Post by mhbruin on Aug 21, 2021 9:47:42 GMT -8
US Vaccine Data - We Have Now Administered 360 Million Shots (Population 333 Million)
70% of Eligible People With At Least One Dose. However, Fully Vaccinated is the Important Stat.
CALIFORNIA - California Breaks the 47 Million Dose Barrier
More than 1 dose for every person in California (39.6 million).
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200 Million People With At Least One Dose is a Nice Milestone, But ...
It's still only 60% of the population. And FULLY vaccinated is what counts. That's barely over 50%.
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Did You Know There is a National Park in Beverly Hills?
Really
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Yesterday I Wrote About the Creep Who is the Leading Republican to Replace Newsome
He's the guy who threatened his fiancé with a gun while high on pot.
Here's the Leading Democrat
The Democratic Party are idiots for not officially getting behind another candidate.
BTW, there are other choices. A retired corrections officer, a retired airport analyst, a retired educator, and a retired homicide detective. I guess retired people have a lot of time on their hands. I have the time to do this news summary every day.
Others are a farmer/psychologist (does he talk to plants?), 2 entertainers, a university lecturer, a cannabis policy advisor (does he advise Larry Elder not to use guns when he is high?), an aircraft mechanic/actor (yikes!), a hairstylist, and 2 pastors.
Which of these people is qualified to run one of the world's biggest economies? Then again, how was the previous qualified to run the country? (Here's a hint: He wasn't.)
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Another Vaccine Enters the Fray
India's drug regulator has approved the world's first DNA vaccine against Covid-19 for emergency use.
The three-dose ZyCoV-D vaccine prevented symptomatic disease in 66% of those vaccinated, according to an interim study quoted by the vaccine maker Cadila Healthcare.
The firm plans to make up to 120 million doses of India's second home-grown vaccine every year.
Previous DNA vaccines have worked well in animals but not humans.
India has so far given more than 570 million doses of three previously approved vaccines - Covishield, Covaxin and Sputnik V.
About 13% of adults have been fully vaccinated and 47% have received at least one shot since the beginning of the drive in January.
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The Collapse of Afghanistan Has Led to a Mess
Do we really need four weeks of 24/7 news coverage of this?
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To Boost or Not To Boost? That Is the Question. The Case Against the Booster.
There are marked differences in your immune system after a natural infection with coronavirus and after vaccination. Which is better?
Even asking the question bordered on heresy a year ago, when catching Covid for the first time could be deadly, especially for the elderly or people already in poor health.
Now, we're no longer starting with zero immunity as the overwhelming majority of people have either been vaccinated or have already caught the virus.
It is now a serious question that has implications for whether children should ever be vaccinated. And whether we use the virus or booster shots to top up immunity in adults. Both have become contentious issues.
"We could be digging ourselves into a hole, for a very long time, where we think we can only keep Covid away by boosting every year," Prof Eleanor Riley, an immunologist from the University of Edinburgh, told me.
Prof Adam Finn, a government vaccine adviser, said over-vaccinating people, when other parts of the world had none, was "a bit insane, it's not just inequitable, it's stupid".
This article does a good job of laying out the issue
--------------
The Case For the Booster
Check out the thread for more info
--------------
Somebody Actually Built a Wall
Greece has finished building a 40-kilometer (25-mile) wall along its border with Turkey, amid concerns in parts of Europe that the Taliban's takeover of Afghanistan could cause an influx of people seeking asylum.
The Border is 120 Miles Long
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If You Know Someone Who is Pregnant and Afraid of the Jab
Vanessa Alfermann never got a chance to hold her son, Axel, before he died.
A nurse at Missouri Baptist Medical Center in St. Louis, Alfermann contracted coronavirus from her husband, Ryan, in November — mere weeks before the vaccine was available to health care workers. The virus led to a rushed trip to the hospital and an emergency birth at 20 weeks.
Axel did not survive.
Now Alfermann, 32, is sharing her story to encourage pregnant women to overcome their vaccine hesitancy and get the shot. She said she doesn't want them to go through the same hardship, shock and loss she suffered, especially if they have the opportunity to get the vaccination.
