CNN reports Biden administration won't hold back second doses of #covid19 vaccine: https://t.co/TS0XJENudf
— Meg Tirrell (@megtirrell) January 8, 2021
Still confused about the 2nd dose vaccine supply? Me too, but I think this is what happened: 🧵
Let’s go chronologically. Last Thursday, governors wrote a letter to @SecAzar requesting second doses not be held in reserve and instead immediately be made available:
Coalition of 8 governors writes to HHS @SecAzar & General Gustave Perna to request they release second doses of #covid19 vaccine immediately & trust manufacturing supply will come through: https://t.co/jIjAwSqApp pic.twitter.com/y5YOSqoEb1
— Meg Tirrell (@megtirrell) January 7, 2021
Azar: "We can now ship all of the doses, that had been held in physical reserve with second doses being supplied by doses coming off of manufacturing lines with quality control going forward."
https://t.co/4SSZHwlBFI
Operation Warp Speed is now releasing entire supply of #covid19 vaccines instead of holding second doses in reserve, @SecAzar says https://t.co/Vv88EheIaJ
— Meg Tirrell (@megtirrell) January 12, 2021
"Each week, doses available would be released to first cover the needed second doses, and then cover additional first vaccinations." (4)
That... didn't happen: https://t.co/DcH3ETSVVK
MN's @GovTimWalz at a press conference yesterday: "They were lying. They don't have any doses held back. There is no strategic supply for the 2nd dose."
@OregonGovBrown: https://t.co/hA3zWKvt8N
Last night, I received disturbing news, confirmed to me directly by General Perna of Operation Warp Speed: States will not be receiving increased shipments of vaccines from the national stockpile next week, because there is no federal reserve of doses.
— Governor Kate Brown (@OregonGovBrown) January 15, 2021
Wait, is there a reserve of second #covid19 vaccine doses that can now be released, or not?
— Meg Tirrell (@megtirrell) January 15, 2021
WaPo reported earlier there is not: https://t.co/DcH3ETSVVK
But Pfizer says in a new statement: \u201cWe have on hand all the second doses of the previous shipments to the U.S.\u201d pic.twitter.com/TiobnBk0ly
Azar: "No, there's not a reserve stockpile. We did that in December to be extra cautious." Bc of more confidence in manufacturing, "we've made that available for states to order." https://t.co/Ab8EYn7HZP
WATCH: In an interview with @LesterHoltNBC, Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar speaks out on the slow vaccine rollout. pic.twitter.com/TksemEjFws
— NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt (@NBCNightlyNews) January 16, 2021
Ok. But. It still doesn't 100% add up.
Let's think about this in simple numbers bc it all makes my brain hurt:
The data show, though, only 1/3 were administered. So, 330K used, 670K stored (by states).
Stored doses now = 3.17M. Way more than were given as first shots.
But again only 1/3 administered, so another 670K stored by states. Stored doses in week 2 now (states & federal) = 6.34M. [Remember these are hypothetical numbers, me trying to puzzle out what's happening.]
Did I say at the beginning of this thread I was going to clear this up? 🤷♀️
Now, everyone tell me how I got this wrong (srsly) - what did I miss?
cc @walidgellad @CT_Bergstrom @jasonlschwartz
This miscommunication had real implications for people trying to get vaccines. Oregon now says seniors will have to wait 2 more weeks:
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4/ Before January 2020, Drosten and Corman were common virologists at Charité Berlin, whenever they were not involved in economic implications (https://t.co/UTDwG8U7Du). Other than that, they looked at coronaviruses in dromedary calves in the Middle East or Africa. 😍 #cute
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2/ Before this very publication, virologists were neither treated like superstars, nor were they considered icons or half-gods. In 2009, Drosten almost succeeded in installing the false premise virology could supersede holistic medical sciences as discussed in this thread.
3/ Drosten is a virologist. He neither has any background in epidemiology, nor has he ever worked in the civil service. He also doesn’t have a background in public health. Yet he and his colleagues affect our daily lives to the level of whom to meet up or how to flush the toilet.
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Hi @officestudents @EHRC @EHRCChair @KishwerFalkner @RJHilsenrath @trussliz @GEOgovuk
The Equality and Diversity section of your job application has 'gender' in what appears to be a list of the protected characteristics under the Equality Act 2010.
However...
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However, 'gender' is not a protected characteristic under the Equality Act 2010 and is not defined in the Act.
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Sex is the protected characteristic under the Act, but that is not on your list.
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You then ask for the 'gender' of the applicant with options:
Male
Female.
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Again, 'gender' is not a protected characteristic under the Equality Act 2010 and is not defined in the Act.
https://t.co/qisFhCiV1u
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Sex is the protected characteristic and the only two possible options for sex are 'Female' and 'Male' as defined in the Act and consistent with biology, but you don't ask for that.
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'Gender' is not a synonym for sex.
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The Equality and Diversity section of your job application has 'gender' in what appears to be a list of the protected characteristics under the Equality Act 2010.
However...
1/15
However, 'gender' is not a protected characteristic under the Equality Act 2010 and is not defined in the Act.
https://t.co/qisFhCiV1u
Sex is the protected characteristic under the Act, but that is not on your list.
2/15
You then ask for the 'gender' of the applicant with options:
Male
Female.
3/15
Again, 'gender' is not a protected characteristic under the Equality Act 2010 and is not defined in the Act.
https://t.co/qisFhCiV1u
4/15
Sex is the protected characteristic and the only two possible options for sex are 'Female' and 'Male' as defined in the Act and consistent with biology, but you don't ask for that.
https://t.co/CEJ0gkr6nF
'Gender' is not a synonym for sex.
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