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Show Us on the Doll Where the Invisible Hand Touched You

COVID-19 Coronavirus Updates: Saturday/Sunday, Jan. 23-24

by Anne Laurie|  January 24, 20215:11 am| 65 Comments

This post is in: COVID-19 Coronavirus, Foreign Affairs, Show Us on the Doll Where the Invisible Hand Touched You

What’s striking about this video is that it’s the first mask PSA that has been posted on the White House account since the pandemic started. https://t.co/9B4yXACWwt

— Tim Fullerton (@TimFullerton) January 23, 2021

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100 million doses in 100 days: How Biden’s coronavirus vaccine push compares with those of other countries https://t.co/GcsYv1BnNP

— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) January 23, 2021

"A flood with receding waters is still a flood."
You should always read @DrTomFrieden's weekly threads analyzing the state of the #Covid19 situation in the US. https://t.co/Ly1L9EuSVc

— Helen Branswell (@HelenBranswell) January 24, 2021

Here’s a crucially important risk. As immunity from infection and vaccination increases, selective pressure on the virus will favor emergence of strains that can reinfect people and also strains that can escape vaccine-induced immunity. Never under-estimate the enemy. 11/

— Dr. Tom Frieden (@DrTomFrieden) January 23, 2021

But we have to start with the brutal truth that the benefit of testing, isolation, and tracing in the US for the past year has been minimal. If we find ⅓ of cases, isolate only ⅓ of those before they spread virus, quarantine ⅓ of contacts, we reduce spread by less than 5%. 14/

— Dr. Tom Frieden (@DrTomFrieden) January 23, 2021

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If poor countries go unvaccinated, a study says, rich ones will pay. A failure to distribute the #Covid19 vaccine in poor nations will worsen economic damage, with half the costs borne by wealthy countries, new research shows https://t.co/OurbXYGSYg

— delthia ricks 🔬 (@DelthiaRicks) January 23, 2021

Russia reports 21,127 new coronavirus cases, 491 deaths https://t.co/8Qaywmgloj pic.twitter.com/1ln59S53Ju

— Reuters (@Reuters) January 24, 2021

Herd immunity may not be achievable in Britain even w/ high uptake of the UK's own Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine. A model found the only way to reach herd immunity would be to vaccinate almost everyone—including children—w/ the more effective Pfizer mRNA vax https://t.co/t4YTvCSPQQ

— delthia ricks 🔬 (@DelthiaRicks) January 23, 2021

Should Britain keep on giving 2nd Pfizer vaccine shots up to 12 weeks after the first, or is that too long? UK doctors are demanding an urgent review of the policy. https://t.co/lFiE1YzO1a

— AP Europe (@AP_Europe) January 23, 2021

France recommends that people wear surgical masks in public because they offer better protection from #COVID19 than fabric face coverings.

France already requires masks to be worn in public, but had not made recommendations about the type of masks.https://t.co/uBwc8tHNPC

— MicrobesInfect (@MicrobesInfect) January 22, 2021

Covid: Italian PM brands vaccine delay 'unacceptable' https://t.co/PEmdE1xPTi

— BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) January 23, 2021

Covid-19: Republic's restrictions 'in place for six months' https://t.co/GEGSVe5pmo

— BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) January 23, 2021

India to give homegrown vaccine in seven more states this week https://t.co/U1VCzw5mRQ pic.twitter.com/PqgEEgN41p

— Reuters (@Reuters) January 24, 2021

Asia Today: New Zealand has reported its first coronavirus case outside of a quarantine facility in more than two months, although there was no immediate evidence the virus was spreading in the community. https://t.co/wMZuvEmqDM

— The Associated Press (@AP) January 24, 2021

Nine active cases of COVID-19 in Australian Open quarantine: officials https://t.co/aUzoATVvjx pic.twitter.com/BmTaV7hCHN

— Reuters (@Reuters) January 24, 2021

Australia has eye on vaccination drive even though coronavirus under control https://t.co/jVQJG3V46a pic.twitter.com/Pk2hb86Dkf

