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    Andy Slavitt  🇺🇸 💉‏Verified account @ASlavitt 12 Jun 2020

    COVID Update June 12: Being a governor is hard. It’s not all sitting in the mansion waiting to run for President. Tough times require tough decisions. This is the case for many governors in the South & West who spent much time last month chirping about the Northeast. 1/

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      2. Andy Slavitt  🇺🇸 💉‏Verified account @ASlavitt 12 Jun 2020

        Bragging about how great your state fared wih COVID-19 compared to NY before the virus comes to your state is tempting fate. 2/

        11 replies 257 retweets 2,264 likes
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      3. Andy Slavitt  🇺🇸 💉‏Verified account @ASlavitt 12 Jun 2020

        After Trump trashed his own reopening plan Dr. Birx carefully put together & said go ahead & open May 1, governors had a decision to make. Many opted to take the risk (to their citizens, not to them) & reopen without the testing, tracing & isolation Birx recommended. 3/

        10 replies 296 retweets 1,882 likes
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      4. Andy Slavitt  🇺🇸 💉‏Verified account @ASlavitt 12 Jun 2020

        Now, 6 weeks later, 22 states have accelerating case growth over the last 3 weeks. Another 6 could join them based on this week’s changes. This was Birx number 1 criteria to dial things back. But you won’t hear anything from Birx, the person who heads our natl task force. 4/

        10 replies 467 retweets 2,397 likes
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      5. Andy Slavitt  🇺🇸 💉‏Verified account @ASlavitt 12 Jun 2020

        With 1000 people silently dying every day, we have no more COVID national leadership. Even the shell game we had is gone. 5/

        13 replies 994 retweets 3,484 likes
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      6. Andy Slavitt  🇺🇸 💉‏Verified account @ASlavitt 12 Jun 2020

        [This is the tweet for people who want to respond that I am “spreading fear” or “it’s all over” or show some selective data. The floor is yours. People can read & evaluate.] 6/

        8 replies 156 retweets 1,758 likes
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      7. Andy Slavitt  🇺🇸 💉‏Verified account @ASlavitt 12 Jun 2020

        So it’s up to the governors to decide what to do with more and more people infected & in some cases hospitals getting filled up. 7/

        9 replies 171 retweets 1,565 likes
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      8. Andy Slavitt  🇺🇸 💉‏Verified account @ASlavitt 12 Jun 2020

        Take Arizona and Gov Ducey. Arizona is one of the states headed the wrong direction. Cases going up, more positives which means more hidden cases and the hospitalizations getting higher. Hospitals are warning they may run out of room. 8/pic.twitter.com/MIumKG0IbM

        74 replies 654 retweets 2,254 likes
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      9. Andy Slavitt  🇺🇸 💉‏Verified account @ASlavitt 12 Jun 2020

        So what are your choices if your Gov Ducey? 1- you can follow Dr Birx’s guidelines 2- you can play it loose but watch hospital capacity knowing you have a 3 week lag 3- you can defy the hospitals and make no adjustments 9/

        25 replies 259 retweets 1,699 likes
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      10. Andy Slavitt  🇺🇸 💉‏Verified account @ASlavitt 12 Jun 2020

        Andy Slavitt  🇺🇸 💉 Retweeted MedPage Today

        As I say here with my glasses on my forehead (so I have to be right), as the governor you have to risk the wrath of other peoples’ judgement. The question is whose wrath are you willing to live with? Which way would you rather be wrong? 10/https://twitter.com/medpagetoday/status/1271480386061766661 …

        Andy Slavitt  🇺🇸 💉 added,

        MedPage TodayVerified account @medpagetoday
        What can #Arizona do to slow the curve as #COVID19 cases spike there, and what can other state governments learn from Arizona's experience? @ASlavitt, MBA, former acting administrator of @CMSGov, discusses in this #video. #coronavirus #OpenSafely https://bit.ly/3cOmCgk 
        8 replies 262 retweets 1,834 likes
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      11. Andy Slavitt  🇺🇸 💉‏Verified account @ASlavitt 12 Jun 2020

        If he chooses option 1, he risks the wrath of the head of your party in what could be a battleground state. He wants the economy open period. This despite the fact that you would be following his team’s guidelines. 11/

        4 replies 157 retweets 1,415 likes
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      12. Andy Slavitt  🇺🇸 💉‏Verified account @ASlavitt 12 Jun 2020

        But to do Option 1, you would have to invest in contact tracing which Ducey didn’t do. And recommend or require masks. Which Ducey didn’t do. 12/

        5 replies 187 retweets 1,571 likes
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      13. Andy Slavitt  🇺🇸 💉‏Verified account @ASlavitt 12 Jun 2020

        So you can choose option 3, where your hospitals & docs get upset & your people are scared, but you keep Trump happy. For Ducey this is a sucker’s bet. 13/

        7 replies 193 retweets 1,593 likes
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      14. Andy Slavitt  🇺🇸 💉‏Verified account @ASlavitt 12 Jun 2020

