Profile picture
, 4 tweets, 2 min read
My Authors
Read all threads
Some pretty amazing information in The Atlantic about a failure of testing for the coronavirus. Here are some major chunks. theatlantic.com/health/archive…
more detail. Compare the US versus other industrialized countries -->
and why block useful information?
Some states simply aren't prepared.
Missing some Tweet in this thread? You can try to force a refresh.

Enjoying this thread?

Keep Current with Glenn Kessler

Profile picture

Stay in touch and get notified when new unrolls are available from this author!

Read all threads

This Thread may be Removed Anytime!

Twitter may remove this content at anytime, convert it as a PDF, save and print for later use!

Try unrolling a thread yourself!

how to unroll video

1) Follow Thread Reader App on Twitter so you can easily mention us!

2) Go to a Twitter thread (series of Tweets by the same owner) and mention us with a keyword "unroll" @threadreaderapp unroll

You can practice here first or read more on our help page!

More from @GlennKesslerWP see all

Profile picture
Glenn Kessler
@GlennKesslerWP
Having known @AmbJohnBolton for nearly two decades, it’s amazing to see him suddenly portrayed as a “Democratic witness” or part of a left-wing cabal. There are few more conservative people in Washington. From personal experience, here are some basic facts about Bolton:
@AmbJohnBolton Bolton is not a “neoconservative,” as many portray him. He’s a national conservative, a realist dedicated to projecting U.S. power. (No starry-eyed promotion of democracy for him.) He’s smart and a very skilled lawyer, especially in the field of international law.
@AmbJohnBolton What’s most important to Bolton is the policy, not political patrons. He served George W. Bush for six years at senior levels but did not minch words when he thought Bush’s North Korea policy was going off course.
Read 7 tweets
Profile picture
Glenn Kessler
@GlennKesslerWP
Christianity Today, founded by Billy Graham, 20 years ago said Bill Clinton was "morally unable to lead." It reaches the same conclusion about Donald Trump and calls for his removal from office.--> christianitytoday.com/ct/2019/decemb…
some striking lines: "His Twitter feed alone—with its habitual string of mischaracterizations, lies, and slanders—is a near perfect example of a human being who is morally lost and confused."
"None of the president’s positives can balance the moral and political danger we face under a leader of such grossly immoral character...no matter how many hands we win in this political poker game, we are playing with a stacked deck of gross immorality and ethical incompetence."
Read 3 tweets
Profile picture
Glenn Kessler
@GlennKesslerWP
Re-reading this astonishing letter, it seems clear that all Trump appears to know about Biden and Ukraine is the surface-level information he gleamed from Biden's CFR clip and Fox News bits. Too many things are wrong in the letter to suggest otherwise. ...
It was not $1 billion in U.S. aid. It was a $1 billion loan guarantee. A big difference a president should understand.
The prosecutor was not fired for digging into Burisma. The IMF, Euros and US wanted Slotkin out precisely because he was not investigating corruption. Biden was carrying out U.S. policy objectives.
Read 5 tweets

Related threads

Profile picture
Lincoln's Bible
@LincolnsBible
Needs to be said...
At this point, with this administration, it's impossible for me to believe that lack of #coronavirus test kits is UNintentional.

donald is gambling. he's shown us his hand:
1. "Virus will disappear"
2. "Flu" kills more
3. Most people have "mild symptoms"
4. Will have a vaccine "very soon"
5. "Gone in April"

These statements, & many more, are being mistaken as ignorance - or disinformation. The latter is true, but the more accurate term is "cover-up".

Just take cards 2 & 3 in the tweet above, & you see his calculation/ gamble.
By not testing, illness & deaths can be dismissed by the admin as flu. He's banking on the mild symptoms & passing of initial outbreak by summer, so that he's in the clear by height of the election cycle. Up to this point, it's an informed gamble. Then, his ignorance kicks in...
Read 8 tweets
Profile picture
David Beard
@dabeard
The botched US effort to fight the #coronavirus: “The CDC got this right with H1N1 and Zika, and produced huge quantities of test kits that went around the country,” said the CDC's director from 2009 to 2017. “I don’t know what went wrong this time.” theatlantic.com/health/archive…
What we're learning about the #coronavirus:
—Early on, people are infectious.
—After recovery, they can shed virus for weeks—but may not be infectious.
—Re-infection after recovery unlikely.
—Spread in China mostly among family, close contacts.
statnews.com/2020/03/06/wer… @statnews
"We knew what was coming. We just twiddled our thumbs as the coronavirus waltzed in" - Harvard epidemiologist @BillHanage washingtonpost.com/outlook/corona…
Read 3 tweets
Profile picture
Memelord
@dailydigger19
OH CRAP I DID IT AGAIN. Time for a new #Coronavirus thread
Another suicide in #Coronavirus-ridden China
China’s Hubei to add #Coronavirus cases back to tally after methodology change
reuters.com/article/us-chi…
Read 292 tweets
Profile picture
Amanda Mull
@amandamull
Fam, happy Thanksgiving. @TheAtlantic asked me to write about learning to make my family’s biscuit recipe in New York and the reason why the biscuits up here are so profoundly terrible. theatlantic.com/health/archive…
And in case you have joined us here at the amanda mull twitter account since last thanksgiving, here’s some proof that I did indeed master that recipe, which is also attached, from my mom’s original email
this is an incredibly nerd thing to tweet BUT i'm gonna do it, bc this is my first time in the #1 slot at the new job. thank you for clicking on my biscuit story!
Read 5 tweets
Profile picture
Michelle Allison
@fatnutritionist
I've spent the last year and a half kicking myself for choosing terror management theory as a framework to analyze popular diet culture, not because it doesn't work (I think it does), but because it applies so well to our current political situation that I can't sleep at night.
It's hard to stay narrowly focused on nutrition and related stuff when larger themes of neoreactionary thought and autocracy and the dismantling of democratic institutions keep intruding, over and over. It's hard to ignore the obvious immortality project staring me in the face.
I guess I'll write about some of it here, though Twitter is a cesspit. IRL people look at me like I'm off my nut when I talk about this, except for my incredibly kind and patient friend Mel - shout out to Mel for letting me ramble about immortality over nachos at Sneaky Dee's.
Read 35 tweets

Trending hashtags

#WeekendWarrior #WalkWithADoc #Misinformation #HRQOL #RPE #OperationPaperClip #Plyometrics #BornToWalk #values #coronavirus #vindman #HealthyAging #BGSconf #Agility #walking #HR #nothingtoseehere #aerobics #Coronaviruses #sarcopenia #balance #olderadults #Conditioning #bone #healthworkers

Embed code for your website

×
Follow Us on Twitter!

Did Thread Reader help you today?

Support us! We are indie developers!

This site is made by just three indie developers on a laptop doing marketing, support and development! Read more about the story.

Become a Premium Member ($3.00/month or $30.00/year) and get exclusive features!

Become Premium

Too expensive? Make a small donation by buying us coffee ($5) or help with server cost ($10)

Donate via Paypal Become our Patreon

Thank you for your support!