"They send you home and you have to start over," she said. "I was stuck in bed. I didn't talk to anyone — I just was in complete depression. It was devastating to lose Axel. It still is. I call him my missing piece."
Alfermann's decision to share her story coincides with the release of new research this month showing Covid-19 increases pregnancy risks, leading to pre-term births. A second study published earlier this week examined vaccine reactions among pregnant individuals and showed that vaccines were safe.
Source
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Looking for a Kiss in London?
Strolling down London’s famous Oxford Street and fancy a watermelon Jolly Rancher, a chewy Mike and Ike or the cool refreshing taste of a Peppermint Pattie? No problem.
The British capital’s busiest shopping area is now a haven for sweet tooths with a taste for American candy.
In less than a square mile there are now nine mega candy stores, with names like American Candy World, American Candy Land, Candy Surprise and Kingdom of Sweets — which claims to be the first of its kind.
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If You Have Extra Miles or Vouchers
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They Need More Evidence that Kyle Rittenhouse is Homicidal?
Prosecutors have filed another motion in the Kyle Rittenhouse case as new evidence continues to surface ahead of his trial. In this instance, Assistant District Attorney Thomas Binger wants to admit the new video as evidence to provide “crucial insight” into Rittenhouse’s state of mind. The video, prosecutors argue, proves that Rittenhouse makes snap judgments without any evidence.
In the video footage published by the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Rittenhouse can be heard threatening to shoot people he thought were shoplifting from a CVS. "I wish I had my fucking AR[-15], I'd start shooting rounds at them," Rittenhouse can be heard saying. According to prosecutors, no evidence confirms a robbery took place.
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Finally!
--------------
Huh?
--------------
A Little Good News
The Environmental Protection Agency will ban the use of a pesticide widely applied on food crops but linked to neurological damage in children, reversing one of the Trump administration’s most fraught public health decisions.
..................
The U.S. Education Department announced Thursday that it is discharging the outstanding student loans of more than 323,000 borrowers who have significant, permanent disabilities, and will remove barriers for borrowers who qualify for this relief in the future. The announcement will erase some $5.8 billion in debt and marks a significant step toward fixing a troubled debt relief program meant to help borrowers with disabilities.
..................
A federal judge in Alaska on Wednesday blocked construction permits for an expansive oil drilling project on the state’s North Slope that was designed to produce more than 100,000 barrels of oil a day for the next 30 years.
The multibillion-dollar plan, known as Willow, by the oil giant ConocoPhillips had been approved by the Trump administration and legally backed by the Biden administration. Environmental groups sued, arguing that the federal government had failed to take into account the effects that drilling would have on wildlife and that the burning of the oil would have on global warming.
A federal judge has agreed.
..................
Sen. Marco Rubio holds just a 2-percentage-point edge over Democratic challenger Val Demings, according to a new survey released Wednesday morning.
The Senate remains the favorite for reelection, leading with 48% to Demings 46%, according to the latest numbers from St. Pete Polls. That leaves his lead within the poll’s 2.2% margin of error, and the two-term incumbent sits below a critical 50% support level.
If They Actually Let People Vote
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Save Your Lawn or Save a Life
The mayor of the Florida city of Orlando asked residents on Friday to stop watering their lawns and washing their cars for at least a week, saying water usage needed to be cut back because of the recent surge of COVID-19 hospitalizations.
The Orlando Utility Commission treats the city’s water with liquid oxygen and supplies that ordinarily go toward water treatment have been diverted to hospitals for patients suffering from the virus, Mayor Buddy Dyer said.
“We acknowledge that the No. 1 priority for the liquid oxygen should be for hospitals,” Dyer said at a news conference.
The city-owned utility typically goes through 10 trucks of liquid oxygen a week but its supplier recently said that it would be cut back to five to seven trucks a week to accommodate hospitals, said Linda Ferrone, OUC’s chief customer and marketing officer.
About 40% of the utility commission’s potable water is used for irrigation so any strains on the water supply will be greatly reduced if residents stop watering their lawns, washing their cars or using pressure washers, she said.
--------------
They Are Dying to Prove Liberals are Wrong
Mississippi health officials are pleading with state residents not to take a livestock drug to treat COVID-19 as calls to poison control centers soar.
