Mary Beth O'Neil

Storied Past, Bright Future

[Ed Yong is not here @edyong209]

🚨Well, I wrote about Omicron--what we know & what it means.

I feel the core problem is unchanged: The variant poses a much greater threat at the societal level than the individual one, making it the kind of problem the US has consistently flubbed. 1/
https://t.co/IRZqSbvC69

[Ed Yong is not here @edyong209]

(That link now previews today’s newsletter on a completely different topic, so here are screengrabs of last night’s edition.)

4 nuanced ways to think about Delta:

[Bernie Sanders @BernieSanders]

I am once again asking you to get vaccinated.

[Mary Beth O'Neil @marybethoneil]

@joshgondelman I feel greedy because I’ve already had one but I LOVE THESE SO MUCH

[James Hamblin @jameshamblin]

It’s March. By May the U.S. is expected to have enough vaccines for everyone. Cases are way down. But they’re still very high, and in a tenuous plateau. Ending precautions now is like entering the last miles of a marathon and taking off your shoes and eating several hot dogs.

[James Hamblin @jameshamblin]

I’ve heard from people who are getting vaccines because they have chronic conditions that they don’t want to disclose, and so feel conflicted sharing that they got vaccinated. There’s no need to feel guilty. The system prioritized you. Take it and let people know it went well.

[Josh Gondelman @joshgondelman]

Not to brag, but I've eaten quite a few kinds of cookies this week.

[angela @angeOdinsdottir]

how the vaccine rollout in the United States is currently going

[The COVID Tracking Project @COVID19Tracking]

Our daily update is published. States reported 1.5M tests, 164k cases, and 1,869 deaths. A record 79k people are currently hospitalized with COVID-19 in the US. Today's death count is the highest since May 7.

[James Hamblin @jameshamblin]

In September when we were at 40k cases per day, Fauci told me we really need to get it down to 10k in the next few weeks. Today we hit 170k.

[Joe Biden @JoeBiden]

You have the power to silence him.

Vote: https://t.co/eoxT07uII9

[Sherrod Brown @SenSherrodBrown]

MONDAY is the deadline to register to vote in Ohio.

Spread the word and share the information below 👇 it’s not too late to register online.

[Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @AOC]

In 2016 & ‘17, I paid thousands of dollars a year in taxes *as a bartender.*

Trump paid $750.

He contributed less to funding our communities than waitresses & undocumented immigrants.

Donald Trump has never cared for our country more than he cares for himself. A walking scam.

[demi adejuyigbe @electrolemon]

https://t.co/oqsf6rtAU6 • https://t.co/ztznLId5fl

[ACLU @ACLU]

BREAKING: The Trump administration just agreed to rescind its harmful policy that would've barred international students who attend universities or colleges that are fully online this upcoming semester.

This is what victory looks like.

Keep speaking out. Keep fighting back.

[Asher Vollmer @AsherVo]

I did not fully appreciate the issue with "most cops don't live in the neighborhood they police" until seeing this

[Ashley @ashley_quan]

.@AOC's answer to "what does defund the police look like?" was "a suburb" and that is totally gonna be my answer from now on

[Mary Beth O'Neil @marybethoneil]

@joshgondelman Yes please!

[Mary Beth O'Neil @marybethoneil]

#flattenthecurve