Catherine Cook

Community and Global Health professional. Tweets are mine.

[Nicholas Kristof @NickKristof]

The Trump administration is trimming grants to @harvard university, even as Harvard wins in court, the @nytimes reports. But don't see this as a Trumpian victory over a university but as a loss for health research--and ultimately for all people who get sick or love those who do.

[Nicholas Kristof @NickKristof]

Elon Musk says that no one died because of his demolition of USAID, and that "Kristof is lying through his teeth." So here I invite him to join me on a visit to Africa to see for himself: https://t.co/TVEoFX8gzj

[Nicholas Kristof @NickKristof]

.@elonmusk says that no one can name a person who died from his aid cuts. In fact, I've met the kids who are dying, and I've talked to the families who lost children. In my columns, I've cited many, many names of people who have died because of Musk's aid cuts. A few examples:
*Yamah Freeman was a 23-year-old woman who died in childbirth because Musk cut funding for the diesel for ambulances in her part of Liberia. She couldn't get to a hospital and died as people were carrying her there. I talked to her parents and sister in their village.
*Gbessey Kiadu, age 1, died of malaria because of his cuts to malaria medication in Liberia. I talked to his mom in her village.
*Ibrahim Koroma, an infant, died of AIDS in Sierra Leone after he interrupted HIV supplies. I talked to health workers who cared for him.
*Achol Deng was an 8-year-old girl with HIV in South Sudan who died when Musk cut funding for the health care worker who provided her medicines. I talked to the healthcare workers.
I could go on and on. In almost every village you go to in South Sudan, Uganda, Liberia, Sierra Leone or other countries I reported in, you find people dying because of aid cuts. I challenge Musk: Come with me on a reporting trip, and we'll talk to these moms and dads, and you'll see the dying children themselves. I think if you see the kids whose lives are at stake, maybe you'll change your mind.

[Catherine Cook @SkiFreeeOrDie]

@Marriott 4 days after I spent my birthday in Whistler, on the day after I checked out, Marriott sent me a $25 gift card that expires in 30 days. I requested an extension bc I'm at a Marriott again in May. The request was denied. Really? 1 month for $25. Do Better.

[JD Vance @JDVance]

Remember when we learned that our wealthiest and most powerful people were connected to a guy who ran a literal child sex trafficking ring? And then that guy died mysteriously in a jail? And now we just don't talk about it.

[Hank Green @hankgreen]

"I became a Trump supporter because I couldn't buy access to the democrats" is definitely something I would expect someone to think in their head rather than say out loud.

[Ryan Shead @RyanShead]

Did you know President Donald Trump has more rape allegations than the NCAA has Transgender athletes?

[Catherine Cook @SkiFreeeOrDie]

@marcorubio Lies

[Mike Pence @Mike_Pence]

Mr. President, Ukraine did not “start” this war. Russia launched an unprovoked and brutal invasion claiming hundreds of thousands of lives. The Road to Peace must be built on the Truth.🇺🇸🇺🇦

“Russia Invades Ukraine in Largest European Attack Since WWII” @FoxNews (February 24, 2022) https://t.co/ra8R9PI9oj

[Catherine Cook @SkiFreeeOrDie]

@TheLyons

[Catherine Cook @SkiFreeeOrDie]

@offgridteacher @MichaelWX18 Wind loaded

[Catherine Cook @SkiFreeeOrDie]

@liftblog Good thing they spent half a billion dollars on stock buybacks this year 🙄

[Catherine Cook @SkiFreeeOrDie]

@eveporcello All good in the hood?

[Catherine Cook @SkiFreeeOrDie]

@eveporcello Wait, which one are you 🤔

[U.S. Ski & Snowboard Team @usskiteam]

THIS IS HISTORY. 🙌👑 @MikaelaShiffrin

#stifelusalpineteam // @stifel

[Catherine Cook @SkiFreeeOrDie]

UC students on strike say they are overworked and underpaid https://t.co/biYURQvYMF

[Jon Ralston @RalstonReports]

We are close to the resolution of the election in NV.

All we have left is counting of an unknown number of mail ballots in an unknown number of counties and then an unknown number of ballots needing to be "cured" and then recounts and crying of fraud and lawsuits.

Almost done.

[WHO African Region @WHOAFRO]

Good news! 👏🏾 🎉 WHO has validated #Malawi 🇲🇼 as having eliminated #trachoma as a public health problem. Malawi becomes the first country in southern Africa and the fifth in Africa 🌍 to achieve this significant milestone ➡️ https://t.co/mPMWVJ7LyH

[Scott Galloway @profgalloway]

50% of country under 38, 5% of congress. No surprise we continue to transfer wealth to older Americans

https://t.co/RLWW5Ve2RN

[Catherine Cook @SkiFreeeOrDie]

@bendreyfuss @tfinn141 Ben, the strategy is to raise awareness of the issue. That’s always the end goal of stunts, and they did a pretty good job in this case.