Fearful Mississipians skeptical of the safety of vaccinations are shockingly turning instead to swallowing ivermectin — generally used to eradicate or prevent parasites in livestock.
“Do not use ivermectin products made for animals,” Mississippi’s Health Department flatly stated in a Facebook post Friday. “Animal doses are not safe for humans.”
“I think some people are trying to use it as a [COVID-19] preventative, which I think is really kind of crazy, so please don’t do that,” Mississippi State Health Officer Dr. Thomas Dobbs said at a press briefing Wednesday. (See the video up top.)
“You wouldn’t get your chemotherapy at a feed store. You wouldn’t treat your pneumonia with your animal’s medication,” he added. “It can be dangerous to get the wrong doses of medication, especially for something that’s meant for a horse or a cow. It’s really important, if people have medical needs, go through your physician or provider.”
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Can You Use It in a Sentence?
--------------
How Much Is that In Afghanis?
Two major U.S. money-transfer services have suspended payments into Afghanistan, and American banks are more closely scrutinizing transactions with Afghan counterparts as they await clarity on whether U.S. sanctions on the Taliban apply across the nation now that the Islamist group is in control.
The result could deepen the country’s financial crisis in the near term and, if sanctions apply more broadly to any business dealings with the Taliban-controlled nation, Afghanistan could join North Korea and Iran as pariahs in the international financial system.
Heightened caution by banks risks slowing flows of money needed to carry on trade and other transactions. The decision by wire-transfer serivces Western Union Co. and MoneyGram International Inc. to stop doing business in Afghanistan restricts the flow of overseas payments that are a key source of support for many Afghan families.
--------------
Puerto Rico, You Magic Island
79% of eligible Puerto Ricans have gotten at least one vaccine shot protecting them against the COVID-19 infection, giving this low-income, Democratic-leaning U.S. territory in the Caribbean one of the best vaccination rates in the country. Nationally, the rate for partial vaccination is about 70%.
As of Thursday, Puerto Rico hit 68.5% for full vaccination of eligible people, dramatically higher than the approximately 51% national rate. Island officials attribute their success to a combination of clear public health messaging and a near-absence of conspiracy theorists and the political divide that has marked the pandemic elsewhere within the United States.
--------------
Be Careful What You Wish For
China will now allow couples to legally have a third child as it seeks to hold off a demographic crisis that could threaten its hopes of increased prosperity and global influence.
The ceremonial legislature on Friday amended the Population and Family Planning Law as part of a decades-long effort by the ruling Communist Party to dictate the size of families in keeping with political directives. It comes just six years after the last change.
From the 1980s, China strictly limited most couples to one child, a policy enforced with threats of fines or loss of jobs, leading to abuses including forced abortions. A preference for sons led parents to kill baby girls, leading to a massive imbalance in the sex ratio.
--------------
He Wouldn't Want Kristi Noem to Get Ahead of Him in Superspreaders
Donald Trump was due to stage a rally in Alabama on Saturday night, in a city that has declared a Covid emergency and in support of a congressman who both backed Trump’s attempt to overturn the election and this week sympathised with a man who threatened to blow up the US Capitol.
The former president will speak in Cullman, Alabama, in part in support of Mo Brooks’ bid for a US Senate seat.
Like other southern, Republican-run states, Alabama is struggling with a surge in cases of Covid-19 fueled by the contagious Delta variant. On Thursday, the city of Cullman declared a state of emergency.
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Are the Army of Lawyers Working on This Employees? Are They Protected By Labor Laws?
A 2020 ballot measure that exempted ride-share and food delivery drivers from a state labor law is unconstitutional, a California judge ruled on Friday, as it infringes on the legislature's power to set workplace standards.
The ballot measure aimed to cement app-based food delivery and ride-hail drivers' status as independent contractors, not employees.
Gig economy companies such as Uber, Lyft, Doordash and Instacart were pushing to keep drivers' independent contractor status, albeit with additional benefits.
However, in a ruling, Alameda County Superior Court Judge Frank Roesch wrote that the measure, known as Proposition 22, was unconstitutional.
