Per @nytimes: “To develop the antibodies, Regeneron relied on 293T, a cell line derived from the kidney tissue of an aborted fetus in the 1970s.” thecut.com/2020/10/trump-…
“At least two companies racing to produce vaccines against the coronavirus, Moderna and AstraZeneca, also are using the cell line.” - @nytimes
“The Trump administration first cracked down on ‘new acquisition of fetal tissue from elective abortions’ in summer 2019, limiting the federal funds available to critical NIH–partnered research projects like the University of California San Francisco’s work on an HIV cure.”
PS Remdesivir, which Trump also received, also was tested using these cells.
Caputo accused the CDC of “engaging in ‘sedition’ in their handling of the pandemic and that left-wing hit squads were preparing for armed insurrection after the election.” nytimes.com/2020/09/14/us/…
“He went further, saying his physical health was in question, and his ‘mental health has definitely failed.’”
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Caputo: “And when Donald Trump refuses to stand down at the inauguration, the shooting will begin. The drills that you’ve seen are nothing.”
“...since Michael Caputo, a former Trump campaign official with no medical or scientific background, was installed in April as the new HHS spokesperson, there have been substantial efforts to align the [CDC’s COVID reports] with Trump's statements.” politico.com/news/2020/09/1…
“The CDC's Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Reports are authored by career scientists and serve as the main vehicle for the agency to inform doctors, researchers and the general public about how Covid-19 is spreading and who is at risk.”
“Caputo & his team have attempted to add caveats to the CDC's findings, including an effort to retroactively change agency reports that they said wrongly inflated the risks of Covid-19.”
“DeSantis relies primarily on the advice of his wife, Casey, a former television reporter and host, and his chief of staff, Shane Strum, a former hospital executive, according to Republican political operatives, including a former member of his administration.”
“The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Florida now eclipses New York’s caseload by more than 3,300. Florida has at least 168,000 more cases than Italy, a country with about three times the state’s population.”