Flu jab delay due to truck driver shortage https://t.co/8PrHksepfx
— BBC News (UK) (@BBCNews) September 3, 2021
Flu jab appointments set to be disrupted as vaccine deliveries delayed by transport problems https://t.co/nhWI19xh0c
— Sky News (@SkyNews) September 3, 2021
"GP surgeries in England cancel flu jabs amid vaccine shortage
— Edwin Hayward 🦄 🗡 (@uk_domain_names) September 3, 2021
Vaccine maker Seqirus wrote to GPs warning of delays from ‘unforeseen road freight challenges’"
Ah. Oops.
If only Brexit hadn't robbed us of tens of thousands of drivers. https://t.co/c1cqpFnOqh
First we ran short of blood bottles which meant vital blood tests cancelled.
— Jonathan Ashworth (@JonAshworth) September 3, 2021
Now flu vaccines delayed.
More NHS crisis.
When will ministers get a grip?! https://t.co/6CnluTEYqw
This is possibly the worst year this could ever happen. #Brexit is bad for the economy, bad for our society, and bad for your health. Disastrous incompetence. #torybritain #brexitshambles
— Brendan May (@bmay) September 3, 2021
Flu jabs in England and Wales delayed due to HGV driver shortage. https://t.co/YZmCpKUE6l
Taxpayers must pay more to fund social care, says health secretary Jeremy Hunt https://t.co/V8ZZZbJamM
— BBC Politics (@BBCPolitics) September 3, 2021
Covid and Brexit – and bad contingency planning – putting lives at risk. https://t.co/FtaWqRBirj
— Kevin Meagher (@KevinPMeagher) August 29, 2021
As this report says, the alarming blood tube shortage is partly caused by Johnson’s Brexit deal. Did anyone vote for this? Isn’t it time it was reversed to rejoin the Single Market? https://t.co/enTzT13rHW
— Andrew Adonis (@Andrew_Adonis) August 31, 2021
The health service is Britain’s strongest brand, beating the BBC and Amazon https://t.co/TCdAyH3Oqh
— The Economist (@TheEconomist) September 3, 2021
Brexit 🇬🇧🏴 👏👏👏
— Save British Farming 🇬🇧 (@BritishSave) September 3, 2021
“England has become a country where the pubs have no 🍺 farmers don't have anyone to pick their 🍎 🥬 🥕 and, even if they did, there aren't enough lorry drivers to get it to the shops." pic.twitter.com/5U36JHhhtb
2016: There'll be sunlit uplands.
— Oonagh (@Okeating) September 3, 2021
2021: We can't protect you from flu or long covid because we told the lorry drivers to fuck off. pic.twitter.com/d4WHtjXsao
Meanwhile…
The JCVI does not recommend Covid vaccinations for 12-15 year-olds.
— Calvin (@calvinrobinson) September 3, 2021
Despite that, the Government is planning to roll out vaccines for 12-15 year-olds as early as next week.
It seems they're no longer following "the science".
Why would they go against the top medical advice? 🤔 pic.twitter.com/iJrfzaPq6v
Covid treatment improving as doctors learn to fight the disease and access new drugs https://t.co/cpxVbTBbr3
— The Guardian (@guardian) September 3, 2021
The WHO added the “Mu” coronavirus variant to its list of “variants of interest” because it has the potential to evade immunity from vaccines and antibodies.
— The New York Times (@nytimes) September 3, 2021
The variant was first identified in Colombia in January and now makes up 39% of all cases there.https://t.co/Z8KvWrwolV
A coronavirus variant known as “mu” or “B.1.621” was designated by the World Health Organization as a “variant of interest” earlier this week.
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) September 3, 2021
Here’s what we know about the mu variant. https://t.co/YWgbNNRLD3
The number of children hospitalized with Covid-19 is increasing as the delta variant continues to spread, with the trend most apparent in places with low vaccination rates, the CDC says. https://t.co/JqbQUkdObi
— NBC News (@NBCNews) September 2, 2021
Time to move forwardhttps://t.co/9VokQy4Bll
— Elad Gil (@eladgil) August 28, 2021
Japan:
— Peter Kyle MP (@peterkyle) September 3, 2021
Population 126m
Covid deaths 16,184.
