief urges lockdown as Covid deaths surge https://t.co/MqvRZnne6I
— BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) March 17, 2021
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This time last year, physicians around the world prepared to treat a new disease—over and over again. Today, #COVID19 remains enigmatic—and deadly—but doctors have drafted a rough game-plan of strategies for how to treat it.
Learn more: https://t.co/GgJRNgkbiZ #LongReads pic.twitter.com/RhtkFfQA08
— News from Science (@NewsfromScience) March 16, 2021
Moderna begins testing Covid-19 vaccine on babies and young children https://t.co/jBAruRCFKu
— BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) March 16, 2021
Some long-haul Covid patients say their symptoms are subsiding following vaccination. After suffering for months, some people are reporting that their symptoms declined after inoculation, leaving experts chasing yet another puzzling development https://t.co/DHApOZ67gy
— delthia ricks ? (@DelthiaRicks) March 16, 2021
2/ So some of the 63% success w/a single dose reflects that 1-out-of-4 of those folks were naturally immunized by having #COVID19 . Nevertheless, the findings jive w/Israeli results, offering evidence that the @pfizer #vaccine blocks spread of the virus.https://t.co/p6xoCtbMSN
— Laurie Garrett (@Laurie_Garrett) March 16, 2021
Chronic SARSCoV? The vast majority of people infected w/ SARSCoV2 clear it. But those w/ compromised immunity— & autoimmune diseases—can become chronically infected. As a result, weakened defenses allow the virus to attack w/out being able to eradicate it https://t.co/1cbfa9pEEg
— delthia ricks ? (@DelthiaRicks) March 16, 2021
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After weeks of declining cases, hot spots emerge in Upper Midwest & New York City. As a dangerous variant spreads, experts urge continued coronavirus vigilance despite positive trends across U.S. https://t.co/pzmmLRwoBP pic.twitter.com/DvZsRoRmYf
— delthia ricks ? (@DelthiaRicks) March 16, 2021
Death in the prime of life: Covid proves especially lethal to younger Latinos https://t.co/9LAC18TlWY
— delthia ricks ?? (@DelthiaRicks) March 16, 2021
Governor Charlie ‘Chickensh*t’ Baker remains a Republican:
This should help boost #Covid19 rates in Boston! cc @HelenBranswell https://t.co/hGgg2xD0eA
— Judy Stone (@DrJudyStone) March 16, 2021
Anti-government activist Ammon Bundy was arrested in Idaho on Monday after he refused to wear a mask in court, which prevented him from entering and making him a no-show for his own trial, officials say. https://t.co/QUtDEtJEA5
— NBC News (@NBCNews) March 15, 2021
Late Night Open Thread: J.D. ‘Hillbilly Elegy’ Vance Thinks the Peasants Are Revolting
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This is a bad idea (**waves in the general direction of S. Huntington**) but it’s also a petulant one, born of frustration that a "lower-case c conservative" institution has not abandoned that conservatism and whole-heartedly embraced the kind of populism others have. https://t.co/hZxtyNrA7y — Andrew Exum (@ExumAM) March 14, 2021 At least, Vance hopes those …
Every upper middle class self-styled progressive who sat at some dinner party in Jan 2017 and said “oh you gotta read Hillbilly Elegy, really helped me understand…those people,” come get your boy https://t.co/4EgLa5fVV6
— Patrick Dillon (@mpdillon) March 15, 2021
Super weird how the right is whining about a “woke U.S. military” the moment there’s a black defense secretary and a long-overdue review of white supremacists in uniform.
