Coronavirus Tidbits #181 2/27/22
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New Post:
Can Phages Help Where Antibiotics Have Failed?
This is a full feature and explainer on the current status of phage therapy for antibiotic resistance.
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https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/969001
News
Omicron:
WHO says Omicron subvariant BA.2 is not more virulent
https://blognamic.com/who-says-omicron-subvariant-is-not-more-virulent-science/
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BA.2 Slowly (so far) increasing in US
(unlike rapid growth overseas)
BA.2 has now been found from coast to coast and accounts for an estimated 3.9% all new infections nationally, according to the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. It appears to be doubling fast.
“If it doubles again to 8%, that means we’re into the exponential growth phase and we may be staring at another wave of COVID-19 coming in the U.S.,” says Samuel Scarpino, the manager director of pathogen surveillance at the Rockefeller Foundation.
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Other:
The C.D.C. Isn’t Publishing Large Portions of the Covid Data It Collects
The agency has withheld critical data on boosters, hospitalizations and, until recently, wastewater analyses.
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/20/health/covid-cdc-data.html
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Laws Stripping Public Health Powers a ‘Terrifying Step Back,’ Says Former HHS Chief
https://www.medpagetoday.com/publichealthpolicy/publichealth/97336?
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Over 5 Million Kids Have Been Orphaned From COVID-19, Estimates Show
– Updated model finds “heartbreaking” levels of orphanhood in 2021
https://www.medpagetoday.com/infectiousdisease/covid19/97352?
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ECMO therapy cuts Covid-19 patients’ chance of dying by half, if they can get it
For extremely sick patients,an advanced form of life support called extracorporeal membrane oxygenation, or ECMO, cuts the risk of dying from Covid-19 by half, according to a new study by researchers at Vanderbilt University. But at the height of the pandemic, many patients couldn’t get the treatment because there weren’t enough beds, machines or skilled staff to care for them, the study found. Nearly 90% of patients who met Vanderbilt’s stringent criteria to receive ECMO, but couldn’t get in for care, died. https://www.cnn.com/2022/02/25/health/ecmo-cuts-covid-19-death-risk/index.html ~ ~ ~
Researchers find COVID-19 virus causing testicular damage and atrophy
Researchers at the Department of Microbiology of The University of Hong Kong (HKU) have found that the COVID19 virus can cause acute testicular damage, chronic asymmetric testicular atrophy, and hormonal changes in hamsters despite a light pneumonia.
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2022-02-covid-virus-testicular-atrophy.html?
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One in three young people say they felt happier during lockdown
…with potential contributing factors including feeling less lonely, avoiding bullying and getting more sleep and exercise, according to researchers at the universities of Cambridge and Oxford.
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2022-02-young-people-felt-happier-lockdown.html?
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Workforce in nursing homes, other healthcare areas shrank amid COVID
The largest declines in employment in 2020 were in dentists’ offices (10.0%) and SNFs (8.4%), while the smallest declines occurred in hospitals (2.5%) and physicians’ offices (4.6%). Other healthcare sectors rebounded to prepandemic employment levels in 2021, but SNFs saw even more declines (13.6% relative to 2019) despite having the largest wage increases (9.5% in 2020 and 6.3% in 2021).
Feb 25 JAMA Health Forum research letter
https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/news-perspective/2022/02/news-scan-feb-25-2022
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COVID-19 genetic risk variant protects against HIV
by Max Planck Society FEBRUARY 21, 2022
The genetic variants we are born with can increase or decrease our risk of falling seriously ill with COVID-19. The major genetic risk variant for severe COVID-19, one we inherited from Neandertals, is surprisingly common. This raises the question whether it may actually be of advantage to carry this variant. A study by Hugo Zeberg, a researcher at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology (MPI-EVA) in Germany and Karolinska Institutet in Sweden, now shows that the same gene variant that increases the risk of falling seriously ill with COVID-19 protects from another serious disease-it reduces a person’s risk of contracting HIV by 27 percent. This study is published in PNAS…
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2022-02-covid-genetic-variant-hiv.html
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Why do older people carry much higher risk of death w/ Covid?
— Eric Topol (@EricTopol) February 25, 2022
It may not be as simple as immunosenescence. Interferon auto-antibodies likely play a key role.
