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'How to screw up a pandemic': epidemiologist rips vaccine prioritization for rich folk
January 25, 2021
Eric Feigl-Ding, an epidemiologist and health economist and an adjunct senior fellow at the Federation of American Scientists, blasted the distribution of COVID-19 vaccines on Monday evening.
Dr. Feigl-Ding blamed the Trump White House for the failure, citing the vaccine rollout in a state with a Democratic governor and one with a Republican governor.
<p>He first noted the vaccine rollout in Illinois under Democratic Gov. J.B. Pritzker.</p><p>"This is how to screw up a pandemic," he wrote.</p>
<div class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="c2d75e8f8618c17b54fb108bca3a1bb5" id="c456e"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-partner="rebelmouse" data-twitter-tweet-id="1353897960501891072"><div style="margin:1em 0">VACCINE ROLLOUT IN NUTSHELL
Trump WH / HHS: Vaccines shipped out—mission accomplished—who needs a plan anyways?!… https://t.co/fNWxXgdfHs</div> — Eric Feigl-Ding (@Eric Feigl-Ding)<a href="https://twitter.com/DrEricDing/statuses/1353897960501891072">1611629402.0</a></blockquote></div>
<p>He then turned his attention to Florida, which is led by Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis.</p><p>"Different state, same crap," he wrote.</p><p><br/></p><div class="rm-embed embed-media"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-conversation="none">2) Meanwhile the same thing in South Florida. Different state, same crap. <br/><br/>📌Fisher Island (median income $200,000) has a 51% vaccination rate<br/><br/>📌Opa-Locka (median income $27,000) has a 1.4% vaccination rate<a href="https://t.co/sY3dg2a9Y3">https://t.co/sY3dg2a9Y3</a><br/>— Eric Feigl-Ding (@DrEricDing) <a href="https://twitter.com/DrEricDing/status/1353900921483370497?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 26, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script></div>
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Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance, Jr. will have to act quickly if he wants the indictment of Donald Trump to be part of his legacy, according to a new report.
"In the past year, Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance Jr. has raised only a few thousand dollars for his re-election. He hasn't attended any candidate forums held virtually ahead of this year's Democratic primary in June, and he hasn't publicly voiced a desire to run for a fourth term. People close to Mr. Vance said they believe he won't seek re-election, leaving a crowded field of eight candidates vying for the most prestigious law enforcement job in New York City," The Wall Street Journal reported Monday.
<p>"If Mr. Vance doesn't run, he would have less than a year to see through the highest-profile matter of his 11 years in office: the investigation of former President Donald Trump and his business. Manhattan prosecutors have said they are investigating alleged bank and insurance fraud by the Trump Organization and its officers, and recently <a href="https://www.wsj.com/articles/manhattan-prosecutors-seek-records-about-trumps-seven-springs-estate-11610743018?mod=article_inline" target="_blank">subpoenaed records</a> relating to Mr. Trump's Seven Springs estate, north of New York City, expanding the previously known scope of the probe," The Journal noted. </p><p>Vance has only raised $2,022 in the last six months and his campaign war chest has less than $4,200.</p>
<div class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="e0f0c4554f7897562ed174fbcd63a4d2" id="a86da"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-partner="rebelmouse" data-twitter-tweet-id="1353909767429873664"><div style="margin:1em 0">This raises the stakes for Vance in terms of trying to pursue a prosecution of the Trump Org before he leaves offic… https://t.co/hTY2KmRG2B</div> — Maggie Haberman (@Maggie Haberman)<a href="https://twitter.com/maggieNYT/statuses/1353909767429873664">1611632217.0</a></blockquote></div>
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Trump offers his 'total endorsement' of Sarah Huckabee Sanders for Arkansas governor
January 25, 2021
President Donald Trump made his first post-presidency political endorsement on Monday as he settles into retirement in Florida.
Trump endorsed his former press secretary, Sarah Huckabee Sanders, for governor of Arkansas.
<p>"Sarah Huckabee Sanders is a warrior who will always fight for the people of Arkansas and do what is right, not what is politically correct," Trump said in a statement issued by his political action committee.</p><p>"Sarah is strong on Borders, tough on Crime, and fully supports the Second Amendment and our great law enforcement officers," Trump said in his statement which resembled the types of endorsements he gave on Twitter before his lifetime suspension.</p><p>Her father, Mike Huckabee, served as Arkansas governor from 1996 until 2007.</p>
<div class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="62cee7f5ab893d52c78abbdd80449044" id="535ff"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-partner="rebelmouse" data-twitter-tweet-id="1353897795040780292"><div style="margin:1em 0">Former President Trump has endorsed his former WH Press Secretary @SarahHuckabee for Governor of Arkansas: https://t.co/BE3HXPMDxG</div> — Weijia Jiang (@Weijia Jiang)<a href="https://twitter.com/weijia/statuses/1353897795040780292">1611629363.0</a></blockquote></div>
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