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Jon Ward
31 minutes ago: Wednesday Apr 1 - 10:43am
RT @janisfrayer: With work travel, restrictions and quarantine in #China, our family was apart for 49 days. And yes, every one of them was hard — the worry, the decisions, the failed plans, isolation. Our little guy has been brave and resilient... and this was easily the best. hug. ever. @NBCNews https://t.co/UhxqYvFSl7
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Jon Ward
32 minutes ago: Wednesday Apr 1 - 10:42am
RT @kwcollins: Filling out the Census online — today if you haven’t already — is a small but concrete way you can both save taxpayers money and contribute to public health by eliminating the need for Census workers to knock on your door. https://t.co/vkm2w0RaI0
Jon Ward
35 minutes ago: Wednesday Apr 1 - 10:39am
RT @DKThomp: The pandemic effect on world leader approval ratings since March 11 Trump +5 ... Johnson (UK) +29 Morrison (Australia) +24 Trudeau (Canada) +21 Merkel (Germany) +18 Macron (France) +12 ... but still unpopular Bolsonaro -5 ... but still popular https://t.co/h7tJAzcwKu https://t.co/SVSDRLSC3x
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Jon Ward
37 minutes ago: Wednesday Apr 1 - 10:37am
RT @PoliticsWolf: The U.S. Postal Service warns it might have to shutter by June as the $2 trillion coronavirus stimulus package provides no funding. This would have cataclysmic effects for our ability to hold elections by mail amid the coronavirus pandemic https://t.co/VuTll17B9T https://t.co/9jHGiSKKtv
Jon Ward
37 minutes ago: Wednesday Apr 1 - 10:37am
"Do you not think it's being contained?" - Conway https://t.co/kXZUsSsbJw
Jon Ward
40 minutes ago: Wednesday Apr 1 - 10:35am
RT @AoDespair: I figured we would write a historically accurate 1940s miniseries but the number of ideological mooks who don’t know that phrase was added to the pledge in 1954 and can’t work a google machine is daunting as fuck. https://t.co/cg6w9y9LzA
Jon Ward
40 minutes ago: Wednesday Apr 1 - 10:34am
RT @DJJenkins: Welp, just applied for a 3-month forbearance on our mortgage
Jon Ward
41 minutes ago: Wednesday Apr 1 - 10:33am
RT @igorbobic: March 1 / April 1 https://t.co/GMbESzWHEd
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Jon Ward
42 minutes ago: Wednesday Apr 1 - 10:33am
RT @hunterw: march 1 / april 1 https://t.co/kGoiIWlZ9e
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Jon Ward
1 hour ago: Wednesday Apr 1 - 9:56am
Republicans last week only went for $400 million of the $2-$4 billion that Dems wanted to expand vote by mail in the fall election. But R's are going to realize that their own voters -- not just D voters -- will likely need/want to vote absentee https://t.co/6KO1fKkuLw
Jon Ward
13 hours ago: Tuesday Mar 31 - 10:09pm
RT @chrissmithnymag: https://t.co/VAGxOMVwe9
Jon Ward
15 hours ago: Tuesday Mar 31 - 7:27pm
RT @pbump: Someone I know sent me this. Included a link to a campaign video. Campaigns: don’t do this. https://t.co/LfdE4FGiet
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Jon Ward
16 hours ago: Tuesday Mar 31 - 6:56pm
RT @JohnJHarwood: this is the most effective job of communicating President Trump has done during this crisis
Jon Ward
17 hours ago: Tuesday Mar 31 - 5:48pm
RT @JohnBerman: JUST NOW: "The president has said the states, are sort of on their own. They should go out and get these things...but the federal government is also... trying to purchase those same things." MD Gov @LarryHogan on need for Federal Coordination. @NewDay https://t.co/JZVapgBC7c
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Jon Ward
17 hours ago: Tuesday Mar 31 - 5:48pm
RT @rabrowne75: 2 weeks after SecDef @EsperDoD pledged to commit up to 2,000 ventilators, 5 million N-95 respirator masks, & DoD labs to perform non-DoD civilian Coronavirus tests, not a single ventilator has shipped, only 2 million masks have been shipped & no civilian tests have been conducted https://t.co/Y29CiX5F2B
Jon Ward
17 hours ago: Tuesday Mar 31 - 5:33pm
RT @TheLeadCNN: WH task force considering advising public to wear masks @jaketapper reports https://t.co/HsnK9w3kNZ https://t.co/3k0rjC5kyR
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Jon Ward
19 hours ago: Tuesday Mar 31 - 3:45pm
RT @mviser: Asked if Trump is intentionally misleading Americans to paint a rosier picture, Joe Biden says: "You know I learned a long time ago never question a person’s motive but you can question a person’s judgements. Many of the things he says are simply not accurate."
Jon Ward
19 hours ago: Tuesday Mar 31 - 3:45pm
@danielsilliman @kkdumez what a title
Jon Ward
20 hours ago: Tuesday Mar 31 - 3:14pm
RT @RexChapman: This is the talented Marsh Family. Here are three minutes and fifty four seconds that will make your day better. Promise. A COVID-19 lockdown version of Les Mis — with lyrics. “One Day More.🌎❤️🎶😉 https://t.co/Ax3nqJaxcg
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Jon Ward
20 hours ago: Tuesday Mar 31 - 3:06pm
RT @stableford: A medical worker rests next to a refrigerated container truck functioning as a makeshift morgue at a hospital in Brooklyn. (Photo: John Minchillo/AP) https://t.co/H0W5IUxKnA
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Jon Ward
20 hours ago: Tuesday Mar 31 - 3:04pm
this is a very handy map of all the places in DC where you can get a free meal or groceries, with details on when they are available @MayorBowser https://t.co/Jc33XBFK89
Jon Ward
20 hours ago: Tuesday Mar 31 - 3:01pm
RT @FHQ: Since I referenced the Maryland actions, I should cite that. A final decision on vote-by-mail in the Old Line state will come on Thursday, April 2 before a report is sent to the governor. https://t.co/3XxxnANplo
Jon Ward
20 hours ago: Tuesday Mar 31 - 3:01pm
RT @FHQ: This played a big role in Maryland's Board of Elections moving toward an all vote-by-mail system for the *June 2* primary there. Poll workers were already signaling they weren't coming in. And this is before things peak. https://t.co/3v8OEYHnoc
Jon Ward
20 hours ago: Tuesday Mar 31 - 3:00pm
RT @FHQ: And you know what? Hat tip to the DNC for changes to Rule 2 that strongly encouraged states to increase participation for 2020. Without that, Kansas (and AK & HI) would not have switched to party-run primaries *and* added vote-by-mail. https://t.co/HL8cA2SYW8
Jon Ward
20 hours ago: Tuesday Mar 31 - 2:52pm
RT @HeerJeet: Imagine thinking that people who are putting their lives on the line to keep essential services going shouldn't be paid more. https://t.co/5QabEvQ2YR
Jon Ward
22 hours ago: Tuesday Mar 31 - 12:53pm
seems very clear that preventing this would be a very helpful use of the Defense Production Act https://t.co/mR1WMpP3AK
Jon Ward
22 hours ago: Tuesday Mar 31 - 12:51pm
RT @V2019N: From Ireland to Seattle, makers & engineers are creating open-source versions of much-needed medical equipment. In just over 2 weeks, the Facebook group has grown to ~50,000 people. Members share their designs or mock-ups for various pieces of equipment. https://t.co/4Oxrdovdnf
Jon Ward
22 hours ago: Tuesday Mar 31 - 12:49pm
RT @sbg1: Haunted by this since seeing this video Monday. A portrait of a suffering America >>> https://t.co/OCm6ae7HdK
Jon Ward
22 hours ago: Tuesday Mar 31 - 12:48pm
that's good https://t.co/Ptz7dqCqFf
Jon Ward
22 hours ago: Tuesday Mar 31 - 12:48pm
Here's one way to give $$ to help others in need right now in a direct way: The @DCDreamCenter is giving away free hot meals: 100 a day, every day. It's the only place East of the River in DC doing so for all ages. DONATE HERE: https://t.co/pZCWA3wyq1
Jon Ward
23 hours ago: Tuesday Mar 31 - 12:12pm
RT @FHQ: And Kansas Democrats now join other state parties in Alaska, Hawaii and Wyoming (all former April 4 states) in eliminating in-person voting and falling back on previously planned vote-by-mail systems. https://t.co/HL8cA2SYW8
Jon Ward
23 hours ago: Tuesday Mar 31 - 12:08pm
RT @mckaycoppins: I'm really fascinated by the civil liberties issues being raised by the coronavirus response, and think we'll be debating them for a long time.
