For two years, New York City was an experiment in loneliness: nine million people siloed with smartphones and 24/7 home delivery, cut off from the places where they used to gather. Therapists were booked up, even as tens of thousands were grieving. https://t.co/G59RtoGXof

— NYT Metro (@NYTMetro) April 22, 2022

The pandemic has spurned more loneliness, especially for those who are single and crave in-person connections.

Here are some ways to put yourself out there if you are feeling lonely. https://t.co/s7vg2oTODI

— USA TODAY (@USATODAY) February 15, 2022

One study says that 3 in 5 American adults describe themselves as lonely — and that was before the pandemic https://t.co/I64xr9FVXC

— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) December 5, 2021

Dementia and loneliness during COVID https://t.co/Lhd7VpewpL

— Extremalby Blog (@sonnolenta46) February 15, 2022

A plurality of Americans say they oppose vaccine mandates in schools, driven by Republicans.

But! Ask if they support "requiring" vaccines like the standard MMR shot and … there's still a big partisan gulf. https://t.co/U6PN5zVb6B pic.twitter.com/c4TiwZdtvq

— Philip Bump (@pbump) February 18, 2022

A couple words notably absent from NRSC’s release on the vote on school vaccine mandates: “coronavirus” or “covid.”

As with so much of the rhetoric, it could be read to apply to plenty of other vaccines — and doesn’t delineate. pic.twitter.com/BNpQmZytYW

— Aaron Blake (@AaronBlake) February 18, 2022

Cruz is describing it as an "abuse of power" for schools to require vaccines, something that schools have done for generations before covid existed.

— Tony Romm (@TonyRomm) February 17, 2022

dem split on this question is 64/20, gop split is 14/74 https://t.co/8RHtrEd0fd

— Allahpundit (@allahpundit) February 16, 2022

Analysis: The GOP’s anti-vaccine mandate push is seeping into other vaccines — and schools https://t.co/TDR4CZUxFB

— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) January 26, 2022

I just had a patient refuse a tetanus vaccination. Curious if we are going to see eradicated and rare lethal illnesses start to resurface… the misinformation and politicalization of vaccines has to stop.

— Michelle Romeo, MD (@doctormromeo) February 10, 2022

It will be along time before we can adequately calculate the damage done by an anti-vaccine media push solely to deny Biden from fulfilling a campaign promise, but it will be immense. https://t.co/l9gsu49qk4

— Schooley (@Rschooley) February 17, 2022

In 2010, Republicans were *more* trusting of doctors' medical advice than Democrats were. Now, they trust doctors less https://t.co/nz5wEa7Egc pic.twitter.com/0VtlwPummZ

— Olga Khazan (@olgakhazan) February 16, 2022

A worrisome sign that Covid vaccine hesitancy may transfer to other vaccines. Pre-Covid, Democrats & Republicans were equally likely to get a flu shot. This year Democrats are 25 points more likely to get a flu shot than Republicans. https://t.co/Y6exd98Ncv

— (((Harry Enten))) (@ForecasterEnten) November 14, 2021

1. All 50 states have vaccine mandates for kids to attend school and have for decades.
2. The Supreme Court ruled federal vaccine mandates constitutional in 1905.
4. Fed law>state.
3. Gov. Abbott's exec order barring mandates is clearly unconstitutional. https://t.co/mRbNVSRXeF

— Richard Stengel (@stengel) October 13, 2021

Make Polio Great Again https://t.co/VpkGPKdIDl

— Tim Alberta (@TimAlberta) October 13, 2021

This is an inevitable endpoint for a party that has spent years fanning a revolt against "elites" and "experts." And yet another example of how difficult it will become through the 2020s, on the current trajectory, for red & blue America to coexist in any productive way. https://t.co/G4mgsEcTlf

— Ronald Brownstein (@RonBrownstein) October 13, 2021

If you listen closely, you can hear the 2024 RNC crowd chanting now: "We want diphtheria! We want diphtheria!"https://t.co/7CxVyxybzG

— Rachel Maddow MSNBC (@maddow) October 13, 2021

In both the "urgh" and "of course they are" categories:

Some prominent anti-vaccine activists are actively pro-Putin—with a strong current of anti-Semitism running through many of the Ukraine conspiracy theories.

Fantastic reporting by @kieraevebutler:https://t.co/4wHsRloJFF

— James West (@jameswest2010) March 2, 2022

White House officials “substantially edited” at least one of the newly issued CDC documents on school reopenings, officials familiar with the documents tell The Washington Post. https://t.co/LoRkcc3bM7

— JM Rieger (@RiegerReport) July 25, 2020

Dr. Anthony Fauci confirms @NewsHour there was political interference w/ CDC reports by an Administration official, now being investigated by House Dems. "There was a person at HHS who was trying to influence what was said. That person is not there. It's no longer a problem."

