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17 Jan, 4 tweets, 1 min read
Why has N.J. been so slow in rolling out COVID vaccinations?

(Narrator: N.J., once again, has an imbecile as Governor.)

nj.com/coronavirus/20…
"According to data from the CDC, New Jersey has only administered 263,422 of the 658,800 doses it’s received, or 40%."
"Perry N. Halkitis, the dean of Rutgers School of Public Health, said that state leaders should have rethought..as soon as it was clear that vaccinations were lower than expected..'Good leaders need to admit when things aren’t working,' Halkitis said."
Corey Basch..of William Paterson University..said, the state will need 'a quick turnaround' to meet its [already unambitious] goal to vaccinate 70% of the population within six months..'We’re not on track for it'"

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19 Jan
"As most nations around the world struggle with new lockdowns and layoffs in the face of the surging pandemic, just one major economy has bounced back after bringing the coronavirus mostly under control: China. The Chinese economy rose 2.3% last year"

nytimes.com/2021/01/17/bus…
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"[C]consensus is emerging in Europe that children are a considerable factor in the spread of Covid-19—and more countries are shutting schools..Closures have been announced recently in,,U.K., Germany, Ireland, Austria, Denmark and the Netherlands."

wsj.com/articles/europ…
"The problem is not that schools are unsafe for children..The problem is schools..act as vectors for transmission, causing the virus to spread between households."
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15 Jan
"The world needs an inquiry that considers not just natural origins but the possibility that SARS-CoV-2.. escaped from a laboratory. The WHO team, however, plans to build on reports by Chinese scientists rather than mount an independent investigation."

wsj.com/articles/the-w…
"Outbreak occurred on..doorstep of laboratories that conduct the world’s largest research project on..bat viruses, that have the world’s largest collection of..bat viruses, and that possessed and worked with the world’s closest sequenced relative of the outbreak virus."
"The laboratories actively searched for new horseshoe-bat viruses in..bat colonies in caves in remote rural areas in Yunnan province, brought those new..bat viruses to Wuhan, and then mass-produced and studied those new..bat viruses, year-round, inside Wuhan."
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15 Jan
"When HHS Secretary..Azar announced this week that the federal government would begin releasing coronavirus vaccine doses held in reserve for second shots, no such reserve existed, according to state and federal officials briefed on distribution plans."

washingtonpost.com/health/2021/01…
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"Health officials in some cities and states were informed in recent days about the reality of the situation, while others are still in the dark."
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15 Jan
"AAAS, which publishes..Science.., announced..it will offer..authors a free way..[to make] publications..free to read. Under..policy, authors may deposit..peer-reviewed..papers accepted by paywalled Science titles in public..online repositories."

sciencemag.org/news/2021/01/s…
This is the only rational and responsible path forward in scientific publishing
But, unfortunately: "For now, Science’s approach, known as green open access, will apply only to authors of papers funded by Coalition S, a group of mostly European funders and foundations behind an open access mandate that takes effect this month."
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15 Jan
"A video released two years before the start of the Wuhan coronavirus pandemic shows Wuhan Insitute of Virology..scientists being cavalier toward protective equipment and being bitten by bats.., demonstrating a lax safety culture"

taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/4102619
"On Dec. 29, 2017, Chinese state-run TV released a video designed to showcase Shi Zhengli..and her team..in their quest to find the origin of SARS..[T]he scientists..show a shocking disregard for safety when handling potentially infectious bats both in the wild and in the lab."
"From 4:45 to 4:56, a scientist can be seen holding a bat with his bare hands. Team members from 7:44 to 7:50 can be seen collecting potentially highly infectious bat feces while wearing short sleeves and shorts and with no noticeable..PPE..other than gloves."
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