Jon Ward
23 hours ago: Tuesday Mar 31 - 12:07pm
@HeerJeet @JHWeissmann @dylanmatt https://t.co/0QAb5KUOwE
Jon Ward
23 hours ago: Tuesday Mar 31 - 12:06pm
RT @dylanmatt: Why do serious outlets keep inviting this guy to lay out his dreams of refounding the Holy Roman Empire? https://t.co/ExKhxXeeu1
Jon Ward
23 hours ago: Tuesday Mar 31 - 12:05pm
RT @willwilkinson: If you can afford it, tip your food delivery drivers a full 20%. https://t.co/j8xe8XUU2e
Jon Ward
23 hours ago: Tuesday Mar 31 - 12:03pm
RT @scottwongDC: Maryland's GOP governor: 'Just not true' when Trump says coronavirus testing problems over https://t.co/U8VZg2w6Ip
Jon Ward
23 hours ago: Tuesday Mar 31 - 11:44am
RT @rebtanhs: In Bethesda, a father with coronavirus is holed up in his son's childhood bedroom, sick, tired, and deathly afraid of infecting his immunocompromised child who is self-isolating downstairs. More with @jennaportnoy, @lauriemcginley2 here: https://t.co/eGusp1ouQD
Jon Ward
23 hours ago: Tuesday Mar 31 - 11:27am
RT @JeremyKonyndyk: The failure of DoD to anticipate and provide viable guidance for this exact scenario is stunning. But it is in keeping with a federal response that has consistently placed political optics ahead of public health preparedness. Full letter here: https://t.co/HMhEFEesbb
Jon Ward
23 hours ago: Tuesday Mar 31 - 11:27am
RT @JohnJHarwood: this is significant https://t.co/tJaFMn7xNI
Jon Ward
23 hours ago: Tuesday Mar 31 - 11:25am
Trump wants a WPA like FDR https://t.co/1TpIDFzhKE
Jon Ward
1 day ago: Tuesday Mar 31 - 10:27am
RT @DavidLarter: I've never seen anything like this. Captain of Theodore Roosevelt pens a four-page letter pleading for resources, says the situation is rapidly spinning out of control as nearly 200 sailors test positive: https://t.co/OZuJwAQi46
Jon Ward
1 day ago: Tuesday Mar 31 - 10:27am
RT @LarrySabato: Virtual Conventions? At least for Democrats, it's a live possibility. Today's Crystal Ball by Senior Columnist Louis Jacobson. https://t.co/90ZV01C1qY
Jon Ward
1 day ago: Tuesday Mar 31 - 10:02am
time for my 12-year old son -- a Lebron fan -- to get educated https://t.co/MSW0ko9YZm
Jon Ward
1 day ago: Tuesday Mar 31 - 9:58am
RT @KFILE: Two weeks ago Devin Nunes was urging people to go to bars and restaurants while the CDC was urging people to stay home. He later lied and claimed he told people to get takeout. https://t.co/v7nN6XvEIK
Jon Ward
1 day ago: Monday Mar 30 - 9:41pm
@jaketapper Haven’t seen it but Force Majeur was amazing
Jon Ward
1 day ago: Monday Mar 30 - 9:36pm
RT @AshleyRParker: Trump’s allies warned him that a spike in coronavirus deaths would be far worse than an economic downturn, and reminded him that rural communities — aka Trump Towns — were ill prepared for an outbreak. https://t.co/MpjO7DsFcf
Jon Ward
1 day ago: Monday Mar 30 - 9:35pm
RT @KatyTurNBC: This is deeply depressing. There are thousands of empty hotels right now. This isn’t safe for anyone. https://t.co/VbRWB1hGsx
Jon Ward
1 day ago: Monday Mar 30 - 9:34pm
Duh https://t.co/WiVIKbpiwC
Jon Ward
1 day ago: Monday Mar 30 - 9:34pm
RT @jeremymbarr: It’s time for cable news people to start wearing t-shirts. You’re at home, you don’t need to wear the suit anymore
Jon Ward
1 day ago: Monday Mar 30 - 9:28pm
RT @stevechenevey: Maryland residents here is Governor Hogan's complete Stay at Home order with all of the details: Outdoor exercise, walking, hiking etc is still permitted with social distance guidelines (less than 10 people) https://t.co/pWcZ8vB7hJ
Jon Ward
1 day ago: Monday Mar 30 - 9:21pm
RT @annalise_frank: BREAKING: Detroit will be one of the first U.S. cities to get rapid coronavirus testing machines from Abbott Labs (just recently approved by FDA). Detroit to get 5 machines, for 5,000 testing samples. Up and running within a week, Duggan says
Jon Ward
1 day ago: Monday Mar 30 - 9:14pm
RT @ScottGottliebMD: #COVID19 won't go away. It'll infect the southern hemisphere as they winter and will want to come back to U.S. in fall. But we'll have a massive surveillance system by then, and I believe more than one drug to both prevent and treat infection. Our tool box will be very different.
