The number of excess deaths during the pandemic far outweighs reported deaths. WHO now estimates that Covid killed almost 15 million people globally through December 31, 2021—a staggering toll. Never again should we be so underprepared for a health threat.
— Dr. Tom Frieden (@DrTomFrieden)
May 5, 2022
from http://twitter.com/DrTomFrieden
The WHO estimates that between 13.3 million and 16.6 million people have died because of the pandemic, in line with other such estimates and far exceeding the official death toll (~5.4 million). https://t.co/yuwXFTirmo
— kottke.org (@kottke)
May 5, 2022
from http://twitter.com/kottke
We are climbing a ladder of #SARSCoV2 increased infectiousness with booster shots not working as well or as long, with the illusion that the pandemic is over. It’s not and there’s much we can and should do to get ahead of it
https://t.co/SoWDo6ownt— Eric Topol (@EricTopol)
May 5, 2022
from http://twitter.com/EricTopol
THREAD. A rare thing is happening today: we are about to get a window into the secret world of how cops shape the news. There’s a hearing this afternoon into how San Francisco cops manipulate the media through “strategic communications.” The internal documents are shocking.
— Alec Karakatsanis (@equalityAlec)
May 5, 2022
from http://twitter.com/equalityAlec
The recent reduction in sensitivity of rapid antigen tests, despite increase in viral RNA concentration in people with symptoms, may be due to immunity from vaccinations and prior infections
https://t.co/9bIPfFY4yF https://t.co/FHJnZhdnk8— Eric Topol (@EricTopol)
May 5, 2022
from http://twitter.com/EricTopol
Once upon a time, I was a firefighter. I ran EMS calls, too. This desire to save people still lives in me. It always will. So the way folks are putting themselves and each other in harm’s way with this pandemic is just so draining. Can we please stop now?
#COVID19 #CovidIsNotOver— 🌈 Cat Herding Science Nerd 🔬 (@catladyactivist)
May 5, 2022
from http://twitter.com/catladyactivist
This study suggests that unvaccinated people raise the the health and safety risks in vaccinated people “in a manner disproportionate to the fraction of unvaccinated people in the population”. https://t.co/kB4wLa4OmO
— kottke.org (@kottke)
May 5, 2022
from http://twitter.com/kottke
The case against the Supreme Court of the United States. “The Court was the midwife of Jim Crow, the right hand of union busters, and the dead hand of the Confederacy, and is now one of the chief architects of America’s democratic decline.” https://t.co/v7LR1ORbpD
— kottke.org (@kottke)
May 5, 2022
from http://twitter.com/kottke
Good GQ profile of chef & philanthropist José Andrés. “If he could invent anything, what would it be? ‘The pot that feeds the world.'” https://t.co/75O2HT2ysT
— kottke.org (@kottke)
May 5, 2022
from http://twitter.com/kottke
Having a sex tape or being secretly gay shouldn’t disqualify you from being in congress but supporting an insurrection absolutely should.
— David Hogg 🌻 (@davidhogg111)
May 5, 2022
from http://twitter.com/davidhogg111
If you are involved in abortion access right now, you may be interested in these digital security and privacy tips: https://t.co/TVPVAsRi8q
— Eva (@evacide)
May 5, 2022
from http://twitter.com/evacide
U.S. COVID update: Death toll hits 1 million, nearly 120,000 new cases
– New cases: 119,865
– Average: 67,159 (+3,128)
– States reporting: 43/50
– In hospital: 17,802 (+757)
– In ICU: 2,034 (+48)
– New deaths: 767
– Average: 374 (+12)More data: https://t.co/YDZSbYO7l7 https://t.co/7Y3rPIBhRo
— BNO|Medriva Newsroom (@medriva)
May 5, 2022
from http://twitter.com/medriva
U.S. CORONAVIRUS DEATH TOLL
– Feb. 2020: 1
– Apr. 2020: 10,000
– May 2020: 100,000
– Sept 2020: 200,000
– Dec 2020: 300,000
– Jan. 2021: 400,000
– Feb. 2021: 500,000
– Jun. 2021: 600,000
– Oct. 2021: 700,000
– Dec. 2021: 800,000
– Feb. 2022: 900,000
– May 2022: 1,000,000— BNO|Medriva Newsroom (@medriva)
May 4, 2022
from http://twitter.com/medriva
Abortion is freedom. “There is nothing more holy in the world than choosing if, when, or how you create a family, which is why abortion is one of our most sacred rights.” https://t.co/zewpKkezU9
— kottke.org (@kottke)
May 4, 2022
from http://twitter.com/kottke
US passes one million dead from COVID https://t.co/sURIxGPW0p
— Scott McGrew (@ScottMcGrew)
May 4, 2022
from http://twitter.com/ScottMcGrew
Vaccines effectiveness (J&J, Pfizer) held up in South Africa during the Omicron BA.1 wave vs severe disease for ≥ 5 months, notably w/ 2-doses in a population with a high background of infection-acquired immunity
