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Jan 20 • 5 tweets • 3 min read
Doubtlessly you've seen the story of "COVID protections for me, not for thee" at Davos, but DC types, I'd like to know what safety protocols are in place in the West Wing. I am serious. Someone please find this out. It's a story that needs to be told. 1/ slate.com/technology/202…
And while we're at it, are all protections gone in the executive suites at @WashingtonPost, @politico? Over at the #Pentagon, at #FoggyBottom, at the @CIA? Because this is a story that needs to be told. 2/
Any ventilation upgrades of note? Any masking going on? Any testing required? 3/
Because I'll have what they're having please. Davos. DC. Time to level up for everyone and level with us on what you're doing for yourselves. 4/
Because this is all looking very last throws of the Ancien Régime to me. end/

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Jan 18
I just broke out in a cold sweat. @WhiteHouse & @CDCgov are silent on this convergence of anti-vaxxers, right-wing figures and “thought-leaders” at @washingtonpost and elsewhere is because in the end, public health is doesn’t “rate” that is, will it help @POTUS re-election? 1/
To be fair, public health in America has NEVER mattered. Just look how much we spend on it over time. A pittance. 2/
But the @WhiteHouse pollsters said “take the win” on COVID a year ago and they have moved on. It doesn’t matter if it’s all going to hell in a hand basket, because they are sure no one really gives a damn. 3/
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Jan 18
Apparently @davidjshipley at @washingtonpost just cares that the misinformation on #COVID19 deaths is getting his paper hits and notice, but it’s dereliction of duty. Same goes for producers at @CNN. 1/
Now you have the king of anti-vaxxers RFK Jr. jumping on the bandwagon with Leana Wen joining Elon Musk in the clown car. 2/
Meanwhile many in public health and medicine—not all—just don’t want to get involved and are remaining silent allowing conspiracy mongering and bad science to get repeated for days on end to the American public. 3/
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Jan 16
.@jfeldman_epi @whstancil and others are talking about the “soft #COVID denialism” now popping up at WaPo under @davidjshipley w Wen and McArdle’s recent pieces, at @NewYorker under Remnick with Green piece, etc. it’s sophisticated undermining of public health, scientific facts.
In the rush to move on, basic fact-checking seems to fall by the wayside and unsubstantiated claims get lifted up to press people away from lingering concern about the pandemic.
In fact as I wrote in @thenation last week, it’s more aggressive now, with a sense that anyone still not falling in line hasn’t enough clout to make a difference and thus the unsupported claims are becoming more bold.
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Jan 13
Of course Leana Wen and Elon Musk are now in a mind meld about “dying with COVID” vs. “from COVID”. 1/ medicalnewstoday.com/articles/how-a…
Both of them have jumped the shark and are recycling old 2020 memes now. 2/ khn.org/news/how-covid…
Leana is not even interested in the data, she cherry picks and tries to suggest she represents a consensus view. Wishing doesn’t make it true. 3/
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Dec 28, 2022
I spoke to @emmaogreen for this piece and now wish I didn't. It turned out to be a hit piece and an encomium for the status quo. 1/
The title alone is the second ludicrous lead in a story in a major American publication this week: masking is forever. This is just silly, meant to drive a wedge between anyone who wants more from our leaders and the readers of their stories. 2/
In fact, if you read the Nature consensus statement on COVID19, you'd see a more comprehensive approach to the pandemic is pretty uncontroversial unless you think Nature is some socialistic periodical. 3/ nature.com/articles/s4158…
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Dec 27, 2022
Dear @amy_harmon, so, a few things. First the piece is entitled The Last Holdouts, which although you didn't write the headline indicates someone at the @NYTimes thinks those who mask are outliers, a small group who are out of step with America. 1/
Yes, you do give voice to those who still feel like they need to mask but the framing of what is happening is problematic. 2/
You characterize "the last holdouts" as "the vulnerable and the risk averse." This contains two categories those with underlying conditions & those who are fearful (i.e., risk-averse). Nowhere does the idea emerge that some of us masking is about our compassion for others. 3/
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