Jon Ward
1 day ago: Monday Mar 30 - 8:49pm
@joshorton @seankiv @AlexSJacquez @fshakir @dklaidman @Isikoff @MarkSaysHi @hunterw @alexnazaryan @MarkCorallo1 @EricHolder @realchriswilson @markfedeli @emlybelz @tracysefl @ttagaris @cascamike @GunnelsWarren @billygendell @chrislhayes @SamSeder @PykeA @tysonbrody @realedpatterson Seeing the Nats tie and then go ahead of Brewers in one play on Juan Sotos single in last years wild card with my 12 year old son was a life highlight
Jon Ward
1 day ago: Monday Mar 30 - 5:29pm
RT @maustermuhle: Maryland is the only local jurisdiction that spelled it out, but in D.C. it is likely to be: walking, hiking, biking, running are fine, provided you give people six feet of distance. (Bowser had already said this.) Any team sport: nope. https://t.co/mZKGkUj7l6
Jon Ward
1 day ago: Monday Mar 30 - 5:16pm
@fshakir @cascamike @dklaidman @Isikoff @MarkSaysHi @hunterw @alexnazaryan @MarkCorallo1 @EricHolder @realchriswilson @markfedeli @emlybelz @tracysefl @ttagaris @joshorton @GunnelsWarren Bo is a great one
Jon Ward
1 day ago: Monday Mar 30 - 2:06pm
RT @ScottGottliebMD: More data suggesting that New York could be approaching a peak in new cases. Over the next 7-10 days they could peak and start slowly turning the corner. Mitigation is working in New York. https://t.co/9rJiqCK4En
Jon Ward
1 day ago: Monday Mar 30 - 2:06pm
RT @jtuckermartin: “What these articles all have in common is a cheapo, smash-and-grab, clickbait-driven style of journalism that hires young and inexperienced writers to recycle Twitter chatter in a way that reinforces the partisan prejudices of their audience.” https://t.co/NVtpP7e0r1
Jon Ward
1 day ago: Monday Mar 30 - 1:42pm
@MichaelRWear this is very good
Jon Ward
1 day ago: Monday Mar 30 - 1:42pm
RT @MichaelRWear: "What if, after all, there are moments such as T. S. Eliot recognized in the early 1940s, when the only advice is to wait without hope, because we’d be hoping for the wrong thing?" https://t.co/rwAPOMkYkw
Jon Ward
1 day ago: Monday Mar 30 - 1:20pm
RT @ScottGottliebMD: THREAD: Our plan to reopen America. April we must stick with measures to #StopTheSpread and @POTUS committed to that plan. We must break this epidemic. Once we have sustained reduction in cases for two weeks we can start to relax most restrictive measures https://t.co/5GlOBWOFYn
Jon Ward
1 day ago: Monday Mar 30 - 1:17pm
RT @SquawkCNBC: “What you really want … is a massive sentinel, surveillance system where you can be testing people randomly in the background to detect where the virus might be spreading. That’s going to be an early tripwire,” says @ScottGottliebMD on preventing more #coronavirus outbreaks. https://t.co/GfumE4XJXn
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Jon Ward
1 day ago: Monday Mar 30 - 12:38pm
Thank God https://t.co/tLFggNdbRY
Jon Ward
1 day ago: Monday Mar 30 - 12:35pm
RT @HelenLeeBooks: I had to venture to the grocery store today. I have been to this store countless times before. But this time, I felt sensations and reactions inside me that I have never felt before. And not merely due to the need for social distancing. Simply because of my ethnic heritage.
Jon Ward
1 day ago: Monday Mar 30 - 12:28pm
RT @rickperlstein: Tiger King? I have no real opinion on the animal rights stuff, but regarding the human subjects, I find the show's popularity--more than its popularity, the rabid delight people are taking in it--one of the the disturbing aspects of our moment. 1/
Jon Ward
1 day ago: Monday Mar 30 - 12:22pm
RT @BNODesk: The number of new cases in Italy is continuing to fall. - Thursday: 6,153 new - Friday: 5,959 new - Saturday: 5,974 new - Sunday: 5,217 new - Monday: 4,050 new https://t.co/MPHgZBc8gH
Jon Ward
1 day ago: Monday Mar 30 - 12:21pm
@HariSevugan @samstein @ttagaris @fshakir @dklaidman @Isikoff @MarkSaysHi @hunterw @alexnazaryan @MarkCorallo1 @EricHolder @realchriswilson @markfedeli @emlybelz @tracysefl @cascamike @joshorton @GunnelsWarren @meredithshiner @matthewsbutler @chrismeagher @tobytobitobe @mcgregormt waaaaay too many cubs and braves fans in this thread
Jon Ward
1 day ago: Monday Mar 30 - 11:30am
RT @EconTalker: I am hoping that we finally getting the results from two weeks+ of social distancing and self-quarantine. This is the first good news in a while. Look at the last few days of the US data. Stay at home. Wear a mask if you must go out. We're maybe making some progress. https://t.co/b7LQdmVNjt
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Jon Ward
1 day ago: Monday Mar 30 - 11:28am
@emlybelz Ankiel bc of his story?
Jon Ward
1 day ago: Monday Mar 30 - 11:23am
RT @ErinatThePost: Md. @GovLarryHogan: "No, we do not have enough gear. No one in the country has enough gear." https://t.co/Da81esU8vw
Jon Ward
1 day ago: Monday Mar 30 - 11:22am
@dougherty_jesse @Dyer_Wolf_ @AlexHilll @emmawolfe @EricFPhillips @cascamike @fshakir @dklaidman @Isikoff @MarkSaysHi @hunterw @alexnazaryan @MarkCorallo1 @EricHolder @realchriswilson @markfedeli @emlybelz @tracysefl @ttagaris @joshorton @GunnelsWarren @meredithshiner @jzembik @zachdcarter @PTWalzak @EricDKoch @BarstoolSam @skatzenberg @LincolnRestler @andreahagelgans @bfmitchell @SamPHyman @BJ_Glash @Jer_Meyer @MillerJAndrew @connorgrossman loving @dougherty_jesse's book -- writing & storytelling is fantastic. congrats!
