Laurie Garrett
@Laurie_Garrett
Followers
217K
Following
14K
Media
10K
Statuses
111K
Member @CFR_org. Recipient of Pulitzer Prize, Polk (3Xs) and Peabody Awards. Author: I Heard theSirensScream, TheComingPlague, Ebola & BetrayalofTrust.
New York, NY
Joined May 2011
This is a roaring glacial melt, under the bridge to Kangerlussiauq, Greenland where it's 22C today and Danish officials say 12 billions tons of ice melted in 24 hours, yesterday.
3K
58K
77K
Logan Act. Logan Act. Logan Act. Logan Act. Logan Act. Logan Act. Logan Act. Logan Act. Logan Act. Logan Act. Logan Act. Logan Act. Logan Act. Logan Act. Logan Act. Logan Act. Logan Act. Logan Act. Logan Act. Logan Act. Logan Act. Logan Act. Logan Act. Logan Act. Logan Act.
Holy shit. Donald Trump just admitted to meeting with Putin after he left office!!.
3K
13K
60K
Germans know fascism when they see it. Today the nation's top magazine, Stern, declares @POTUS @realDonaldTrump a Nazi. Yesterday Chancellor Angela Merkel came to the defense of US Congress "Squad.".
2K
24K
50K
148
5K
20K
Stop whatever you're doing and read the @WhiteHouse plan for complete reorganization of the entire federal government. I have tweeted some highlights, but honestly can't begin to capture the horror. Overall, it privatizes a lot, cuts, & consolidates power.
2K
20K
16K
The NAM just awarded #TonyFauci a second citation -- the first in the history of the Academy of Medicine, for "outstanding service as a trusted advisor to six Presidents" and "firm leadership in the #COVID19 crisis" -- .1st ever to any scientist. Fauci: "I'm rendered speechless."
341
5K
14K
The President tweeted today that he is healed and "immune". Twitter deemed the tweet false #COVID19 information.
459
4K
12K
This isn't happening because you failed to recycle a plastic bag last week. This is happening because the CEOS, Boards and stockholders of the fossil fuel industry are willing to burn Earth to keep profits up. Here they are:
World elite have sold out the future of every living being on planet Earth.A two-out-of-three chance within the next 5 years that the world will hit devastating 1. 5 C .With a strong El Nino do not be surprised if it happens even as early as next year
296
5K
11K
The Northern Atlantic Ocean is heating up so rapidly that it is literally, nearly off the charts. Pay heed. This is well beyond record-breaking.
2K
5K
12K
If you thought @POTUS #Biden was going o shuffle off into retirement, think again. The @WhiteHouse is flooding the field w/Executive orders, new appointments, regulatory initiatives for the environment -- Biden's determined to reshape the govt & hand it off to Harris in January.
🚨 BREAKING: President Biden is set to announce major Supreme Court reforms on Monday, likely including term limits and an enforceable ethics code. He's also expected to advocate for a constitutional amendment to limit presidential immunity. THIS IS HUGE! 👏 👏 👏
1K
3K
9K
I said we'd reach 2,000 deaths/day & 200,000 cases/dy by Thanksgiving. And you said I was a scare-monger. Well, here we are: it's agonizing. At this rate, we'll hit 12 M cumulative cases in 1 day & 260,000 deaths in 3 days. If this keeps up, the Christmas tolls will be ghastly.
483
4K
10K
ATTN!.While you were sleeping #Trump issued an edict that eliminates job protections for tens of thousands (maybe millions) of federal employees, all involved in policy-making. It paves the way for a mass firing of govt employees. MORE.
8K
2K
8K
Pulling my jaw off the floor:."The Presidential oath, which the framers of the 14th Amendment surely knew, requires the President to swear to 'preserve, protect and defend' the Constitution — not to 'support' the Constitution," said the filing by Trump's attorneys. "Because the.
Trump tells court he had no duty to 'support' the Constitution as president.
423
2K
9K
GOOD NEWS.The @WhiteHouse & @HHSGov caved under pressure, restoring #COVID19 data collection to the @CDCgov .