UK:
Population 67m
Covid deaths 133,000.
👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇 pic.twitter.com/KHf5EmIAGM
Kim Jong Un rejects foreign Covid-19 vaccines offer and urges North Korea to fight pandemic in "our style." https://t.co/nFLPhR3PBc
— NBC News (@NBCNews) September 3, 2021
And…
Opinion: The current anti-abortion moves are a sign of what’s to come. Abortion is just the beginning. Making it harder to vote? Protests against Covid-19 vaccine distribution? Our elected officials must take action now, because tomorrow is too late https://t.co/z2C3fJQsE4
— Financial Times (@FinancialTimes) September 3, 2021
"Folks are now waking up and realizing that if the second largest state in the country, if Republicans can ban abortion there, they can do it anywhere," fmr. President of Planned Parenthood Cecile Richards says. https://t.co/leqKquFt3C
— MSNBC (@MSNBC) September 3, 2021
“This Texas abortion law was crafted precisely to prevent federal courts from blocking it,” @chrislhayes says. “So, I want to take a moment and explain just how egregious this is.”https://t.co/YuRUsq6Xmx
— MSNBC (@MSNBC) September 3, 2021
Trump filled Scalia’s seat first but that didn’t change the balance of the court. Justice Kennedy’s retirement in 2018 was really the gamechanger as Kennedy had previously voted in favor of abortion rights. Now, with Kavanaugh in board, Roe was definitely under threat
— Lawrence Hurley (@lawrencehurley) September 3, 2021
Where is Susan?
— Roshan Rinaldi (@Roshan_Rinaldi) September 3, 2021
Susan Collins' Twitter account has gone silent since Supreme Court refused to stop Texas abortion ban- after she promised that Trump's appointees wouldn't overturn Roe v. Wade.
Awwwkward. https://t.co/T93h5SSWEI
Biden says restrictive Texas abortion law is “almost un-American,” creates “vigilante system” https://t.co/gHKTsfxaVh
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) September 3, 2021
Planned Parenthood of Texas has just filed for a temporary restraining order against Texas Right To Life. “Anti-abortion activists are already staking out our health centers, surveilling our providers, and threatening our patients.” https://t.co/KldGcsLXZY
— Ron Filipkowski (@RonFilipkowski) September 3, 2021
BREAKING: Texas state judge temporarily blocks the anti-abortion group Texas Right to Life and its associates from enforcing Texas' 6-week abortion ban against Planned Parenthood, handing a narrow legal win to abortion rights advocates
— John Kruzel (@johnkruzel) September 3, 2021
I'm told the way to protect abortion rights is not for Dems to right now pass existing legislation to enshrine Roe as federal law, but to instead wait to elect more Senate Dems so they can go to DC & say they can't do anything because of a filibuster that they choose to preserve.
— David Sirota (@davidsirota) September 3, 2021
BREAKING: Lyft and Uber announce they will cover 100% of the legal fees of drivers who are sued for "aiding and abetting" under Texas' abortion law. Lyft also says they will donate $1 million to Planned Parenthood.
— No Lie with Brian Tyler Cohen (@NoLieWithBTC) September 3, 2021
TikTok users are spamming a site set up to receive reports of potential violations to Texas' new abortion law.
— NPR (@NPR) September 3, 2021
One user created an iOS shortcut that automatically fills out false reports — and even adds local zip codes.
Others have taken a simpler approach: spamming with memes. pic.twitter.com/tU1C1Se9p2
"I found out about this website and thought, 'We have to do whatever we can if they're going to use the internet against us — the very people who were raised on the internet,'" one TikToker told @NBCNews. https://t.co/AIb8TeCIFl
— NBC News (@NBCNews) September 3, 2021
The Overnight Note 