#Preventable

Astra Taylor

astradisastra

Today I've been thinking of 2020 less as the year of unexpected shocks & catastrophes more as the year predictions came true. For decades concerned people have studied the likelihood

Lynden Bond

LyndenBond

Warming centers are essential during cold weather and during snow storms for unsheltered people (not sure this needs to be said yet here we are) - but the total capacity

Adam Christensen

AC4Congress2020

The last month has been extremely frustrating. Being right on policy doesn’t mean much if you don’t know (or do) the basic things it would take to get that policy

Tyler Black, MD

tylerblack32

I want to spend a moment to put the death reports today in Arizona into perspective. As a suicidologist, I study mortality on a regular basis.Today, 147 deaths due to

Cpt. Donk™

DCDeplorable5

So, it occured to me that the DNC primarily on night 3 aimed to shove the myth of "mass gun violence" down peoples throats.So I've comprised a thread to share

Carl_Boethel

BoethelCarl1

While getting a shot may seem trivial these days, we often take for granted the absence of many diseases our parents and GPs suffered (polio, mumps, diphtheria, etc)#CovidVaccine is historic

The Tennessee Holler

TheTNHoller

THREAD — we’re on the edge of a cliff... Republicans ending the federal unemployment aid now would be a disaster. Massive homelessness and hunger. Great Depression levels. Checks stop THIS

Dave Degner

degnerforiowa

Perspectives for Iowans: Total Iowa Covid-19 death toll is equivalent to the largest community in my rural county. If the entire city of Tama, Iowa died from a disease in

Ryan Meili

ryanmeili

Shortstaffed. Crowded. Crumbling infrastructure. Four residents to a room.There needs to be an inquiry into Extendicare Parkside long-term care home. Now.Almost every single resident and staff member at Parkside has

James Downs

jamesldowns

I can't believe that in a meeting today about developing #eatingdisorders services I had to point out that "inclusion criteria" automatically implies "exclusion criteria". Sure, this is necessary for some

Caitlin Rivers, PhD

cmyeaton

Today I shared testimony with the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, HHS, & Education on the #COVID19 response. I told the committee what I’ve been saying here. We are in

diane #ForAll straub

didikins4life

This is the #DemPartyPlatform for 2020. This part is called: Mobilizing the World to Address Transnational ChallengesGlobal Health and PandemicsOnly one party understands the urgency of strengthening the global

Jesse M. Pines, M.D.

DrJessePines

1/ Why we can’t wait 'til Halloween for COVID to disappear Vaccine distribution is the #1 worldwide public health issue. Here’s why: we need to stop the daily death toll.

Doc Fancy: Born of Sea Foam

Kate_Biscuit

Have not read it, suspect I shouldn’t comment, but honestly this is literally my problem at the moment. We can extrapolate from some very hard data about multiple things and

Gregg Gonsalves

gregggonsalves

So, I am not a philosopher. But I can't help feeling like we're going to have national reckoning soon. Tens of thousands dead. Absolutely preventable, at least in large part.

Rob Sheridan

rob_sheridan

It’s SO HARD to get teens to understand the best practices for covid when their Dad’s regime never had a national strategy about the pandemic when he knew how serious

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