— Reuters (@Reuters) January 24, 2021

Kenya reports the 1st evidence of the South African SARSCoV2 variant in the East African country. The health ministry says 2 men tested positive for the mutant, the 1st cases in Kenya. Both were asymptomatic. The variant is 50% more transmissible https://t.co/G0MU6hiTbo pic.twitter.com/BJZ7t6HW6T

— delthia ricks 🔬 (@DelthiaRicks) January 23, 2021

Today marks another milestone for COVAX. Delighted to announce the signing of an advance purchase agreement with @Pfizer for up to 40 million doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine, which has already received @WHO emergency use listing: https://t.co/L70qPimk5y

— Seth Berkley (@GaviSeth) January 22, 2021

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Vax facts: At least 17.4 million people have been vaccinated w/ one or both doses of a #coronavirus vaccine in the U.S. This includes more than 3 million people who have been fully vaccinated. 41.4 million doses have been distributed https://t.co/qsUPkS82vP pic.twitter.com/H31fXfcK8m

— delthia ricks 🔬 (@DelthiaRicks) January 23, 2021

WHO convened expert group to assess data deaths of frail elderly people in Europe who had Tozinameran vaccine (BNT/Pfizer): found no cause for concern, or need to change vaccine recommendations. (Statement only, no data.) https://t.co/oUz2TtpdYN pic.twitter.com/LPmhilY723

— Hilda Bastian, PhD (@hildabast) January 23, 2021

A batch of coronavirus vaccines that was "paused" for usage in Calif has been cleared for inoculations. That frees up 300k doses. The state says "fewer than 10 people" had allergic reactions to the Moderna vaccine. But tests showed no problems w/ the doses https://t.co/fO53SLHbJF pic.twitter.com/VQLE9b0y3H

— delthia ricks 🔬 (@DelthiaRicks) January 23, 2021

2) “I would be surprised if it was any more than two weeks from now that the data will be analyzed and decisions would be made” about the vaccine being developed by Johnson & Johnson, Fauci said during an appearance on “The Rachel Maddow Show.”

— Eric Feigl-Ding (@DrEricDing) January 23, 2021

Chance plays a huge role in the rise of variants. When SARSCoV2 replicates errors in its genetic coding are introduced. Most are inconsequential. Some, such as the the UK's B117 give the virus an advantage. Ignoring mask/distancing maximizes variant spread https://t.co/2kTM2f7m3C

— delthia ricks 🔬 (@DelthiaRicks) January 23, 2021

It's crazy to hear these clips from May of last year when we *thought* we knew how exhausting it was working as coronavirologists in the middle of a pandemic. One year in and the work continues (although from home this week as I write a grant). https://t.co/VAhMIq1I8S

— Lisa Gralinski (@LisaGralinski) January 22, 2021

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U.S. largely weathered the Christmas #coronavirus surge, but experts warn the crisis may intensify with viral variants threatening to dominate transmission https://t.co/zE7eIjHtS6

— delthia ricks 🔬 (@DelthiaRicks) January 23, 2021

In Los Angeles, SARSCoV2 is ravaging overcrowded households: ‘We are forced to live in these conditions’ https://t.co/P5S0EUHBEU

— delthia ricks 🔬 (@DelthiaRicks) January 23, 2021

At a gas station in rural Iowa and I was the only customer wearing a mask. I’m wearing scrubs so it’s clear I also work in healthcare. The cashier told me she’s scared coming to work every day because she feels so unprotected around all the anti-maskers, but she needs a job.

— Casey (@DietitianCasey) January 22, 2021

There was a sign on the door that said masks required

— Casey (@DietitianCasey) January 22, 2021

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COVID-19 Coronavirus Updates: Friday/Saturday, Jan. 22-23

by Anne Laurie|  January 23, 20215:39 am| 26 Comments

This post is in: COVID-19 Coronavirus, Foreign Affairs, Show Us on the Doll Where the Invisible Hand Touched You

A 6-year old ballet student asked me today if I'm excited about getting my "Fauci Ouchie" soon, and I will now be referring to the covid-19 vaccine as only that, because it's the cutest thing ever.

