Laura Chassaigne

I love everything art, the ocean breeze, and glasses half full. I write at @bostondaybook, +

[No Patient Left Behind @NPLB_org]

It's just not right... why does insurance charge people out-of-pocket for a medicine no one would take if they didn't have to?

We need to cap these costs for patients and #fixinsurance.

Please share and help, @MariahCarey , @jessicaalba, @Eminem, @Pink, @JeromeBettis36!

[Laura Chassaigne @LauraChassaigne]

@KatAulbach @stop_and_sTAREE I agree. I was in and in my basket and tried to checkout at 11:01 and they were gone. The train tracks are there.. why not send more trains???? @MBTA

[Laura Chassaigne @LauraChassaigne]

@Giddykipper123 @MBTA Ridiculous — @mbta I was on the app and had one in the basket right at 11am. After all this publicity it feels like you must have added only a handful of tickets! Why not run more trains?!?!

[Laura Chassaigne @LauraChassaigne]

@MassGovernor we are now the 7th worst state out of 50 for new cases per capita!! When will you do something!!? I can’t believe indoor dining etc is still allowed in light of our numbers. Please don’t wait until we are in an even more scary place.

[Ashish K. Jha @ashishkjha]

There has been a surge of infections in the US and across much of Europe

At one point, both UK & France had more cases (per capita) than we did

But the three big European nations put in policies to bring the virus under control

And its working

And we haven't

And it shows

[Ashish K. Jha @ashishkjha]

For many months, I defended @CharlieBakerMA against critics, saying our governor has done a good job

Over past 6 weeks, I've gone from uncomfortable to aghast at lack of action

Its incomprehensible

They must see different data because no rational explanation for lack of action

[Ashish K. Jha @ashishkjha]

Massachusetts has more new COVID cases per capita than Georgia, Florida, or Texas

Our wastewater data (below) shows more infections in the community than we had in April

Our hospitalizations, deaths are up 100% in last 3 weeks

But our casinos and tanning salons are still open

[Laura Chassaigne @LauraChassaigne]

@trafficconehelp @WBUR The priorities are so ridiculous. We should be closing indoor dining and other indoor optional activities before we have to stop elective medical care and close schools etc. so disappointed in our state.

[Laura Chassaigne @LauraChassaigne]

@dfraz076 @MassGovernor Agree— it is so frustrating

[Laura Chassaigne @LauraChassaigne]

@MassGovernor Roll us back to phase three! We need to do more than just pause at the status quo and watch the numbers continue to rise!

[Laura Chassaigne @LauraChassaigne]

@MassGovernor Roll us back to phase 2! The numbers are on their way up and I am worried our sacrifices this spring will be for nothing...

[Laura Chassaigne @LauraChassaigne]

@MassGovernor You need to enforce this and educate people to have it mean anything!! Lots of unmasked tourists roaming around Faneuil hall this weekend and people arriving at the airport know nothing about it. Enforce this please!!

[Jeff Tiedrich @itsJeffTiedrich]

am I understanding this correctly? covid-19 is so deadly that Paul Manafort and Michael Cohen had to be released from prison early, but it's also so benign that we need to be packing the nation's children back into their schools pronto? ok cool, that checks out

[Laura Chassaigne @LauraChassaigne]

@CDCDirector @CDCgov It is incredible to me that you are preparing to dilute your guidelines (which I doubt would even be able to create a safe environment) to please the president. The community’s safety comes first and if the president isn’t happy should have no bearing on your recommendations.

[Laura Chassaigne @LauraChassaigne]

@Ben_Quahog @universalhub It was scary!

[Laura Chassaigne @LauraChassaigne]

@wendypierce Seriously!!! Ugh. It freaks me out.

[Ibram X. Kendi @ibramxk]

Perhaps the greatest anti-slavery speech ever uttered is “What to the Slave is the Fourth of July,” by Frederick Douglass, in 1852. I wanted to make the speech more accessible. Here’s a thread with an abridged version of the speech we should reread every #FourthofJuly. 1/

[Laura Chassaigne @LauraChassaigne]

@MassGovernor Thank you!!! I wish there would be a fine so that people would actually follow this ... please add some kind of enforcement or more education around this, because otherwise this will just be ignored. I don't want us to loose all our hard-earned progress in MA!

[Laura Chassaigne @LauraChassaigne]

@MassGovernor @AmerAcadPeds Please don’t open bars, rethink inside dining, and establish a quarantine order for visitors from states having a larger outbreak! I want my daughter back in school, but can only imagine doing that if we can get our numbers lower and keep them there!!

[Laura Chassaigne @LauraChassaigne]

@AMCTheatres @haskell420 @DisneysMulan @TENETFilm As a large company, you can use your power to save lives. Make masks mandatory inside your theaters. This isn't "political" -- all the public health experts agree on this. I am so disappointed in you.