The number of people in my timeline who were public health experts at the start of COVID, transitioned to international relations with Ukraine, and are back to public health because of their deep knowledge of rabies in foxes is not insignificant.
#BlackPlague !? "...modeling suggests that a “release of 50 kg of Y. pestis into the air over a city of 5 million persons could result in 150,000 cases of pneumonic plague and 36,000 deaths.” https://t.co/89ltctWcpA
In addition to all the sights of damage we are seeing in Orange....
.....we are also seeing a llama being walked down the road by a woman in a car.
🤔 #HurricaneLaura
Dozens of first responders travel on highways in Texas to help those impacted by #HurricaneLaura.
Power outages across Louisiana and Texas climbed to more than half a million customers this morning, as Hurricane Laura battered the coastline. https://t.co/mxUFZQOFoG
Where did the #MedicalReserveCorps go? @MRC_ASPR.
Haven't heard a peep about MRC or @Citizen_Corps lately. Politicians were calling for some sort of cadre of medical volunteers to assist in this time of Pandemic, and I was thinking... DUH. MRC??? What do you think? @triecker