— Emma Scott (@EmmaScott) January 22, 2021

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NYTimes buried this today but this is huge pic.twitter.com/JSef9kH2c0

— b (@nicetryofficer) January 22, 2021


(Article here — it’s mostly about Biden’s executive actions to increase SNAP funding and otherwise help people suffering due to the pandemic.)

The US had +192,065 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 today, bringing the total to nearly 25.4 million. The 7-day moving average continued to fall steadily to under 184,000 new cases per day. pic.twitter.com/h3vXwOrAeC

— Patrick Chovanec (@prchovanec) January 23, 2021

"Let's reset this. Let's everbody get on the same page. Trust each other. Let the science speak."pic.twitter.com/XFIAYMAJpV

— March For Science (@MarchForScience) January 22, 2021

WH Econ Adviser Warns ‘We’re At A Precarious Moment’ For COVID And Economy https://t.co/dZ0B9h8JBy via @TPM

— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) January 22, 2021

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New @ECDC_EU risk assessment on variants of concern says likelihood of them spreading in Europe is very high, likely leading to more transmission and death. “Stricter NPIs are needed to reduce transmission and relieve the pressure on healthcare systems.”https://t.co/vre9c7svJp

— Kai Kupferschmidt (@kakape) January 21, 2021

To be clear:
None of this is new or surprising.
What we need to do to combat #SARSCoV2 hasn’t changed.
It has just become a bit harder and a lot more urgent.
Story in 2021 is no different from 2020: We should have done more and we should have done it sooner.

— Kai Kupferschmidt (@kakape) January 21, 2021

European Union vaccine woes increase https://t.co/FXUv83IP7h

— BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) January 22, 2021

Germany's confirmed coronavirus cases rise by 16,417: RKI https://t.co/NJKioLi5QY pic.twitter.com/ld1MbKOsbA

— Reuters (@Reuters) January 23, 2021

Russia reports 20,921 new coronavirus cases, 559 deaths https://t.co/Dvhm1XvBEy pic.twitter.com/n6WEqVTvdl

— Reuters (@Reuters) January 23, 2021

Russians are among the most skeptical in the world toward coronavirus vaccines, according to poll resultshttps://t.co/zmcmPl95Xs

— The Moscow Times (@MoscowTimes) January 23, 2021

Lebanon's hospitals are on the brink: Unable to keep up with coronavirus patients, they have run out of beds, oxygen tanks, ventilators and medical staff. https://t.co/w8Pd2IrN2n

— The Associated Press (@AP) January 23, 2021

China, after months of little #COVID19 and thriving economics, is now witnessing a surge in many parts of the country. Fearing arrival of an ultra-contagious variant, the #XiJinping regime is going straight to the mass action playbook. https://t.co/nCLekqR33L

— Laurie Garrett (@Laurie_Garrett) January 22, 2021

At #Beijing’s financial district, one or two people tested every minute. Massive nucleic acid testing a major way of finding out asymptotic #COVID19 patients. Today is Friday, working day, employees at financial district are taking the tests, for FREE. #China pic.twitter.com/OEy7ADRf48

— Qingqing_Chen (@qingqingparis) January 22, 2021

Animal activist in China's Wuhan happy to be back to routine rescues https://t.co/x4GPJxKFHF pic.twitter.com/v9aG5iKa4F

— Reuters (@Reuters) January 23, 2021

Hong Kong locks down thousands for compulsory COVID-19 testing https://t.co/jUS8sTxbqs pic.twitter.com/IzxcXtIKe8

— Reuters (@Reuters) January 23, 2021

Australia's Victoria logs 17 days with no community COVID cases https://t.co/5tZRBJUmzO pic.twitter.com/Zb3LPb9qlu

— Reuters (@Reuters) January 23, 2021

Mexico reports 21,007 new coronavirus cases, 1,440 more deaths https://t.co/K5cX9NV9TG pic.twitter.com/j1h5NL8N42