https://t.co/XlG3QzsmYH
New @NEJM https://t.co/CMIvzwnLOr— Eric Topol (@EricTopol)
May 4, 2022
from http://twitter.com/EricTopol
BREAKING: U.S. coronavirus death toll surpasses 1,000,000
— BNO|Medriva Newsroom (@medriva)
May 4, 2022
from http://twitter.com/medriva
I’ve been reporting on this stuff for about a dozen years, so it takes a lot to faze me, but reading @dsc250 @GreerDonley @RRebouche’s paper on the coming legal conflicts — and how unsettled the law is — was downright terrifying. https://t.co/bSVnKKbmfH
— Irin Carmon (@irin)
May 4, 2022
from http://twitter.com/irin
A Fundraising Email from the Galactic Senate Majority Leader. “By now you’ve heard the news that Senator Palpatine is trying to disband the Senate…” https://t.co/LWv5OOtDQe
— kottke.org (@kottke)
May 4, 2022
from http://twitter.com/kottke
“Our governing institutions have been avowedly antidemocratic and [Democrats have had] no plan, except to beg the electorate to give them governing majorities, which they then fail to use to reform the antidemocratic governing institutions.” https://t.co/fke5MYnIP0
— kottke.org (@kottke)
May 4, 2022
from http://twitter.com/kottke
The Real Fight for Abortion Rights. “Those who saw this coming, who never believed the court could save them, who have mostly given up on the Democratic Party’s promises to protect Roe, have hardly been quiet or thwarted.” https://t.co/wYDwRi8mXx
— kottke.org (@kottke)
May 4, 2022
from http://twitter.com/kottke
“…an extremist, illegitimate court, one that sees women as serfs and breeders, that sees queer people as subhuman, that sees minorities of every kind as dirt under its collective shoe. It is happily dragging us into the dark ages.” https://t.co/3nc2jaa3qn
— kottke.org (@kottke)
May 4, 2022
from http://twitter.com/kottke
BLOG POST: “How do you make friends when you’re in your forties? Instinctively, I feel as if the pub must be the answer.”
https://t.co/ldjpYMsg4W https://t.co/6teaFd6M1x
— Boak and Bailey (@BoakandBailey)
May 4, 2022
from http://twitter.com/BoakandBailey
Excerpts from an incredible exchange between South Ossetian “President” Anatoly Bibilov and a group of soldiers who refused to fight in Ukraine for lack of weapons, comms, and command. They told him that Russia is losing the war. https://t.co/1yTwJtL1yE
— Kevin Rothrock (@KevinRothrock)
May 4, 2022
from http://twitter.com/KevinRothrock
If it was about babies, we’d have excellent and free universal maternal care. You wouldn’t be charged a cent to give birth, no matter how complicated your delivery was. If it was about babies, we’d have months and months of parental leave, for everyone.
— Leila Cohan (@leilacohan)
May 4, 2022
from http://twitter.com/leilacohan
I carried & raised, not one, but two #rape babies. I was forced to marry my #rapist @ 13-yr-old. Pregnant again @ 14. When I escaped the marriage @ 16 & w/ two toddlers in tow, the state refused to help us. Shelters turned us away. How is this humane? #ReproductiveRights #poverty
— Dawn Tyree 🌈 mammal/she/her (@Dawnbtyree)
May 4, 2022
from http://twitter.com/Dawnbtyree
More evidence BA.4 and BA.5 and now BA.2.12.1, (which is highly prevalent in NY) escape antibodies generated by infection with BA.1, increasing likelihood of reinfection, and may also have more immune evasion to current vaccines than BA.2 https://t.co/sxs3tkJXox h/t @EricTopol https://t.co/ULEnh5l0rl
— Scott Gottlieb, MD (@ScottGottliebMD)
May 3, 2022
from http://twitter.com/ScottGottliebMD
Ya so I was raped at 13 before Roe V Wade. The father of the baby was my father. I was sent away to a home for unwed mothers. I named him James. 1970. Destroyed my life. He was sold because white babies fetched more money. #RoeVWade my father told doc I was a slut. Here I am https://t.co/hQYu6r1tGW
— Freedom61 (@Homeoffree61)
May 3, 2022
from http://twitter.com/Homeoffree61
As a society — a country; a collective — we can’t call ourselves free without each and every one of us having autonomy over our own bodies.
Ascribing privileges to the nonliving — the unborn; the embryonic — strips away the liberties of the living and subverts life, itself.
— The Bold Italic (@thebolditalic)
May 3, 2022
from http://twitter.com/thebolditalic
If the pretext is “this wasn’t mentioned in the Constitution”, then same-sex marriage may be next to go. https://t.co/gitI0sisRz
— kottke.org (@kottke)
May 3, 2022
from http://twitter.com/kottke