— REMOTE SCHOOL PROCTOR (@attackerman) March 14, 2021
Has anyone who’s not a rightwinger, & who grew up poor or close enough to it to know the fear of potential poverty,who has _not_ seen through his bullshit? https://t.co/LOb35uE5YB
— Dana Houle (@DanaHoule) March 16, 2021
Mother Jones, on Thiel’s generosity:
… Thiel’s $10 million donation went to a super-PAC formed last month called Protect Ohio Values, which on its website describes itself as “a network of grassroots conservatives committed to electing a Senator who will stand for and defend Ohio’s values in Washington, DC,” and tags Vance as the one to do that. According to the Cincinnati Enquirer, which first reported Thiel’s donation, the super-PAC also received a “significant contribution” from the conservative hedge fund billionaire Robert Mercer, who also backed Trump in 2016, but was far less involved in 2020. (Mercer also supported the same super-PAC backing Portman in 2016 that Thiel did).
Thiel and Mercer may stretch the definition of “grassroots conservatives,” but Thiel and Vance do have some personal history. Vance worked for one of Thiel’s venture capital funds after he graduated from law school, and Thiel later backed Vance’s own venture fund.
Salt of on the earth!
Awfully dumb take, but probably something we’ll see more of after the Trump era unhinged the officer corps from the GOP. https://t.co/ilovAdOUwx
— Robert Farley (@drfarls) March 14, 2021
A bachelors degree does not necessarily mean that someone has basic proficiency in a set of skills (reading, writing, mathematics, civics) that are important to the effective performance of an officer’s duties, but it’s a useful proxy.
— Robert Farley (@drfarls) March 14, 2021
Why would the U.S. military need engineers or computer scientists, or officers can speak Chinese or Russian? What would a Space Force officer gain from studying orbital mechanics that grit and manliness don't supply? https://t.co/VlOKQakGT4
— David Burbach (@dburbach) March 14, 2021
no amount of Hooah!, leg tucks, and cornpone common sense is going to tell you if you have enough delta-v left to rendezvous with that adversary satellite
— David Burbach (@dburbach) March 14, 2021
Here is the thing: he doesn’t need to go on that program or any program for that matter. He made enough money that he’s covered for the rest of his life. If he went on that neo-Nazi’s program is that he wanted to go that neo-Nazi’s program. He shares Gorka’s worldview & beliefs.
— Tahar (@laseptiemewilay) March 14, 2021
(Apologies in advance to Adam Silverman… )
The Biden Doctrine
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The first week of March, the Biden administration rolled out a speech by Antony Blinken and an interim national security strategy. Those documents overlap significantly with each other and with a report led by Jake Sullivan, now Joe Biden’s National Security Advisor, when he was at the Carnegie Endowment last year. Any number of authors …
COVID-19 Coronavirus Updates: Monday/Tuesday, March 15-16
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WATCH: A large wooden castle symbolizing the coronavirus was burned in Russia on Saturday. pic.twitter.com/rKeYPAfBZw — CBS News (@CBSNews) March 14, 2021
COVID-19 Coronavirus Updates: Monday/Tuesday, March 15-16Post + Comments (28)
The CDC reports ~71.1 million people have received at least 1 dose of a Covid vaccine, including ~38.3 million who have been fully vaccinated by Johnson & Johnson’s 1-dose vax or the 2-dose series made by Pfizer-BioNTech & Moderna https://t.co/eLy3Qe5rIW
— delthia ricks ? (@DelthiaRicks) March 16, 2021
The US administered 2.0 million vaccine shots today, bringing the total to 109.0 million, or 32.9 doses per 100 people. The 7-day moving average rose to 2.43 million shots per day. 21.4% of Americans have received at least one shot; 11.5% are now fully vaccinated. pic.twitter.com/6tp33zmDus
— Patrick Chovanec (@prchovanec) March 16, 2021
The plan includes a major emphasis on community-level messaging, with more than $500 million allocated for recruiting local leaders and community organizations to encourage vaccine uptake and ensure racial equity in vaccine distribution. https://t.co/MXLnPUxkiv via @statnews
— Gideon Gil (@GideonGil) March 15, 2021
The US had +45,045 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 today, bringing the total to over 30.1 million. The 7-day moving average declined slightly to 55,423 new cases per day, its lowest level since October 15. pic.twitter.com/fwzpykrL62
— Patrick Chovanec (@prchovanec) March 16, 2021
.@DrTomFrieden: "The key thing, Katy, about vaccines, is to have complete transparency. Give people all of the information we have, everything we know. So that people can make the right decision, and get vaccinated." pic.twitter.com/DQxF6M4mOX
— MSNBC Live with Katy Tur (@KatyOnMSNBC) March 15, 2021
A closely guarded @WhiteHouse list attracted almost every stripe of would-be line jumper, from reps of Cabinet secretaries to young desk jockeys to those claiming ties to @jaredkushner. /2
— Katherine Eban (@KatherineEban) March 15, 2021
Scoop from Vanity Fair, “Shot Chasers: How Officials in Trump’s Lame-Duck White House Scrambled to Score COVID-19 Vaccinations”:
… Among this group, Vanity Fair has learned, were chiefs of staff of cabinet agencies, some of whose bosses had become notorious for publicly disregarding pandemic safeguards like mask wearing. They wanted to know, “Would they be able to get four or six doses for their front office?” said a former senior administration official. Though some would claim to be inquiring on behalf of their teams, the official said, in fact “their ask was not about their employees.”