374
3K
8K
It's stunning to me that top #COVID19 expert #TonyFauci has not been consulted by any members of President #Trump's medical team. I have confirmed this. It's astounding. If I were diagnosed w #COVID19 my first call would be Tony Fauci.
798
2K
8K
If you're not watching @JoeBiden speech right now, turn it on. This is what a President is supposed to say.
165
701
8K
WHAT A DAY IN THE #BidenAdministration -- wow. 1.) The largest prisoner swap since the Cold War, freeing 4 Americans frm Russia, among others.2.) After 20+ yrs 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed finally pleads guilty.3.) Financing for 43,000 American farmers that have
130
2K
7K
Right now the US is on track to suffer the largest, most explosive #COVID19 epidemic in the world. The surge has begun, and NYC is Ground Zero. All night I have been hearing sirens all over the City. at this moment Inhear 6 ambulances, moving in all directions. There's another.
No other country has been this far into the pandemic and still had the number of cases growing at the rates the U.S. is seeing. (
468
4K
8K
"Our schools are not your church.".
Adrienne Martin finally had enough of extremists in her deep-red community trying to get books banned and to inject religion into her child’s school. Listen to her kick-ass speech before the Granbury Texas school board. It’s going viral for a reason. @MrsAMartini
521
2K
7K
Just got off the air @MSNBC w @AliVelshi & Zeke Emmanuel, where they announced that I have joined the @NBCNews team as a Science Contributor. Looking forward to more opportunities to dissect the #COVID19 #pandemic .
440
708
7K
Many of my colleagues have started demanding that their cable providers make @FoxNews a special add-on, rather than a required component of basic cable, in light of the #DominionvFox revelations.
320
2K
7K
Please, don't travel for the Holidays. We are at the very beginning of a gargantuan surge in #COVID19 in the U.S.
204
3K
7K
In #Canada🇨🇦 there have cumulatively been 228,079 cases and 10,082 deaths. In the USA🇺🇸 we've reached a dismal 8.9 million cases with 227,663 deaths. Canada's total caseload is about = to our death toll. Is it not long overdue for America to ask, "What is Canada doing right?".
473
1K
7K
In the last 45 minutes two friends have informed me they have #COVID19 -- one of whom I shared an outdoor dinner with on Saturday. Two other friends I saw over the weekend -- also outdoors -- say they may have been exposed. This scale of things hasn't happened in our prior surges.
532
1K
7K
ICYMI the House #Republicans finally released a U.S. budget, countering the #BidenAdministration proposal. The GOP budget:.- cuts $1.5 trillion from Social Security.- raises Medicare costs & cuts caps on pharma fees.- cuts Medicaid, ACA/Obamacare & the Children’s. MORE
894
5K
6K
What Orban is saying here implicates Trump in violation of the Logan Act.
Make no mistake about it: if Trump goes back to the Oval Office, he’ll hand over Ukraine to Putin on a silver platter.
229
3K
6K
My sources @WhiteHouse say 2 tactics will be used to get America open & #Trump reelected. 1.) Cast doubts on all #COVID19 death numbers & try to get Americans to disbelieve their health depts. & @CDCgov rpts. and.2.) Use Exec Order powers to "create demand" for. MORE.
492
5K
6K
Much has been made of USA's poor #COVID19 performance vs Europe's. But a FAR more meaningful contrast is USA v Canada. We share a 5,525 mile border, language & trade. Since Mar 21 the border's been closed. And:.🇨🇦 107,197 cases, 8,732 dead.🇺🇸 2,852,807 cases, 129,718 dead
349
4K
6K
THIS IS HUGE: The @WhiteHouse is pushing @US_FDA to approve a #SARSCoV2 #vaccine for use before the elections, WITHOUT completing safety and efficacy studies. It was bad enough to rush the process, but bypassing it entirely? This is the definition of insanity.
