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Did Fauci remember to quarantine for 14 days after his trip abroad? Please say yes so anon doesn’t have to hear him for at least two weeks.
Who Gets the Vaccine First? Furious Lobbying by Interest Groups
Companies, unions and industry trade associations are lobbying governments to include their workers in the next round of virus vaccines.
The chief executive of Uber, the ride-hailing company whose six New York lobbying firms include Albany’s best connected, wrote last week to Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo with an ask: priority for its drivers in the next round of coronavirus vaccinations.
Days later, the president of New York’s largest transit union spoke about the same topic with the chairman of the state transit authority, a Cuomo appointee. Not to be outdone, the Hotel Trades Council, a hospitality labor group with an aggressive political arm, urged the state’s health commissioner in a letter on Tuesday to give priority to its members.
Even a presidential elector had hoped to chat with the governor about who was getting vaccine priority — after they both took part in New York’s Electoral College vote.
Among state capitals, New York’s has long stood apart as a venue for favor trading and behind-the-scenes deals. Now, as the coronavirus rages and vaccines remain in short supply, the pandemic has been thrust squarely into the maw of Albany politics.
A state official described the next stage of vaccine prioritization as “the big fight.”
“Everyone is chasing the same thing now, and it really is remarkable,” said James E. McMahon, a veteran Albany lobbyist who represents a school bus company and other firms interested in early vaccination. “The need was there and then there’s the vaccine and all of a sudden, people are saying, ‘Oh Jesus, we’ve got to get in line now.’”
Apparently attuned to the atmosphere,Mr. Cuomo made several pronouncements this past week that his administration would not be swayed by interest groups.
“There will be no political favoritism,” the governor said in a news conference on Wednesday, a message he repeated on Friday.
The question of where groups of workers stand in the line for vaccines has yet to be resolved in New York or in a majority of other states, according to a review by the nonprofit Kaiser Family Foundation. The federal government is expected to issue final recommendations on who should be deemed essential soon. But it is largely up to states to prioritize vaccine distribution among those workers.
Some states, like Illinois, are awaiting further federal guidance for allocation beyond the initial vaccine supplies.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/20/nyregion/essential-worker-coronavirus-vaccine.html
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The White House was set to accuse Russia of the devastating cyberattack on the US government's computer systems but was told at the last minute to stand down
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Anon gets the dis info especially at this stage of game. It just motivates anon to seek and spread truth. Never so glad to be among truth seekers.
JERUSALEM (Reuters) -Facebook has taken down content that spread lies in Israel against coronavirus vaccinations as the government seeks to drum up supportfor the programme, the Justice Ministry said on Sunday.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Saturday became the first person to be vaccinated in Israel. Opinion polls show some two-thirds of the public want to follow suit.
The Justice Ministry said that, at its request, Facebook took down four groups at the weekend that had disseminated texts, photographs and videos with “deliberately mendacious content designed to mislead about coronavirus vaccines”.
Such “fake news” included arguments that vaccines would be used toplant government tracking chips in recipients’ bodies, to poison them and thus cull the population or to subject them to medical experimentation, the ministry said in a statement.
A Facebook spokeswoman confirmed that four Hebrew-language groups had been taken down as part of the company’s policy against “spreading misinformation regarding the vaccines”.
Israeli officials say the country has enough vaccines on order by year’s end to protect the most vulnerable 20% of the population and then lift some coronavirus curbs, but worry that turnout might be dampened if people get false information about the innoculations.
Israel began administering vaccines to medical staff on Sunday. At Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, dozens of doctors and nurses danced as they prepared to receive their injections.
Next in line are elderly Israelis or those in high-risk groups. The wider adult population is slated to get shots in early 2021.
With a population of 9 million, Israel has logged 373,368 coronavirus cases and 3,074 deaths. It has imposed two national lockdowns and is mulling new curbs on high-contagion areas
https://www.reuters.com/article/technologyNews/idUSKBN28U0BF