BREAKING UPDATE—Trump travel rules to be reversed by Biden!! Spokesperson @jrpsaki says Biden “does not intend to lift these restrictions on 1/26. In fact, we plan to strengthen public health measures around international travel in order to further mitigate spread of #COVID19.”
2) Earlier, Trump issued a proclamation lifting COVID-19 travel restrictions barring entry to the US of foreign nationals from the UK, Ireland, much of Europe, and Brazil effective January 26 at 12:01 am.
3) Trump, who once bragged about his “great” travel bans to stop #COVID19, now lifts his restrictions on foreign nationals from UK 🇬🇧 Ireland 🇮🇪, much of EU, and Brazil (origins of all the #B117 and #P1 variants, where they are rampant). No lifting on China🇨🇳 travel restrictions.
4) "Accordingly, the Secretary has advised... leaving in place the restrictions applicable to People's Republic of China and Islamic Republic of Iran. I agree with the Secretary that this action is the best way to continue protecting Americans.” says Trump. (HT @saraecook)

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21 Jan
REINFECTION & VACCINE SENSITIVITY—the concern is now growing very very real. This piece highlights the big S Africa 🇿🇦 CDC report I shared earlier, where antibodies from previously infected don’t recognize the #B1351 variant in 48% of patients. 🧵 #COVID19
nytimes.com/2021/01/20/hea… Image
2) “The results “strongly, strongly suggest that several mutations that we see in the South Africa variant are going to have a significant effect on the sensitivity of that virus to neutralization” says a virologist from @nicd_sa, South Africa’s CDC.
3) And the #B1351 variant did not just 48% had “complete immune escape”, but 90% also showed reduced immune response. That’s a lot. Image
Read 11 tweets
20 Jan
LEADERSHIP—

Biden says, while swearing in 1000+ political appointees, "If you're ever working w/ me and I hear you treated another colleague with disrespect, I promise I will fire you on the spot. Everybody is entitled to be treated with decency.”

Thank you @JoeBiden. Image
3) Leadership in making sure CDC follows the science for #COVID19
Read 4 tweets
20 Jan
JUST IN—Biden’s new CDC Director @RWalensky announces that CDC will review all of its #COVID19 guidances.

School risk?
Airborne transmission risks?
Workplace safety?
Church safety?
Quarantine rules?
Rapid testing?
Distance rules?
Travel risks on planes, buses, trains?

so much! Image
2) This is also why the WH is also much more Covid safe... because we now follow the science, not Scott Atlas.
3) The CDC has been muzzled for way too long during the #COVID19 crisis. Waaaaayyyy too long...
Read 5 tweets
20 Jan
Folks—@Twitter has just shafted @JoeBiden’s @POTUS account.

📍When Trump had become president, his POTUS account inherited all followers from @BarackObama’s POTUS account.

➡️But when Biden became President, Twitter refused to transfer those POTUS followers to @POTUS.

Unfair. ImageImage
2) This is real. Biden administration is not too happy.

Biden’s digital director called Twitter’s transition plan “profoundly insufficient” in a tweet last week.

google.com/amp/s/www.wash…
3) “They’re bending themselves over backwards to break with the 2017 protocol they set on the transfer of accounts, and also breaking with every other social platform in providing the new administration a follower base,”
Read 9 tweets
20 Jan
AMAZING—The Pfizer / BioNTech mRNA #COVID19 vaccine’s RNA is 4284 characters long, so it would fit in a bunch of tweets. And just one 30 microgram dose holds 13 BILLION copies of it. Someone reverse engineered the source code—article is a stunning read.
berthub.eu/articles/posts… Image
2) Wow, BioNTech (or @kkariko ?) really did an amazing job with the engineering. If they use “uracil” or “U”, our immune system would attack the vaccine’s RNA. But if psi is used instead of U, then immune system ignores it, but the cell’s ribosomes still reads it as a U!!! Image
3) And in case you’re wondering, viruses cannot replicate and use the “psi” artificial trick to evade immunity. It’s a man made chemical — biology has no way to make it, and viruses use host biology only. So we are safe. Image
Read 14 tweets
20 Jan
BREAKING—Gov. DeSantis announced all vaccines in FL shall only be available specifically for **eligible FL residents** with government ID & proof of residency.

➡️Also a DeSantis move to disqualify / limit vaccines for undocumented immigrants.

#COVID19 Image
2) We know preventing vaccines from undocumented is very dangerous policy.
3) Other governors have tried too. Like Nebraska’s governor the other week. Listen.
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