Politics over science: Debate is raging over whether FDA should use emergency powers to clear a #coronavirus vaccine before the completion of clinical trials
543
4K
6K
The latest: The global total #COVID19 caseload is approaching 1/4 million. And the USA has moved up from the 8th largest, to 6th largest national epidemic. Italy has about half as many cases as China, but nearly 400 more deaths. It's all pretty ominous.
465
3K
7K
I'm mystified by these outdoor restaurant eating bubbles. Fresh open air is the reason to feel #COVID19 safe, dining outdoors. But if you're inside a nearly airtight bubble, aren't you defeating the whole purpose of "outdoors" & sitting in a virus-laden micro-atmosphere?
462
767
6K
🆕This is unprecedented in US history: 7 US govt agencies issue a joint statement warning that foreign powers intend to manipulate the American 2020 elections, calling on Congress and @WhiteHouse to act aggressively to "protect democracy in America.".🆘‼️🇺🇸.
JUST IN: DOJ, DOD, DHS, DNI, FBI, NSA, and CISA release joint statement on 2020 election security, warning, "Russia, China, Iran, and other foreign malicious actors all will seek to interfere in the voting process or influence voter perceptions."
217
4K
5K
I'm not sure who generated this, but I'm awfully glad it's making the rounds on social media.
218
2K
5K
I completely agree. Jon Stewart broke my heart with this.
Scientists, and the very ideals of science, are under attack on many fronts. This is dangerous and shortsighted. So I was dismayed to hear Jon Stewart add to the "questioning" when he went on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert this week. My thoughts here.
705
707
6K
Antarctica is in deep Winter right now --- it should be 100% sub-zero with thick sea ice ringing the continent right now. BUT. #ClimateCatastrophe.
6
35
47
Get this, America?.In South Korea, the government issued a national 😷😷 mandate because of 200 cases. 200. Today in the USA we had 170,000+ new cases in a single day. But, meh. Masks? Shrug. Come on!.
South Korea imposes face mask fines after COVID-19 cases rise above 200
182
2K
5K
An unvaxed teacher carrying the #DeltaVariant, with mild #COVID19 symptoms passed virus to 55% of students, as far away as 5 rows, while reading to class w/out wearing a mask. Marin, California.
506
4K
5K
Think about that: More than 70% of ICU beds countrywide are full. We are in a #COVID19 crisis.
The current ICU bed situation nationwide, per HHS. More than 70% of ICU beds are full in most states--mostly for non-COVID-19 patients. As we approach winter, there's less excess capacity.
245
2K
5K
I hope this isn't too much horn-tooting, but I'm so excited. My diploma just arrived in late delivery, from Rutgers University.
430
158
5K
They are dancing and singing "Y.M.C.A." now at #RNCConvention2024 -- do #Republicans not know what the song is about?.
485
717
4K
My entire neighborhood has erupted in shouting, screaming, honking , cheers, dancing!!@@!.
134
289
5K
Amazing.
Jen Psaki says the U.S. will hit Pres. Biden’s doubled goal of 200 million shots on Thursday, more than a week ahead of schedule
84
600
5K
Two #Republicans broke ranks in Texas. "In a shocking and last-minute turn of events, a bill that would raise the minimum age to purchase AR-15 style semiautomatic rifles from 18 to 21 passed out of a House select committee Monday, advancing the bill hours.
141
647
5K
In 4 earth-shattering decisions this term, #SCOTUS gutted authority from all federal regulatory agencies. These are very radical decisions – essentially overturning all the sentiments of our nation’s founders debated in The Federalist Papers. In this 🧵I'll lay it out.
133
2K
5K
After 2.5 hours standing in line in subfreezing temp for my "appointment " I finally got the @moderna_tx #COVID19 Vaccine. Hooray! But looking around, 90% of vax recipients are under 35 yr old white folks, in downtown #Brooklyn. This is messed up.
527
900
4K
Given the scale of tragedy and suffering #HurricaneHelene has brought to FL, GA, NC, TN it is astounding that @POTUS #Biden has to beg the #Republican House to do its job. "I write to you regarding the needs of the Nation."
105
2K
4K
This says it all.