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Doses Administered 7-Day Average | Number of People Receiving 1 or More Doses | Number of People Fully Vaccinated | |
| Aug 21 | 845,106 | 200,947,556 | 170,406,785 |
| Aug 20 | 836,620 | 200,421,787 | 169,998,983 |
| Aug 19 | 823,355 | 199,887,548 | 169,592,873 |
| Aug 18 | 770,613 | 199,325,940 | 169,186,268 |
| Aug 17 | 763,436 | 198,929,642 | 168,897,604 |
| Aug 16 | 765,555 | 198,595,349 | 168,689,357 |
| Aug 15 | 718,962 | 198,088,722 | 168,362,058 |
| Aug 14 | 734,520 | 197,685,048 | 168,090,925 |
| Aug 13 | 712,924 | 197,081,471 | 167,699,170 |
| Aug 12 | 699,068 | 196,505,543 | 167,354,729 |
| Aug 11 | 729,009 | 196,077,952 | 167,105,507 |
| Aug 10 | 739,114 | 195,646,711 | 166,861,912 |
| Aug 9 | 715,547 | 195,222,906 | 166,654,374 |
| Aug 8 | 706,323 | 194,866,738 | 166,477,481 |
| Aug 7 | 712,389 | 194,346,486 | 166,203,176 |
| Aug 6 | 694,138 | 193,764,457 | 165,918,256 |
| Aug 5 | 699,261 | 193,199,353 | 165,637,566 |
| Aug 4 | 677,279 | 192,614,017 | 165,334,987 |
| Aug 3 | 681,373 | 192,120,576 | 165,081,416 |
| Aug 2 | 673,185 | 191,818,585 | 164,919,666 |
| Aug 1 | 662,529 | 191,498,983 | 164,757,423 |
| Jul 31 | 657,213 | 190,982,149 | 164,446,964 |
| Jul 30 | 652,085 | 190,509,183 | 164,184,080 |
| Jul 29 | 615,404 | 189,945,907 | 163,868,916 |
| Jul 28 | 608,380 | 189,494,180 | 163,588,042 |
| Jul 27 | 588,024 | 188,996,475 | 163,312,474 |
| Jul 26 | 566,374 | 188,729,282 | 163,173,366 |
| Jul 25 | 582,659 | 188,472,188 | 163,025,726 |
| Jul 24 | 542,932 | 187,982,826 | 162,725,812 |
| Jul 23 | 537,109 | 187,579,557 | 162,435,276 |
| Jul 22 | 529,830 | 187,216,168 | 162,174,165 |
| Feb 16 | 1,716,311 | 39,670,551 | 15,015,434 |
70% of Eligible People With At Least One Dose. However, Fully Vaccinated is the Important Stat.
| At Least One Dose | Fully Vaccinated | |
| % of Total Population | 60.5% | 51.3% |
| % of Population 12+ | 70.8% | 60.1% |
| % of Population 18+ | 72.9% | 62.3% |
| % of Population 65+ | 91.4% | 81.1% |
CALIFORNIA - California Breaks the 47 Million Dose Barrier
More than 1 dose for every person in California (39.6 million).
7-Day Average Administered | |
| Aug 21 | 94,540 |
| Aug 20 | 92,536 |
| Aug 19 | 57,844 |
| Aug 18 | 48,018 |
| Aug 17 | 90,239 |
| Aug 16 | 89,347 |
| Aug 15 | 82,240 |
| Aug 14 | 86,593 |
| Aug 13 | 87,091 |
| Aug 12 | 121,526 |
| Aug 11 | 131,110 |
| Aug 10 | 88,621 |
| Aug 9 | 88,502 |
| Aug 8 | 88,073 |
| Aug 7 | 90,333 |
| Aug 6 | 90,321 |
| Aug 5 | 91,034 |
| Aug 4 | 90,681 |
| Aug 3 | 88,798 |
| Aug 2 | 88,017 |
| Aug 1 | 87,539 |
| Jul 31 | 83,252 |
| Jul 30 | 82,509 |
| Jul 29 | 79,856 |
| Jul 28 | 77,325 |
| Jul 27 | 78,240 |
| Jul 26 | 75,621 |
| Jul 25 | 77,162 |
| Jul 24 | 74,904 |
| Jul 23 | 73,310 |
| Jul 22 | 72,365 |
| Jul 21 | 74,790 |
| Jul 20 | 74,502 |
| Jul 19 | 76,224 |
| Mar 1 | 214,579 |
200 Million People With At Least One Dose is a Nice Milestone, But ...
It's still only 60% of the population. And FULLY vaccinated is what counts. That's barely over 50%.
