#COVID-19 data analyst Rebekah Jones arrested, tests positive

#COVID-19 data analyst Rebekah Jones arrested, tests positive

“#COVID-19 data analyst Rebekah Jones arrested, tests positive” Former Florida data scientist Rebekah Jones was arrested on a charge that she hacked into the state’s emergency response system — and later learned she tested positive for COVID-19. Jones — who said she was fired from the state’s Department of Health in May for refusing to…

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#The GOP can win without Trump and other commentary

#The GOP can win without Trump and other commentary

“#The GOP can win without Trump and other commentary” From the right: GOP Can Win Without Trump Republicans have “a real chance to take back power in the House, Senate and White House,” but they must divorce the “toxic” President Trump to do it, argues Joe Concha at The Hill. “If you’re the kind of…

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#NY to reallocate nursing homes’ unused COVID-19 vaccines

#NY to reallocate nursing homes’ unused COVID-19 vaccines

“#NY to reallocate nursing homes’ unused COVID-19 vaccines” New York is going to reallocate unused COVID-19 vaccines that had been earmarked for nursing homes — with tens of thousands of staffers at the facilities declining to get the shot as the state’s stockpile dwindles, officials said Monday. Gov. Andrew Cuomo, speaking during a virtual press…

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#UK COVID-19 variant identified in Utah for first time

#UK COVID-19 variant identified in Utah for first time

“#UK COVID-19 variant identified in Utah for first time” A more contagious strain of the novel coronavirus has been identified in Utah, marking the first time the variant — which was initially discovered in the United Kingdom late last year and is known as B.1.1.7 — has been found in the state.  Officials with the Utah Department…

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