As @wccubbison & @beyerstein pointed out, Canada & UK have contracts (but _not_ possession, so not “hoarding”) for 5 doses per capita. But almost all vaccines require 2 doses, so if they all work, the “extra” doses would cover Ethiopia & Sudan, or 2% of humans. /2
@wccubbison@beyerstein And given that per capita Canada is one of the worlds most generous donors of foreign aid Lindsay is almost certainly right
The only other country around 2 doses per capita is the US. And given our infections rates & the global mobility... /3
So nominating someone who backed the wrong Medicare for All plan is a radical shift rightward & cannot be tolerated
If people step back and look at all of Biden’s economic nominations, it’s obviously the most liberal team since at least LBJ. Maybe the most liberal ever.
(Among my best compliments: worked for MI Senate Dems, Was contacted by some Arab-American leaders in Dearborn MI RE tape of racist anti-Arab comments by our senator’s staffer. He was quietly fired, I took over campaign, & we beat a rumored ex-stripper. A boss said I was Mr Wolf]
[Opponent had a history of racist comments about Arabs, they desperately wanted to beat her, but if we were associated w the rumors we’d be sunk. Through intricate net of people we kept the rumors bottled up until shortly before the election, when a guy went off on his own…
MSNBC showing all the ways it’s a done deal, while simultaneously the NBC decision desk guy is on NBC, making the argument for why they’re not calling it, that based on what MSNBC is reporting is completely nonsensical.
The difference btwn the exasperation on MSNBC & the “but MAYBE Trump could win” obtuseness on NBC is really something.
I wonder if the decision desk people at the other networks are afraid of taking the crap the Fox guy has taken.