#Inside the cutthroat race to secure doses

#Inside the cutthroat race to secure doses

“#Inside the cutthroat race to secure doses” PARIS — No one disputes that the world is unfair. But no one expected a vaccine gap between the global rich and poor that was this bad, this far into the pandemic. Inequity is everywhere: Inoculations go begging in the United States while Haiti, a short plane ride…

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#DNC, Biden allies want phone carriers to vet anti-vax messages

#DNC, Biden allies want phone carriers to vet anti-vax messages

“#DNC, Biden allies want phone carriers to vet anti-vax messages” The Democratic National Committee and other White House allies want wireless carriers to scrutinize phone and social media messages for alleged misinformation about the Biden administration’s push to vaccinate more Americans against the coronavirus, Politico reported Monday. According to the outlet, the White House is…

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#Flu shot protects against some severe COVID-19 effects, study claims

#Flu shot protects against some severe COVID-19 effects, study claims

“#Flu shot protects against some severe COVID-19 effects, study claims” New research suggests that patients who received their annual flu vaccine before contracting coronavirus may have some degree of protection against severe effects associated with COVID-19, such as stroke, sepsis and deep vein thrombosis (DVT).  Data collected from patients around the world and presented at the European Congress of Clinical…

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#Vatican seeks all-out effort to combat vaccine hesitancy

#Vatican seeks all-out effort to combat vaccine hesitancy

“#Vatican seeks all-out effort to combat vaccine hesitancy” Enlarge Image Archbishop Vincenzo Paglia, President of the Vatican’s Pontifical Council of Life, speaks to reporters during a press conference, at the Vatican. AP ROME — The Vatican’s bioethics academy and the World Medical Association on Friday called for an all-out effort to combat vaccine hesitancy and…

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#The extraordinarily slow plan to reopen the border

#The extraordinarily slow plan to reopen the border

“#The extraordinarily slow plan to reopen the border” The Trudeau government is keeping shut the U.S-Canada border for the foreseeable future, with no clear end date in place nor with any metrics on when, and how, the border will reopen. Nothing will change about the border measures at all until July 5, when fully-vaccinated travellers…

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#Delta COVID-19 variant won’t cause new lockdowns

#Delta COVID-19 variant won’t cause new lockdowns

“#Delta COVID-19 variant won’t cause new lockdowns” President Biden said Friday that the Delta variant of COVID-19 won’t trigger new lockdowns in the US, but that it may cause more infections in regions with lower vaccination rates. “No, it’s not a lockdown, but some areas will be very hurt,” Biden said at the White House…

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#Color-coded bracelets gauge COVID-19 interaction comfort levels

#Color-coded bracelets gauge COVID-19 interaction comfort levels

“#Color-coded bracelets gauge COVID-19 interaction comfort levels” Green means go — and in this case, it means give a high five or even a hug. A Wisconsin grocery store is garnering national attention for providing customers with color-coded bracelets to indicate their comfort level with social interactions amid easing COVID-19 restrictions. Green means the wearers…

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#Marjorie Taylor Greene apologizes for comparing mask mandate to Holocaust

#Marjorie Taylor Greene apologizes for comparing mask mandate to Holocaust

“#Marjorie Taylor Greene apologizes for comparing mask mandate to Holocaust” Controversial Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene apologized Monday for likening mask and vaccination mandates to anti-Jewish laws enforced by Nazi Germany during the Holocaust. “The horrors of the Holocaust are something that some people don’t even believe happened, that some people deny,” Greene told reporters following…

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