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‼️FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Today, @WhiteHouse and the @HHSGov released reports laying out existing resources and plans to address long-term effects of #COVID19.
#MarkedByCovid is gravely concerned with...
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#MarkedByCovid is gravely concerned with...
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...the missing input from COVID bereaved and the lack of urgency around Long COVID–a condition affecting 1 in 5 Americans who have tested positive.
From @kdurquiza: “There is no federal plan to reckon with the 1 million + lives (and counting) lost to Covid-19. 👇🏾
From @kdurquiza: “There is no federal plan to reckon with the 1 million + lives (and counting) lost to Covid-19. 👇🏾
People who lost loved ones to Covid put their trust in this Administration to respond to the pandemic with the full power of the federal government, but the feds are instead sweeping Covid deaths under the rug and into the memory hole as we did with the 1918 pandemic. 👇🏾
Thanks to @michelleko2d, MD-PhD -- #MarkedByCovid Advisor & Assistant Public Health Sciences Professor at @ucdavis -- for capturing some gems from today's Teach-In!
Check out the thread below for details.👇🏿
Check out the thread below for details.👇🏿
The 6th #COVID19 surge in the US is deepening each day, driven by the highly infectious Omicron #BA2 & #BA2121 subvariants, and the Biden administration has made clear that it will no nothing to slow or stop the spread. #CovidIsNotOver A🧵1/
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On Wednesday the US recorded nearly 190,000 new cases, pushing the 7-day average of daily new cases to well over 100,000. According to the New York Times, hospitalizations now stand at 22,875, a 27 percent increase over the last 14 days. 2/
These figures are known to be significant undercounts due to the bipartisan undermining of testing & data reporting at the federal & state levels since January 2022. Only 4 states now report #COVID data daily, while 13 states report once/week or less. 3/
The @nytimes is memorializing one million US #COVID19 deaths with a feature that combines excellent graphics with dishonest and cynical commentary. An opening section headline reads: "At the start of the pandemic, few understood how high the death toll might climb." False! 1/
Epidemiologists had been warning for years of the potentially devastating consequences of a pandemic. As early as January 2020, there was sufficient information available to know that the spread of #SARSCoV2 would exact a terrible human toll. 2/
On Jan 25, 2020, when only 2 cases had been reported in the US, the WSWS warned "that there are no coordinated global mechanisms in place to cope with a health crisis that could easily spiral out of the control of authorities, placing the lives of countless people in danger." 3/
🧵from @FenitN's piece in @washingtonpost is important but would benefit from some edits:
"Covid deaths no longer overwhelmingly among unvaccinated as toll on elderly grows"
[#MarkedByCOVID commentary in brackets]
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"Covid deaths no longer overwhelmingly among unvaccinated as toll on elderly grows"
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"The pandemic’s toll is no longer falling almost exclusively on those who chose* not to get shots, with vaccine protection waning over time...
[*Note: inaccurate language that blames victims; cultural & structural barriers to vaccination remain.]
[*Note: inaccurate language that blames victims; cultural & structural barriers to vaccination remain.]
...and the elderly and immunocompromised — who are at greatest risk of succumbing to #COVID19 even if vaccinated — having a harder time dodging increasingly contagious strains*."
[*Add: "and increased community spread due to decreased mitigation efforts like universal masking."]
[*Add: "and increased community spread due to decreased mitigation efforts like universal masking."]
THREAD RT: My dad #MarkUrquiza was an actual warrior, @IvankaTrump. Your father killed my father. I know you know who I am and what I think. I saw you nod at me when you and your caravan of vectors walked past me at Tuesday night's debate. (1/9)
I practiced restraint to show respect to you, your Dad, the rules @debates, and @ClevelandClinic set before us, @JoeBiden, and democracy. I had a copy of my Dad's obituary ready to hand to you. (2/9)
But I don't have to show the same kind of restraint here, especially in light of the developments that your family and the ghoulish republican party in complete arrogant disregard of the rules the rest of the attendees agreed to put our lives in danger. (3/9)
Let's be clear: what happened at the debate is a microcosm of what has happened since 2016. #POTUS does what he wants assuming no one will stand up to him. @debates looked the other way. And I'm sure everyone will say, "it wasn't my job to enforce."
Our #MarkedByCOVID movement is working because we are LEADERS. Leaders stand up for what is right and justice, core values to co-founders @CKeeves and @kdurquiza
Our activists lead by bearing witness to the atrocities of his COVID response and speak authentically of the pain and suffering it has caused. We seize our power and chart a different path forward. Join us. markedbycovid.com/signup
February: Both parties agree: Trump has ALREADY botched the coronavirus response thedailyedge.substack.com/p/its-the-inco…
#HowWeGotHere (2/9)
#HowWeGotHere (2/9)
March: Trump's multiple faults are transforming the coronavirus into a perfect storm thedailyedge.substack.com/p/worst-presid…
#HowWeGotHere (3/9)
#HowWeGotHere (3/9)
@kdurquiza is not alone. We're a growing movement and have already had the enormous honor and privilege to sponsor multiple #HonestObit -- obituaries that call out politicians for the needless death of loved ones.
