The AstraZeneca Vaccine Can't Catch a Break https://t.co/7uIofFvn5s pic.twitter.com/urWAyFpzCE
— Gizmodo (@Gizmodo) March 15, 2021
Germany, France and Italy said they would suspend AstraZeneca COVID-19 shots after several countries reported possible serious side-effects but the @WHO said there was no proven link and people should not panic https://t.co/UtXE7nODQS pic.twitter.com/4j94C8OHcS
— Reuters (@Reuters) March 15, 2021
Spain joins countries halting AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine https://t.co/1GahIGnMms pic.twitter.com/Pv1ZBOPvOh
— Reuters (@Reuters) March 15, 2021
Countries suspending use of AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine as precaution:
— The Spectator Index (@spectatorindex) March 15, 2021
– Denmark
– Norway
– Ireland
– Estonia
– The Netherlands
– Thailand
– Bulgaria
– Iceland
– Lithuania
– Luxembourg
– Latvia
– Germany
– France
– Italy
– Spain
– Cyprus
– Portugal
– Slovenia
EU regulator to meet on Thursday to discuss AstraZeneca vaccine https://t.co/f3nf5XWRxg pic.twitter.com/EIWHbsdHLP
— Reuters (@Reuters) March 15, 2021
🚨BREAKING: The World Health Organization (WHO) has urged countries not to pause Covid vaccinations, saying there is NO evidence of a link between the AstraZeneca vaccine and blood clots
— Politics For All (@PoliticsForAlI) March 15, 2021
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Coronavirus live news: keep using AstraZeneca/Oxford vaccine, says WHO https://t.co/7HFtnDRvj4
— The Guardian (@guardian) March 16, 2021
Things are getting complicated with the Astra Zeneca vaccine in Europe. Despite the WHO saying it’s fine to use, Germany, France and others have suspended its use. We’ve looked at why and why some scientists are ‘baffled’. Produced @michaelcoxJ https://t.co/X1aeUdDabo pic.twitter.com/NsugaLYN3R
— Ros Atkins (@BBCRosAtkins) March 15, 2021
"Scared", "anxious", "worrying"
— Matthew Holroyd (@MTHolroyd) March 15, 2021
Just a sample of the human impact of countries suspending the #astrazeneca vaccine.
The news is feeding anti-vaxx narratives and spreading concern
Reiterate: currently no evidence of a link between the vaccine and reports of blood clotting pic.twitter.com/xzvs2p3usL
Data suggest no increased risk of blood clots from the AstraZeneca vaccine.
— The Conversation (@ConversationEDU) March 15, 2021
We would urge extreme caution in pausing rollouts, writes Nigel Crawford and @MCRI_for_kids colleagues: https://t.co/Q8oxvysogQ
Meanwhile…
They must be free warheads, since there's no money for anything else.
— Jo Himself (@johimself) March 14, 2021
"Cap on Trident nuclear warhead stockpile to rise by more than 40%
— Edwin Hayward 🦄 🗡 (@uk_domain_names) March 15, 2021
Exclusive: Boris Johnson announcement on Tuesday will end 30 years of gradual disarmament"
What will make life more worth living? How about a bucketload more nuclear missiles.
https://t.co/7gPO38tvXI
Scene in #ParliamentSquare, where demonstrators are chanting “kill the bill,” referring to a policing bill critics say will give police greater powers to crackdown on protests #reclaimthesestreets pic.twitter.com/IW4bNY27Nz
— Karla Adam (@karlaadam) March 15, 2021
Dear Female MPs who are considering voting FOR the #PolicingBill that makes disruptive & annoying protest unlawful.
— Archie 💙💛🇪🇺💛💙 (@ArchieBurrows34) March 15, 2021
Here is a statue of Emmeline Pankhurst.
How do you think you won the right to vote, let alone the right to sit as an MP?? #ProtectWomenNotStatues pic.twitter.com/aDFZThgamW
Conspicuous by its absence on the second night the @metpoliceuk are deploying so many officers to guard a statue is… a baying mob. Or anyone at all with statuecidal tendencies. pic.twitter.com/X1GGVjyrnm
— Tim Walker (@ThatTimWalker) March 15, 2021
You know that Simpsons episode where the nuclear inspectors are coming, so Mr Burns sends all his dumbest employees to guard a bee in a jar?