Jon Ward
2 days ago: Monday Mar 30 - 10:46am
RT @PoliticsReid: Johnson & Johnson says it'll begin human testing of #COVID19 vaccine in Sept, could be ready for emergency use by early 2021 - https://t.co/2gFtl0CWiA
Jon Ward
2 days ago: Monday Mar 30 - 10:23am
RT @NKingofDC: Quite something. https://t.co/QvRYX6oKSS
Jon Ward
2 days ago: Monday Mar 30 - 10:23am
RT @carolynryan: I’m in Central Park - they’re building field hospitals for coronavirus patients https://t.co/agpcmVNnXh
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Jon Ward
2 days ago: Monday Mar 30 - 10:22am
@emlybelz ankiel and taylor? interesting
Jon Ward
2 days ago: Monday Mar 30 - 10:21am
@fshakir @dklaidman @Isikoff @MarkSaysHi @hunterw @alexnazaryan @MarkCorallo1 @EricHolder @realchriswilson @markfedeli @emlybelz @tracysefl @ttagaris @cascamike @joshorton @GunnelsWarren i can't believe you like Chipper Jones. he seems more like a villain from the Real World reality show
Jon Ward
2 days ago: Sunday Mar 29 - 4:17pm
RT @jaketapper: Dr. Fauci told me today that the coronavirus could kill anywhere from 100,000 to 200,000 Americans, and infect millions more. Americans. The president is tweeting about TV ratings for press conferences. https://t.co/bxGaBsOww9
Jon Ward
2 days ago: Sunday Mar 29 - 4:16pm
@dklaidman @Isikoff @MarkSaysHi @hunterw @alexnazaryan @MarkCorallo1 @EricHolder @realchriswilson Cal Ripken Eddie Murray Will Clark Juan Soto @markfedeli @emlybelz @tracysefl @fshakir
Jon Ward
3 days ago: Saturday Mar 28 - 11:53pm
@WajahatAli i'm so happy to hear this
Jon Ward
3 days ago: Saturday Mar 28 - 11:53pm
RT @jtuckermartin: Future history classes will be interrupted repeatedly by bursts of uncontrollable laughter https://t.co/0laXewAGT5
Jon Ward
3 days ago: Saturday Mar 28 - 11:52pm
RT @jaketapper: “In at least 10 government reports from 2003-2015, federal officials predicted the United States would experience a critical lack of ventilators and other lifesaving medical supplies if it faced a viral outbreak like the one currently sweeping the country” https://t.co/djE8Xy41l7
Jon Ward
3 days ago: Saturday Mar 28 - 11:43pm
RT @ScottGottliebMD: Take it slow. Spend time with family. Protect the vulnerable. The CARES Act will help offset some the huge economic burdens. It's a very hard time. We'll get through it. It'll end. We must end it decisively and put in place tools and technology to make sure this doesn't return.
Jon Ward
3 days ago: Saturday Mar 28 - 11:42pm
RT @ScottGottliebMD: That means 1. Massive surveillance system and point of care tests 2. Therapeutics to prevent infection or treat those sick or exposed 3. Eventually a vaccine. Look to therapeutic antibodies as obtainable, near term promise. Technology will turn #Coronavirus into manageable threat
Jon Ward
3 days ago: Saturday Mar 28 - 11:42pm
RT @ScottGottliebMD: April will be hard month but we'll get through it. This will end. We need to stick with current strategies. We can look toward May as month when we carefully transition to new posture. For now focus must be on supporting healthcare systems, preserving life, ending epidemic spread
Jon Ward
3 days ago: Saturday Mar 28 - 3:13pm
RT @ScottGottliebMD: Thoughtful op ed @nytimes on masks and whether messaging was wrong. We must distinguish between N95 masks that healthcare providers need because of added protection, and procedure masks which could still help prevent transmission and protect consumers 5/n https://t.co/YnJAun7NCi
Jon Ward
3 days ago: Saturday Mar 28 - 3:13pm
RT @ScottGottliebMD: Any ordinance would have to specify procedure masks and not N95 masks which are in short supply and needed by healthcare workers. There does not appear to be any shortage of procedure masks, and these masks are still very helpful in preventing spread through droplets. 3/n
Jon Ward
3 days ago: Saturday Mar 28 - 3:13pm
RT @ScottGottliebMD: If we're at the point of locking down entire cities, we must consider other ways to break off transmission that don't take away peoples' liberty. CDC's current position is that people should only wear a mask when you're sick. But we know this is spread by Asymptomatic people 2/n
Jon Ward
3 days ago: Saturday Mar 28 - 12:02pm
RT @neil_ferguson: 1/4 - I think it would be helpful if I cleared up some confusion that has emerged in recent days. Some have interpreted my evidence to a UK parliamentary committee as indicating we have substantially revised our assessments of the potential mortality impact of COVID-19.
Jon Ward
3 days ago: Saturday Mar 28 - 11:43am
DC friends (or outside DC) - the best coffee shop in the city, @peregrinedc is accepting donations to give coffee and pastries to health care workers. It's a great idea for a great cause. Do it here! https://t.co/MHKsAtiyxp
Jon Ward
3 days ago: Saturday Mar 28 - 11:26am
I realize that even by quoting this line I’m outing myself as the same kind of faux hipster prick that Don Johnson’s character revealed himself to be when he said it. It’s like a 🍩 inside a donut hole, amirite @rianjohnson? https://t.co/HSvFtLCP41
Jon Ward
4 days ago: Friday Mar 27 - 11:57pm
RT @Laurie_Garrett: 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 https://t.co/dSd3F9atmQ
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Jon Ward
4 days ago: Friday Mar 27 - 11:51pm
Terps are going all the way! https://t.co/V5drTVgFdW
Jon Ward
4 days ago: Friday Mar 27 - 11:46pm
Just watched "Knives Out." Best line: "I saw it at the Public"
Jon Ward
4 days ago: Friday Mar 27 - 11:45pm
@DanKoch @d_l_mayfield @MichaelRWear @TheAlanNoble @KatelynBeaty @maggieNYT @sissenberg @Timodc @ASDem @ofirahy i've started Stamped but i'm gonna read the @JasonReynolds83 version with my 12-year old first
Jon Ward
4 days ago: Friday Mar 27 - 11:44pm
@DanKoch @d_l_mayfield @MichaelRWear @TheAlanNoble @KatelynBeaty ok my five books just looking around right now (that I haven't read): -the overstory (powers) -Mr Putin (fiona hill) -Revolt of the Public (gurri) -Life of Ida B Wells (bay) -Stamped from the Beginning (kendi) @maggieNYT @sissenberg @Timodc @ASDem @ofirahy
Jon Ward
4 days ago: Friday Mar 27 - 11:37pm
@DanKoch @d_l_mayfield @MichaelRWear @TheAlanNoble @KatelynBeaty i love this group I'm tagged in
Jon Ward
4 days ago: Friday Mar 27 - 11:37pm
@DanKoch @d_l_mayfield @MichaelRWear @TheAlanNoble @KatelynBeaty is this a thing?
Jon Ward
4 days ago: Friday Mar 27 - 11:35pm
RT @ScottGottliebMD: This is GAME CHANGER. Abbott to market, starting next week, a fast point-of-care #coronavirus test, delivering positive results in 5min and negative results in 13min. Will deliver 50K tests/day to start. Kudos to Abbott and FDA’s Jeff Shuren and team at CDRH who are in the fight.
Jon Ward
4 days ago: Friday Mar 27 - 6:27pm
Trump said today that his whiplash-inducing statements on DPA were strategic: "We pulled it back three times because the companies came through in the end and we did not need the act. It has been great leverage," he said in the Oval Office.
Jon Ward
4 days ago: Friday Mar 27 - 6:27pm
Trump last night on Fox News: "I don’t believe you need 40,000 or 30,000 ventilators." Trump today: "We thought we had a deal for 40,000 ventilators and all of a sudden 40,000 came down to 6,000." Also: "Hopefully, we won’t need the full activation.”
Jon Ward
4 days ago: Friday Mar 27 - 6:27pm
FEMA spox, later on March 24: "At the last minute, we were able to procure the test kits from the private market without invoking the DPA." (continued ...)
