Thank you to all
#TheDropout
listeners for coming along with us on this journey. Thank you for sharing this with us, for giving us your time, for trusting us with this complicated story.
While this is goodbye for now, we hope to be back soon.
THREAD: I generally abstain posting about my own personal experiences or those of my family, but what my parents are seeing and experiencing in SW Florida with the vaccine rollout is a disgrace.
You’d think for an event that’s been in the works for months, every local health department would have a giant, clearly labeled, front page message on their website telling people who’s eligible, where to go, and when. Especially when first recipients are in 70s & 80s.
#vaccine
One family friend, in her 80s went to a Lee County site at 4:30am, and spent hours waiting for a vaccine, many there were not wearing masks, she says, and had been waiting overnight. She called it a “superspreader” event with so many crammed together.
In Lee County Florida, where vaccines started as first come/first served for seniors Monday, hundreds of people in 70s & 80s slept in lawn chairs, lined up outside vaccine sites.
Seniors are being told to show up at Lee County vaccination sites with warm clothes, blankets, water and their medications given how long the wait times will be.
Locals searching for reliable vaccine rollout info online, thru trusted sources like local health department sites, are struggling to find anything.
Here are screenshots for Lee/Collier County.
Here are links:
UPDATE: Hundreds of seniors camped out overnight again, in the cold, crowded together, in Lee County last night, waiting for vaccinations.
As of 6:30 a.m. today (Wednesday) all three vaccination sites in Lee County, Florida have hit capacity, according to DOH-Lee.
BREAKING: MoviePass will shutdown tomorrow, Sept 14. Subscribers are about to receive a letter from the company. Accrording to a source, they will not be charged during the service interruption and will receive "appropriate refunds for their period of service already paid for"
JUST IN: U.S. Airlines which employ 750,000 pilots, flight attendants, reservation agents, mechanics say they will likely run out of money by end of year. They are seeking +$50B Bailout.
JUST IN: 1.51 million Americans filed new claims for unemployment benefits last week. Context: claims are declining, but still 7.5x what we’d see in a “normal” week
Excited to announce the launch of my new podcast
#TheDropout
- a 3-yr investigation into
#ElizabethHolmes
-including never-before-aired testimony of Elizabeth, her Board + exclusive interviews. SUBSCRIBE today and listen to trailer here:
BREAKING: Former Theranos COO Sunny Balwani found guilty on all 12 counts of criminal fraud, including conspiracy against patients &investors. Elizabeth Holmes was previously found guilty on 4 of the counts. And was acquitted on the patient charges.
#TheDropout
From winning Wimbledon at 17, to becoming a best-selling author, to owning her own company,
@MariaSharapova
talks finding success and overcoming setbacks. LISTEN to
#NoLimitspodcast
JUST IN: Walmart plans to hire 150,000 new associates through the end of May to work in stores, clubs, distribution centers and fulfillment centers and will pay its full-time workers $300 cash bonuses.
"You can have a disease, a mental health challenge... and you can still succeed. I did. I was going through some of the worst at my most successful times." -
@Ginger_Zee
opens up on
#NoLimits
:
This means at least 3.3 million Americans were laid off last week. To put in context, during the worst week of layoffs in the financial crisis, 665,000 Americans filed for unemployment.
Thank you so so much to all my friends
@GMA
who worked so hard to share our journey with you. Being parents to Isabel and now Leo too is our greatest joy. We hope sharing more of our story will spread a little light to those who are struggling with fertility.
Congratulations to our very own
@rebeccajarvis
and her family, who have welcomed their son Leo via surrogacy! 💗
Rebecca and her husband Matt open up about their fertility journey:
JUST IN: New filing from prosecutors alleges
#ElizabethHolmes
“attempted to flee” U.S. with one-way ticket after her conviction. “Holmes booked an international flight to Mexico departing on January 26, 2022, without a scheduled return trip”
It cannot be said enough - to the people on the frontlines- doctors, nurses, healthcare workers - thank you!! We as a country will not forget the important work you are doing right now.
“He was found guilty by a jury and now goes free on a procedural issue that is irrelevant to the facts of the crime.” District Attorney Kevin R Steele responds to
#Cosby
decision.