260
2K
4K
This is appalling. The @WhiteHouse stripped @CDCgov of its data-collection responsibilities for #COVID19. @HHSGov hired a private company to take over. The data is now useless, insane. Call/write your Congressional Rep & say we need #pandemic truth in America.
Once again, the state data on current COVID-19 hospitalizations is unstable. CA, SC, and TX have all posted notices stating their hosp. data is incomplete because of the HHS changeover. We’ve maintained the freeze on their hospitalization data again. More on that tomorrow.
234
3K
4K
I can't get over this. I've watched @WhiteHouse Cheif over and over, and I'm still flabbergasted by this complete resignation to #COVID19 defeat. While America waits for cures & #vaccines another 200,000 of us -- or more -- will die.
391
1K
4K
The original #Disneyland is in Anaheim, CA. Decades later, #DisneyWorld was built in Orlando, FL. Thanks to @GovRonDeSantis right-wing hostility, #Disney has abandoned plans to expand in FL; instead will radically update & improve its original California site. CA wins, FL loses.
Great news for the city of Anaheim.
628
817
4K
Turn up the volume and listen to the sound of a city in the grips of #COVID19 . Every siren wailing is carrying more lives to an already overcrowded hospital. And every siren signifies an EMT crew risking their lives to save others. #coronavirus
240
2K
4K
Stellar, detailed reporting from Florida on Gov. DeSantis orders to downplay and cover up the true extent of #COVID19 in his state, leading up to the elections.
227
2K
4K
In presser live now @WhiteHouse #Biden officials announce they are invoking the Defense Production Act to boost PPE-making & manufacture of components @pfizer needs to speed #COVID19 #vaccine production.
91
921
4K
I shouldn't need to mention this, but I will. I got my first dose of the @moderna_tx #COVID19 #vaccine and I feel terrific. Zero side effects of any kind, and hope that within a few days my body will be cranking out protective antibodies by the trillions. Good night. Sleep tight.
173
322
4K
I have just tested + for #COVID19 -- my 1st time. I wear masks, but hardly anybody else does. Went to 6 pharmacies in search of #Paxlovid . only one has the drug, but declined insurance & demanded $1600.38 for 5-day supply. Outrageous. @kavitapmd.@celinegounder.
2K
1K
4K
God bless the Sturgis motorcycle rally of more than 450,000 mostly maskless bikers -- this is its long predicted outcome.
Covid-19 is surging in North Dakota, South Dakota, Wisconsin and Utah
233
1K
3K
I worked with United Farmworkers in college. Despite my youth, I could never keep up, even w/women 3 times my age. I learned what "back-breaking work" is. The food you eat is mostly picked by workers who are paid by volume, not time, so speed dictates $. Try doing this for 8 hrs.
FYI she earns $1.86 per 60 bundles of radishes, and she paid more state and federal taxes than the president did. #WeFeedYou .
55
1K
4K
His ignorance is astonishing. Putting an immediate cessation on ALL drug development and infectious diseases researfch invites billions of $s worth of lawsuits, as NIH would have to break contracts with 100s of research universities and scientists. And you can't SNAP make.
Dear MAGA, friends & family. RFK Jr. wants to immediately stop the development of new drugs for cancer, Alzheimers & other illnesses for eight years. Hope your family stays healthy. Is this what you signed up for when you voted?
320
1K
4K
When exposed to #SARSCoV2 why does one person have no illness, while another is soon in ICU?.Dose. Controlled study in monkeys shows the dose of viruses inhaled is a key factor determining the severity of the disease. Seems obvious, yet this is new.
250
1K
4K
All over NYC yesterday via bike I saw huge, blocks-long lines for #COVID19 tests. I hope the folks realize a negative test on Saturday doesn't ensure safety for all if you gather for Thanksgiving on Thursday, especially if travel is involved.
97
676
3K
Every health expert in the Nation asked you to stay home #Thanksgiving2020 . And this is how America responded. If you think we are having a bad #COVID19 surge now, wait to see what happens 7-10 dys after all of these folks travel back home from the Holidays.