31 minutes ago: Wednesday Apr 1 - 10:43am
RT @janisfrayer: With work travel, restrictions and quarantine in #China, our family was apart for 49 days. And yes, every one of them was hard — the worry, the decisions, the failed plans, isolation. Our little guy has been brave and resilient... and this was easily the best. hug. ever. @NBCNews https://t.co/UhxqYvFSl7
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Jon Ward
32 minutes ago: Wednesday Apr 1 - 10:42am
RT @kwcollins: Filling out the Census online — today if you haven’t already — is a small but concrete way you can both save taxpayers money and contribute to public health by eliminating the need for Census workers to knock on your door. https://t.co/vkm2w0RaI0
Jon Ward
35 minutes ago: Wednesday Apr 1 - 10:39am
RT @DKThomp: The pandemic effect on world leader approval ratings since March 11 Trump +5 ... Johnson (UK) +29 Morrison (Australia) +24 Trudeau (Canada) +21 Merkel (Germany) +18 Macron (France) +12 ... but still unpopular Bolsonaro -5 ... but still popular https://t.co/h7tJAzcwKu https://t.co/SVSDRLSC3x
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Jon Ward
37 minutes ago: Wednesday Apr 1 - 10:37am
RT @PoliticsWolf: The U.S. Postal Service warns it might have to shutter by June as the $2 trillion coronavirus stimulus package provides no funding. This would have cataclysmic effects for our ability to hold elections by mail amid the coronavirus pandemic https://t.co/VuTll17B9T https://t.co/9jHGiSKKtv
Jon Ward
37 minutes ago: Wednesday Apr 1 - 10:37am
"Do you not think it's being contained?" - Conway https://t.co/kXZUsSsbJw
Jon Ward
40 minutes ago: Wednesday Apr 1 - 10:35am
RT @AoDespair: I figured we would write a historically accurate 1940s miniseries but the number of ideological mooks who don’t know that phrase was added to the pledge in 1954 and can’t work a google machine is daunting as fuck. https://t.co/cg6w9y9LzA
Jon Ward
40 minutes ago: Wednesday Apr 1 - 10:34am
RT @DJJenkins: Welp, just applied for a 3-month forbearance on our mortgage
Jon Ward
41 minutes ago: Wednesday Apr 1 - 10:33am
RT @igorbobic: March 1 / April 1 https://t.co/GMbESzWHEd
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Jon Ward
42 minutes ago: Wednesday Apr 1 - 10:33am
RT @hunterw: march 1 / april 1 https://t.co/kGoiIWlZ9e
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Jon Ward
1 hour ago: Wednesday Apr 1 - 9:56am
Republicans last week only went for $400 million of the $2-$4 billion that Dems wanted to expand vote by mail in the fall election. But R's are going to realize that their own voters -- not just D voters -- will likely need/want to vote absentee https://t.co/6KO1fKkuLw
Jon Ward
13 hours ago: Tuesday Mar 31 - 10:09pm
RT @chrissmithnymag: https://t.co/VAGxOMVwe9
Jon Ward
15 hours ago: Tuesday Mar 31 - 7:27pm
RT @pbump: Someone I know sent me this. Included a link to a campaign video. Campaigns: don’t do this. https://t.co/LfdE4FGiet
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Jon Ward
16 hours ago: Tuesday Mar 31 - 6:56pm
RT @JohnJHarwood: this is the most effective job of communicating President Trump has done during this crisis
Jon Ward
17 hours ago: Tuesday Mar 31 - 5:48pm
RT @JohnBerman: JUST NOW: "The president has said the states, are sort of on their own. They should go out and get these things...but the federal government is also... trying to purchase those same things." MD Gov @LarryHogan on need for Federal Coordination. @NewDay https://t.co/JZVapgBC7c
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Jon Ward
17 hours ago: Tuesday Mar 31 - 5:48pm
RT @rabrowne75: 2 weeks after SecDef @EsperDoD pledged to commit up to 2,000 ventilators, 5 million N-95 respirator masks, & DoD labs to perform non-DoD civilian Coronavirus tests, not a single ventilator has shipped, only 2 million masks have been shipped & no civilian tests have been conducted https://t.co/Y29CiX5F2B
Jon Ward
17 hours ago: Tuesday Mar 31 - 5:33pm
RT @TheLeadCNN: WH task force considering advising public to wear masks @jaketapper reports https://t.co/HsnK9w3kNZ https://t.co/3k0rjC5kyR
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Jon Ward
19 hours ago: Tuesday Mar 31 - 3:45pm
RT @mviser: Asked if Trump is intentionally misleading Americans to paint a rosier picture, Joe Biden says: "You know I learned a long time ago never question a person’s motive but you can question a person’s judgements. Many of the things he says are simply not accurate."
Jon Ward
19 hours ago: Tuesday Mar 31 - 3:45pm
@danielsilliman @kkdumez what a title
Jon Ward
20 hours ago: Tuesday Mar 31 - 3:14pm
RT @RexChapman: This is the talented Marsh Family. Here are three minutes and fifty four seconds that will make your day better. Promise. A COVID-19 lockdown version of Les Mis — with lyrics. “One Day More.🌎❤️🎶😉 https://t.co/Ax3nqJaxcg
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Jon Ward
20 hours ago: Tuesday Mar 31 - 3:06pm
RT @stableford: A medical worker rests next to a refrigerated container truck functioning as a makeshift morgue at a hospital in Brooklyn. (Photo: John Minchillo/AP) https://t.co/H0W5IUxKnA
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Jon Ward
20 hours ago: Tuesday Mar 31 - 3:04pm
this is a very handy map of all the places in DC where you can get a free meal or groceries, with details on when they are available @MayorBowser https://t.co/Jc33XBFK89
Jon Ward
20 hours ago: Tuesday Mar 31 - 3:01pm
RT @FHQ: Since I referenced the Maryland actions, I should cite that. A final decision on vote-by-mail in the Old Line state will come on Thursday, April 2 before a report is sent to the governor. https://t.co/3XxxnANplo
Jon Ward
20 hours ago: Tuesday Mar 31 - 3:01pm
RT @FHQ: This played a big role in Maryland's Board of Elections moving toward an all vote-by-mail system for the *June 2* primary there. Poll workers were already signaling they weren't coming in. And this is before things peak. https://t.co/3v8OEYHnoc
Jon Ward
20 hours ago: Tuesday Mar 31 - 3:00pm
RT @FHQ: And you know what? Hat tip to the DNC for changes to Rule 2 that strongly encouraged states to increase participation for 2020. Without that, Kansas (and AK & HI) would not have switched to party-run primaries *and* added vote-by-mail. https://t.co/HL8cA2SYW8
Jon Ward
20 hours ago: Tuesday Mar 31 - 2:52pm
RT @HeerJeet: Imagine thinking that people who are putting their lives on the line to keep essential services going shouldn't be paid more. https://t.co/5QabEvQ2YR
Jon Ward
22 hours ago: Tuesday Mar 31 - 12:53pm
seems very clear that preventing this would be a very helpful use of the Defense Production Act https://t.co/mR1WMpP3AK
Jon Ward
22 hours ago: Tuesday Mar 31 - 12:51pm
RT @V2019N: From Ireland to Seattle, makers & engineers are creating open-source versions of much-needed medical equipment. In just over 2 weeks, the Facebook group has grown to ~50,000 people. Members share their designs or mock-ups for various pieces of equipment. https://t.co/4Oxrdovdnf
Jon Ward
22 hours ago: Tuesday Mar 31 - 12:49pm
RT @sbg1: Haunted by this since seeing this video Monday. A portrait of a suffering America >>> https://t.co/OCm6ae7HdK
Jon Ward
22 hours ago: Tuesday Mar 31 - 12:48pm
that's good https://t.co/Ptz7dqCqFf
Jon Ward
22 hours ago: Tuesday Mar 31 - 12:48pm
Here's one way to give $$ to help others in need right now in a direct way: The @DCDreamCenter is giving away free hot meals: 100 a day, every day. It's the only place East of the River in DC doing so for all ages. DONATE HERE: https://t.co/pZCWA3wyq1
Jon Ward
23 hours ago: Tuesday Mar 31 - 12:12pm
RT @FHQ: And Kansas Democrats now join other state parties in Alaska, Hawaii and Wyoming (all former April 4 states) in eliminating in-person voting and falling back on previously planned vote-by-mail systems. https://t.co/HL8cA2SYW8
Jon Ward
23 hours ago: Tuesday Mar 31 - 12:08pm
RT @mckaycoppins: I'm really fascinated by the civil liberties issues being raised by the coronavirus response, and think we'll be debating them for a long time.
