If every American starting wearing a mask tomorrow, we would be able get back to work, school, sports, & civic life long before a viable vaccine reached 70% of our people.
Thousands will keep dying until we all mask up.
Start there, then test, trace, & isolate.
But this President is dooming his fellow Americans to die, rebuking the @CDCDirector for telling Congress & the public what the world knows: masks are “the most important, powerful public health tool we have” in fighting this pandemic. nytimes.com/2020/09/16/wor… Impeachable idiocy
“The European experience, like the American example, looks quite different from East Asia’s. There, widespread mask usage, regular temperature checks, & strict contact tracing…coincide with…close to 0 deaths each day” politico.com/newsletters/po…
Mask, test, trace, isolate, treat.
Apps won't save the US from #COVID19.
Contact tracing depends on 1) widespread, rapid testing 2) public trust in the government 3) a social safety net for supported isolation wired.com/story/why-cont…
We need national leadership & good governance. We won't beat it without unity.
SURVEY: @pewresearch found Americans give the USA low marks for #COVID19 response pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2020…
People in other nations rate it even lower.
They're not wrong.
200K+ dead.
The world know what it takes to suppress it.
Our peers are succeeding.
We're failing.
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Transparency & accountability have not been a priority for a @WhiteHouse that briefs on background & relegates open government to a compliance exercise.
Opacity atop secrecy: @politico granted US officials anonymity to say @DeptofDefense did not tell @POTUS @JakeSullivan46 & NSC aides @SecDef was hospitalized for 3 days,
Austin recognized he “could have done better job” informing the public.
@politico @DeptofDefense @POTUS @JakeSullivan46 @SecDef Official opacity: @Axios granted the @WhiteHouse anonymity to claim that President Biden & Austin had “a warm conversation” & that @POTUS “has full confidence in @SecDef & is “ looking forward to him being back at the Pentagon.”
I heard a thunderclap in DC on a sunny day.
It appears it was a sonic boom from @DeptofDefense fighters scrambled from Andrews @airforce Base to intercept an unresponsive Cessna that overflew DC.
This is the least useful PSA I’ve encountered in some time, @AlertDC — could you please investigate and then elaborate when you confirm what has happened, @DC_HSEMA@SafeDC ?
🚨✈️🛫💨💥?
I take it back, @AlertDC: it was useful to hear that “there is no great at this time,” but being aware of reports of a loud “boom” doesn’t add much context for millions of people wondering what we heard.
If you know there was a sonic boom from scrambled fighters, please say so.
I’m at the historic @WarnerTheater in DC to bear witness what @PowerUSAID invited all Americans to learn about this morning:
How Ukraine is delivering services online in a democracy at war with @USAID. @karaswisher live now: usaid.gov/diiaindc
19M Ukrainians using DIAA now
As @karaswisher said, there has a been backpack against disruptive technologies like the Internet, smartphones, & social media.
We now worry about AI.
But all governments must harness these technologies to provide critical info & deliver services to networked publics, everywhere.
Today, @PowerUSAID says delivering services showed how “robust & secure digital public infrastructure” enabled Ukrainians to access services in a war while minimizing corruption.
She says @USAID supported in e-gov in Ukraine since 2016. “
The result: “Government in a smartphone.”
I find it encouraging to see @USAID@StateDRL rejoining international open government circles.
It’s discouraging @OpenGovPart@OGP_IRM have said so little about @WhiteHouse45@WhiteHouse acting contrary to process after @POTUS45 made a mockery of the US being in “good standing.”
No #AprilFools: @Twitter to remove @verified status from journalists, after enabling anonymous accounts to spread misinformation & lies using @elonmusk’s ill-designed pay-to-get-seen system “to expand their reach while creating the illusion of credibility” apnews.com/article/ohio-t…