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Laurie Garrett

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8 Nov

https://twitter.com/B52Malmet/status/1457684809547984901

This reminds me of a strange set of events in the Reagan Admin. A big study done in a huge SoCAL retirement community concluded that estrogen therapy after menopause prevented women from having heart attacks. The Reagan admin promoted estrogen for millions of women. BUT [more]

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2/ The estrogen supplements caused ovarian & breast cancer & gave no benefit in cutting cardiac disease.
A look-back on that study revealed that the healthier women in that retirement community were, yes, taking estrogen, but also working out, eating low fat diets, and...
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3/..were visited more by family members & tended to vote #Democrat. Highest mortality was in women who were the opposite on all factors.
So, will #Republicans have a 2021 drop in life expectancy due to misinfo beliefs, #COVID19, anti-science, bad diets? Or no diff vs #Democrats ?

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Laurie Garrett

@Laurie_Garrett

29 Oct

https://twitter.com/ianbremmer/status/1454149785116504069

PRES. BIDEN: Well, let me state the obvious: We have no older or no more loyal, no more decent ally than France. It's been -- you've been with us from the beginning. You're the reason, in part, why we became an independent country.
You were there for us; we'll be there for you.

https://twitter.com/ianbremmer/status/1454149785116504069

Q Is the relationship repaired?
PRES. BIDEN: You're asking me?
Q Yeah.
PRES. BIDEN: Well, the answer is: I think what happened was -- to use an English phrase, what we did was "clumsy." It was not done with a lot of grace. I was under the impression certain..."
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2/BIDEN...certain things had happened that hadn't happened.
And -- but I want to make it clear: France is an extremely, extremely valued partner -- extremely -- and a power in and of itself.
And so, I don't know any reason that -- we have the same values.

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Laurie Garrett

@Laurie_Garrett

18 Oct

@GretaThunberg

NYC streets have become seriously dangerous for cyclists, and teenagers are leading the way in protest. The @GretaThunberg peers are holding a @thetubenyc bike rally Oct 23, 11m Borough Hall, Brooklyn -- I'll be speaking. @Streetfilms @noneck @bikenewyork @driversofnyc

@BicyclesOnly

Oct 23, 11am Bike rally @BicyclesOnly @bikeblognyc @Tri_State @nycbikemaps @brooklynbybike @BicycleHabitat @howiewolf @nicolegelinas @MC_NYC @mossmitchell @jonorcutt @NYC_SafeStreets @MoveNewYork @BrownBikeGirl @DBtodomundo @nicoleamurray @bridges4people @philritz1 @NUMTOTs

@vanshnook

Oct 23, 11am Bike rally @vanshnook @JuliaManhattan @JimRockaway @bikeloveny @WEBikeNYC @EricMcClureBK @sarstar @PedestrianTom @Shmuli @bikesnobnyc @saraklind @dannypearlstein @D00RZ0NE @TransAlt @DannyHarris_TA

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Laurie Garrett

@Laurie_Garrett

7 Oct

@pfizer

The Israeli findings regarding @pfizer #COVID19 2-dose vaccination & heart inflammation found 136 cases out of 5 million vax recips:
"a risk that was more than twice that among unvacc'ed persons. This was highest in young male recipients..."
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nejm.org/doi/full/10.10…

2/ More from Israel
"In our study, definite or probable cases of #myocarditis among persons between the ages of 16 & 19 years within 21 days after the 2nd vaccine dose occurred in 1 of 6637 male recipients & in 1 of 99,853 female recipients."
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@pfizer

3/ A 2nd Israeli study of @pfizer vax recips found, "the est'ed incidence of #myocarditis was 2.13 cases per 100,000 persons; highest among male patients between the ages of 16 & 29 years. Most cases of myocarditis were mild or moderate in severity."
nejm.org/doi/full/10.10…
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Laurie Garrett

@Laurie_Garrett

3 Oct

@Merck

Two important #COVID19 treatment studies were released this week. One, from @Merck got a lot of attn and soared on the stock markets. The other, with better results, from @Regeneron got little notice.
Key point with both: Best results come from treatment before symptoms.
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@Merck

2/ @Merck press release: Gave molnupiravir to 385 people w/#COVID19 & placebo to 377.
After 29 days, 7.3% of molnupiravir group were either hospitalized or died, vs 14.1% of placebo-treated. So, says Merck, the drug cut the risk of severe COVID by 50%.
s2.q4cdn.com/584635680/file…

@Regeneron

3/ @Regeneron made combo monoclonal antibody treatment, REGEN-COV & pub'ed data in @NEJM .
28 days post-treatment, 1.3% of 1,355 treated patients were hospitalized or died, vs 4.6% of 728 placebo recipients.
So, REGEN-COVID cut acute disease risk by 71%.
cidrap.umn.edu/news-perspecti…

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Laurie Garrett

@Laurie_Garrett

22 Sep

@JoeBiden

What @JoeBiden promised at #COVID19 summit today
1. "donating 1.1 billion doses of COVID-19 #vaccines to the world, free of charge, no strings attached."
2. "for every one shot we have administered in this country to date, we are now donating three shots to other countries."
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3. "solving the global oxygen crisis, making tests and therapeutics more available, and enhancing access to personal protective equipment."
4. "preparing for the next pandemic by establishing a sustainable health security financing mechanism"
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5. "The summit is meant to be a deliberate beginning to the end of the pandemic, and it will launch a lot of work."
6. "we plan to take a leading role in tracking collective progress"
7. "support a COVID-19 TRIPS waiver"
8. "We will share through COVAX," not bilaterally.
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