Meanwhile, this just in – the NHS has warned that there will be a significant reduction in UK vaccine supply after 29 March, lasting four weeks.
— Dave Keating (@DaveKeating) March 17, 2021
It is not clear whether this is AstraZeneca or Pfizer, but presumably it's the latter.https://t.co/DBvzvp6zVR
There is “no evidence of increased risk” of blood clots from using the AstraZeneca vaccine
— BBC News (UK) (@BBCNews) March 17, 2021
Deputy Chief Medical Officer for England Jonathan Van Tam says “vaccines don’t save lives if they’re in fridges”https://t.co/k2PyTfcIZs pic.twitter.com/JfezUGqrDT
Virus variants found to be deadlier, more contagious; some may thwart vaccines https://t.co/VwHniqcppG pic.twitter.com/dMnty6qrrU
— Reuters (@Reuters) March 17, 2021
What nobody in UK media or politics has admitted is that Britain's vaccine "triumph" has been entirely dependent on EU's (generous or foolish??) willingness to export Pfizer Pfizer vaccine to Britain, while the people of Europe remained unprotected: https://t.co/FmKlVwXGrO
— Anatole Kaletsky (@Kaletsky) March 17, 2021
Dominic Raab accuses EU of 'brinkmanship' over vaccine supply threat – video https://t.co/JOlNCCXjJ6
— The Guardian (@guardian) March 17, 2021
Understood that the AZ vaccine supply issue relates to consignment from manufacturer in India – half of order delayed 4 weeks.
— Hugh Pym (@BBCHughPym) March 17, 2021
A lot to say about AZ vaccine pause in Europe, but I will try to stick to a two key questions in this thread (more later):
— Kai Kupferschmidt (@kakape) March 17, 2021
1. What are the symptoms that have led to the pause?
2. Is there a plausible mechanism for the vaccine causing them?
Story is here: https://t.co/Kycqx0A1OO
The US can both vaccinate our people and be the leading source of vaccine support to the developing world. From a humanitarian and leadership perspective, this is a huge opportunity to begin to make amends for the last 4 years. https://t.co/2CyTy9Enp1
— Ben Rhodes (@brhodes) March 17, 2021
Delaying England's winter lockdown 'caused up to 27,000 extra Covid deaths' https://t.co/UHTBeuiOEv
— The Guardian (@guardian) March 18, 2021
Meanwhile, er…
UK foreign secretary warns democracy "in retreat" around the world https://t.co/ApPuLZIzom pic.twitter.com/qhKrSo2JiA
— The Hill (@thehill) March 17, 2021
▪️Prorogued Parliament
— David Schneider (@davidschneider) March 17, 2021
▪️Silencing protests
▪️Awarded money to pals & donors without tender
▪️Refused to release Russia report
▪️Plan to change mayoral elections to First Past The Post
So when Raab says democracy’s in retreat, he’s celebrating. https://t.co/4ECj3kX29F
Dominic Raab selling global Britain.
— Haggis_UK 🇬🇧 🇪🇺 (@Haggis_UK) March 17, 2021
"We've got the Great British Bake Off" pic.twitter.com/cWT3pl3xjd
Boris Johnson agreed to a customs border in the Irish Sea in a meeting in October 2019 with the Irish prime minister. Now the UK Foreign Secretary pretends it's all the EU's fault. Shameless.
— Gavin Esler (@gavinesler) March 17, 2021
Dominic Raab accuses EU of trying to erect Irish Sea border https://t.co/F6QBvYomMM
I spent 30 years abroad as a foreign correspondent. What struck me most on my return, even before Brexit was finalised, was the delusions about our standing in the world. That and the inexplicable obsession with past wars. Everything here is about the past.
— Andrew Downie (@adowniebrazil) March 17, 2021
Ambassadors all around London, especially🇨🇳 🇷🇺 finding it hard not to laugh this morning. 🇬🇧 has chosen its own decline and is desperately trying to pretend there is some coherent strategy in our foreign and defence policy post Brexit. Listening to Raab, it’s clear there isn’t
— ALASTAIR CAMPBELL (@campbellclaret) March 16, 2021
I'm coming round to the view that Johnson is just the front man for a more sinister set of individuals, who exploited his vanity and narcissism to push their own agenda which is starting to transform this country out of all recognition
— Alan Weston (@alanweston) March 17, 2021
“This government not only left businesses high and dry with their last minute, limited deal, but now seem to think all their work is done here."