--------------
Did You Know There is a National Park in Beverly Hills?
Really
--------------
Yesterday I Wrote About the Creep Who is the Leading Republican to Replace Newsome
He's the guy who threatened his fiancé with a gun while high on pot.
Here's the Leading Democrat
The Democratic Party are idiots for not officially getting behind another candidate.
BTW, there are other choices. A retired corrections officer, a retired airport analyst, a retired educator, and a retired homicide detective. I guess retired people have a lot of time on their hands. I have the time to do this news summary every day.
Others are a farmer/psychologist (does he talk to plants?), 2 entertainers, a university lecturer, a cannabis policy advisor (does he advise Larry Elder not to use guns when he is high?), an aircraft mechanic/actor (yikes!), a hairstylist, and 2 pastors.
Which of these people is qualified to run one of the world's biggest economies? Then again, how was the previous qualified to run the country? (Here's a hint: He wasn't.)
--------------
Another Vaccine Enters the Fray
India's drug regulator has approved the world's first DNA vaccine against Covid-19 for emergency use.
The three-dose ZyCoV-D vaccine prevented symptomatic disease in 66% of those vaccinated, according to an interim study quoted by the vaccine maker Cadila Healthcare.
The firm plans to make up to 120 million doses of India's second home-grown vaccine every year.
Previous DNA vaccines have worked well in animals but not humans.
India has so far given more than 570 million doses of three previously approved vaccines - Covishield, Covaxin and Sputnik V.
About 13% of adults have been fully vaccinated and 47% have received at least one shot since the beginning of the drive in January.
--------------
The Collapse of Afghanistan Has Led to a Mess
Do we really need four weeks of 24/7 news coverage of this?
--------------
To Boost or Not To Boost? That Is the Question. The Case Against the Booster.
There are marked differences in your immune system after a natural infection with coronavirus and after vaccination. Which is better?
Even asking the question bordered on heresy a year ago, when catching Covid for the first time could be deadly, especially for the elderly or people already in poor health.
Now, we're no longer starting with zero immunity as the overwhelming majority of people have either been vaccinated or have already caught the virus.
It is now a serious question that has implications for whether children should ever be vaccinated. And whether we use the virus or booster shots to top up immunity in adults. Both have become contentious issues.
"We could be digging ourselves into a hole, for a very long time, where we think we can only keep Covid away by boosting every year," Prof Eleanor Riley, an immunologist from the University of Edinburgh, told me.
Prof Adam Finn, a government vaccine adviser, said over-vaccinating people, when other parts of the world had none, was "a bit insane, it's not just inequitable, it's stupid".
This article does a good job of laying out the issue
--------------
The Case For the Booster
Check out the thread for more info
--------------
Somebody Actually Built a Wall
Greece has finished building a 40-kilometer (25-mile) wall along its border with Turkey, amid concerns in parts of Europe that the Taliban's takeover of Afghanistan could cause an influx of people seeking asylum.
The Border is 120 Miles Long
--------------
If You Know Someone Who is Pregnant and Afraid of the Jab
Vanessa Alfermann never got a chance to hold her son, Axel, before he died.
A nurse at Missouri Baptist Medical Center in St. Louis, Alfermann contracted coronavirus from her husband, Ryan, in November — mere weeks before the vaccine was available to health care workers. The virus led to a rushed trip to the hospital and an emergency birth at 20 weeks.
Axel did not survive.
Now Alfermann, 32, is sharing her story to encourage pregnant women to overcome their vaccine hesitancy and get the shot. She said she doesn't want them to go through the same hardship, shock and loss she suffered, especially if they have the opportunity to get the vaccination.
