Democratic members of the #House select subcommittee on the coronavirus pandemic defended Dr. Anthony #Fauci ahead of Monday's hearing about the #US’ #COVID19#pandemic response, policies & transparency.
The representatives blasted #Republicans’ claims of Fauci’s involvement in starting [for real they had to say this] or covering up the pandemic as a “dangerous” & “cartoonish” narrative.
“The Select subcmte has become an echo chamber of #extreme narratives intended to vilify our nation's #PublicHealth ofcls. Rather than tackling forward-looking reforms to strengthen public #health data collection, improve future testing & contact tracing capacity or address the inequities that we laid bare by the #pandemic, our majority colleagues have spent time & #taxpayer dollars fishing for evidence to back up their most extreme members’ claims about Dr. Fauci,” said #Democrat Rep Raul Ruiz.
“This investigation of Dr. #Fauci shows that he is an honorable #PublicServant, committed to #PublicHealth & he is not a comic book supervillain. He did not fund research to create the #Covid19 pandemic. He did not lie to #Congress about gain of function research in #Wuhan. And he did not organize a lab leak suppression campaign to cover his tracks. These are outrageous concoctions, fabrications & distortions,” #Democrat Rep #JamieRaskin said.
Dr #Fauci dismisses ‘preposterous’ allegations that he led #covid coverup
The infectious-disease expert said #Republicans have distorted emails between #scientists as they discussed whether a lab leak of the coronavirus was possible.
Fauci defended himself against claims that he orchestrated a coverup of the #coronavirus#pandemic’s origins, w/the fmr govt official rejecting some allegations as “simply preposterous.”
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It’s #NewstodonFriday — such a shame it’s been a slow news week! Just to refresh your memories, this is a day to feature work from newsrooms with an active presence in the #Fediverse. If you like what you see in the (long!) thread below, follow the profiles and boost their stories. If you’re a journo or newsroom that we don’t know about or if there’s a newsroom you’d love to put on our radar, please let us know in the comments below.
San Francisco’s mental health care and detention system is under enormous strain. Here’s a story from @SFPublicPress about the vicious cycle that occurs as distressed people fall through the cracks in the system.
"The states that mandated paid sick or family leave for hourly workers are in mostly-white states. Given that nearly 20% of low-wage workers are Black, that means they are disproportionately more likely to live in an area where they can't care for themselves or their loved ones if they fall ill during the work week."
Gunna have to make multiple reminders a day on my phone cuz this fucking sucksssss. I have friends with Lyme’s disease and it’s like another form of long #covid#ontario#ottawa#onpoli#publichealth
"Latin America is experiencing its worst dengue fever outbreak on record. Case numbers in the first 4 ½ months of 2024 are already 238% higher than they were by this time last year, which itself ended with a record 4.1 million cases, according to the Pan American Health Organization. Cases are more than 400% higher than the five-year average."
"The very first canon of nursing … is this: to keep the air [the patient] breathes as pure as the external air, without chilling him.” —Florence Nightingale, c. 1850
Our #PublicHealth systems have learned nothing in 175 years
"A bold project to adopt a pandemic 'treaty' at this week’s World Health Assembly was shelved on Friday as 2 1/2 years of work ran into disagreements over sharing information about pathogens that cause pandemics and the technology used to fight them.
Experts say the best chance now to address pandemics at the assembly will be proposed changes to the WHO’s International Health Regulations, which were set up in 2004."
The CDC’s reported COVID wastewater levels by state show that viral activity is currently “Very High” in Hawaii and “High” in Utah, Wyoming, and Maine. Wastewater levels are “Low” or “Minimal” across all other reporting states and territories as of May 23
"The country's ambulance service is funded by Te Whatu Ora - Heath New Zealand and ACC, which fund about 82 percent of the service, at a cost of about $380 million a year.
The rest is made up through donations, and a part charge of $98 for patients transported by ambulance."