Hi. I might work in radio, but that doesn't mean if you decline an interview, i won't do the story. It'll just sound bad (for you) when i say something like "a public agency that uses public $$$ wouldn't talk to me about the public process for using the public's $$$."
@JReinerMD Right.
However, COVID is not at all seasonal & vaccine efficacy wanes ….. so updated boosters will be needed as dangerous new variants emerge & not just annually.
1) Ongoing surveillance is critical.
2) FDA needs to rethink their plan for annual vaccinations.
On Labor Day, let’s remember that it wasn’t the CEOs and billionaires who saved us during COVID-19. It was the janitors, nurses, grocery, and food workers.
A wise & experienced Native American guide in Wyoming taught me two rules about Grizzlies: 1) They never attack without provocation. 2) Grizzlies (not you) determine what exactly constitutes provocation.
This video camera study showed that less than 5% of people on bikes break traffic laws while riding, yet 66% of people do so when driving. And if you REALLY want even MORE bike-riders to obey laws, build more protected bike infrastructure. Via @carltonreid https://t.co/fP5NYJOkXy
"We are in a much better place... we have vaccines, tests, effective treatments, & common sense strategies like washing your hands & staying away from people when you're sick"
CDC director is spreading COVID misinfo by intentionally excluding masks & air filtration/ventilation.
Public health experts saying rampant variant evolution and fall waves are expected and just part of life now are not doing PH, they're doing PR. For the virus.
People say they want to get “back to normal.” Well taking recommended precautions against infectious diseases that have hospitalized and killed millions, is “normal.” At least it used to be.
So yes, let’s get back to normal. 👍🏽
@DontInhaleVirus I honestly don’t want to speculate as to the cause, but there’s no reason to believe delays are related to the science. Seems to be resource and policy related.
Our covid response has gone from a lack of resources (tests, masks, treatments, vaccines) to what now seems like a lack of will to use or update them.
We truly could lose our window to intervene on this current wave, and end up with a new strain that nothing works against.
@luckytran Workers, students, and (especially) prisoners (and prison guards) are expendable. The support of investors, bankers & property owners are not.
@luckytran But they (at every level from local to federal) predominantly follow orders & toe the administration line. From Redfield onwards, all have opted to “work within the system” and that always means that heath & safety play second fiddle to economic recovery.
Federal authorities implicitly pivoted from COVID response to economic response in November 2020 - even before vaccines were released. They have never looked back.