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23 Oct, 4 tweets, 2 min read
📍BREAKING—US sets another new record of 83,000 #COVID19 cases in a single day. This comes after 77,000 cases were reported the day before (itself the highest ever). Smashing the previous record just a day later is insane!

This is only getting worse. 100k/day possible soon.
2) meanwhile a comparison of deaths per day of #COVID19 and other major US events.
3) if only we comprehensively masked—many state clearly are not adequately. Figure from WaPost.
4) hospitalizations have been rising a while and now deaths also rising too. Positivity increase also implied by the rate of case growth outstripping modest testing growth. (Source: COVID TRACKING PROJECT)

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25 Oct
📍Update—40 positive 4 week WH-orbit #COVID19–2 new* Pence aides:

Marc Short*
Marty Obst*
Hicks
D&M Trump
Scalia
Miller
2x mil aides
4x WH press aides
Ray
McEnany
Conway
Laurie
Christie
Lee
Tillis
Johnson
McDaniel
Jenkins
Stepien
Luna
1x Jr staffer
3x reporters
11x debate staff Image
2) Worse. There was a coverup to hide the new outbreak.
3) it is now 5 people positive among Pence circle of aides.
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25 Oct
BREAKING: *2* of VP Pence’s aides, including Chief of Staff Marc Short has just tested positive for #COVID19. However, despite Pence being deem a close contact, Pence is not quarantining and will not be cancelling his campaign schedule!
2) official excuse for VP not quarantining: “While Vice President Pence is considered a close contact with Mr. Short, in consultation with the White House Medical Unit, the Vice President will maintain his schedule in accordance with the CDC guidelines for essential personnel.”
3) the other positive case was Pence’s political advisor Marty Obst. Positive this week but just reported tonight. Last in contact with Pence a week ago. About incubation time. google.com/amp/s/www.bloo…
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24 Oct
Wow. Impressive chart of mask wearing and % who know someone with #COVID19 symptoms. #WearAMaskSaveALife

(Source: washingtonpost.com/business/2020/…) Image
2) “The R-squared of CovidCast’s mask and symptom data is 0.73, meaning that you can predict about 73 percent of the variability in state-level covid-19 symptom prevalence simply by knowing how often people wear their masks.”
3) Granted “correlation does not always equal causation”... but also remember
is that “every causation can be seen in a correlation” too!

There can be confounding & ecologic fallacy, but that’s why we need context—whether masks do stop aerosol transmission, which it does.
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23 Oct
NEW—Trump’s FDA & Gilead had **IGNORED** the world’s largest Remdesivir #COVID19 trial when FDA rushed its approval. @WHO is visibly irritated that it sent SOLIDARITY results (*zero* Remdesivir benefit) to Gilead on Sept 23 (full paper 28th), but FDA approved it anyway Oct 22nd!
2) You can hear the clear concern in WHO’s chief scientist @doctorsoumya’s voice defending the strength of trial & making the timeline quite clear when Gilead first got SOLIDARITY data showing no benefit. Either Gilead withheld it from FDA—or the FDA knew.
3) Trial was first publicly reported on Oct 16th but, that’s already **3** full weeks after Gilead first got the main results privately from @WHO. So @GileadSciences knew & either failed to disclose to FDA, or FDA looked the other way. Which is it? Journalists please investigate.
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23 Oct
⚠️WOW! Epic move—Germany is investing $488 million (€500m) in improving ventilation systems in schools & public buildings to help stop the spread of #COVID19. Merkel’s govt is awarding grants of up to €100,000 each to upgrade air systems to stop transmission! US needs that too!
2) this is incredibly necessary given what we know of airborne transmission. bbc.com/news/world-eur…
3) ventilation is key. Japan assumed it was airborne from the very beginning. Hence their mask culture and their focus on air refresh and stale air clearance. #COVID19
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22 Oct
Holy shit—a Dutch security researcher “ethically” hacked into Trump’s Twitter account by pure dumb luck of typing in “maga2020” as the 5th password attempt. And it worked! Trump didn’t use 2 factor authentication either. WTH. 🤦🏻‍♂️volkskrant.nl/nieuws-achterg…
2) And yes this story is real.

“ONLINE VERSION OF BATMAN
On October 16, 2020, Victor Gevers decides to check in on Trump’s account. Just to see if it is still safe.
3) “I always run random checks. Whenever someone is in the news, I monitor. I ran a check on the Biden, Pence and Harris accounts. Anyone receiving media attention is a potential target and deserves protection. Regardless of who they are.” vn.nl/trump-twitter-…
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