"They send you home and you have to start over," she said. "I was stuck in bed. I didn't talk to anyone — I just was in complete depression. It was devastating to lose Axel. It still is. I call him my missing piece."
Alfermann's decision to share her story coincides with the release of new research this month showing Covid-19 increases pregnancy risks, leading to pre-term births. A second study published earlier this week examined vaccine reactions among pregnant individuals and showed that vaccines were safe.
Source
--------------
Looking for a Kiss in London?
Strolling down London’s famous Oxford Street and fancy a watermelon Jolly Rancher, a chewy Mike and Ike or the cool refreshing taste of a Peppermint Pattie? No problem.
The British capital’s busiest shopping area is now a haven for sweet tooths with a taste for American candy.
In less than a square mile there are now nine mega candy stores, with names like American Candy World, American Candy Land, Candy Surprise and Kingdom of Sweets — which claims to be the first of its kind.
--------------
If You Have Extra Miles or Vouchers
--------------
They Need More Evidence that Kyle Rittenhouse is Homicidal?
Prosecutors have filed another motion in the Kyle Rittenhouse case as new evidence continues to surface ahead of his trial. In this instance, Assistant District Attorney Thomas Binger wants to admit the new video as evidence to provide “crucial insight” into Rittenhouse’s state of mind. The video, prosecutors argue, proves that Rittenhouse makes snap judgments without any evidence.
In the video footage published by the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Rittenhouse can be heard threatening to shoot people he thought were shoplifting from a CVS. "I wish I had my fucking AR[-15], I'd start shooting rounds at them," Rittenhouse can be heard saying. According to prosecutors, no evidence confirms a robbery took place.
--------------
Finally!
--------------
Huh?
--------------
A Little Good News
The Environmental Protection Agency will ban the use of a pesticide widely applied on food crops but linked to neurological damage in children, reversing one of the Trump administration’s most fraught public health decisions.
..................
The U.S. Education Department announced Thursday that it is discharging the outstanding student loans of more than 323,000 borrowers who have significant, permanent disabilities, and will remove barriers for borrowers who qualify for this relief in the future. The announcement will erase some $5.8 billion in debt and marks a significant step toward fixing a troubled debt relief program meant to help borrowers with disabilities.
..................
A federal judge in Alaska on Wednesday blocked construction permits for an expansive oil drilling project on the state’s North Slope that was designed to produce more than 100,000 barrels of oil a day for the next 30 years.
The multibillion-dollar plan, known as Willow, by the oil giant ConocoPhillips had been approved by the Trump administration and legally backed by the Biden administration. Environmental groups sued, arguing that the federal government had failed to take into account the effects that drilling would have on wildlife and that the burning of the oil would have on global warming.
A federal judge has agreed.
..................
Sen. Marco Rubio holds just a 2-percentage-point edge over Democratic challenger Val Demings, according to a new survey released Wednesday morning.
The Senate remains the favorite for reelection, leading with 48% to Demings 46%, according to the latest numbers from St. Pete Polls. That leaves his lead within the poll’s 2.2% margin of error, and the two-term incumbent sits below a critical 50% support level.
If They Actually Let People Vote
--------------
Save Your Lawn or Save a Life
The mayor of the Florida city of Orlando asked residents on Friday to stop watering their lawns and washing their cars for at least a week, saying water usage needed to be cut back because of the recent surge of COVID-19 hospitalizations.
The Orlando Utility Commission treats the city’s water with liquid oxygen and supplies that ordinarily go toward water treatment have been diverted to hospitals for patients suffering from the virus, Mayor Buddy Dyer said.
“We acknowledge that the No. 1 priority for the liquid oxygen should be for hospitals,” Dyer said at a news conference.
The city-owned utility typically goes through 10 trucks of liquid oxygen a week but its supplier recently said that it would be cut back to five to seven trucks a week to accommodate hospitals, said Linda Ferrone, OUC’s chief customer and marketing officer.
About 40% of the utility commission’s potable water is used for irrigation so any strains on the water supply will be greatly reduced if residents stop watering their lawns, washing their cars or using pressure washers, she said.
--------------
They Are Dying to Prove Liberals are Wrong
Mississippi health officials are pleading with state residents not to take a livestock drug to treat COVID-19 as calls to poison control centers soar.