A prize winning essay @ScienceMagazine https://t.co/ue5LQMQYHu pic.twitter.com/obcx4kO8A4
Diagnostics:
still an incredible, negligent last of testing.
Drugs and Vaccines:
Allergic reaction to your first COVID shot? Risk of another is low, study finds
So, you had a severe allergic reaction to your first COVID-19 shot. Does that doom you to the same after your second shot?
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2022-02-allergic-reaction-covid-shot.html?
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Will a rising Omicron variant scramble antibody treatments?
The BA.2 COVID variant now spreading worldwide disarms a crucial monoclonal-antibody therapy in laboratory tests.
Nature Freda Kreier 23 February 2022
The rapidly spreading BA.2 variant of SARS-CoV-2 could once again make doctors rethink antibody treatments for COVID-19.
Manufactured immune molecules called monoclonal antibodies are essential for keeping people with COVID-19 out of hospital. Now, early laboratory data1,2 hint that the key antibody sotrovimab could lose effectiveness against the rapidly spreading BA.2 variant. Sotrovimab is one of the few therapies for COVID-19 caused by the Omicron variant, which overpowers several antibody treatments that were effective against previous strains.
Just in time, US regulators have given emergency approval to another monoclonal antibody, bebtelovimab, that inhibits both the original Omicron strain3 and BA.21 in laboratory assays.
But for many researchers, the sotrovimab findings are a testament to the uphill battle of keeping up with SARS-CoV-2 as it evolves to evade immune systems, antibody treatments and vaccines.
Most antibody treatments target and attach to SARS-CoV-2’s spike protein, which the virus uses to enter cells. But the protein is also a hotbed for mutations as the coronavirus evolves to evade the immune system.
Omicron, for example, has dozens of new mutations in its spike protein. These might explain why two monoclonal-antibody cocktails used to treat the highly virulent Delta variant proved powerless against Omicron4. That left sotrovimab as the only FDA-approved monoclonal-antibody treatment option for infected people at high risk of developing severe COVID-19.
The first known variant of Omicron, named BA.1, remains the most prevalent variety of the virus in many countries, including the United States and the United Kingdom. But cases of BA.2, which is related to BA.15, are rising in countries including Denmark, India and China.
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-022-00419-6
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Reported cases of multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children aged 12-20 years in the USA who received a COVID-19 vaccine, December, 2020, through August, 2021: a surveillance investigation
The Lancet Anna R Yousaf, MD, et al. February 22, 2022
Multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C) is a hyperinflammatory condition associated with antecedent SARS-CoV-2 infection. In the USA, reporting of MIS-C after vaccination is required under COVID-19 vaccine emergency use authorisations. We aimed to investigate reports of individuals aged 12-20 years with MIS-C after COVID-19 vaccination reported to passive surveillance systems or through clinician outreach to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Findings
Using surveillance results from Dec 14, 2020, to Aug 31, 2021, we identified 21 individuals with MIS-C after COVID-19 vaccination. Of these 21 individuals, median age was 16 years (range 12-20); 13 (62%) were male and eight (38%) were female. All 21 were hospitalised: 12 (57%) were admitted to an intensive care unit and all were discharged home. 15 (71%) of 21 individuals had laboratory evidence of past or recent SARS-CoV-2 infection, and six (29%) did not. As of Aug 31, 2021, 21 335 331 individuals aged 12-20 years had received one or more doses of a COVID-19 vaccine, making the overall reporting rate for MIS-C after vaccination 1·0 case per million individuals receiving one or more doses in this age group. The reporting rate in only those without evidence of SARS-CoV-2 infection was 0·3 cases per million vaccinated individuals.
Interpretation
Here, we describe a small number of individuals with MIS-C who had received one or more doses of a COVID-19 vaccine before illness onset; the contribution of vaccination to these illnesses is unknown. Our findings suggest that MIS-C after COVID-19 vaccination is rare. Continued reporting of potential cases and surveillance for MIS-C illnesses after COVID-19 vaccination is warranted.
https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanchi/article/PIIS2352-4642(22)00028-1/fulltext?utm_source=
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Pfizer's quarterly profit increased 300% to $3.4 billion amid record covid vaccine sales. Its CEO got a 17% raise to $21 million.