We have a verdict
#ElizabethHolmes
Count 1- Guilty
Count 2- Not guilty
Count 3- No verdict
Count 4- No verdict
Count 5- No verdict
Count 6- Guilty
Count 7- Guilty
Count 8- Guilty
Count 10- Not Guilty
Count 11- Not Guilty
Count 12- Not guilty
Some personal news… My mom
@gailmarksjarvis
my dearest friend and greatest role model just won
@SABEW
Distinguished Achievement Award for her contributions to journalism. To the woman who makes me proud every day, congratulations on this wonderful honor!!
I will always remember Gen Colin Powell as a giant of youth empowerment, who gave 15-yr-old me an opportunity & helped build a better future for young people across Minnesota. Sending my deepest condolences to Alma and his dear family. RIP Colin Powell
JUST IN: NYC Health Dept releases chart of coronavirus cases by zip code. Looks like those who have the farthest commutes by train also have highest instances.
Quick what should go on my
#NYCMarathon
playlist? Im running with team
@ABC
in a relay on behalf of
@nyrr
Team Kids. Got a few mins before
@RobinRoberts
kicks off the run and passes us the baton
President Trump says the drug “Chloroquine” an old malaria drug, may help treat novel coronavirus, and it can be made available immediately. More info here on the drug 👇👇
Thank you to all my friends at
@GMA
@michaelstrahan
@RobinRoberts
@GStephanopoulos
for the warm welcome back from maternity leave. Like so many new moms, I’ve been feeling ambivalent about the return and coming back to all your hugs and smiling faces made my day.
BREAKING: Layoffs + the number of unemployed are now RISING. The opposite of what we want to see.
1,434,000 Americans filed initial claims for unemployment last wk +12,000 from week prior.
And the total number of Americans seeking unemployment rose by 867,000 to 17 million.
BREAKING: Facebook has removed President Trump's video from the platform. FB's VP of Integrity calling it "an emergency situation" and "we are taking appropriate emergency measures" because "we believe it contributes to rather than diminishes the risk of ongoing violence."
This is an emergency situation and we are taking appropriate emergency measures, including removing President Trump's video. We removed it because on balance we believe it contributes to rather than diminishes the risk of ongoing violence.
As we come to the end of 2020, 19.6 million Americans are collecting some form of unemployment benefits.
At the beginning of the year, that number was 1.8 million.
“I am happy that justice has been served” - Tyler Shultz, who along with Erika Cheung, risked everything to expose what he saw happening inside of Theranos, responds to
#ElizabethHolmes
verdict.
History will remember his bravery.
This has been a long chapter of my life. I am happy that justice has been served and that this saga is finally in my rearview mirror. Proud of the impact that Erika and I had. Hope to inspire other young professionals to hold their leaders accountable.
JUST IN: Sam Bankman-Fried’s ex-girlfriend - Caroline Ellison- along with the co-founder of FTX - Gary Wang- have each pleaded guilty to criminal charges and are cooperating with prosecutors, US Attorney Damian Williams said Wednesday.
Inflation in real terms:
The average American household needed to spend $493 per month more in June to purchase the same goods and services they did a year ago-
@MoodysAnalytics
To be clear: this drug has NOT been approved by FDA for treatment of
#COVID19
but is being studied now. FDA says large clinical trials necessary to know. Read full article for more dets.
President Trump says the drug “Chloroquine” an old malaria drug, may help treat novel coronavirus, and it can be made available immediately. More info here on the drug 👇👇
Most CEOs are obsessed with their stock price. Not Tim Cook! The Apple CEO recently told me he didn’t know where his company was trading. Hopefully someone tells him it’s at a record high today.
Walmart CEO: It’s clear to us that the status quo is unacceptable.
Company will:
- discontinue sales of short-barrel rifle ammunition
- discontinue handgun ammunition
- discontinue handgun sales
READ letter to employees here:
BREAKING: 963,000 Americans filed new claims for unemployment last week, down 228,000 from week prior. Approx 5x what we would consider “normal” for a week of layoffs.