Though it is not clear who ultimately succeeded in crashing the list, which morphed continuously as names were punted off of it and then mysteriously reappeared, most petitioners ran into a surprisingly hard line. “It ain’t happening,” was a common refrain, said one career official familiar with the decision-making. In part this was because Meadows—who, like many working in the White House, contracted COVID-19 late last year—had received explicit directions from his boss. On December 13, President Trump tweeted that White House employees would wait their turn unless “specifically necessary.”…
Why, in a White House infamous for flouting pandemic precautions, would some political appointees in the executive branch show such determination in attempting to score a shot? According to the former senior administration official, the answer is simple enough: Vaccinations would enable these high-flying rule flouters to “maintain” their active lifestyles.
The previously unreported struggle over the White House list was just one front in a sprawling secret war that raged for months at the highest levels of the federal government. The question of how to equitably vaccinate a federal workforce of 2.1 million people in the midst of a presidential transition ended up pitting the National Security Council against officials from Operation Warp Speed, and career staff against political appointees. It also sparked resentment, suspicions of missing doses, and allegations of line jumping…
Asked why General Perna didn’t respond to questions from the Trump administration’s task force members, a Pentagon spokesperson said he “briefed the White House COVID task force…on January 21, 2021”—the first full day of the Biden administration. The spokesperson added that an HHS computer system called Tiberius “provides vaccine accountability” and can be audited…
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WHO vaccine safety experts meet to review Oxford-AstraZeneca jab, after several European countries halted rollouts https://t.co/2TfdY9uHsl
— BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) March 16, 2021
Concerns about AstraZeneca's vax throw Europe’s vaccine rollout into deeper disarray. Germany, France, Italy and Spain became the latest countries to suspend use of the vaccine even as a 3rd wave of the pandemic threatens the continent https://t.co/PopN1czMsx
— delthia ricks ? (@DelthiaRicks) March 16, 2021
The developers of the Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine said Monday they had reached production agreements in key European countries as the EU's medical agency deliberates official approval for the jabhttps://t.co/lMGLyYHqct
— The Moscow Times (@MoscowTimes) March 16, 2021
German COVID-19 cases are growing exponentially again: RKI https://t.co/SOVixg47Kx pic.twitter.com/9sPMSoITfJ
— Reuters (@Reuters) March 16, 2021
Venice empty as Italy locks down due to a rise in Covid-19 cases https://t.co/n079roqwhd
— BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) March 15, 2021
Russia on Tuesday confirmed 9,393 new coronavirus cases, bringing the total caseload to 4,409,438https://t.co/UpGFHolIaY
— The Moscow Times (@MoscowTimes) March 16, 2021
JUST IN: A more contagious strain of the coronavirus first discovered in South Africa has been detected in Russia, the country’s health authorities said Tuesdayhttps://t.co/fWjXIlHBmu
— The Moscow Times (@MoscowTimes) March 16, 2021
India widens coronavirus curbs as infections top 20,000 for sixth day https://t.co/ri2qXAwlll pic.twitter.com/kbTehObSKS
— Reuters (@Reuters) March 16, 2021