— Enough Of That Now (@AndyGilder) March 15, 2021
That. https://t.co/HPJRsNdHQU
St Patrick’s Day looms…
Taoiseach pushes back against calls in US for referendum on Irish unity https://t.co/0sT9Rc6LHG
— Amanda Ferguson (@AmandaFBelfast) March 15, 2021
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TRUMP FOLLOWERS REMAIN VACCINE HOLD-OUTS
"In this rural swath of Virginia’s Shenandoah valley, former President Donald Trump remains deeply admired, with lawn signs and campaign flags still dotting the landscape. The vaccines aimed at taming the coronavirus, however, aren’t so popular." @Colvinjhttps://t.co/oTp4IYKyWK
— Michael Tackett (@tackettdc) March 15, 2021
"We could still very well see this pandemic rage to the tune of 1,000 deaths and 100,000 infections a day well into July … that's if we don't have wide adoption," @VinGuptaMD says about the potential threat of all Americans not getting vaccinated. https://t.co/LzYVjG3eB1
— MSNBC (@MSNBC) March 15, 2021
Pres. Biden appeared to be at odds with his top scientist in the pandemic fight, Dr. Fauci, about whether former Pres.Trump should urge his supporters to get vaccinated, given a poll that shows they are the Americans most likely not to get the shots. https://t.co/WFPNRSdYMV
— This Week (@ThisWeekABC) March 15, 2021
Elsewhere…
at long last… https://t.co/PHHj79rqpH
— John Harwood (@JohnJHarwood) March 15, 2021
Officer Sicknick and two other police officers were injured “as a result of being sprayed in the face” with an unidentified substance by Mr. Khater and Mr. Tanios, the F.B.I. said in search warrant applications filed in court.https://t.co/Nk7L7NPEYK w/@ktbenner
— Adam Goldman (@adamgoldmanNYT) March 15, 2021
NEW IMAGES: Julian Khater bear spraying #Capitol Police officer Sicknick & his colleagues.
— John Scott-Railton (@jsrailton) March 15, 2021
Once the officers are hit, they appear to react one-by-one and retreat to flush their eyes with water. 1/ pic.twitter.com/3X6lewm5G7
"Ron Johnson sounds like a senator from Alabama in 1921, not a senator from Wisconsin in 2021," David Plouffe says about the senator's comment that he felt safe during the January 6th riot because the rioters were people who “loved our country.” https://t.co/AjjA7zJCnJ
— MSNBC (@MSNBC) March 15, 2021
Hey Kevin McCarthy, I'm assuming these weren't migrants from the border were they? No, they were two men who believed the election result lies told to them by people like you. https://t.co/x7stLuwPG4
— Bruno Amato for #CA23🇺🇸 (@BrunoAmato_1) March 15, 2021
Good for her: Rep. Veronica Escobar (D-Tex.), whose district includes El Paso, on Monday criticized McCarthy over his visit to the U.S.-Mexico border, accusing him of stoking fear of immigrants and using the Latino community as “a prop.” https://t.co/xazTbeAYjg
— Jennifer 'pro-voting' Rubin (@JRubinBlogger) March 15, 2021
After interviewing @GOPLeader in El Paso today its increasingly clear the two parties see the same problem at the border: unaccompanied minor surge which swamps border patrol and leaves kids in unacceptable housing – but two totally different policy solutions. (1/2)
— Garrett Haake (@GarrettHaake) March 15, 2021
And…
UPDATE: @CocaCola says they now OPPOSE the voter suppression bills in the Georgia legislature.
— Judd Legum (@JuddLegum) March 15, 2021
This is a big change from 24 hours ago, which is the last time I heard from themhttps://t.co/58Ql3X8CIA pic.twitter.com/9C7cwVmdvI
The Georgia Chamber of Commerce has "expressed concern and opposition" to clauses in two Republican bills "that restrict or diminish voter access." https://t.co/lBYGOFDxyp
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) March 15, 2021
An Indigenous woman of the Laguna Pueblo tribe of NM has become the 54th US Secretary of the Interior. Sec Haaland will oversee the management & conservation of our federal lands & natural resources—replacing an oil lobbyist.
— Dean Wallace 🗳🗽 (@deanofdublin) March 16, 2021
Don’t ever tell me elections don’t have consequences. pic.twitter.com/5hwZ9uAvh2