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LenaSun
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National Health reporter for The Washington Post. Also @lenasun.bsky.social; Signal LenaSun.04 [email protected]. secure drop wapo.st/2BnwcFK
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    Feb 16, 2025
    Hearing that @CDCgov personnel on probationary list are getting termination letters this evening. If you’re one of them, you can reach me securely on Signal at LenaSun.04. I promise to keep your name confidential. We want to get a sense of who’s been cut. DMs ok too. TY.
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    Dec 15, 2017
    JUST IN: CDC gets a list of forbidden words that include fetus, transgender, diversity. Analysts were told they can't be used in preparing documents for next year's budget. Their reaction: ‘Are you serious? Are you kidding?’ My story, with @eilperin
    CDC gets list of forbidden words: Fetus, transgender, diversity
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    Aug 12, 2025
    NEW: The CDC shooting was much worse than initially reported. 181 rounds. 150 windows hit. Staff are furious at RFK Jr. and Trump becuz their long-running fears about anti-vax rhetoric turning deadly seem to be vindicated. ⁦@LaurenWeberHP⁩ + Me.
    After CDC shooting, its employees turn their anger to RFK Jr. and Trump
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    Mar 25, 2021
    First Biden news conference: Not a single question about the pandemic.
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    Sep 27, 2021
    My mom’s name is now on one of the white flags on the National Mall honoring those who died of covid-19.
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    Apr 21, 2020
    NEW: In interview w/me, CDC director warns second wave of coronavirus is likely to be worse because it will coincide with flu season. Look how overwhelmed health system is in this 1st covid-19 wave. Now imagine 2 respiratory outbreaks at the same time.
    CDC director warns second wave of coronavirus is likely to be even more devastating
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    Jun 2, 2020
    NEW: CIA veterans who monitored crackdowns abroad see troubling parallels in Trump handling of protests. “This is what autocrats do," said one former analyst. "This is what happens in countries before a collapse. It really does unnerve me.” @gregpmiller
    CIA veterans who monitored crackdowns abroad see troubling parallels in Trump’s handling of protests
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    Feb 20, 2020
    Replying to @bylenasun @JoelAchenbach and 2 others
    Only after the planes landed in the United States, did the > 300 Americans learn that some passengers had tested positive. "I think those people should not have been allowed on the plane. They should have been transferred to medical facilities in Japan," Vana Mendizabal said.
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    Feb 20, 2020
    NEW: The 14 Americans who were infected with coronavirus were flown home from Diamond Princess this week to U.S. against the advice of CDC. Passengers on the plane were not informed. Me with @JoelAchenbach @LennyMBernstein @ShibaniMahtani.
    Coronavirus-infected Americans flown home against CDC’s advice
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    Jan 15, 2021
    SCOOP: When HHS sec announced this wk that federal govt would begin releasing coronavirus vaccine doses reserved for 2nd shots, no such reserve existed, according to state/fed officials briefed on plans. Reserve was already exhausted. w @isaacstanbecker
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    Vaccine reserve was exhausted when Trump administration vowed to release it, dashing hopes of...
    States were anticipating a windfall after federal officials said they would stop holding back second doses. But the policy had already changed, and no stockpile exists.
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    May 24, 2020
    Bravo to @nytimes for remembering the people behind these numbers. The list jumps to two full pages inside. It includes my mom, Yu Lihua.
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    LenaSun
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    Mar 27, 2020
    NEW: There are now nearly 1.5 billion children around the globe — or 87 percent of Earth’s student population — whose schools have closed because of the novel coronavirus pandemic. @valeriestrauss
    1.5 billion children around globe affected by school closure. What countries are doing to keep kids...
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    May 14, 2020
    NEW: I've been covering the covid-19 pandemic since January. After four months, the coronavirus that has killed at least 83,000 people also killed my mother, Yu Lihua. a prominent Chinese-American writer. Obit by @mikelaris captured her perfectly. wapo.st/3dE0JkC
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    Nov 26, 2019
    NEW: CDC is sending experts to help this tiny Pacific island fight a deadly and growing measles outbreak where 32 children have died. Island has been target of anti-vax activists. Our story.
    Deadly measles outbreak hits children in Samoa after anti-vaccine fears
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