Republicans bear the brunt #SARSCoV2 infections among US elected leaders. At least 81 elected officials in state & federal govt have tested positive for the coronavirus since Sept. 1.
2) “Republicans’ refusal to adhere to safety measures puts not only the elected officials themselves at risk, but also the public, health experts told USA TODAY. Those who hold office set the example of expected behavior. And it starts, they said, with the commander in chief. “
3) “We’re incredibly frustrated, angry, sad and despondent.” Like Trump piloting a plane on a trajectory to crash. “Epidemiologists who know how to steer this plane are pounding on cockpit door begging him to please listen, please follow the evidence. It’s a living nightmare.”
4) Cases among Trump WH and Trump campaign.
5) Members of congress who tested positive. Some of them like Mike Lee and Thom Tillis and Ron Johnson were near WH orbit.
6) Governors and state-level elected officials testing positive for COVID-19, since Sept. 1.
7) well said.
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HUMAN➡️MINKS➡️HUMAN transmission on mink farms in NL. 68% of the tested farm workers and/or contacts had evidence of #SARSCoV2 infection. The coronavirus mutated & even evolved within minks before transmitted back to humans—& keeps #COVID19 perpetuating. science.sciencemag.org/content/early/…
2) More worrisome about minks: In Denmark, minks at a farm that got infected months ago later became **reinfected recently**—including with symptoms. Random sampling of 36 animals brought up 26 positives - all reinfected. This needs further study. tv2nord.dk/amp/119200?__t…
3) As pointed out, in Denmark, minks outnumber total humans by over 2x. And attack rates of #SARSCoV2 in minks is sometimes 90% of all exposed minks. So yeah, that’s why Danish leaders are worried about mink #COVID19
📍700 EPIDEMIOLOGISTS WALK INTO A BAR—jk, we would never do that now!
Pro epidemiologists surveyed by NYT on #COVID19 risks (I was 1 of 700):
Most risky:
📌Indoor dining
📌Wedding/funeral/church
📌Concert/Sporting
📌Indoor playdates
📌Shared office work nytimes.com/2020/12/04/ups…
2) Here was the most risky and least risky by the 700 professional epidemiologists of @societyforepi.
3) “Three-quarters of respondents said they planned to spend Christmas, Hanukkah or other winter holidays only with members of their household, or not celebrate at all, similar to how they spent Thanksgiving.”
New—I’m pleased to announce that to fight the pandemic, we formed a specia group to support Biden on #COVID19 pandemic response, a multidisciplinary task force called the ‘COVID ACTION GROUP’. 🧵
2) this pandemic requires all hands on deck. It can be crushed only through a concerted effort that engages policy makers, business and community leaders and a public committed to the fight.
3) the involvement or resistance of the public and political leaders will make or break any national effort to beat back the coronavirus and resume life as normal.
📍WALL STREET BANKERS ARE NOT MORE “ESSENTIAL” THAN TEACHERS & 1ST RESPONDERS—American Bankers Association is petitioning to designate Wall St finance workers as essential workers so they can get #COVID19 vaccines before most Americans. Cant make this up! on.mktw.net/2VDFc4z
2) “We are encouraging public health authorities to follow the existing DHS guidance and include financial services employees as part of the 1b group, but we think front-line bank employees who deal with a large number of people every day should be gave priority to, at a minimum”
3) I think Wall St actually should be lower priority for reasons that most of their work can be done remotely, other than the limited number of bank tellers. But even then they often have plexiglass barriers to prevent robberies (and limit exposures).