— Dan Price (@DanPriceSeattle) February 22, 2022
Pfizer also increased prices on 100+ drugs already this year, several by more than 10%.
Love a for-profit "health" systemhttps://t.co/XGd3aRP1t5
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Source for the information above:
— Chise (@sailorrooscout) February 22, 2022
•https://t.co/my5KObpAhY
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#COVID19 #vaccination is protective not only against #infection & serious consequences of #COVID (hospitalization, death) but also against symptoms of #LongCOVID, or symptoms lasting longer than 4 weeks after the initial #SARSCOV2 #infection. #VaccinesWork https://t.co/qs4BQtXViH pic.twitter.com/3pE2F84Ss6
— Dr. Melvin Sanicas | #GetVaccinated (@Vaccinologist) February 18, 2022
Devices and Masks and CDC’s new recs:
(cont) To This.. pic.twitter.com/0zUeN8Jifw
— Kavita Patel M.D. (@kavitapmd) February 25, 2022
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AMA president says he’ll continue masking indoors regardless of CDC’s updated guidance and recommends others do the same to protect those at higher risk: pic.twitter.com/tAPZQu7CbW
— Meg Tirrell (@megtirrell) February 25, 2022
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Many of my colleagues on here have eloquently explained their concerns with the new CDC guidelines, so I’ll just add that any guidelines that include “Talk with your provider.” when 25% of Americans don’t have a PCP and 10% are uninsured is inherently problematic.
— uché blackstock, md (@uche_blackstock) February 26, 2022
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https://twitter.com/TheAngryEpi/status/1497360076658544644?s=20&t=RWmc0MLqfkvlyP9NwX37og
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The new CDC COVID prevention guidelines contain several recommendations that stigmatize immunocompromised people and place the burden on those most impacted and least resourced.
— Dr. Lucky Tran (@luckytran) February 26, 2022
That’s the opposite of public health. Our attitude should be “No one is safe until everyone is safe.” pic.twitter.com/mvbVBt1RLx
@flowermusickids; “If you’re immunocompromised, make an appointment for an in person visit w your healthcare provider to discuss the non-available option of PreP. Also, you’ll become infected with SARS2 during that visit because we at the CDC don’t recommend #ZeroTransmission standards.” @FroznOJ: “And when you get to the hospital/office they’ll make you switch out of your high quality K/N95 into a flimsy paper mask *inside* the building.”
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Masking may have put one of the 4 major flu lines into EXTINCTION. That’s how effective masking is. B/Yamagata has not been detected in circulation since May-June of 2020. Almost 2 years now. https://t.co/3Eyoxt7rvq https://t.co/jelO2OPJCs
— CZEdwards (@CZEdwards) February 19, 2022
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39/ So even with an exhalation valve, respirators are no worse than surgical masks (https://t.co/AUcEMs0bQb).
— Conor Ruzycki (@caruzycki) May 3, 2021
Epidemiology/Infection control:
in case you thought the pandemic was over in the US, 26.87% of worldwide* covid deaths yesterday occurred in the US despite making up 4.25% of the world population
— CDC hate group director (@baroque_bitch) February 25, 2022
Source: https://ourworldindata.org/covid-deaths
Tips, general reading for public:
Politics:
Just how popular are indoor mask mandates? A recent poll from the COVID States Project (conducted end of December-end of January with 22,000+ respondents) found that 69% of Americans approve of indoor mask mandates, with majorities in all 50 states.https://t.co/CfMV6J5uKq pic.twitter.com/whGGnkNUdl
— Benjy Renton (@bhrenton) February 16, 2022
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📣📣 Updated: A full year of U.S. COVID vaccination rates by partisan lean, animated:https://t.co/veMw6O8exu pic.twitter.com/YdYo5USOOF
— Charles Gaba ✡️ (@charles_gaba) February 22, 2022
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Extremists see opportunity as fury over Covid rules erupts in rural California https://t.co/DKA72ZTUv6
— Judy Stone (@DrJudyStone) February 20, 2022
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What kind of person would do this?!?https://t.co/IzvwWY6MT6