— Murrey Jacobson (@MurreyJacobson) December 21, 2020

Ivanka screened CDC guidelines, & then made changes—overruling scientists/scientific data. “Demoralizing to spend your entire career preparing for a pandemic, & then have to answer to Ivanka Trump.” Her overruling scientists has severely damaged the CDC.https://t.co/GXBLISzbJ5

— Arctic Friend (@FriendEden100) December 19, 2020

"Every time that the science clashed with the messaging, messaging won": Two Trump appointees at CDC break their silence to describe political interference by the White House and HHS as the pandemic grew. ⁦@noahweiland⁩ https://t.co/i9kLTFcY0u

— Peter Baker (@peterbakernyt) December 16, 2020

New: CDC director Robert Redfield accused by House watchdog of trying to "conceal and destroy evidence" of political interference with coronavirus scientific guidance. @LennyMBernstein, @bylenasun: https://t.co/Xutwq2B1Dw

— Glenn Kessler (@GlennKesslerWP) December 10, 2020

NEW:

👉CDC official told House Coronavirus Select Committee she was ordered to delete email suggesting political concerns behind effort to change data about coronavirus and children.https://t.co/tBnE8DmASb via @nbcnews

— Heidi Przybyla (@HeidiNBC) December 10, 2020

Morale at the CDC has turned "toxic," according to 4 current and 2 former staffers, with one saying the election could be a "tipping point" for a mass exodus if President Trump wins. https://t.co/VfUdzqhIKu

— NBC News (@NBCNews) October 25, 2020

Perspective: The CDC has become enmeshed in politics. But it’s not unique to the Trump administration. https://t.co/Esps6fHBUE

— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) October 23, 2020

The White House has installed political appointees at the CDC to try to control the information it releases about the coronavirus, officials told AP. The administration seeks to paint a positive outlook, sometimes at odds with the scientific evidence. https://t.co/eyaigzOilo

— The Associated Press (@AP) October 16, 2020

More than 1,000 current and former officers of an elite disease-fighting program at the CDC have signed an letter expressing dismay at the nation’s response to the Covid-19 pandemic and calling for the federal agency to play a more central role."https://t.co/7YXTkMidT5

— Rachel Maddow MSNBC (@maddow) October 16, 2020

NEW: The Trump administration in June installed two political appointees to CDC headquarters who have no public health background.

They have instead been tasked with keeping an eye its scientists and Dr. Robert Redfield, the agency director https://t.co/grWIlMCr3s

— Jonathan Lemire (@JonLemire) October 16, 2020

Absolutely stunning. A must read to the very end. https://t.co/G14Y5JbPWs

— Ali Zaslav (@alizaslav) October 16, 2020

The inside story of how Trump’s Covid coordinator Deborah Birx undermined CDC and created a hospital data “debacle” with perilous implications. My latest investigation for @ScienceMagazine https://t.co/ghSnHwVC1c

— Charles Piller (@cpiller) October 14, 2020

“Birx replaced a functional, if imperfect, CDC data system—well understood by hospitals and state health departments—with an error-ridden and unreliable filter on hospital needs that sometimes displays nonsensical data, such as negative numbers of beds.” https://t.co/zUK2gbwwQs

— Daniel W. Drezner (@dandrezner) October 14, 2020

Battered by Trump, the CDC's director faces pressure to speak out https://t.co/v0PUOUbeUx pic.twitter.com/0kCwFmqeeN

— Yahoo News (@YahooNews) October 12, 2020

A former CDC director has written a private letter to the current director, Dr. Robert Redfield, urging him to expose the Trump administration’s mishandling of the coronavirus pandemic — even if it means getting fired. https://t.co/me8PQ77C27

— The New York Times (@nytimes) October 7, 2020

This private letter to the head of the CDC from one of his predecessors is just shattering.

It says: "the biggest challenge in a century and we let the country down"

It adds that his role is "servant to the public," not "servant to a corrupt president"https://t.co/yIl8HsInEk pic.twitter.com/KMiBBacon7

— Greg Sargent (@ThePlumLineGS) October 7, 2020

Former CDC director to current @CDCDirector: "Apologize for what has happened and your role in acquiescing. Don’t shy away from the fact this has been an unacceptable toll on our country. It is a slaughter and not just a political dispute.”https://t.co/QQH2XrODbD

— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) October 7, 2020

Just reported on MSNBC: the CDC has been prohibited from doing contact tracing for any of the COVID infections at the White House or Trump's contacts.

— John Oberlin (@OMGno2trump) October 5, 2020

The White House overruled the director of the CDC on a request to keep a ban on cruises in effect into 2021 https://t.co/Sqo61qgBFZ

— The Daily Beast (@thedailybeast) September 29, 2020

New: CDC boss Robert Redfield was overruled when he pushed to extend a "no-sail order" on passenger cruises into next year, according to two sources with direct knowledge of the conversation today in the White House Situation Room. https://t.co/6juhcghI5G

— Jonathan Swan (@jonathanvswan) September 29, 2020

NEW: Top White House officials spent weeks pressuring the C.D.C. over the summer to downplay the risk of sending children back to school. W/ ⁦@noahweiland⁩ ⁦@SharonLNYT⁩ https://t.co/1WFLNDRX94

— Mark Mazzetti (@MarkMazzettiNYT) September 29, 2020

"Everything he says is false," says CDC head Robert Redfield, in overheard phone call, of new Trump COVID-19 adviser Dr. Scott Atlas https://t.co/SVU24JHUB2

— Jonathan Lemire (@JonLemire) September 28, 2020

The @CDCgov reversed a reversal of a stupid guidance — so it went reasonable-to-stupid-to-smart-back to stupid on whether #SARSCoV2 is airborne transmissible. It is. Clearly. But CDC now says no — less than 24 hrs after saying yes.
I smell @WhiteHouse meddling, again. Just 😷 https://t.co/q1sXyAbV2P

— Laurie Garrett (@Laurie_Garrett) September 21, 2020

COVID being airborne is politically inconvenient. https://t.co/z1gfM16UGJ

— Stephanie Ruhle (@SRuhle) September 21, 2020

CDC Didn’t Write Testing Guidance Published on Its Website, Officials Say

A controversial guideline saying people without Covid-19 symptoms didn’t need to get tested for the virus came from HHS officials and skipped the CDC’s scientific review process.https://t.co/1yQ6AJ23ST

— Joe Bruno (@JoeBrunoWSOC9) September 17, 2020