Jon Ward
23 hours ago: Tuesday Mar 31 - 12:07pm
@HeerJeet @JHWeissmann @dylanmatt https://t.co/0QAb5KUOwE
Jon Ward
23 hours ago: Tuesday Mar 31 - 12:06pm
RT @dylanmatt: Why do serious outlets keep inviting this guy to lay out his dreams of refounding the Holy Roman Empire? https://t.co/ExKhxXeeu1
Jon Ward
23 hours ago: Tuesday Mar 31 - 12:05pm
RT @willwilkinson: If you can afford it, tip your food delivery drivers a full 20%. https://t.co/j8xe8XUU2e
Jon Ward
23 hours ago: Tuesday Mar 31 - 12:03pm
RT @scottwongDC: Maryland's GOP governor: 'Just not true' when Trump says coronavirus testing problems over https://t.co/U8VZg2w6Ip
Jon Ward
23 hours ago: Tuesday Mar 31 - 11:44am
RT @rebtanhs: In Bethesda, a father with coronavirus is holed up in his son's childhood bedroom, sick, tired, and deathly afraid of infecting his immunocompromised child who is self-isolating downstairs. More with @jennaportnoy, @lauriemcginley2 here: https://t.co/eGusp1ouQD
Jon Ward
23 hours ago: Tuesday Mar 31 - 11:27am
RT @JeremyKonyndyk: The failure of DoD to anticipate and provide viable guidance for this exact scenario is stunning. But it is in keeping with a federal response that has consistently placed political optics ahead of public health preparedness. Full letter here: https://t.co/HMhEFEesbb
Jon Ward
23 hours ago: Tuesday Mar 31 - 11:27am
RT @JohnJHarwood: this is significant https://t.co/tJaFMn7xNI
Jon Ward
23 hours ago: Tuesday Mar 31 - 11:25am
Trump wants a WPA like FDR https://t.co/1TpIDFzhKE
Jon Ward
1 day ago: Tuesday Mar 31 - 10:27am
RT @DavidLarter: I've never seen anything like this. Captain of Theodore Roosevelt pens a four-page letter pleading for resources, says the situation is rapidly spinning out of control as nearly 200 sailors test positive: https://t.co/OZuJwAQi46
Jon Ward
1 day ago: Tuesday Mar 31 - 10:27am
RT @LarrySabato: Virtual Conventions? At least for Democrats, it's a live possibility. Today's Crystal Ball by Senior Columnist Louis Jacobson. https://t.co/90ZV01C1qY
Jon Ward
1 day ago: Tuesday Mar 31 - 10:02am
time for my 12-year old son -- a Lebron fan -- to get educated https://t.co/MSW0ko9YZm
Jon Ward
1 day ago: Tuesday Mar 31 - 9:58am
RT @KFILE: Two weeks ago Devin Nunes was urging people to go to bars and restaurants while the CDC was urging people to stay home. He later lied and claimed he told people to get takeout. https://t.co/v7nN6XvEIK
Jon Ward
1 day ago: Monday Mar 30 - 9:41pm
@jaketapper Haven’t seen it but Force Majeur was amazing
Jon Ward
1 day ago: Monday Mar 30 - 9:36pm
RT @AshleyRParker: Trump’s allies warned him that a spike in coronavirus deaths would be far worse than an economic downturn, and reminded him that rural communities — aka Trump Towns — were ill prepared for an outbreak. https://t.co/MpjO7DsFcf
Jon Ward
1 day ago: Monday Mar 30 - 9:35pm
RT @KatyTurNBC: This is deeply depressing. There are thousands of empty hotels right now. This isn’t safe for anyone. https://t.co/VbRWB1hGsx
Jon Ward
1 day ago: Monday Mar 30 - 9:34pm
Duh https://t.co/WiVIKbpiwC
Jon Ward
1 day ago: Monday Mar 30 - 9:34pm
RT @jeremymbarr: It’s time for cable news people to start wearing t-shirts. You’re at home, you don’t need to wear the suit anymore
Jon Ward
1 day ago: Monday Mar 30 - 9:28pm
RT @stevechenevey: Maryland residents here is Governor Hogan's complete Stay at Home order with all of the details: Outdoor exercise, walking, hiking etc is still permitted with social distance guidelines (less than 10 people) https://t.co/pWcZ8vB7hJ
Jon Ward
1 day ago: Monday Mar 30 - 9:21pm
RT @annalise_frank: BREAKING: Detroit will be one of the first U.S. cities to get rapid coronavirus testing machines from Abbott Labs (just recently approved by FDA). Detroit to get 5 machines, for 5,000 testing samples. Up and running within a week, Duggan says
Jon Ward
1 day ago: Monday Mar 30 - 9:14pm
RT @ScottGottliebMD: #COVID19 won't go away. It'll infect the southern hemisphere as they winter and will want to come back to U.S. in fall. But we'll have a massive surveillance system by then, and I believe more than one drug to both prevent and treat infection. Our tool box will be very different.
