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Category: Coronavirus vaccine
A new low for Clarence Thomas?
Clarence Thomas claimed in a dissenting opinion that Covid vaccines are derived from the cells of “aborted children.”
— POLITICO (@politico) June 30, 2022
No Covid vaccines in the U.S. contain the cells of aborted fetuses. https://t.co/13YartfO5Z
60% of Covid deaths since the vaccine became available could have been prevented
A new estimate is even higher:
Half the Americans who died with COVID since vaccines became available might have been saved by getting the shot. That's 319,000 preventable deaths.
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) May 18, 2022
States where the most lives could've been saved: West Virginia, Wyoming, Tennessee, Kentucky and Oklahoma.https://t.co/hBprYz4ZTb
One tragic fact about the nearly 1 million people who have died of COVID-19 in the U.S. is that a huge share of them didn't have to.
— NPR Politics (@nprpolitics) May 13, 2022
Nationally, nearly 319,000 deaths could have been prevented with vaccination, according a new estimate. https://t.co/88M9amVCVC
The human cost of anti-vaccine politicking is almost incomprehensible in scale. https://t.co/ZeJH8knvH6
— southpaw (@nycsouthpaw) April 21, 2022
Most adults in the U.S. have gotten a #COVID19 vaccine, but most of those who have died from the virus have been unvaccinated.
— KFF (Kaiser Family Foundation) (@KFF) April 22, 2022
Our analysis estimates that vaccines could have prevented 234,000 deaths since June: https://t.co/MxPhJXH9wg pic.twitter.com/yoGvliuFLO
Who is still dying of COVID in 2022?
— Emma Wager (@emmawage) April 21, 2022
In 23 studied U.S. jurisdictions, among people who died of COVID in January:
78% were 65 & over
58% were unvaccinated
87% didn't have a booster shot
15% were under 65 & unvaccinated
Only 1.5% were under 65 & boostedhttps://t.co/0WN7zxmOQY pic.twitter.com/yJnDR8fyzB
Over 10 months, COVID-19 vaccines prevented more than 1.5 million infections and about 20,000 deaths in California, a new study estimates https://t.co/xS0a9dabrU
— Los Angeles Times (@latimes) April 22, 2022
Tweets on the second Covid booster shot
I haven’t gotten my second booster yet.
A few countries are rolling out second Covid booster shots. Here’s a look at the evidence for them, and their limitations https://t.co/8pFMFT62L2
— Bloomberg (@business) April 8, 2022
The Food and Drug Administration has authorized a second booster shot of the Pfizer and Moderna COVID-19 vaccines for people over 50 or with compromised immune systems. https://t.co/1ixWd34ScS
— Yahoo News (@YahooNews) April 9, 2022
My second booster didn’t hurt a bit. If you’re 50 and older or immunocompromised, get your second booster as soon as you’re eligible. pic.twitter.com/puLZPhMXxg
— President Biden (@POTUS) March 30, 2022
The exact same day NACI recommends second boosters, an Israeli study is published in the NEJM stating second booster protection lasts less than a month.
— Kelly Brown (@rubiconcapital_) April 6, 2022
You can't make this stuff up.🤡 pic.twitter.com/5FoKFJJASl
A second Pfizer Covid booster helped protect older people against Omicron infection but waned after just four weeks, according to a large new study from Israel. https://t.co/QKoOwDuBga
— The New York Times (@nytimes) April 6, 2022
"If you've had omicron in the last two or three months, that really did boost your immune system quite well," Walensky said, adding that these individuals could wait 2-4 months before their second booster.
— Alexandros Marinos (@alexandrosM) April 5, 2022
Why do we tolerate the demonstrably incompetent? https://t.co/s7sbifROOY
Now that more people can receive an additional #covid19 vaccine dose, should they get it? Is there any downside? And does it make sense to wait until a big event such as international travel or big gathering to get the booster?
— Leana Wen, M.D. (@DrLeanaWen) April 1, 2022
With @katiahetter @CNN: https://t.co/sQbKmeck7w
The US should try this to get people vaccinated
It’s working in other places apparently lol https://t.co/S23QNzafXK
— Ally R. | Magical Lifestyle (@GirlLovesMagic) January 9, 2022
The media’s misleading tweets on Air Force vaccinations
They are emphasizing the small number of people who won’t get vaccinated instead of the large majority who have been vaccinated.
97.3% of active duty members are partially or fully vaccinated. That should be in the tweet. Mandates work. https://t.co/XC2aKfVIah
— Harris Levy (@HarrisL585) December 14, 2021
You should have tweeted that around 97% of active duty members are vaccinated. Instead, you buried it in your article. Mandates work.
— Harris Levy (@HarrisL585) December 14, 2021
The Air Force has discharged 27 service members for refusing to get the Covid-19 vaccine, a spokeswoman said, making these likely the first troops to be removed from the military for failure to obey the vaccine mandate. https://t.co/dfdruN2Qww
— CNN (@CNN) December 14, 2021
U.S. Air Force removes 27 service members for refusing COVID-19 vaccine https://t.co/nY04ijcA6p pic.twitter.com/xlGjOhJlXy
— Reuters (@Reuters) December 14, 2021
This is the right way to discuss this. Most media tweets I have seen emphasize the small number of military members who won't get vaccinated. https://t.co/KqhkOUrSNy
— Harris Levy (@HarrisL585) December 14, 2021
The majority of Republicans don’t want a booster
There is a 30 point partisan gap on who is fully vaccinated. There is a 41 point(!) gap on getting boosters. Only about one-third of all GOPers say they have or will get the booster. https://t.co/KpAL7mBDlf
— (((Harry Enten))) (@ForecasterEnten) December 2, 2021
New @KFF poll on booster shots:
— Ryan Struyk (@ryanstruyk) December 2, 2021
Fully-vaccinated Democrats:
75% already/definitely will get
15% probably get
7% probably/definitely won't get
Fully-vaccinated Republicans:
50% already/definitely will get
16% probably get
31% probably/definitely won't get
Anti-vaccine advocates are wrong
They’re doing bizarre stuff like trying to undo the vaccine.
