.@mehdirhasan asks WH chief of staff Ron Klain about President Biden declaring the pandemic over. “You’re quoting him out of context,” Klain says. Mehdi: “Is the pandemic over or not?” Watch their exchange:

Nov 2, 2022 · 12:14 AM UTC

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The reasons Klain gives to rationalize a pandemic being over are not reasons to declare a pandemic over.
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An elephant in the room is they have restricted availability of #Novavax booster to "1st booster" only for folks who can't receive mRNA. There is absolutely no reason to push one over the other and We have studies showing OG is as good as updated bivalent.
Replying to @dfocosi
Pulling you away from circulating variants vs. pulling towards. Bivalent was right move, however NVAX best option
Thank you Mehdi 🙏🏻 You’re the only one on any of the big news channels willing to push back on their ‘well we tried 🤷🏼’ act…
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Thank you Mehdi. The messaging that’s being pushed and that is ubiquitous is that covid is over. It is NOT. I appreciate your perseverance.
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Paxlovid. Rebound. That’s another topic to discuss.