Jon Ward
1 day ago: Monday Mar 30 - 8:49pm
@joshorton @seankiv @AlexSJacquez @fshakir @dklaidman @Isikoff @MarkSaysHi @hunterw @alexnazaryan @MarkCorallo1 @EricHolder @realchriswilson @markfedeli @emlybelz @tracysefl @ttagaris @cascamike @GunnelsWarren @billygendell @chrislhayes @SamSeder @PykeA @tysonbrody @realedpatterson Seeing the Nats tie and then go ahead of Brewers in one play on Juan Sotos single in last years wild card with my 12 year old son was a life highlight
Jon Ward
1 day ago: Monday Mar 30 - 5:29pm
RT @maustermuhle: Maryland is the only local jurisdiction that spelled it out, but in D.C. it is likely to be: walking, hiking, biking, running are fine, provided you give people six feet of distance. (Bowser had already said this.) Any team sport: nope. https://t.co/mZKGkUj7l6
Jon Ward
1 day ago: Monday Mar 30 - 5:16pm
@fshakir @cascamike @dklaidman @Isikoff @MarkSaysHi @hunterw @alexnazaryan @MarkCorallo1 @EricHolder @realchriswilson @markfedeli @emlybelz @tracysefl @ttagaris @joshorton @GunnelsWarren Bo is a great one
Jon Ward
1 day ago: Monday Mar 30 - 2:06pm
RT @ScottGottliebMD: More data suggesting that New York could be approaching a peak in new cases. Over the next 7-10 days they could peak and start slowly turning the corner. Mitigation is working in New York. https://t.co/9rJiqCK4En
Jon Ward
1 day ago: Monday Mar 30 - 2:06pm
RT @jtuckermartin: “What these articles all have in common is a cheapo, smash-and-grab, clickbait-driven style of journalism that hires young and inexperienced writers to recycle Twitter chatter in a way that reinforces the partisan prejudices of their audience.” https://t.co/NVtpP7e0r1
Jon Ward
1 day ago: Monday Mar 30 - 1:42pm
@MichaelRWear this is very good
Jon Ward
1 day ago: Monday Mar 30 - 1:42pm
RT @MichaelRWear: "What if, after all, there are moments such as T. S. Eliot recognized in the early 1940s, when the only advice is to wait without hope, because we’d be hoping for the wrong thing?" https://t.co/rwAPOMkYkw
Jon Ward
1 day ago: Monday Mar 30 - 1:20pm
RT @ScottGottliebMD: THREAD: Our plan to reopen America. April we must stick with measures to #StopTheSpread and @POTUS committed to that plan. We must break this epidemic. Once we have sustained reduction in cases for two weeks we can start to relax most restrictive measures https://t.co/5GlOBWOFYn
Jon Ward
1 day ago: Monday Mar 30 - 1:17pm
RT @SquawkCNBC: “What you really want … is a massive sentinel, surveillance system where you can be testing people randomly in the background to detect where the virus might be spreading. That’s going to be an early tripwire,” says @ScottGottliebMD on preventing more #coronavirus outbreaks. https://t.co/GfumE4XJXn
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Jon Ward
1 day ago: Monday Mar 30 - 12:38pm
Thank God https://t.co/tLFggNdbRY
Jon Ward
1 day ago: Monday Mar 30 - 12:35pm
RT @HelenLeeBooks: I had to venture to the grocery store today. I have been to this store countless times before. But this time, I felt sensations and reactions inside me that I have never felt before. And not merely due to the need for social distancing. Simply because of my ethnic heritage.
Jon Ward
1 day ago: Monday Mar 30 - 12:28pm
RT @rickperlstein: Tiger King? I have no real opinion on the animal rights stuff, but regarding the human subjects, I find the show's popularity--more than its popularity, the rabid delight people are taking in it--one of the the disturbing aspects of our moment. 1/
Jon Ward
1 day ago: Monday Mar 30 - 12:22pm
RT @BNODesk: The number of new cases in Italy is continuing to fall. - Thursday: 6,153 new - Friday: 5,959 new - Saturday: 5,974 new - Sunday: 5,217 new - Monday: 4,050 new https://t.co/MPHgZBc8gH
Jon Ward
1 day ago: Monday Mar 30 - 12:21pm
@HariSevugan @samstein @ttagaris @fshakir @dklaidman @Isikoff @MarkSaysHi @hunterw @alexnazaryan @MarkCorallo1 @EricHolder @realchriswilson @markfedeli @emlybelz @tracysefl @cascamike @joshorton @GunnelsWarren @meredithshiner @matthewsbutler @chrismeagher @tobytobitobe @mcgregormt waaaaay too many cubs and braves fans in this thread
Jon Ward
1 day ago: Monday Mar 30 - 11:30am
RT @EconTalker: I am hoping that we finally getting the results from two weeks+ of social distancing and self-quarantine. This is the first good news in a while. Look at the last few days of the US data. Stay at home. Wear a mask if you must go out. We're maybe making some progress. https://t.co/b7LQdmVNjt
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Jon Ward
1 day ago: Monday Mar 30 - 11:28am
@emlybelz Ankiel bc of his story?
Jon Ward
1 day ago: Monday Mar 30 - 11:23am
RT @ErinatThePost: Md. @GovLarryHogan: "No, we do not have enough gear. No one in the country has enough gear." https://t.co/Da81esU8vw
Jon Ward
1 day ago: Monday Mar 30 - 11:22am
@dougherty_jesse @Dyer_Wolf_ @AlexHilll @emmawolfe @EricFPhillips @cascamike @fshakir @dklaidman @Isikoff @MarkSaysHi @hunterw @alexnazaryan @MarkCorallo1 @EricHolder @realchriswilson @markfedeli @emlybelz @tracysefl @ttagaris @joshorton @GunnelsWarren @meredithshiner @jzembik @zachdcarter @PTWalzak @EricDKoch @BarstoolSam @skatzenberg @LincolnRestler @andreahagelgans @bfmitchell @SamPHyman @BJ_Glash @Jer_Meyer @MillerJAndrew @connorgrossman loving @dougherty_jesse's book -- writing & storytelling is fantastic. congrats!