Thai PM gets first shot of AstraZeneca vaccine after safety scare https://t.co/F1bTfZqlxG pic.twitter.com/Yj2Fbpr46K
— Reuters (@Reuters) March 16, 2021
Manila orders anyone below 18 to stay indoors as virus cases surge https://t.co/KBjbnZOHeN pic.twitter.com/Itivc8KZpS
— Reuters (@Reuters) March 16, 2021
Rodrigo Duterte Is Using One of the World's Longest COVID-19 Lockdowns to Strengthen His Grip on the Philippines ?@AieBalagtasSee? reports https://t.co/zXdpSOxRAa
— Emily Rauhala (@emilyrauhala) March 15, 2021
Brazil needs vaccines. China is benefiting. China is a major supplier of coronavirus vaccine, giving it enormous leverage in pandemic-ravaged nations. Brazil, recently hostile to the Chinese company Huawei, has suddenly changed its stance https://t.co/RIxmsBcOvC
— delthia ricks ? (@DelthiaRicks) March 15, 2021
Moscow has accused the U.S. of targeting its Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine by pressuring Brazil to reject ithttps://t.co/YP9vNGGxdh
— The Moscow Times (@MoscowTimes) March 16, 2021
Canada is behind on vaccinating its population because it lacks the ability to manufacture the COVID-19 vaccine and has had to rely on the global supply chain for the lifesaving shots. https://t.co/dF1ggDi8qR
— The Associated Press (@AP) March 16, 2021
The Canada-U.S. border's been shut down for a year — and there's no reopening plan
Demands are mounting for, at the very least, some hint of what the roadmap to normalcy looks like: How many vaccinations will it take, how many cases, and how many phases https://t.co/qLDV4Wz7Mc
— Alexander Panetta (@Alex_Panetta) March 15, 2021
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I've said it before and I'll say it again: There is a great book to be written about the Oxford-AstraZeneca #Covid19 project. I can't wait to read it.
While we wait, this from @matthewherper will help you make sense of today's developments. https://t.co/4MY0Fuf43K— Helen Branswell (@HelenBranswell) March 15, 2021
Scientists in New York are concerned about a so-called 'escape variant.' It's a mutant that is spreading in NYC. "Some scientists are calling this the 'escape variant' because it may have the ability to avoid our immune system," said Dr. Alok Patel https://t.co/OmV98o66FP
— delthia ricks ? (@DelthiaRicks) March 15, 2021
Thread, for those who miss the Covid Tracking Project:
Here's the latest in our ongoing effort to help data users find, understand, and use federal COVID-19 data.
We've created a bit of code that combines federal testing, case, death, and hospitalization data in a single spreadsheet.https://t.co/QuHNyVSHrB
— The COVID Tracking Project (@COVID19Tracking) March 15, 2021
B117 deadlier than other #COVID19 strains, more data affirm
Findings in more than 2.2 million people suggest B117 has a 61% higher death rate, in line with a study last weekhttps://t.co/rUlLPHCxHa pic.twitter.com/w0jhevGkHj
— CIDRAP (@CIDRAP) March 15, 2021
Roche launches COVID-19 variant test to help monitor mutations https://t.co/rmUEgMPWFt pic.twitter.com/YGZbs0534x
— Reuters (@Reuters) March 16, 2021
The @moderna_tx group has started human trials of a #COVID19 #vaccine booster that is designed to tackle some of the variant forms of #SARSCoV2 . It would be used, if it works, as a 3rd booster.https://t.co/K6WP2jJipw
— Laurie Garrett (@Laurie_Garrett) March 15, 2021
Commentor H.E. Wolf located a tweet photo comparing a microchip needle (the kind vets use for pets) to a vaccine needle. They are visibly different! If you’re not phobic, you can show this to your ‘vaccine hesitant’ acquaintances, if you think it will help.