This footage from Flight Radar 24 shows the heavy level of air traffic on Monday, Nov 23. Despite CDC guidelines that Americans refrain from travel, an estimated 2M Americans are expected to fly somewhere this Thanksgiving week
431
2K
3K
The epidemic has exceeded 90,000 official cases. #COVID19.4,335 South Korea.2,036 Italy.1,501 Iran
234
2K
4K
Last year, "Analysis of nearly 1 million Danish health records found patients who tested + for #COVID19 were more likely to be diagnosed with #Alzheimer’s disease, #Parkinson’s disease & stroke." NOW, US researchers say they know how this happens. MORE.
134
2K
4K
This is THE best musical tribute to #MelaniaTrump any New Yorker could ask for. Brilliant, from @LauraBenanti via @StephenAtHome --- The BIG🍎 thanks you! 🗽. @MaryLTrump @NYCMayor @NYGovCuomo @BCEFA @CoreyinNYC @NydiaVelazquez @SenSchumer .
First Lady @LauraBenanti heads to New York City and fills us in on her post-White House plans. #Benania
78
756
3K
Powerful stuff here --- Send it to everybody you know who declines to social distance and scrupulously wear masks. "Whatever happened to decency and humanity," asks a nurse who got #COVID19 from a patient.
‘I’m pretty much fighting two wars: a war against COVID and a war against stupidity’ — This front-line doctor in Texas is absolutely OVER anti-maskers’ ignorance
99
2K
3K
I'm in a zoom mtg now w/top #Trump advisor:.- Says he ABSOLUTELY WILL NOT concede.- few legal options right now to contest.- Electoral College is next target: claims there are "faithless electors" who can be turned for 20 states. Working on it now. Electors meet Dec 14th.
945
2K
3K
Greetings from "ghost town" New York City, where the TGIF crowds are so thick, it's tough to maneuver your bike, and elegant 5-star restaurants have waiting lists out to New Years Eve. Just another #Trump lie.
131
635
3K
Under the Plan, the govt sells off the US Postal Service, FAA, eliminates more than a 1/3rd of the US Public Health Corps, restructures all foreign aid & development programs, and places every single domestic program for poor families & children under a single welfare authority.
252
4K
3K
After days of pleading for test kits the #COVID19 - afflicted nursing home in Kirkland WA finally got some & screened 35 of their residents -- 31 came back positive.
187
3K
3K
Exccellent point. Looks like #SCOTUS violated the Constitution with yesterday's ruling on Presidential immunity:.
It seems like the SCOTUS immunity ruling violates the plain text of the Constitution. Article 1, Section 3 ⤵️
240
2K
3K
Yesterday during the insurrection Members of the House & Senate were evacuated into a shared space, where many #Republicans refused to wear #COVID19 masks.
300
2K
3K
I've been sick for 3 days. No, not #COVID19 -- just a bad cold. But if I've been wearing 2 masks & staying 6' distances, how did I catch a cold?.Best answer: Let my guard down on hand-washing. Careful, folks.
289
525
3K
Mr. President, please reexamine these comments you made on Sept. 21 -- at yet another mostly-maskless rally. "Almost nobody" gets sick from #COVID19 , you said. Your base believes you. If you actually care about their health, please warn them to get tested and wear 😷😷.
191
1K
3K
Dr. Fauci says he’d ‘be certain that we’d still have polio in this country’ if the type of vaccine misinformation that is being spread today existed decades ago
166
917
3K
Looks like you're losing a talking point, #DonaldTrump2024 .September Border Patrol encounters lowest since the pandemic
71
2K
3K
61
308
3K
I forgot how great her rebuttal was. She warned us. .
In my opinion, this was one of the most complete, SAVAGE breakdowns of trump's bullshit "rigged" accusations anyone has ever done. Hillary Clinton was right about everything.
117
929
3K
That didn't take long. .
The first cruise to depart in the Caribbean since the beginning of the pandemic has come to an abrupt end after one passenger tested positive for #Covid19
163
661
3K