— Nikki Fried (@NikkiFried) February 20, 2022
Opinion: To restore public trust, the CDC must stop legitimizing the expulsion of asylum seekers
https://www.statnews.com/2022/02/24/cdc-stop-legitimizing-expulsion-asylum-seekers/ ~ ~ ~ LGBTQ/education 
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Don't let our classrooms look like this. pic.twitter.com/lVqcbwfniY
— Kevin Cate (@KevinCate) February 14, 2022
~ ~ ~ Help @equalityfl fight this very real bill at http://freetosaygay.org. ~ ~ ~
FOX and RT
Also some supporters of FOX: NFL Network Carvana Nordic Track Nutrisystem SouthBeachDiet Arby’s GoldenCorral IHOP Applebees PapaJohn’s NewDayUSA AngiesList HomeAdvisor T-Mobile E-Trade Amazon KraftHeinz Johnson&Johnson PetSmart Qunol Fox News gets about 65% of its revenue from cable providers…every subscriber pays Fox News about $20 per year, whether they watch the channel or not. Here are some FOX-Free alternatives: https://www.trueusa.org/fox-free-shop ~ ~ ~
Sonny Perdue, former Governor, cousin to David Perdue, former loathed by farmers AG Secretary u/TFG, has now been named the ONLY candidate for Chancellor of Georgia’s University System. Imagine the chilling effect he will have. Completely unqualified as well.
— Moehoffenstein (@Moehoffenstein) February 20, 2022
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RT is now banned in Germany and Poland.
— Sleeping Giants (@slpng_giants) February 24, 2022
On @dish, it’s “essential for any family”.
🤦 https://t.co/d5RMRPtjT4
~ ~ ~ Texas:
Holy shit. This is big.
— Sawyer Hackett (@SawyerHackett) February 23, 2022
The former chief of Texas’s power grid testified today that Greg Abbott *instructed* officials to charge the maximum amount for power during the winter storm. Texans still owe $3.4 billion. https://t.co/ehKwnnhnxi
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https://twitter.com/CarlosGSmith/status/1495481777217052676?s=20&t=RWmc0MLqfkvlyP9NwX37og
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If you hare a "duty to report" in Texas, Texas is officially saying that you have to report trans youth to family and protective services or risk losing your job. pic.twitter.com/dZKx33lraL
— Erin, Trail Mom (@ErinInTheMorn) February 23, 2022
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Thousands of applications for mail-in ballots submitted by Texas voters have been delayed — and some may ultimately not receive ballots — because Republican Dan Patrick's campaign instructed voters to send ballot requests to the wrong place.https://t.co/3iqjWZcYxK
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) February 19, 2022
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A great bipartisan move! pic.twitter.com/jkRmZ59XAv
— Thomas E. Ricks (@tomricks1) February 25, 2022
~ ~ ~ Virginia:
Good morning. We have some history being made today.
— L. Louise Lucas (@SenLouiseLucas) February 21, 2022
Glenn Youngkin is the first Virginia Governor to ever poll with a majority disapproval rating anytime in his first year in office. He did it in just over a month!
Pass it on so we all recognize his historic accomplishment.
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Virginia’s new Republican Attorney General ended a legal campaign to get the federal government to recognize the state’s ratification of the landmark Equal Rights Amendment https://t.co/OnvkP7T0OR
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) February 20, 2022
~ ~ ~ Supremes:
“Since the founding of the nation, no spouse of a sitting Supreme Court justice has been as overt a political activist as Ginni Thomas… she founded a group called Groundswell with the support of Stephen K. Bannon…” https://t.co/i1EnxqITyn
— (((Howard Forman))) (@thehowie) February 22, 2022
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‘We’re in danger of forgetting’: congressman’s warning 80 years after Japanese American incarceration https://t.co/QkvuFk7Ua9
— Judy Stone (@DrJudyStone) February 20, 2022
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#Colombia’s Highest Court Legalizes Abortion Up to 24 Weeks via @AP https://t.co/qk8vG89u5Y
— Latino Rebels (@latinorebels) February 22, 2022
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Voting:
If we can have a federal holiday to celebrate presidents, we can have one to elect them too.