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Unmasked spring breakers are descending on Florida. ‘It’s a perfect formula for spreading the disease,’ one health expert warns https://t.co/uTbW1l7Oxp
— delthia ricks ? (@DelthiaRicks) March 15, 2021
Tucker Carlson is leading his show undermining public confidence in the Covid vaccines, saying public health experts need to face questions about them: "One of those questions is: 'How effective is this coronavirus vaccine? How necessary is it to take the vaccine?'"
— Oliver Darcy (@oliverdarcy) March 16, 2021
What the fuck is in this, for you, man? Like, are you hoping more people get sick and die so you can hold that against Biden/democrats in 2022? What's the point? Usually it's garden-variety racism/Ayn Rand fever dream bullshit, but with this, I can't make out the endgame. https://t.co/UfFsTIyrmm
— Ken Tremendous (@KenTremendous) March 16, 2021
Your reminder that Rupert Murdoch, who controls Fox, immediately got himself a Covid vaccine when he was able to in December. Yet he pays for his top host to go on TV and undermine the public's confidence in them. https://t.co/KOLI0skXuR
— Oliver Darcy (@oliverdarcy) March 16, 2021
COVID-19 Coronavirus Updates: Sunday/Monday, March 14-15
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“In a poetic bit of circumstance, Yo-Yo Ma's second coronavirus shot and subsequent concert comes exactly one year after he posted his first recording of himself playing his instrument using the hashtag #SongsOfComfort.” @BerkshireEaglehttps://t.co/sRhRm444kC via @berkshireeagle — Juliette Kayyem (@juliettekayyem) March 14, 2021
COVID-19 Coronavirus Updates: Sunday/Monday, March 14-15Post + Comments (24)
The US has now administered a total of 107.0 million vaccine shots, or 32.2 doses per 100 people. 21.0% of Americans have received at least one shot; 11.3% are now fully vaccinated.
— Patrick Chovanec (@prchovanec) March 15, 2021
You mean the Biden administration knows the first rule of customer service? Huge, if true. https://t.co/m1movp0Hqq
— Jeff Fecke (@jkfecke) March 13, 2021
The US had +36,896 new confirmed cases of COVID-19, the lowest number since October 4, bringing the total closer to 30.1 million. The 7-day moving average declined to below 55,000 new cases per day, its lowest level since October 14. pic.twitter.com/67SCB8koCm
— Patrick Chovanec (@prchovanec) March 15, 2021
? 25% of House not vaccinated as some members refuse to get shot https://t.co/cqE2fKoXy3
— Axios (@axios) March 15, 2021
Why it matters: Multiple waves of voting, meant to ensure social distancing inside the House chamber, are slowing a full legislative schedule.
– It’s also giving power to disrupters like Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.), who’s used a procedural move to further drag out the process.
– Votes can take more than three times longer than pre-pandemic times…The bottom line: The Office of Attending Physician reinstated the use of the congressional gym showers, locker room and swimming pool on Friday evening, according to the memo.
While standing in line to get vaccinated, I was thinking about the 8 million ads I’d made about how government involvement in medicine was socialized hell. Maybe, just maybe, it was all a lie.
