Thread by @DonnaYoungDC

The U.S. surpassed 350,000 reported deaths from #COVID19 last night.
gisanddata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/opsdashbo…

And Trump, Pence & Alex Azar are doing what about it today?

Where is the accountability for these deaths?

#MaskUp

As of yesterday #CDC says 13,071,925 doses of #COVID19 #vaccines distributed but only 4,225,756 administered.
covid.cdc.gov/covid-data-tra…

Recall, Alex Azar pushed back against any additional funds for states to administer vaccines. #HHS was also slow to distribute #CARESAct funds.

Fauci on #ThisWeek: "There's no running away from the numbers."
"The deaths are real deaths."

Meanwhile, Trump remains in denial & continues to undermine #CDC's #publichealth experts.

https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1345720107255926784

#COVID19 #pandemic #vaccines

#NIH Fauci on #MeetThePress confirms what he & many other #publichealth experts have already said: Expect #COVID19 illnesses, hospitalizations & deaths to likely get worse in next couple of weeks.

#MTP #vaccines #MaskUp

Fauci on #MeetThePress on #COVID19 deaths: "Those are real numbers, real people & real deaths."

While Trump continues today to undermine and make unsubstantiated claims about #CDC on @Twitter.

#MTP #vaccines #MaskUp

Jerome Adams on #CNNsotu looking out for himself now, thinking about that next gig. 🙄

But all those times he's defended Trump & helped him downplay #COVID19 #pandemic ... & all those times Adams publicly mocked Americans who were wearing #masks in January, February, March ...

On @FoxNewsSunday, @KLoeffler reminds everyone that she's stood with Trump "100% of the time" on everything when asked why she didn't vote to override his veto of #NDAA.

#FNS #FoxNewsSunday #Georgia #GeorgiaElection

"Those are real numbers, real people and real deaths."

https://twitter.com/MeetThePress/status/1345749776625754115

#MeetThePress #MTP #COVID19 #pandemic #MaskUp

#WarpSpeed's Slaoui #gaslighting again on #FaceTheNation about commitment he made Dec 2 to have 40M doses of #COVID19 #vaccines distributed in Dec - enough to vaccinate 20M people.

Allocated by Dec 31 isn't distributed.

He also claims today 17M distributed [#CDC said 13M]

#FTN

Refresher history of #WarpSpeed.

#NIH & $MRNA & others well into #COVID19 #vaccines R&D long before Warp Speed launched in mid-May.

NIH already had public-private #vaccines, drugs & Dx partnerships ongoing, which White House essentially hijacked.
nih.gov/news-events/ne… #FTN

No, 20M #COVID19 #vaccines doses haven't been made "available." Allocating isn't distributing.

Slaoui Dec. 2: ""We will be able to distribute enough vaccine to immunize 20 million people in the U.S. in December — that's 40 million doses."

https://twitter.com/FaceTheNation/status/1345761984063664130

#FaceTheNation

Allocating is nothing more than an I owe you.

IOUs aren't payments in hand.

Reminder: Alex Azar didn't get a #COVID19 vaccine dose that was "allocated" to him Dec 22. He actually got the $MRNA shot itself.

But all other Americans still waiting?

#FaceTheNation #FTN #vaccines

Reminder: How many IOUs did Trump & Alex Azar write to Americans & never followed through with?

They promised 300M #COVID19 #vaccines doses by end of 2020, then cut it to 100M, then 40M & then 20M shots in arms & failed.

And ... never lowered #drugprices or replaced #Obamacare