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15 Dec, 4 tweets, 2 min read
Trump, Biden, Schumer & other top DC leaders aren't rushing to be first in line for the vaccine amid concerns about the ethics of cutting the line in front of health workers. But with national security at stake, the pressure is building. politico.com/news/2020/12/1…
This morning, Fauci said Trump, Pence, Biden and Harris should get the shot as soon as possible. Because the shots come in 2 doses 3 weeks apart, they would have to get them soon in order to be fully protected in time for the inauguration. politico.com/news/2020/12/1…
While some lawmakers are declaring they'll wait until health workers and nursing home residents are vaccinated before requesting the shots themselves, others are pushing for a plan to quickly vaccinate Congress members and staff. politico.com/f/?id=00000176…
Biden and many other political leaders say they do plan to take to take the vaccine publicly to make people confident it's safe/effective. The question is when.

"You don’t want to gin up demand before you get supply” @DrTomFrieden told me.

politico.com/news/2020/12/1…

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15 Dec
NEW: Top officials in the White House, the Pentagon and Congress are navigating an ethical minefield as they begin to be offered early access to the Covid-19 vaccine. Should get the shot now to set a good example, or will that look like cutting the line? politico.com/news/2020/12/1…
As much as officials want to send the message that the vaccine is safe and be protected themselves, they're very sensitive to the optics at play.

"I don’t think that power or privilege or money should ever be a factor in who gets the vaccine first" @RepRaulRuizMD told me.
Lawmakers don't yet know when they will have access to the vaccine, but some are already declaring that they plan to wait their turn.

“I will not skip the line,” @SenSchumer said Monday.

politico.com/news/2020/12/1…
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10 Nov
Today is the day the Supreme Court debates the fate of the Affordable Care Act. Coverage for tens of millions of people is on the line. Arguments begin at 10am. politico.com/news/2020/11/0…
California's solicitor general opens by arguing that Obamacare's zero-dollar penalty for not buying insurance "doesn't harm anyone and it doesn't violate the Constitution." c-span.org/video/?471185-…
Oh wow, Clarence Thomas, who *never* talks during oral arguments, compares the Obamacare's individual mandate to face mask mandates during Covid, says that even if they carry no penalty they can have a "chilling effect."
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8 Nov
This morning, Biden's transition team fully launched BuildBackBetter.com, and the top item on their list of "Day 1" priorities is a detailed plan to tackle the Covid-19 pandemic, most of which we reported earlier this week politico.com/news/2020/11/0…
He promises to:
-Double the number of drive-through testing sites.
-invest in developing at-home tests (more on why we don't have those yet: politico.com/news/2020/10/2…)
-create a 100k person public health corps to help overburdened contact tracers
-use the Defense Production Act to eliminate ongoing shortages of protective gear for health workers
-develop clear national guidelines for schools/businesses reopening
-create a national online dashboard for people to see the virus' severity in their community
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4 Aug
NEW: The admin slashed 25% of the funding for the National Guard's COVID relief deployment in every state...except Texas and Florida, which will continue to receive full funding.
@DemGovs accuses Trump of trying to "benefit his own political fortunes." politico.com/news/2020/08/0…
@DemGovs We asked the White House, the Defense Department, the National Guard, Texas, Florida and OMB for an explanation for why those states got more funding. None was provided. politico.com/news/2020/08/0…
@DemGovs Those states have the most current hospitalizations. HOWEVER, they don't have the most total cases, cases per 100k people or highest positivity rates. Since the Guard deals more w/ testing than hospitalizations, one Guard leader told me it makes no sense. politico.com/news/2020/08/0…
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19 May
NEW: I obtained a recording of a recent call with top Trump admin officials discussing a June 24 "hard stop" for the 40k+ National Guard members who are the backbone of coronavirus testing/contact tracing/food delivery in many states politico.com/news/2020/05/1…
June 24 will mark 89 days since thousands of Guard members first went on federal deployment in March. Guard members qualify for key retirement and education benefits after 90 days. politico.com/news/2020/05/1…
The National Guard says the deployment could be extended in the next few weeks. But no official on the call raised that possibility. Instead, they talked about the need for a messaging strategy because states would have serious concerns. politico.com/news/2020/05/1…
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30 Mar
BREAKING: A Texas judge appointed by George W. Bush just sided with abortion clinics who were challenging the state's order to halt abortions during the #covid19 pandemic. The state is banned from enforcing the order for the next couple week while the lawsuit continues in court.
The ruling comes at four other lawsuits are pending against other states that have moved to ban abortions as a "non-essential" surgery -- in Ohio, Iowa, Oklahoma and Alabama. More to come...
For more on how coronavirus has opened up a new front in the country's abortion wars, read our deep dive from last week: politico.com/news/2020/03/2…
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