— stuart stevens (@stuartpstevens) March 14, 2021
It’s time for leaders in the white community to step up. https://t.co/MfEtrRQFYF
— Tim Marchman (@timmarchman) March 14, 2021
Fauci on Fox News Sunday says he thinks it'd be "very helpful" if Trump encouraged his followers to get vaccinated, then adds, "I'm very surprised at the high percentage of Republicans who say they don't want to get vaccinated. I don't understand where that's coming from." pic.twitter.com/6vNyMNJ03d
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) March 14, 2021
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Most of the world has no COVID-19 vaccine: That's a huge global threat https://t.co/akCza6Ds8n via @PeterHotez
— Ash Paul (@pash22) March 14, 2021
China has administered 65 million COVID-19 vaccine doses as of Sunday https://t.co/MVDb4gp9fZ pic.twitter.com/0JhvbPV72p
— Reuters (@Reuters) March 15, 2021
Analysis: China's ambitious COVID-19 vaccination plan to test its production capability https://t.co/bYpqca9l76 pic.twitter.com/TFcu0RnUIb
— Reuters (@Reuters) March 15, 2021
India reports record daily rise in new Covid-19 infections https://t.co/2ksXdc1cIK
— BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) March 15, 2021
Indonesia orders 20 million COVID-19 vaccine doses for private inoculations https://t.co/NEhAafnZrA pic.twitter.com/rKCBQdFhbB
— Reuters (@Reuters) March 15, 2021
Papua New Guinea facing COVID-19 crisis as infection rate rises https://t.co/Cm7PFZ4EMS pic.twitter.com/6pOn4BITXr
— Reuters (@Reuters) March 15, 2021
France's govt says ~100 patients will be evacuated from ICUs in the Paris area this wk as hospitals struggle to keep up w/ a Covid surge. 2 specially equipped trains will transfer several dozen patients to regions that are under less pandemic strain https://t.co/urylhilN3T pic.twitter.com/me1EmZH5nD
— delthia ricks ? (@DelthiaRicks) March 14, 2021
Covid-19: Dutch police break up anti-lockdown protest https://t.co/pOViVuVqBy
— BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) March 14, 2021
By now COVAX has shipped over 28.5 million COVID vaccines to 37 countries.
Great that @gavi, the @WHO, and @CEPIvaccines are doing this work –– and that taxpayers in many countries are financing this crucial effort to bring the pandemic to an end.https://t.co/TFgTqO59mp pic.twitter.com/yKbc8QFZrK
— Max Roser (@MaxCRoser) March 14, 2021
Can the world learn from South Africa’s vaccine trials? Vaccine trials are often done in wealthier countries. Scientists say the South Africa experience proves the value of studies in the global south https://t.co/WeOcw48SRP
— delthia ricks ? (@DelthiaRicks) March 14, 2021
Chile was criticized early in the pandemic for its inability to trace and isolate infected people. Now, it is one of the top countries in the world at vaccinating its population, with more than 25% of its people having received at least one shot. https://t.co/RS7Et29kM8
— The Associated Press (@AP) March 14, 2021
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JUST IN: Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg said that Facebook is building a tool to connect people to information about where and when to get a COVID-19 vaccine https://t.co/oeUlWMNs4G
— Axios (@axios) March 15, 2021
T cells mount a vigorous response against variants of SARSCoV2, according to new research. The study underscores the extensiveness of the immune system's multi-prong defense against viral infection https://t.co/I0JvmZrmD0
— delthia ricks ? (@DelthiaRicks) March 15, 2021
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Once a coronavirus epicenter, Los Angeles is set to partially reopen. Monday's long-awaited reopening of many of the hardest-hit businesses in what was once the heart of Calif's worst Covid surge is being met w/ a mix of elation & hesitation https://t.co/vGUC4hn3FG @steffdaz pic.twitter.com/XtOTJBQO23
— delthia ricks ? (@DelthiaRicks) March 14, 2021
Change in avg. daily covid cases over past 14 days:
* United States: -19%
* NY State (outside of NYC): -5%
* New York City: +1%
Something different is happening in NYC. Likely variants are a big factor. We need folks to remain cautious for just a little longer.
— Mark D. Levine (@MarkLevineNYC) March 14, 2021
Yesterday I couldn’t figure out why Elon Musk was downplaying the seriousness of the pandemic with this antivax nonsense. It’s almost as if he knew something was coming…https://t.co/FYWONAr6px pic.twitter.com/ZfBTSqHlkM
— Carl T. Bergstrom (@CT_Bergstrom) March 13, 2021
Kobach teamed up with Wichita businessman to sell COVID-killing device. An investigation found no validity to their claims. https://t.co/LWreqbK3F0 via @kansasreflector
— Luke "Wear a Mask" Ranker ☀️ (@lukeranker) March 14, 2021
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