@itsmefi wrote this #HonestObit for her mom, "Isabelle was a giant, powerful in her kindness. Like thousands of others...she should still be alive today. Her undeserving death is due to the carelessness of politicians who undervalue healthcare workers..." markedbycovid.com/2020/07/12/hon…
The Rangel family from the Rio Grande Valley wrote for their father, "The family blames his death on the deliberate neglect of the #Hispanic community by @realDonaldTrump and @GregAbbott_TX" #Texas #COVID19
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Today should have been #MarkUrquiza's 66th birthday. So we planned a National #DayOfAction to demand a coordinated, data-driven approach to #COVID.
Get involved by participating in the #MarkedByCOVID tweet storm, started by a supporter in Florida - RT below or create your own.
Get involved by participating in the #MarkedByCOVID tweet storm, started by a supporter in Florida - RT below or create your own.
Governors @GovRonDeSantis, @GregAbbott_TX, @dougducey, and @POTUS were late to close and early to re-open, needlessly jeopardizing lives along the way including #MarkUrquiza's. #MarkedByCOVID
.@GovRonDeSantis, @GregAbbott_TX, @dougducey, and @POTUS: If we can’t even get our hospital workers #PPE, how are we going to get it to schools? We can’t even get textbooks to schools. #COVID19 #MarkedByCOVID #OnlyWhenItsSafe #TeacherSafetyIsEssential #BackToSchool
Here's the difference between thoughtful leaders and egomaniacs responsible for the deaths of 1,000s:
While @dougducey lies and punts questions about individuals #MarkedByCOVID in front of the @WhiteHouse to stay in lockstep with the failed @realDonaldTrump, @JoeBiden...
While @dougducey lies and punts questions about individuals #MarkedByCOVID in front of the @WhiteHouse to stay in lockstep with the failed @realDonaldTrump, @JoeBiden...
☑️ Heeds experts to accurately assess the disaster in #AZ, calling it "a cautionary tale."
☑️ Promotes data-driven policies like #MaskMandates, #SocialDistancing, and opening #OnlyWhenItsSafe.
☑️ Reminds us that we've been given a FALSE choice between #health and the #economy.
☑️ Promotes data-driven policies like #MaskMandates, #SocialDistancing, and opening #OnlyWhenItsSafe.
☑️ Reminds us that we've been given a FALSE choice between #health and the #economy.
While @dougducey is wasting money on ineffective PR campaigns like #ArizonaTogether and @POTUS is playing golf, @JoeBiden is listening to the millions #MarkedByCOVID and amplifying our message.
(1/3) Jeffrey shared a story of a family #MarkedByCOVID over and over again:
His father spent his final days separated from our family. Like Kristin, Jeffrey's last images of his father were captured on Facetime.
His father spent his final days separated from our family. Like Kristin, Jeffrey's last images of his father were captured on Facetime.
(2/3) His death coincided with the COVID-19 related death of their cousin, Jeannette Lee Pedrow (Billings), both directly on the heels of the death of their family matriarch, Mrs. Tommie Jane Billings, and family friends including Geraldine Coleman and Diane Mathis.
(3//3) Jeffrey leaves us with this: "The people in my story are mothers and fathers, sons and daughters, brothers and sisters. May they Rest In Peace." 💙 #MarkedByCOVID
❗️We want to work with YOU to plan a Day of Action on August 13, which would have been Mark's 66th birthday and is traditionally back-to-school season.
We hope to see #vigils and #ofrendas wherever people have been #MarkedByCovid to honor the lives lost, raise awareness of the severity of the pandemic, and urge our elected officials to make science-based decisions and open #OnlyWhenItsSafe.
Details coming soon. In the meantime, visit MarkedByCovid.com to help plan an event or donate to support the movement.
🎶 Oy, Anthony Fauci, their strategy sucks: They slander all the experts and promote all the schmucks... 🎶 #GeeAnthonyFauci
“A miracle would be great. Who doesn’t love miracles? But miracles shouldn’t be Plan A. Even Sully tried to land at the airport first… Also when he said ‘everyone can get a test’ what he meant was: Almost no one.” —Brad Pitt as Dr Fauci, @nbcsnl in April
Over 2.1 million American children have been infected with COVID19 so far, researchers estimate. With no end in sight.
Source is @COVKIDProject: covkidproject.org
Source is @COVKIDProject: covkidproject.org
“WEAR A MASK ... IT’S A PIECE OF CLOTH!!”
🎶 Oy, Anthony Fauci, their strategy sucks: They slander all the experts and promote all the schmucks... 🎶 #GeeAnthonyFauci
“A miracle would be great. Who doesn’t love miracles? But miracles shouldn’t be Plan A. Even Sully tried to land at the airport first… Also when he said ‘everyone can get a test’ what he meant was: Almost no one.” —Brad Pitt as Dr Fauci, @nbcsnl in April