— Reuters (@Reuters) January 23, 2021

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Making masks smarter & safer. UC San Diego scientists are developing a color-changing test strip that can be stuck on a mask and used to detect SARSCoV2 in a user's breath or saliva. Team has received a $1.3 million to further their research https://t.co/F3TtWBHPzW

— delthia ricks 🔬 (@DelthiaRicks) January 22, 2021

Mix & match: As the U.S. vaccine rollout stumbles, the CDC tweaked recommendations for 2nd doses, allowing people to switch vaccine brands between the 1st & 2nd doses in “exceptional situations,” & to extend the interval between doses to six weeks https://t.co/u235uLNBh6

— delthia ricks 🔬 (@DelthiaRicks) January 22, 2021

Pfizer vaccine likely works against the B117 UK variant, scienstists have concluded in 2 preliminary studies. The early findings, which have yet to be peer reviewed, suggest B117 wouldn't be able to evade the protective effect prompted by the current vax https://t.co/gA68wCXyU7

— delthia ricks 🔬 (@DelthiaRicks) January 22, 2021

In tracking #coronavirus mutations, most countries are flying blind. To monitor mutations that can supercharge the pandemic or render vaccines less effective, scientists must sequence SARSCoV2's genetic code. Few countries are doing that https://t.co/myINXaswki pic.twitter.com/KAOcdgO3kj

— delthia ricks 🔬 (@DelthiaRicks) January 22, 2021

A UK press conference today raised concern, as an outgrowth of a new UK report, that B.1.1.7 carries a higher rate of fatality (not just related to it being more infectious)https://t.co/24ff3tntGdhttps://t.co/wKhUxNtaTm pic.twitter.com/wrRsys3TAo

— Eric Topol (@EricTopol) January 22, 2021

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U.S. #coronavirus cases are falling, but variants can erase progress. New daily cases are starting to slow in what some health experts see as a turning point. But they warn of a bumpy vaccination rollout amid the emergence of more contagious variants https://t.co/YXUQALoM6G

— delthia ricks 🔬 (@DelthiaRicks) January 22, 2021

"The more personal and familiar the outreach, the more likely that it’ll work," @EricBoodman writes in a piece on how the National Medical Association, the professional society for Black doctors, is trying to instill confidence in #Covid19 vaccines. https://t.co/dlgPTXxnNm

— Helen Branswell (@HelenBranswell) January 22, 2021

Many Americans Tend To Ditch Masks While Socializing, According To New Study https://t.co/eIHwiWF8C4 via @TPM

— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) January 22, 2021

Dumb:

Grimes literally said she had COVID-19 less than 2 weeks ago but decided to kick it with Chappelle and Rogan. https://t.co/74ppSureSk

— KB (@MindOfKB) January 22, 2021

Despicable:

#HankAaron's tragic death is part of a wave of suspicious deaths among elderly closely following administration of #COVID #vaccines. He received the #Moderna vaccine on Jan. 5 to inspire other Black Americans to get the vaccine. #TheDefenderhttps://t.co/vbuHt22bJz

— Robert F. Kennedy Jr (@RobertKennedyJr) January 22, 2021

For people who saw that baseball legend Hank Aaron, aged 86, died 2.5 weeks after being vaccinated against #Covid19, please read this.
RIP, sir. https://t.co/ByEdqxgCX6

— Helen Branswell (@HelenBranswell) January 22, 2021

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COVID-19 Coronavirus Updates: Saturday/Sunday, Jan. 16-17

by Anne Laurie|  January 17, 20215:01 am| 66 Comments

This post is in: COVID-19 Coronavirus, Foreign Affairs, Show Us on the Doll Where the Invisible Hand Touched You

I retweeted this thread earlier with no comment.

But please look at these numbers. They are why we must tackle the pandemic directly and rapidly.