Republicans eager to buck vaccine mandates have embraced the argument that immunity from earlier infections should be enough to earn an exemption. Scientists says vaccines offer a more consistent level of protection for people who have had COVID-19.https://t.co/3FFIDu1RhV
— The Associated Press (@AP) November 21, 2021
Florida Gov. DeSantis signs several anti-vaccine mandate bills into law. https://t.co/L7gfoKU2P9
— NBC News (@NBCNews) November 18, 2021
and there’s this:
Baking soda and epsom salt baths take covid misinformation to a new level. @uche_blackstock talks to @kendisgibson and @lindseyreiser about the new push by anti-vaxxers to "detox" their vaccines. pic.twitter.com/F4dYIOGAKA
— MSNBC Reports: Weekends (@MSNBCweekends) November 13, 2021
New (and a particularly wild one) from me + @BrandyZadrozny :
— Ben Collins (@oneunderscore__) November 12, 2021
Anti-vaxxers are caving to mandates and getting the shot.
Then they're scrambling to "undo" it by drawing blood, cupping, or… bathing in Borax.
It doesn't work. They're still vaccinated.https://t.co/95ctZ6YTGT
In my latest, I investigate the unproven and dangerous 'de-vaccination' treatments sweeping social media.
— Tom Porter (@Finneganporter) November 26, 2021
I found blood letting, electric shocks and toxic bleach offered as ways to purge the COVID vaccine from the human body (1) https://t.co/N893PvjdrH
“The other contagion”: Covid misinformation and vaccine-bashing from pundits like Tucker Carlson has radicalized a wave of parents into rejecting ordinary childhood immunizations and vaccines they previously accepted — with potentially lethal consequences. https://t.co/geSnRcE6p8
— The New York Times (@nytimes) May 26, 2022
The #polio outbreak in NY has #antivaxxers celebrating, spreading lies, and generally happy.https://t.co/EIR6UYw0Xd
— Laurie Garrett (@Laurie_Garrett) August 17, 2022
A story about anti-vaccine harassment:
— Blimi Marcus DNP RN (@MarcusBlimi) August 18, 2022
I spent 30 minutes on the phone with an important person in the community who runs a highly regarded non-profit health organization. I asked them to endorse polio vaccination messaging.
They refused.
I couldn’t understand it.
Anti-vaxxers terrible comparison of their situation to the Holocaust
They obviously have no understanding of the Holocaust.
I'm not easily triggered. But I am triggered by spoiled, well-off, self-indulgent, and thoughtless Americans comparing themselves to Jews in Nazi-occupied Europe, who were forced to wear yellow stars so as to be more easily subject to persecution, and then to extermination. https://t.co/JFDdK69zSD
— Bill Kristol (@BillKristol) November 13, 2021
More on Big Bird and vaccinations
In the tradition of right-wing conspiracy theories on Mr. Potato Head and Dr. Seuss.
Satire: Big Bird getting a vaccine (he’s a 6-year-old! He ought to get a vaccine now!) is not communism or government propaganda. This is what it would look like if Big Bird were government propaganda: https://t.co/eAuL9znkIE
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) November 9, 2021
BREAKING: Big Bird is taken into custody after beating the living shit out of Aarron Rodgers for spreading misinformation about Ivermectin and COVID vaccinations. pic.twitter.com/M4f3kjAVG3
— Paul Lee Teeks (@PaulLeeTeeks) November 7, 2021
Big Bird — who is, apparently, just six years old, was one — was persuaded to get vaccinated after listening to Hill and Dr. Gupta. The experts explained to Big Bird how the vaccine helps build up your body’s defenses, should it ever meet any “COVID germs” https://t.co/rR1xrUGQ7h
— Yahoo News (@YahooNews) November 8, 2021
More Than 2 Million People Have Watched This Video Clip of Big Bird Getting Vaccinated…From 1972 https://t.co/iebgjF5ksp
— Mediaite (@Mediaite) November 8, 2021
Biden replies to Big Bird. pic.twitter.com/EpqAtGolLN
— Alex Thompson (@AlexThomp) November 8, 2021
They’re mad at big bird lol pic.twitter.com/S1ToEN5oEc
— Ken Klippenstein (@kenklippenstein) November 6, 2021
BIG BIRD – BIG THREAD pic.twitter.com/cJ77adtIb5
— Francesco Francavilla (@f_francavilla) November 9, 2021
Big Bird got his Pfizer shot, and conservatives are calling it vaccine "propaganda" https://t.co/84dfVx3B58
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) November 9, 2021
Jimmy Kimmel: “It’s interesting because not only is @TedCruz vaccinated himself—Ted Cruz was born with an immunity that protects him from contracting any friends.” https://t.co/1BPpTh0Kjs
— Marlow Stern (@MarlowNYC) November 9, 2021
Big Bird is kind, compassionate, empathetic, loving, adored, and vaccinated. Ted Cruz is . . . vaccinated.
— Mary L Trump (@MaryLTrump) November 8, 2021
Not really sure why Big Bird is always getting attacked for being a communist. Republicans went after him in the 1990s and again in 2012. No one ever seems to notice that Elmo is actually … red.
— Karen Tumulty (@ktumulty) November 9, 2021
This is a movement. Join us and let's fly Ted Cruz out of Texas. pic.twitter.com/Mrdebb6f6y
— Big Bird for Senate (Parody) (@SenatorBigBird) November 9, 2021
Sad! 