Favorite Rejects 2021-09-03

Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias

This is great. It’s deeply unfortunate that the NYT gave us 19 years of low-key but excellent coverage of Afghanistan, then three weeks of screaming A1 nonsense, and is now back to good stuff off the front pages. https://t.co/mob0xcdqB5

Max Fisher @Max_Fisher

My newsletter today is about what @Anand_Gopal_ called “the two Afghanistans” — the one that Americans hear about, that is furious over US withdrawal, and the other that we mostly don’t https://t.co/Pw63YTv7sF

Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias

Elites who oppose withdrawal have done a very good job of creating this fake third option to hurt Biden politically, but it’s still fake. https://t.co/0MCOSYsQDj

Aaron Blake @AaronBlake

26% approve of the Afghanistan withdrawal AND Biden's handling of it. 52% approve of the Afghanistan withdrawal BUT disapprove of Biden's handling of it. https://t.co/ju2oEYWdeu https://t.co/iPZNqKXHZ3

Nate Silver @NateSilver538

Whatever you think of boosters this seems like kind of a dumb reason for the FDA to delay boosters.

Joe Bishop-Henchman @jbhenchman

WSJ has a bit more: Moderna wants to do a smaller 50cc dose to reach more people and have fewer side effects. FDA wants 100cc to reduce confusion from changing dosages and avoid wastage from discarding unused doses in a vial. Policy Qs not efficacy Qs. https://t.co/UIv2innl6U

Julian Sanchez @normative

“Rat out your neighbors’ personal medical decisions and the state will reward you with $10,000” sounds a hell of a lot more Soviet than most of the things Republicans these days denounce as “communism."

Cristiano Lima @viaCristiano

🔥🔥🔥 washingtonpost.com/technology/202…

donna respirator @AliceAvizandum

after lifetimes of overreacting to every perceived threat with maximum force, cops have found a real one and actually, they love it https://t.co/djyjow7ZH7

WPLG Local 10 News @WPLGLocal10

FRIGHTENING STATISTIC: COVID-19 has become the No. 1 cop killer and "the most important officer safety issue of our lifetime" https://t.co/JMUHTkL53J

Kim-Mai Cutler @kimmaicutler

I’m so angry at the FDA. https://t.co/A0M0GpXyBL

Dr. Alex Huffman @HuffmanLabDU

* Kids 0-4 yrs: Hospitalizations increased by 10x more than the 8 weeks prior to Aug. 14 * Adolescents 12-17 yrs: Hospitalizations 10x higher among unvaxxed than vaxxed during late June/July Summary says: Vax ASAP, indoor masks for >2 yrs, quarantine https://t.co/SiOEnIy4Uv