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Field trip today. First time out of the house in a week. Donned then mask to get an antibody test. No symptoms. Just curious if the processHere now waiting for

COVID Update April 14: The day— what Congress should do next. The food supply & the drug supply. Ventilators, hospitals & Trump. The numbers. A day in my life. How

BREAKING: @USofCare releases next step policy recommendations to meet the challenge of COVID-19.https://unitedstatesofcare.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/USC_FederalPolicyRecommendations_04.14.20.pdf We start our work differently than you might expec

COVID Update April 13: Trump is making a decision about how he wants to proceed & so I called someone who knows how he operates better than anyone I could

BREAKING: New study shows NY COVID-19 positive rate may be 15%.87% asymptomatic.https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMc2009316 First of all apologies for the caveats. One study. Pregnant women only. A point in time. Only in

COVID Update April 12: Special Sunday thread tonight. Have an online memorial service to attend— the best friend of @ASlavittsMom. Then probably a toast first.If you haven’t see my past

COVID Update April 11: Today I spent on food— not (just) eating it. But what’s going on in the food banks, with food producers & for hungry people.Got the inside

If you missed it: the absolutely incredible conversation I had with ⁦@Maddow⁩ on the state of nursing homes, the clear & present danger & what can be done about it.https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/trump-admin-ignoring-dire-covid-19-s

COVID Update April 10: I spent the day in conversations w some of the people on society’s margins. Criminal justice, nursing homes, people w disabilities. And on NY and NJ.Going

OK. Let’s get into this. The people America forgets. I’m really grateful that @maddow not only started pushing on this & had me on to discuss, but actually did the

Update COVID April 9: The big conversation is around the 60,000 death toll model so I had confidential conversations with the modelers. Can share without attribution.Also a palliative care doc

BREAKING CORONAVIRUS UPDATE: General Motors, the first company to be contracted for in the Defense Production Act won’t deliver ventilators until August. For $500 million.We will have 10s of thousands