Even if they are off by an order of magnitude, they are still enormous. https://t.co/vKqd3B82hh

— Cheryl Rofer (@CherylRofer) January 16, 2021

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Covid has now killed more than 10x as many people as car accidents https://t.co/udXcorqiMH

— drew (@ImNotOwned) January 16, 2021

The US had +202,767 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 today, bringing the total to over 24.3 million. The 7-day moving average continued to decline to just over 228,000 per day. pic.twitter.com/JKPRw3cj1Q

— Patrick Chovanec (@prchovanec) January 17, 2021

Zients continued: "You know, there was a lot of focus, obviously, on development and then sort of drop-shipping to states. There was zero focus on helping states with what people call the last mile or the last quarter mile, which is actually shots in arms."

— Catherine Rampell (@crampell) January 16, 2021

He said: "we're planning for that. And we've done all of the homework we can do with the cooperation or lack thereof that we've gotten. We remain very confident in our ability to do 100 million shots in 100 days."

— Catherine Rampell (@crampell) January 16, 2021

A perfect 18-word summary of where we stand with the U.S. #COVID19 crisis: https://t.co/i2dI34Xlnq

— Laurie Garrett (@Laurie_Garrett) January 16, 2021

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Alongside the variant discovered in Britain, at least three other troubling variants are spreading less widely. Countries worldwide are now bracing for the impact of more contagious #coronavirus variants https://t.co/PVnw422G7q

— delthia ricks 🔬 (@DelthiaRicks) January 17, 2021

China has finished building a 1500-room hospital in 5 days after a surge in #coronavirus cases. The hospital is 1 of 6 being built in Nangong near Beijing in Hebei province. Altogether the new hospitals provide a total of 6500 new rooms https://t.co/ojdtgcG6Lx via @medical_xpress

— delthia ricks 🔬 (@DelthiaRicks) January 16, 2021

China reports 109 new COVID-19 cases to keep concerns simmering before Lunar New Year https://t.co/M0Sn37u1pM pic.twitter.com/uZ3epkaghr

— Reuters (@Reuters) January 17, 2021

In Tokyo's lockdown, some drink on even after authorities call time https://t.co/bJVqjA0iBO pic.twitter.com/OntoyfGxCP

— Reuters (@Reuters) January 17, 2021

Even though India has launched what could be the world’s largest vaccination campaign, it’s unclear if one of the vaccines works https://t.co/fFbOSuHwsc

— delthia ricks 🔬 (@DelthiaRicks) January 17, 2021

Denmark on Saturday found its first case of a more contagious coronavirus variant from South Africa, and saw a rise in the number of infections with the highly transmissible B117 variant first identified in Britain, health authorities said.​ https://t.co/Kz1Fq3s7Qw

— Reuters Health (@Reuters_Health) January 16, 2021

Portuguese hospitals under pressure as COVID-19 cases reach record https://t.co/6wZcm3ME8P pic.twitter.com/Dw4TrHJN3p

— Reuters (@Reuters) January 16, 2021

Argentina detects its first case of the UK #coronavirus variant https://t.co/U4Fqa4TdOt via @medical_xpress

— delthia ricks 🔬 (@DelthiaRicks) January 17, 2021

Brazil has won renown for its decades of immunization campaigns, but not in this pandemic. This is the story behind how Brazil's government bungled Covid-19 immunization planning. https://t.co/7k9ttogztL

— The Associated Press (@AP) January 16, 2021

Mexico records deadliest coronavirus week yet with 7,000 deaths https://t.co/9MEohTHmoK pic.twitter.com/PsMU3tqq0l

— Reuters (@Reuters) January 17, 2021

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Rapid blood test identifies #COVID19 patients at high risk of severe disease https://t.co/Wbp3SQt4TJ via @medical_xpress

— delthia ricks 🔬 (@DelthiaRicks) January 17, 2021

Variants: Gene-mapping champion Iceland is leading the way in hunt to pinpoint new variants of SARSCoV2 https://t.co/Gny634idNI

— delthia ricks 🔬 (@DelthiaRicks) January 16, 2021

How British Scientists Found the More Infectious Coronavirus Variant.

