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13 Jan, 5 tweets, 2 min read
📍On Feb 14 2020 on CNN interview in Lafayette Park— I said US cases 10x higher.

➡️I got hate messages for being a “fear monger” alarmist. Some even spread misinfo I wasn’t an epidemiologist (Harvard, Dept of Epidemiology, Doctor of Science 2007, 🤷🏻‍♂️)

...What a crazy sad year 😢
2) Lots of hate last Jan 2020... so much denialism... nymag.com/intelligencer/…
3) Another perspective in Salon. salon.com/2020/03/27/a-t…
4) A redemption piece in @thedailybeast, by @WajahatAli. It was a crazy rollercoaster ride for my family.
thedailybeast.com/coronavirus-al…
5) I think we should always be kinder and more open minded to each other when nobody is certain about anything.

And when there is uncertainty around something potentially calamitous and dangerous, take the road of the precautionary principle.

Stay safe and good night folks.

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BREAKING—Federal prosecutors in TX charge AF (Ret) Lt Col Larry Rendall Brock Jr. who stormed the Capitol carrying plastic zip-tie handcuffs. “He means to take hostages. He means to kidnap, restrain, perhaps execute members of the U.S. government”.
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3) White privilege: the judge released him meantime to home confinement with “limited internet”. 🤦🏻‍♂️
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Sorry, Q Shaman, Trump can’t pardon your insurrection, no matter how much you beg. Nope nope nope. It’s in the US Constitution.

Organic food, keep enjoying them.

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2) No pardon for the “caveman” either.
3) Nor any pardon for the hypocritical firefighter.
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TRUMP RULE TO OUST CAREER SCIENTISTS—Last ditch effort by Trump WH to enact term limits and mandate “5 year reviews” for career US govt scientists (like Fauci) so they can be removed or reassigned by political managers. Disgusting but true to form. politico.com/news/2021/01/1…
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15 Jan
LEADERSHIP—

“The crisis of deep human suffering is in plain sight. There’s no time to waste. We have to act, & act now.

Since pandemic began: wealth of the top 1% of the nation has grown roughly $1.5 trillion—4x the amount for the entire bottom 50%.”
Who else is crying??? ^^^
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JUST IN—The “Caveman” Peter Francis Stager (from Arkansas) is charged with violently beating a Metropolitan Police officer unconscious on the footsteps of the US Capitol in broad daylight. #CapitolRiot



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2) Earlier— the Confederate flag bearer in the Capitol has also been arrested by the FBI. Father and son both.
3) Best of all— they also captured the man who threw a fire extinguisher 🧯 at police. The irony is that he is a firefighter 👨‍🚒. Can’t make this stuff up.
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WORRISOME & SERIOUS—You know how the world put travel bans against UK 🇬🇧 travel out of fear of the #B117 more contagious variant? Well, now, UK🇬🇧 put travel ban from Latin America & Portugal 🇵🇹 because U.K. thinks Brazil 🇧🇷 #COVID19 variant is *worse*. 🧵
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3) The variant contains a mutation that has been linked with higher contagiousness, similar to the variant found in 🇬🇧 and another in South Africa. Like the variant found in 🇿🇦, the one exported from Brazil to Japan also carries a mutation that may weaken the efficacy of vaccines
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