— Jack Cocchiarella (@JDCocchiarella) February 21, 2022
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Former Vice Pres. Mike Pence has defended the RNC censure of GOP Reps. Liz Cheney and Adam Kinzinger, arguing that the resolution referring to Jan. 6 as "legitimate political discourse" was misconstrued. https://t.co/hqRdy4iNPg
— ABC News (@ABC) February 20, 2022
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MONTANA: Republicans removed student IDs as a valid form of voter identification and repealed Election Day registration, which is disproportionately used by younger and Native American voters—some of whom have to travel 130 miles to reach a polling place.
— Mark Rector (@markwellsrector) February 21, 2022
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NC board of elections puts out statement warning people that 3rd parties are canvassing people asking for voter reg records. Local report recently featured canvassers who came to a couple's home and demanded that a 100-year-old voter prove he was alive https://t.co/LpqUoQTiyc
— Sam Levine (@srl) February 18, 2022
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This is great. pic.twitter.com/1TzJjT68um
— Travis Akers (@travisakers) February 19, 2022
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🚨ALERT: Pennsylvania Supreme Court adopts new congressional map after lawmakers reached a stalemate in redistricting. The adopted map is expected to create 6 Democratic-leaning seats, 8 Republican-leaning seats and 3 competitive seats. https://t.co/om0GKJRrWt
— Democracy Docket (@DemocracyDocket) February 23, 2022
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BREAKING: Pamela Moses, a Black woman who was sentenced to six years in prison for a voting error, will now get a new trial. Ms. Moses has been incarcerated since December but is finally being released. https://t.co/kxUnAMdRNI
— Legal Defense Fund (@NAACP_LDF) February 25, 2022
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SPECIAL REPORT: @MiamiHerald & @elnuevoherald reporters knocked on 340 doors in Hialeah and Little Havana last week.
— Sarah Blaskey (@Blaskey_S) February 25, 2022
Four out of five voters we interviewed–141 total–had their party affiliation changed to Republican by GOP canvassers w/o their consent.https://t.co/wWkR63pVsM
Russia/Ukraine:
One of the most incredibly well written statements I've ever read in my entire life.
— Avi Bueno (@Avi_Bueno) February 22, 2022
Poetic and just absolutely stunning. https://t.co/IGboEtxWmt
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Here are some of Putin's Comrades who spent 4th of July visiting him in Moscow: pic.twitter.com/1K1vG1kNiU
— @craigblue (@HCraigBlue) February 21, 2022
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moments of "the resolve that we did" from July 25, 2019 phone call
— John Harwood (@JohnJHarwood) February 25, 2022
ZELENSKY: we are almost ready to buy more Javelins from the United States for defense purposes.
TRUMP: I would like you to do us a favor though… https://t.co/7BAcqFn4St
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Trump calling Putin’s invasion of Ukraine “genius” should be on the front page of every paper tomorrow.
— Sawyer Hackett (@SawyerHackett) February 22, 2022
I don’t see any push alerts. pic.twitter.com/VPPHKO7xHm
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What Russia is doing to attack a Democratic ally, combined with Republicans turning against Democracy for Putin, on the day Senator Rick Scott announced his 11 point political suicide plan honestly has me thinking back to these Senators & their July 14th, 2018 trip to Russia. pic.twitter.com/12vohZW7gh
— Fred Guttenberg (@fred_guttenberg) February 23, 2022
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Memory of 1938 hangs heavy in Munich as Ukrainian president calls for action https://t.co/d1joRaPWUO
— Judy Stone (@DrJudyStone) February 20, 2022
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"It is impossible to discuss US sanctions on Russia without addressing that both the GOP and the Dems are still taking money either from oligarchs or from oligarch proxies. The GOP is the worst offender overall. The worst Democrat is Nancy Pelosi." https://t.co/zKkOD7RTKW pic.twitter.com/xXvuanqGIU
— Sarah Kendzior (@sarahkendzior) February 23, 2022
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From a friend in an EU government:
— Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) February 25, 2022
"We'll let Putin come to Europe. The Hague is beautiful in the Spring."