Britain sequences #coronavirus samples en masse. The country produces 1/2 the world’s inventory of coronavirus genomes.https://t.co/Xd9lLVPKUd

— MicrobesInfect (@MicrobesInfect) January 16, 2021

Rolling two windows down can sharply reduce the Covid-19 risk in cars https://t.co/Evm3OrGjRf

— delthia ricks 🔬 (@DelthiaRicks) January 16, 2021

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Until Easter https://t.co/b7kGz7VNR6

— Dana Houle (@DanaHoule) January 17, 2021

Thousands of Covid-19 vaccines are ending up in the garbage because of federal and state guidelines. https://t.co/jxNk9DkvaC

— NBC News (@NBCNews) January 16, 2021

California now reporting ~525 #coronavirus deaths daily. Nationally, we can expect more than 400k dead from Covid by Inauguration Day https://t.co/d8OMCuwdp0

— delthia ricks 🔬 (@DelthiaRicks) January 16, 2021

Top work by @LaurenWeberHP & @KHNews team, exposing racial dynamics across the USA in white vs black #COVID19 #vaccination rates. As I noted yesterday, getting access to vax is ^ingly about tech savvy — the same computer issues that are leaving poorer US kids behind in school. https://t.co/CYAj3p07ZF

— Laurie Garrett (@Laurie_Garrett) January 16, 2021

In the most striking difference, 1.2 percent of white Pennsylvanians had been vaccinated as of Jan. 14, compared with 0.3 percent of Black Pennsylvanians.

Only 18 percent of those vaccinated in Mississippi so far are Black, in a state that’s 38 percent Black. pic.twitter.com/uVhfYzzNkK

— Lauren Weber (@LaurenWeberHP) January 16, 2021

It might be faster to administer 100 vaccinations in a drive-thru location than a rural clinic, but that doesn’t ensure equity.

“Those with time, computer systems and transportation are going to get vaccines more than other folks — that’s just the reality of it” @TCBPubHealth

— Lauren Weber (@LaurenWeberHP) January 16, 2021

With this ludicrous statement, Rand Paul presents more compelling personal evidence that he remains a very ignorant, dangerous, and misguided individual. Unfortunately, we have far too many of them within our midst and within our government as of late. https://t.co/ZFfHwYKkr0

— John O. Brennan (@JohnBrennan) January 16, 2021

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Proud to Be A Democrat: President Biden’s Rescue Plan

by Anne Laurie|  January 16, 202110:10 am| 143 Comments

This post is in: Biden-Harris 2020, COVID-19 Coronavirus, Open Threads, Show Us on the Doll Where the Invisible Hand Touched You

President-elect Joe Biden unveiled a $1.9 trillion stimulus package proposal and said bold investment was needed to jump-start the economy and speed up the response to the coronavirus pandemic https://t.co/0nYbANYqg2 pic.twitter.com/MveIhYkeuP

— Reuters (@Reuters) January 15, 2021

This is, as Uncle Joe would say, a BFD — and deserves to be celebrated as such!

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.@JoeBiden rolls out $1.9T "rescue plan"

– $400B vaccine/schools
– Stimulus to $2K
– $400/week UI
– $30B rental aid
– 15% SNAP boost
– EITC boost
– $25B child care
– $20B public transit
– $35B small biz/grants
– Fund COBRA thru Sept
– Boost ACA subsidy
– $15 minimum wage
+ more

— Sahil Kapur (@sahilkapur) January 14, 2021

This is key–> Biden team wants to extend most aid through SEPTEMBER 2021.

-Unemployment (UI/PUA) through Sept
-Eviction/foreclosure moratorium through Sept
-SNAP 15% increase through Sept
-Paid leave through Septhttps://t.co/dLo2es65VI

— Heather Long (@byHeatherLong) January 14, 2021

I’ll work with President-elect Biden to strengthen and pass this package immediately. But let’s be clear: if the Republicans want to drag their feet while working families struggle, the Democratic majority should use every legislative tool available to pass it.

— Elizabeth Warren (@SenWarren) January 15, 2021

Biden including a $15 minimum wage in his stimulus plan is huge

Biden moving to abolish the tipped minimum wage and sub-minimum wage for people with disabilities in his stimulus package is even bigger IMO

— Hayes Brown (@HayesBrown) January 15, 2021

it's kind of refreshing to talk about actual government business.

politically, if you subtract the turmoil of trump's waning presidency, there are echoes of 2009, when obama/the dems were able to pull the economy out of its tailspin https://t.co/7Le5ZECIOd

— Gerry Doyle (@mgerrydoyle) January 15, 2021

My inbox and twitter timeline are flooded with statements from Democrats (and even the Chamber of Commerce) in support of the Biden COVID rescue plan. I had almost forgotten what a coordinated policy rollout looks like.

— Garrett Haake (@GarrettHaake) January 15, 2021

I don't want this to get lost in all the numbers:

The President-elect's plan would cut child poverty in half. https://t.co/G0zSez6kXC

— Bharat Ramamurti (@BharatRamamurti) January 14, 2021

So presumably Biden anticipates getting his initial plan signed into law very fast. Fingers crossed. https://t.co/tYPTi94b6N

— 5?? Days Until Trump Is Gone?? (@snowmanomics) January 15, 2021

Cue the meeping, from the usual suspects…

you could just… not filibuster? https://t.co/xxJNQPrQlU

— AdotSad (@AdotSad) January 15, 2021

Not forgetting our ‘progressive’ alt-left Betters (May God turn their hearts, or at least their ankles, so we’ll know them by their limping… )

True, there's basically nothing* in this Biden proposal for you unless you're unemployed or poor or work in state & local government or have kids in school or are facing eviction or would like to be vaccinated against Covid-19.

* Except $1,400https://t.co/VtMZMeCBem

— Matthew Yglesias ?? (@mattyglesias) January 15, 2021

* The US fiscal response to COVID is easily among the most generous in the world
* The superdole is more important than checks
* $$ for vaccine rollout is more important than checks
* People who treat the 1400 vs 2000 thing as a betrayal should never be taken seriously again

— Neoliberal ?? (@ne0liberal) January 15, 2021

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GOP Venality Open Thread: Trying to Kill the Hostages

by Anne Laurie|  December 26, 20205:15 pm| 159 Comments

This post is in: GOP Death Cult, Open Threads, Repubs in Disarray!, Show Us on the Doll Where the Invisible Hand Touched You

“I simply want to do this one thing. Also, I want a bunch of other stuff that would kill the deal.” https://t.co/bYUr4raNqL

— George Callas (@George_A_Callas) December 26, 2020

You’d think the GOP would have some respect for their own political futures, if not for their constituents, but apparently their fealty to Dear Leader trumps all. From the Washington Post:

President Trump on Saturday continued to demand changes to the $900 billion stimulus deal that Democrats and Republicans approved on Dec. 21, raising the odds that the government could shut down on Tuesday and the economy could suffer a devastating shock in the final days of his presidency…

The president’s denunciation of the agreement represented a stunning public broadside against his own treasury secretary, who for four years loyally shielded the president’s tax returns, endured repeated presidential tirades in private, and defended even Trump’s most incendiary and contradictory remarks. Through it all, Mnuchin had emerged with the unique ability to walk a tightrope between Trump and congressional leaders, serving as an emissary in difficult negotiations. That all ended on Tuesday, when Trump posted a video on Twitter ridiculing the agreement…

One day before Trump’s video was released, Mnuchin called the relief package “fabulous” in an interview with CNBC. Mnuchin stressed that the administration would send payments of as much as $2,400 to millions of American households as early as this week. It would have amounted to one of the largest federal cash payment transfers in history outside the Cares Act in March.

Instead, Trump decided to risk torpedoing the effort while raging against congressional Republicans on Twitter for not supporting his effort to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election. Trump has also expressed anger at congressional Democrats for not agreeing to a stimulus package before the presidential election…

President-elect Joe Biden on Saturday slammed Trump for refusing to sign the agreement into law.

“It is the day after Christmas, and millions of families don’t know if they’ll be able to make ends meet because of President Donald Trump’s refusal to sign an economic relief bill approved by Congress with an overwhelming and bipartisan majority,” Biden said in a statement. “This abdication of responsibility has devastating consequences.”…

Not feeling any sympathy for Steve Mnuchin, me. Smart, well-connected money guy like him, he knew exactly what he’d get from the Oval Office Occupant, no matter how sycophantic one’s service. Hope the selfies were worth it, Mnuch!

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A 2020 Christmas Eve message from Rep. Debbie Dingell.

She didn’t stutter.

2-minutes of pure passion… pic.twitter.com/PIsGPecBOv

— Rex Chapman???? (@RexChapman) December 24, 2020

Historical note, from an unlikely (newly ex-Republican) source:

14 million unemployed people will lose benefits because of this delay but, on the other hand, the president’s tweets aren’t getting enough likes. https://t.co/qPDM3t35Y0

— Josh Barro (@jbarro) December 26, 2020

It is not my style to emote about this — the president has always been like this, even people who voted for him know it, it’s priced in — but man is that selfish.

— Josh Barro (@jbarro) December 26, 2020

It’s just so different from how Trump is approaching this transition.

And Bush had made a lot of terrible mistakes in the lead-up to that. But in the moment, they were trying to do what they could to let the next team to come in and fix things as they saw it.

— Josh Barro (@jbarro) December 26, 2020

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Tuesday Morning Open Thread: Stimulating

by Anne Laurie|  December 22, 20206:50 am| 174 Comments

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Vice President-elect Kamala Harris campaigned in Columbus, Georgia, for Democratic Senate candidates Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock pic.twitter.com/jIMzHXrqH9

— Reuters (@Reuters) December 22, 2020

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The big COVID relief bill continues the ban on federal funding for ACORN, an organization that has not existed for years pic.twitter.com/dXRSig7bJr

— Arthur Delaney (@ArthurDelaneyHP) December 21, 2020

If we just *give* people money it'll only encourage them to have more pandemics.

They'll be cooking the things up in bathtubs, in outhouses, in vacant lots. You name it.

— Alex Bowles (@alexqgb) December 21, 2020

Water chestnuts and Smokey Bear: Surprises await under the 'Christmas tree' COVID-19 relief bill https://t.co/W7Swdww5ql pic.twitter.com/evbrlAMgYH

— Reuters (@Reuters) December 22, 2020

Stimulus deal includes raft of provisions to fight climate change https://t.co/6XAT4G0jSW

— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) December 22, 2020

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Friday Afternoon Open Thread: “Light At the End of the Tunnel”

by Anne Laurie|  December 18, 20204:03 pm| 275 Comments

This post is in: COVID-19 Coronavirus, Open Threads, Show Us on the Doll Where the Invisible Hand Touched You

Fauci: “We still are in the middle of a very difficult situation,” with record coronavirus cases and deaths. “But the sweetness is the light at the end of the tunnel, which I can tell you—as we get into January, February, March and April—that light is going to get brighter.” pic.twitter.com/nhcOKoTQ9Z

— Jennifer Jacobs (@JenniferJJacobs) December 18, 2020

There’s an old Irish saying: Live, horse, and you’ll get grass. It comes from the days when short rations and dark days during February and March led to calamitous livestock deaths, just before the season of new growth. Observing Lenten privations wasn’t optional then, and it looks like it won’t be now… but *if* we can all hold on, well…

Why didn’t Fauci get vaccinated today? “We're waiting for the supply to come into the NIH. We haven't got our supply yet," he told NBC. “I hope that’s going to be in the next couple of days. If it does, I'm going to get vaccinated as soon as I can.”

— Kaitlan Collins (@kaitlancollins) December 18, 2020

“It’s been a marathon … but by golly the finish line is in sight,” @Surgeon_General Jerome Adams says.

He notes many people of color among the researchers that developed coronavirus vaccine.

He says as a black man he’s aware of the symbolism of his vaccination today. pic.twitter.com/TqI09mA91a

— Jennifer Jacobs (@JenniferJJacobs) December 18, 2020

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