— Best for Britain (@BestForBritain) March 17, 2021
Today's Brexit dividend…https://t.co/P4Z5KJ4n5z
Very important point on #brexit & the #protocol following today’s meeting 🇮🇪🇪🇺🇺🇸 https://t.co/gE4hrxEAgc
— Neale Richmond (@nealerichmond) March 17, 2021
"They called for the good faith implementation of international agreements designed to address the unique circumstances on the island of Ireland."
— David Phinnemore (@DPhinnemore) March 17, 2021
A reminder of the purpose of the Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland…https://t.co/hGFBrSdH8b pic.twitter.com/5xlWSF1B8N
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STORY STILL EMERGING BEHIND ATLANTA SHOOTING
BREAKING: The suspect in the shootings at three Atlanta-area massage parlors that killed eight has been charged with murder and assault. https://t.co/X1MmXYDO6O
— The Associated Press (@AP) March 17, 2021
Six of the Atlanta shooting victims were Asian, and all but one was a woman. The murderer claims he wasn’t motivated by racism—but the effect of his crime certainly served the aims of white patriarchy, which cannot survive or thrive without such violence. https://t.co/eOaNvZqgNX
— Jamil Smith (@JamilSmith) March 17, 2021
Alternatively:
— Sam Thompson (@JarrieSam) March 17, 2021
Murderous bastard slaughters woman for no reason pic.twitter.com/NX5FmuEbfi
“It’s heartbreaking”: Asian Americans see rise in hate amid deadly Atlanta shooting spree https://t.co/7V4WTAuuFB
— WESH 2 News (@WESH) March 17, 2021
“We are so hurt about what happened last night,” Congresswoman Meng says on the shooting in Atlanta. “But also hurt about this year’s long worth of hateful incidents and hate crimes that have skyrocketed across the country.”https://t.co/Y7PYD6Pk0U
— MSNBC (@MSNBC) March 17, 2021
We’re troubleshooting @AAJA website, which is crashing from the traffic after we released guidance on covering the Atlanta shooting. It’ll be back up shortly, but please share these screenshots in the meantime. pic.twitter.com/H7zuBRWDiJ
— Michelle Ye Hee Lee (@myhlee) March 17, 2021
The suspect in the horrific Atlanta spa shootings that left eight people dead was having a “really bad day” before he carried out the attacks, an official said.https://t.co/dSlN3zXfxo
— New York Daily News (@NYDailyNews) March 17, 2021
New: The sheriff's official who said the Atlanta spa shooter had "a bad day" shared an image of T-shirts that said "Covid 19 IMPORTED VIRUS FROM CHY-NA" on Facebook.
— Stephanie K. Baer (@skbaer) March 17, 2021
After @BuzzFeedNews asked about the shirt, the public post became unavailable.https://t.co/qrAsmm2Pgk
Domestic terrorism poses ‘elevated threat’ to the U.S. this year, intelligence agencies say in their first joint report on the issue https://t.co/rwqo3eOqHd
— Ellen Nakashima (@nakashimae) March 17, 2021
Trump even used an anti-Chinese slur during his interview this evening on Fox, just before news trickled out of a mass shooting in the Atlanta area that apparently targeted Asians and left 8 people dead pic.twitter.com/UY56F9WWxY
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) March 17, 2021
Biden says Putin 'will pay a price' for Russian efforts to undermine 2020 US election https://t.co/Bpq7X4fgAX
— Jeffrey Levin (@jilevin) March 18, 2021
NEW: President Joe Biden’s relentless effort to avoid the day-to-day distractions of the political world is being put to the test by the growing calls for NY Gov. Andrew Cuomo to resign https://t.co/G5gdfCJH4a
— Jonathan Lemire (@JonLemire) March 17, 2021
The Overnight Note 