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Amy Maxmen, PhD
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So many stories on reaching vaccine herd immunity! But there's a massive dilemma. Here's a on what I mean...About 50 countries have fewer than one nurse per 1000 people. Israel
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"The world is on the brink of a catastrophic moral failure," says @DrTedros @WHO.>39 Million vaccine doses have been administered in 49 high-income countries. 25 (just 25) doses have been
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Azar just released a delusional, alternative history of Covid testing in the US. I’m mad because our testing failures allowed this outbreak to blow-up. We can’t fix our system if
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I've reported on the ground from many epidemics, but this is the first one I'm really living through. A of memories to follow...For me, this got real when I
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Biden will replace Redfield with Rochelle Walensky @CDCgov. Another HIV scientist (as opposed to public health expert) made me nervous so here's a peak at her track record (THREAD)She has
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Let's talk about the illusion of holding our breadth until a #coronavaccine appears and vanquishes Covid from the US.When it comes to funding epidemic preparedness & response, the US puts
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One of the most upsetting CDC reports yet: Wedding leads to 177 Covid cases & 7 deaths among people who weren’t even there.Aug 7. Wedding w/55 guests in a Maine
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Deeply honored to have won a @AAASKavli Gold Award for my feature @NatureNews It is a profile of @Tedros & @WHO as they tackled #Ebola in DR Congo. It foreshadowed
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My latest investigation: Where is #COVID data?With 5.7 million cases in the US, we should have a good sense of how often people are infected in grocery stores, on planes,
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NEW CDC report suggests that #COVID is spreading at restaurants, bars & coffeeshops.-Study analyzed potential corona 'exposures' from 314 adults who got tested. They are similar except for twice as
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While working on a piece about #Covid in west Africa, I reflected on the US. My sources did too. Liberia's public health director recalled how CDC & WHO representatives told
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