Notable moments from Ukraine re their bravery and humor:
Rudik is a Ukrainian MP and former COO of a tech startup that was sold to Amazon for $1 billion. https://t.co/XMqSDqA1uz
— Julia Belluz (@juliaoftoronto) February 25, 2022
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New @AP reporting tonight: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy was asked to evacuate Kyiv at the behest of the U.S. government but turned down the offer. An American official tells me Zelenskyy said, “The fight is here; I need ammunition, not a ride.” pic.twitter.com/oSpa1vdX29
— James LaPorta (@JimLaPorta) February 26, 2022
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Want to read @ZelenskyyUa's full speech from last night in English with a fully transcription of both the Ukrainian and the Russian sections? @DomCruzBus did the work for you on @lawfareblog. It's an amazing speech. https://t.co/CkNb8QI6Rm
— Benjamin Wittes (@benjaminwittes) February 24, 2022
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last words for some incredibly brave ukrainians pic.twitter.com/cRYCzGRQtB
— ian bremmer (@ianbremmer) February 25, 2022
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Her sign says, “War with Ukraine is Russia’s disgrace.”
— Kevin Rothrock (@KevinRothrock) February 24, 2022
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Someone posted a photo of this 80-year-old who showed up to join the army, carrying with him a small case with 2 t-shirts, a pair of extra pants, a toothbrush and a few sandwiches for lunch. He said he was doing it for his grandkids. pic.twitter.com/bemD24h6Ae
— Kateryna Yushchenko (@KatyaYushchenko) February 24, 2022
~ ~ ~ This woman gives me something to aspire to:
Ukrainian woman confronts Russian soldiers in Henychesk, Kherson region. Asks them why they came to our land and urges to put sunflower seeds in their pockets [so that flowers would grow when they die on the Ukrainian land] pic.twitter.com/ztTx2qK7kB
— UkraineWorld (@ukraine_world) February 24, 2022
Feel good du jour:
Her son survives on one food. When the FDA recalled it, she put out a plea asking whether anyone had some to spare. https://t.co/q86sk60BK4
— Judy Stone (@DrJudyStone) February 27, 2022
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Usually we share a "Smile for a Saturday" in our Steady newsletter. But considering what's going on, we thought we would get a jump on it. Not sure if this will bring a smile, tears, or a bit of both. But it's testimony to the power of music and this song. https://t.co/hJtpVG1m9D
— Dan Rather (@DanRather) February 25, 2022
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https://twitter.com/buitengebieden_/status/1497646727091810304?s=20&t=RWmc0MLqfkvlyP9NwX37og
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https://twitter.com/buitengebieden_/status/1496981483990437889?s=20&t=RWmc0MLqfkvlyP9NwX37og
Comic relief:
Coworkers: What did you do this weekend?
— The Cultured Ruffian (@CulturedRuffian) February 21, 2022
Me: Worked out with my cat at the gym.
Coworkers: That's ridiculous! Cats can't workout.
My cat: pic.twitter.com/0vj9McUGzd
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https://twitter.com/buitengebieden_/status/1494419033436868613?s=20&t=RWmc0MLqfkvlyP9NwX37og
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https://twitter.com/buitengebieden_/status/1497201425566162951?s=20&t=RWmc0MLqfkvlyP9NwX37og
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https://twitter.com/buitengebieden_/status/1497201288227995655?s=20&t=RWmc0MLqfkvlyP9NwX37og
Perspective/Poem
If you're gonna listen to any speech about #Ukraine 🇺🇦, let it be this one.
— Thomas van Linge (@ThomasVLinge) February 22, 2022
The Kenya ambassador to the UNSC perfectly explains how people across Africa understand Ukraine, and what the Kremlin's acts of aggression mean in our post-colonial world. pic.twitter.com/0gTuAni0DC
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Six-language coverage from #Kyiv with @AP_GMS. In this order: English, Luxembourgish, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German. pic.twitter.com/kyEg0aCCoT
— Philip Crowther (@PhilipinDC) February 21, 2022
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I'm just gonna leave this here pic.twitter.com/uJT2NIp2o7
— Henry Djoutsa 🇨🇲🇺🇸 Supports🇺🇦 (@D_jeneration) February 26, 2022
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Seeing this piece up close was heavy. pic.twitter.com/BwSTudECJT
— Jah. (@ArtByJah) February 17, 2022
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Bits of beauty:
