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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsPulitzer worthy article in the current New Yorker is a must read
"The Plague Year" by Lawrence Wright is the most comprehensive, well researched, heart wrenching story of the year!
It will change your mind about a lot of misinformation, especially about Dr. Birx.
Lengthily informative and entertaining chronological story of the 2020 cluster fuck.
This article alone is worth a subscription.
niyad
(113,541 posts)MineralMan
(146,325 posts)I read it. Long, but very good.
sinkingfeeling
(51,471 posts)USALiberal
(10,877 posts)randr
(12,414 posts)NRaleighLiberal
(60,018 posts)Birx does come across somewhat better. Somewhat....
randr
(12,414 posts)Last edited Sat Jan 2, 2021, 03:10 PM - Edit history (1)
I was very surprised and think her efforts deserve an in depth report or even a Documentary.
hay rick
(7,638 posts)Typical of our current media.
Texin
(2,597 posts)I hadn't read anything by this (primarily non-fiction) writer, before, but it was well worth it. I'll definitely read that article, as my husband subscribes to "The New Yorker".
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An incredible article.
Trump is a disaster.
hay rick
(7,638 posts)Our media has given too much attention and credit to Operation Warp Speed while neglecting the crucial roles of Drs. Graham and McLellan.
hay rick
(7,638 posts)Governors who got more had to show obeisance to Trump. Gavin Newsom, of California, praised the President fulsomely after being promised a shipment of swabs. Around this time, a reporter asked Trump, Youve suggested that some of these governors are not doing everything they need to do. What more, in this time of a national emergency, should these governors be doing?
Simple, Trump said. I want them to be appreciative.
FakeNoose
(32,731 posts)Thanks!
GreenEyedLefty
(2,073 posts)It is fascinating and enraging.
Words fail to describe Trump's utter failure on this pandemic.
muriel_volestrangler
(101,359 posts)sometimes heartbreaking.
If you don't have a New Yorker subscription, try accessing it in 'incognito' mode. That usually restarts the count for free views, so you can see this one. It's probably the best thing you'll read in a month, so worth reading however you can.
BobTheSubgenius
(11,564 posts)It is, in fact, Pulitzer-worthy. Thank you so much!
nolabear
(41,991 posts)A church I can recommend. 😄
central scrutinizer
(11,661 posts)The horror continues. The same callousness, partisanship, and incompetence that got us here is continuing in the vaccine rollout. I hope he is working on the sequel.
MustLoveBeagles
(11,632 posts)The tidbit about her grandmother bringing flu home during the last pandemic and giving it to her mom was heartbreaking. Imagine having to live with that guilt for 88 years. I know that both her and Dr. Fauci had to do a delicate dance between informing the public while at the same time not getting on Captain Trumps bad side. I know they both were in an impossible position. I still think Dr. Fauci did a better job with dealing with the BS and informing the public. I don't think Dr. Birx had that skillset but I did feel bad for her during that notorious bleach and LED press conference. One comment below the video said that Dr. Birx is actively dying inside and I don't disagree. The look on her face and the way her legs and feet were twitching was very revealing. I never seen a person want to disappear more in all my life.