“I’m not purposefully trying to be alarmist. But in the face of a pandemic that *is not over,* complacency is almost as bad as alarmism.” As a new Covid variant rapidly spreads across the country, @mehdirhasan says the U.S. is setting itself up for more coronavirus failure:

Jan 12, 2023 · 1:21 AM UTC

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Grateful that someone is sounding the alarm! Even Fauci shut up and slinked away. 🙁 Not talking about his well deserved retirement. He stopped advocating in the best interest of public health soon into the new administration’s takeover.
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@mehdirhasan Please read this uniquely insightful piece that incorporates the #history of #plagues and #pandemics in its argument for making #CleanAir the focal point of efforts to end the #Covid #Pandemic. And THANK YOU for keeping my (faltering) faith alive in journalism. 😷
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Yes you are. The pandemic of over bud. You are one of those soldiers in the woods who still thinks the war is going on.
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JOE BIDEN is doing this. Blame him. He was elected on his promise to end Covid. You blamed Trump. Biden is now worse and more dishonest on Covid, directly resulting in thousands of deaths. Blame him. Hold him accountable.
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#COVID19 Community Transmission of All Counties in U.S. #CovidIsNotOver #COVIDIsAirborne Wednesday, January 11,2023
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Thank you for being a voice that is so lacking all across the country! Appreciate you continuing to focus on Covid!
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But it is alarmist Mehdi. You’ve presumably been to Europe? I mean NYC is teaming with masks and mask wearers compared with most civilised countries 🤷🏻‍♂️
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But you are being alarmist
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A single point mutation gave rise to a variant causing encephalitis in children < 3 . Who knows what other nasty surprises could be in store, Kraken is likely to mutate further & don’t forget the devastating scenes from China more variants are likely coming our way soon. 👇
1/ SHORT THREAD ON THE KIDS' COVID ENCEPHALITIS IN TAIWAN AND WHAT IT MEANS Earlier this year Taiwan had a lot of serious COVID cases in kids, including a number of cases of encephalitis, or infection of the brain. Encephalitis is what we call in medicine "something very bad".
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