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Former Sr Fellow . Recipient of Pulitzer Prize, Polk (2Xs) and Peabody Awards. Author: IHeard theSirensScream, TheComingPlague, Ebola & BetrayalofTrust.

New York, NY
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Joined May 2011
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    12 hours ago

    Hi Marcia, actually declared a Public Health Emergency of International Concern - the highest level of alarm under int'l law - on Jan 30, 2020, well before the outbreak could be characterized as a pandemic. This video explains: 1/4

    I think it would be wise for to change how they handle an oncoming pandemic. Many of us watched it spreading throughout the world while they waited to call it a “pandemic.” Might there be a CODE RED or HIGHEST ALERT before it goes worldwide and is taken seriously?
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    10 hours ago

    The old man is fighting fit: I just dropped in on Wọlé Soyinka. It’s a good day.

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    Mar 12

    How much TV news time was dedicated to climate in 2020? 0.4% – ZERO POINT FOUR PERCENT‼️– of morning, nightly, and Sunday morning news show minutes were about climate. That's 379 minutes ALL YEAR, per . 53% LESS than 2019. This is very not good.

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    12 hours ago

    True! Prof Ioannidis forgot to put 5G on his list of “true” causes of COVID-19 deaths. I used to be his biggest admirer, I edited his famous PLOS Med paper & I wrote a glowing piece about him for BMJ. Now he is a Fox News celebrity. Who says coronavirus isn’t a cause of death.

    Replying to @GYamey
    5G is missing here
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    5 hours ago

    Breonna Taylor’s death was a tragedy, a blow to her family, her community, and America. As we continue to mourn her, we must press ahead to pass meaningful police reform in Congress. I remain committed to signing a landmark reform bill into law.

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  6. 5 hours ago

    The last time I heard a "blood sugar" defense was >30 yrs ago when politician Dan White blamed Twinkies consumption for his having assassinated gay rights hero Harvey Milk and Mayor George Mosconi in SF inside City Hall.

    An announcer at a high school basketball game in Oklahoma cursed and used a slur as students knelt during the national anthem. He later apologized and blamed his diabetes for the outburst.
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  7. 5 hours ago

    Now is laying out his Plan, featuring massive expansion of vaccination. Already, "Millions, and millions of grandparents who have not been able to hug their grandkids for months, can now do so."

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    Mar 12

    5. When will all countries in Africa have vaccine, is asked. Bruce Aylward says so far 24 countries have received +15M doses over the past 2 weeks. In coming weeks will be ~35 countries & close to ~20M doses. But need to get a lot more vaccine into the continent.

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    Mar 12

    Today's the day we'll cross 100 million vaccine doses administered and >65 million Americans with ≥ 1 dose 👍

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  10. Mar 12

    Think tanks always walk fine lines between maintaining intellectual independence, vs raising money from extremely wealthy people. It seems all heck is breaking loose over Russia policy studies, Koch family money & Council scholars' fight.

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    Mar 12

    "But the virus variants don’t make physical distancing less effective. They don’t make hand hygiene, masks, ventilation and other public health measures less effective. We must continue to do it all"-

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    Mar 12

    “We certainly would like to see Brazil going in a different direction”, says . "But it's going to take a huge effort for that to happen."

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    Mar 12

    “There is very little resilience and capacity left in the system”, says . % of respiratory patients testing positive for is going up. Case fatality rate also rising reflecting “the pressure on the system and the lack of time that healthcare professionals have"

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  14. Mar 12

    Novavax/2 - "100% protection against severe disease" - In UK "86.3% (efficacy) against the B.1.1.7/501Y.V1 variant" - In So Africa efficacy = "48.6% against predominantly variant strains", preventing disease - It's "a protein-based vax engineered frm genetic seq of "

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  15. Mar 12

    Details of the , from press release - " 96.4% against mild, moderate and severe disease caused by the original COVID-19 strain" - In South Africa, amid B1.351 escape mutant, "efficacy of 55.4% among HIV-neg" ppl MORE

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    Mar 12

    By Spanish flu historian John Barry: Abandoning masks now is a terrible idea. The 1918 pandemic shows why.

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  17. Mar 12

    Novavax is using all-new tech to make a novel : "Using innovative proprietary recombinant nanoparticle vaccine technology, we produce vaccine candidates to efficiently and effectively respond to both known and emerging disease threats."

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  18. Mar 12

    In a few weeks we will likely have a 4th approved in the US. vaccine is 96% effective against original coronavirus, 86% vs British B.1.1.7 variant, according to trial results released yesterday. MORE

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  19. Mar 12

    Hope/2 2.) Make a list of the 6 people you love most, but haven't been able to hug for a year. Reach out to them & hatch a scheme for gathering on the 4th of July. Spend coming weeks planning together, retaining caution, but imagining hugs, fun & fireworks. 🇺🇸🤸🏽‍♀️🚴🏽‍♂️🎼🎡🏝️🎇🗽🇺🇸

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  20. Mar 12

    Did you watch last night? We are all sad, angry, fed up. This experience has rattled us: Some of us are in grief. Here are two ideas for embracing hope, and healing: 1.) Get fully vaccinated 💉, and encourage every person you love to do the same. 😊 MORE

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