Jon Ward
2 days ago: Monday Mar 30 - 10:46am
RT @PoliticsReid: Johnson & Johnson says it'll begin human testing of #COVID19 vaccine in Sept, could be ready for emergency use by early 2021 - https://t.co/2gFtl0CWiA
Jon Ward
2 days ago: Monday Mar 30 - 10:23am
RT @NKingofDC: Quite something. https://t.co/QvRYX6oKSS
Jon Ward
2 days ago: Monday Mar 30 - 10:23am
RT @carolynryan: I’m in Central Park - they’re building field hospitals for coronavirus patients https://t.co/agpcmVNnXh
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Jon Ward
2 days ago: Monday Mar 30 - 10:22am
@emlybelz ankiel and taylor? interesting
Jon Ward
2 days ago: Monday Mar 30 - 10:21am
@fshakir @dklaidman @Isikoff @MarkSaysHi @hunterw @alexnazaryan @MarkCorallo1 @EricHolder @realchriswilson @markfedeli @emlybelz @tracysefl @ttagaris @cascamike @joshorton @GunnelsWarren i can't believe you like Chipper Jones. he seems more like a villain from the Real World reality show
Jon Ward
2 days ago: Sunday Mar 29 - 4:17pm
RT @jaketapper: Dr. Fauci told me today that the coronavirus could kill anywhere from 100,000 to 200,000 Americans, and infect millions more. Americans. The president is tweeting about TV ratings for press conferences. https://t.co/bxGaBsOww9
Jon Ward
2 days ago: Sunday Mar 29 - 4:16pm
@dklaidman @Isikoff @MarkSaysHi @hunterw @alexnazaryan @MarkCorallo1 @EricHolder @realchriswilson Cal Ripken Eddie Murray Will Clark Juan Soto @markfedeli @emlybelz @tracysefl @fshakir
Jon Ward
3 days ago: Saturday Mar 28 - 11:53pm
@WajahatAli i'm so happy to hear this
Jon Ward
3 days ago: Saturday Mar 28 - 11:53pm
RT @jtuckermartin: Future history classes will be interrupted repeatedly by bursts of uncontrollable laughter https://t.co/0laXewAGT5
Jon Ward
3 days ago: Saturday Mar 28 - 11:52pm
RT @jaketapper: “In at least 10 government reports from 2003-2015, federal officials predicted the United States would experience a critical lack of ventilators and other lifesaving medical supplies if it faced a viral outbreak like the one currently sweeping the country” https://t.co/djE8Xy41l7
Jon Ward
3 days ago: Saturday Mar 28 - 11:43pm
RT @ScottGottliebMD: Take it slow. Spend time with family. Protect the vulnerable. The CARES Act will help offset some the huge economic burdens. It's a very hard time. We'll get through it. It'll end. We must end it decisively and put in place tools and technology to make sure this doesn't return.
Jon Ward
3 days ago: Saturday Mar 28 - 11:42pm
RT @ScottGottliebMD: That means 1. Massive surveillance system and point of care tests 2. Therapeutics to prevent infection or treat those sick or exposed 3. Eventually a vaccine. Look to therapeutic antibodies as obtainable, near term promise. Technology will turn #Coronavirus into manageable threat
Jon Ward
3 days ago: Saturday Mar 28 - 11:42pm
RT @ScottGottliebMD: April will be hard month but we'll get through it. This will end. We need to stick with current strategies. We can look toward May as month when we carefully transition to new posture. For now focus must be on supporting healthcare systems, preserving life, ending epidemic spread
Jon Ward
3 days ago: Saturday Mar 28 - 3:13pm
RT @ScottGottliebMD: Thoughtful op ed @nytimes on masks and whether messaging was wrong. We must distinguish between N95 masks that healthcare providers need because of added protection, and procedure masks which could still help prevent transmission and protect consumers 5/n https://t.co/YnJAun7NCi
Jon Ward
3 days ago: Saturday Mar 28 - 3:13pm
RT @ScottGottliebMD: Any ordinance would have to specify procedure masks and not N95 masks which are in short supply and needed by healthcare workers. There does not appear to be any shortage of procedure masks, and these masks are still very helpful in preventing spread through droplets. 3/n
Jon Ward
3 days ago: Saturday Mar 28 - 3:13pm
RT @ScottGottliebMD: If we're at the point of locking down entire cities, we must consider other ways to break off transmission that don't take away peoples' liberty. CDC's current position is that people should only wear a mask when you're sick. But we know this is spread by Asymptomatic people 2/n
Jon Ward
3 days ago: Saturday Mar 28 - 12:02pm
RT @neil_ferguson: 1/4 - I think it would be helpful if I cleared up some confusion that has emerged in recent days. Some have interpreted my evidence to a UK parliamentary committee as indicating we have substantially revised our assessments of the potential mortality impact of COVID-19.
Jon Ward
3 days ago: Saturday Mar 28 - 11:43am
DC friends (or outside DC) - the best coffee shop in the city, @peregrinedc is accepting donations to give coffee and pastries to health care workers. It's a great idea for a great cause. Do it here! https://t.co/MHKsAtiyxp
Jon Ward
3 days ago: Saturday Mar 28 - 11:26am
I realize that even by quoting this line I’m outing myself as the same kind of faux hipster prick that Don Johnson’s character revealed himself to be when he said it. It’s like a 🍩 inside a donut hole, amirite @rianjohnson? https://t.co/HSvFtLCP41
Jon Ward
4 days ago: Friday Mar 27 - 11:57pm
RT @Laurie_Garrett: 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 https://t.co/dSd3F9atmQ
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Jon Ward
4 days ago: Friday Mar 27 - 11:51pm
Terps are going all the way! https://t.co/V5drTVgFdW
Jon Ward
4 days ago: Friday Mar 27 - 11:46pm
Just watched "Knives Out." Best line: "I saw it at the Public"
Jon Ward
4 days ago: Friday Mar 27 - 11:45pm
@DanKoch @d_l_mayfield @MichaelRWear @TheAlanNoble @KatelynBeaty @maggieNYT @sissenberg @Timodc @ASDem @ofirahy i've started Stamped but i'm gonna read the @JasonReynolds83 version with my 12-year old first
Jon Ward
4 days ago: Friday Mar 27 - 11:44pm
@DanKoch @d_l_mayfield @MichaelRWear @TheAlanNoble @KatelynBeaty ok my five books just looking around right now (that I haven't read): -the overstory (powers) -Mr Putin (fiona hill) -Revolt of the Public (gurri) -Life of Ida B Wells (bay) -Stamped from the Beginning (kendi) @maggieNYT @sissenberg @Timodc @ASDem @ofirahy
Jon Ward
4 days ago: Friday Mar 27 - 11:37pm
@DanKoch @d_l_mayfield @MichaelRWear @TheAlanNoble @KatelynBeaty i love this group I'm tagged in
Jon Ward
4 days ago: Friday Mar 27 - 11:37pm
@DanKoch @d_l_mayfield @MichaelRWear @TheAlanNoble @KatelynBeaty is this a thing?
Jon Ward
4 days ago: Friday Mar 27 - 11:35pm
RT @ScottGottliebMD: This is GAME CHANGER. Abbott to market, starting next week, a fast point-of-care #coronavirus test, delivering positive results in 5min and negative results in 13min. Will deliver 50K tests/day to start. Kudos to Abbott and FDA’s Jeff Shuren and team at CDRH who are in the fight.
Jon Ward
4 days ago: Friday Mar 27 - 6:27pm
Trump said today that his whiplash-inducing statements on DPA were strategic: "We pulled it back three times because the companies came through in the end and we did not need the act. It has been great leverage," he said in the Oval Office.
Jon Ward
4 days ago: Friday Mar 27 - 6:27pm
Trump last night on Fox News: "I don’t believe you need 40,000 or 30,000 ventilators." Trump today: "We thought we had a deal for 40,000 ventilators and all of a sudden 40,000 came down to 6,000." Also: "Hopefully, we won’t need the full activation.”
Jon Ward
4 days ago: Friday Mar 27 - 6:27pm
FEMA spox, later on March 24: "At the last minute, we were able to procure the test kits from the private market without invoking the DPA." (continued ...)