Fearful Mississipians skeptical of the safety of vaccinations are shockingly turning instead to swallowing ivermectin — generally used to eradicate or prevent parasites in livestock.
“Do not use ivermectin products made for animals,” Mississippi’s Health Department flatly stated in a Facebook post Friday. “Animal doses are not safe for humans.”
“I think some people are trying to use it as a [COVID-19] preventative, which I think is really kind of crazy, so please don’t do that,” Mississippi State Health Officer Dr. Thomas Dobbs said at a press briefing Wednesday. (See the video up top.)
“You wouldn’t get your chemotherapy at a feed store. You wouldn’t treat your pneumonia with your animal’s medication,” he added. “It can be dangerous to get the wrong doses of medication, especially for something that’s meant for a horse or a cow. It’s really important, if people have medical needs, go through your physician or provider.”
--------------
Can You Use It in a Sentence?
--------------
How Much Is that In Afghanis?
Two major U.S. money-transfer services have suspended payments into Afghanistan, and American banks are more closely scrutinizing transactions with Afghan counterparts as they await clarity on whether U.S. sanctions on the Taliban apply across the nation now that the Islamist group is in control.
The result could deepen the country’s financial crisis in the near term and, if sanctions apply more broadly to any business dealings with the Taliban-controlled nation, Afghanistan could join North Korea and Iran as pariahs in the international financial system.
Heightened caution by banks risks slowing flows of money needed to carry on trade and other transactions. The decision by wire-transfer serivces Western Union Co. and MoneyGram International Inc. to stop doing business in Afghanistan restricts the flow of overseas payments that are a key source of support for many Afghan families.
--------------
Puerto Rico, You Magic Island
79% of eligible Puerto Ricans have gotten at least one vaccine shot protecting them against the COVID-19 infection, giving this low-income, Democratic-leaning U.S. territory in the Caribbean one of the best vaccination rates in the country. Nationally, the rate for partial vaccination is about 70%.
As of Thursday, Puerto Rico hit 68.5% for full vaccination of eligible people, dramatically higher than the approximately 51% national rate. Island officials attribute their success to a combination of clear public health messaging and a near-absence of conspiracy theorists and the political divide that has marked the pandemic elsewhere within the United States.
--------------
Be Careful What You Wish For
China will now allow couples to legally have a third child as it seeks to hold off a demographic crisis that could threaten its hopes of increased prosperity and global influence.
The ceremonial legislature on Friday amended the Population and Family Planning Law as part of a decades-long effort by the ruling Communist Party to dictate the size of families in keeping with political directives. It comes just six years after the last change.
From the 1980s, China strictly limited most couples to one child, a policy enforced with threats of fines or loss of jobs, leading to abuses including forced abortions. A preference for sons led parents to kill baby girls, leading to a massive imbalance in the sex ratio.
--------------
He Wouldn't Want Kristi Noem to Get Ahead of Him in Superspreaders
Donald Trump was due to stage a rally in Alabama on Saturday night, in a city that has declared a Covid emergency and in support of a congressman who both backed Trump’s attempt to overturn the election and this week sympathised with a man who threatened to blow up the US Capitol.
The former president will speak in Cullman, Alabama, in part in support of Mo Brooks’ bid for a US Senate seat.
Like other southern, Republican-run states, Alabama is struggling with a surge in cases of Covid-19 fueled by the contagious Delta variant. On Thursday, the city of Cullman declared a state of emergency.
--------------
Are the Army of Lawyers Working on This Employees? Are They Protected By Labor Laws?
A 2020 ballot measure that exempted ride-share and food delivery drivers from a state labor law is unconstitutional, a California judge ruled on Friday, as it infringes on the legislature's power to set workplace standards.
The ballot measure aimed to cement app-based food delivery and ride-hail drivers' status as independent contractors, not employees.
Gig economy companies such as Uber, Lyft, Doordash and Instacart were pushing to keep drivers' independent contractor status, albeit with additional benefits.
However, in a ruling, Alameda County Superior Court Judge Frank Roesch wrote that the measure, known as Proposition 22, was unconstitutional.
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