Nurse Dawn Wooten, a @GovAcctProj client, has received public support, national awards, and recognition from lawmakers after blowing the whistle on Irwin County Detention Center’s medical misconduct.
One thing she’s still waiting for?
Justice.
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Promise: End private immigration detention contracts
Reality: Number of people in detention up by 56% since last January
@POTUS, this is on you. More are harmed and placed at risk every day your administration fails to act.
#FreeThemAll
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“They can have [Joe] Rogan or Young,” Neil Young wrote in a letter to his manager and label, “Not both." Young demands Spotify remove his music over "false information about vaccines" https://t.co/f1u4bDAu1L
While global leaders have been delaying decisive action, Cuba has developed its own COVID-19 vaccines, successfully immunised most of its population, and is now set to help vaccinate the world. https://t.co/EU8alLgUAs @AJEnglish
Deeply disturbing if true.
Seeking asylum from persecution is a human right and should not be conditioned on health or vaccination status. We are gravely concerned about the coercive nature of this proposed policy.
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Vaccine equity is an ethical, epidemiological & economic imperative. If we don’t end inequity, we don’t end the pandemic & the economic, social etc. turmoil it causes. Reaching 70% target together is the only way to end the acute phase of the pandemic, and drive global recovery
Just out now in @DailyBeast_
The conservative majority’s hyper-partisan OSHA mandate decision will directly result in thousands of preventable deaths
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Key blunders by SCOTUS:
* OSHA imposed a "vaccine mandate". No, it didn't. Workers can test & mask
* "No special workplace risk": No one spends 8 hours a day w/ a crowd of strangers except at work
* Congress didn't authorize major econ impacts: OSHA, EPA & FDA do that every day
Dissent is spot on:
The Court’s order seriously stymies the Federal Government’s ability to counter the unparalleled threat that COVID–19 poses to our Nation’s workers. Acting outside of its competence & without legal basis, the Court displaces the judgments of public officials
"We have seen outbreaks in immigration detention centers throughout the pandemic because of ICE’s many failures to keep detained immigrants, facility staff, and surrounding communities safe," PHR's @max_hadler tells @HoustonChron.
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"Wealthy countries donating vaccines with a relatively short shelf life has been a 'major problem' for #COVAX."
Donating alone won't #EndThePandemic. Must have more production in more places with broader tech transfer. #TRIPSwaiver#PeoplesVaccine
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"We’re not heroes or angels or any of the other things that well-meaning people call us. We are just human beings who are not immune to the pressure, grief and relentless crush of misery this pandemic causes." ❤️https://t.co/hyaeZHTzvK via @sciam
"if the definition of ‘fully vaccinated’ is now a series of three doses in all, then full vaccine coverage in low-income countries is effectively zero." We must rethink production goals if everyone needs 3+ doses. Part of path to #VaccineEquity is more vaccines! @peoplesvaccine
The #Omicron variant proves the collective nature of the pandemic – until everyone, everywhere has access to the #CovidVaccine, variants will continue to circulate & threaten progress.
@POTUS’ plan must include a much stronger commitment to global #VaccineEquity.