        If he chooses option 3 & things get bad in Arizona, Trump will distance himself like he never met you. “Ducey who I barely know didn’t follow TRUMP’S advice & is paying the price. We GAVE them PPE!” 14/

        9 replies 223 retweets 1,895 likes
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      15. Andy Slavitt  🇺🇸 💉‏Verified account @ASlavitt 12 Jun 2020

        What about Option 2– watching hospital bed capacity closely? Ducey held a “calm & steady” press conference June 10, after an outcry & 2 weeks+ after hospitalizations began growing. Ducey claims to be following hospital capacity closely. There are two risks with Option 2. 15/

        4 replies 133 retweets 1,258 likes
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      16. Andy Slavitt  🇺🇸 💉‏Verified account @ASlavitt 12 Jun 2020

        First, you’re playing on a razor’s edge given the lag of up to 3 weeks between action & effect. Hospitals say they are worried about running out of capacity around July 4. Still, he publishes charts which show how many more beds have been added & claims there is no risk. 16/

        7 replies 151 retweets 1,310 likes
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      17. Andy Slavitt  🇺🇸 💉‏Verified account @ASlavitt 12 Jun 2020

        The bigger flaw in Ducey’s approach: just because you have hospital beds doesn’t mean you need to fill them. 17/

        18 replies 274 retweets 1,845 likes
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      18. Andy Slavitt  🇺🇸 💉‏Verified account @ASlavitt 12 Jun 2020

        Since when is this a strategy? Go ahead and smoke. Good news— we have room in the cancer ward. 18/

        7 replies 328 retweets 2,328 likes
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      19. Andy Slavitt  🇺🇸 💉‏Verified account @ASlavitt 12 Jun 2020

        If Ducey is aiming to keep the economy going he’s also gambling. Will an economy thrive with wide community spread & no containment capability? What’s calm & steady about that? 19/

        12 replies 174 retweets 1,466 likes
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      20. Andy Slavitt  🇺🇸 💉‏Verified account @ASlavitt 12 Jun 2020

        Arizonans, you’re not alone. Texas, Utah, South Carolina, North Carolina, Florida, Alabama, Arkansas. Only North Carolina has said they are considering adding restrictions. The rest are full speed ahead. 20/

        44 replies 328 retweets 1,777 likes
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      21. Andy Slavitt  🇺🇸 💉‏Verified account @ASlavitt 12 Jun 2020

        Andy Slavitt  🇺🇸 💉 Retweeted Governor Phil Murphy

        Meanwhile the Northeast is reducing transmission slowly. 21/https://twitter.com/GovMurphy/status/1271489544651706368 …

        Andy Slavitt  🇺🇸 💉 added,

        Governor Phil MurphyVerified account @GovMurphy
        Our transmission rate of #COVID19 has dropped to among the lowest in the country. Right now, the national news is reporting about other states witnessing spikes in COVID-19 cases and impacts – states which rushed to reopen. The foolhardiness of their actions is now being seen. pic.twitter.com/VfXEvI4fJk
        19 replies 213 retweets 1,524 likes
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      22. Andy Slavitt  🇺🇸 💉‏Verified account @ASlavitt 12 Jun 2020

        Andy Slavitt  🇺🇸 💉 Retweeted Governor Phil Murphy

        Who is “calm & steady?” The one who eases back in or the one who doesn’t invest or won’t watch the data? 22/https://twitter.com/GovMurphy/status/1271489881794117633 …

        Andy Slavitt  🇺🇸 💉 added,

        Governor Phil MurphyVerified account @GovMurphy
        Public health creates economic health. Data determines dates. We will move as quickly as we can, but as safely as we must.
        1 reply 173 retweets 1,494 likes
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      23. Andy Slavitt  🇺🇸 💉‏Verified account @ASlavitt 12 Jun 2020

        I talked to @PhilMurphyNJ when he was in the middle of the crisis in NJ. Listen to the way he problem solves, seeks help & shows humilty when less was known, when there was minimal PPE & when they fought fo find equipment. 23/ https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/in-the-bubble-with-andy-slavitt/id1504128553?i=1000470857532 …

        5 replies 187 retweets 1,272 likes
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      24. Andy Slavitt  🇺🇸 💉‏Verified account @ASlavitt 12 Jun 2020

        Most politicians like to deliver the good news. So you peddle optimism or ingesting drain cleaner when there’s bad news, or better yet, you only come out when forced. 24/

        2 replies 117 retweets 1,172 likes
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      25. Andy Slavitt  🇺🇸 💉‏Verified account @ASlavitt 12 Jun 2020

        Sometimes no matter what you do, you’re going to be criticized. If you can’t handle making tough decisions, there are other lines of work. Not every leader is built for once in a century challenges. But empathy, steadiness, preparation & our safety feel like little to ask./end

        83 replies 412 retweets 2,887 likes
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