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Why aren't all reporters allowed into the East Room for Biden remarks
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Does the WH have any response to Walter Shaub's criticisms over Hunter's art
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Visitor logs for Biden's Delaware trips
https://apnews.com/article/business-science-health-coronavirus-pandemic-coronavirus-vaccine-202cb6e44b90270ec4d1f19690ed94c5
Pfizer says COVID-19 vaccine works in kids ages 5 to 11
Pfizer said Monday its COVID-19 vaccine works for children ages 5 to 11 and that it will seek U.S. authorization for this age group soon — a key step toward beginning vaccinations for youngsters.
The vaccine made by Pfizer and its German partner BioNTech already is available for anyone 12 and older. But with kids now back in school and the extra-contagious delta variant causing a huge jump in pediatric infections, many parents are anxiously awaiting vaccinations for their younger children.
For elementary school-aged kids, Pfizer tested a much lower dose — a third of the amount that’s in each shot given now. Yet after their second dose, children ages 5 to 11 developed coronavirus-fighting antibody levels just as strong as teenagers and young adults getting the regular-strength shots, Dr. Bill Gruber, a Pfizer senior vice president, told The Associated Press.
The kid dosage also proved safe, with similar or fewer temporary side effects — such as sore arms, fever or achiness — that teens experience, he said.
“I think we really hit the sweet spot,” said Gruber, who’s also a pediatrician.
https://apnews.com/article/business-health-coronavirus-pandemic-science–4f86b7f00d354c289af17503eeb50824
J&J: Booster dose of its COVID shot prompts strong response
Johnson & Johnson released data showing that a booster dose to its one-shot coronavirus vaccine provides a strong immune response months after people receive a first dose.
J&J said in statement Tuesday that it ran two early studies in people previously given its vaccine and found that a second dose produced an increased antibody response in adults from age 18 to 55. The study’s results haven’t yet been peer-reviewed.
“A booster dose of the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine further increases antibody responses among study participants who had previously received our vaccine,” said Dr. Mathai Mammen, global head of research and development at J&J.
The company is in talks with regulators including the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, the European Medicines Agency and others regarding using booster doses of its vaccine.
https://apnews.com/article/arrests-riots-capitol-siege-gun-politics-us-customs-and-border-protection-f35fb9ad54ac0babf710e87eaec8a4b1
Federal officer arrested at Capitol rally won’t be charged
A federal law enforcement officer was arrested carrying a gun at Saturday’s rally at the U.S. Capitol billed to support the suspects charged in January’s insurrection but will not be prosecuted.
The 27-year-old New Jersey man is an officer with U.S. Customs and Border Protection. He was arrested by Capitol Police for illegally possessing a gun on the grounds of the Capitol after people in the crowd reported seeing him with a handgun and notified nearby officers.
His arrest and presence at the event were surprising because the rally was billed as an event to support those who have been charged in January’s riot. That riot left dozens of police officers beaten, bloodied and bruised as the crowd of pro-Trump rioters, some armed with pipes, bats and bear spray, charged into the Capitol, quickly overrunning the overwhelmed police force.
>Pfizer says COVID-19 vaccine works in kids ages 5 to 11
https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/573115-pfizer-results-offer-hope-amid-worsening-pandemic-for-children
Pfizer results offer hope amid worsening pandemic for children
“These trial results provide a strong foundation for seeking authorization of our vaccine for children 5 to 11 years old, and we plan to submit them to the FDA and other regulators with urgency,” Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla said in a statement, without providing a specific timeline.
Former FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb noted that Pfizer’s announcement “came a little earlier than some were expecting” on CNBC’s “Squawk Box.”
“Depending on how long the FDA takes to review the application – whether it’s a four-week review or a six-week review – you could have a vaccine available to children as early as probably by the end of October, perhaps it slips a little bit into November.”
President Biden’s chief medical adviser, Anthony Fauci, expressed optimism that the Pfizer vaccine eligibility will extend to children aged 5 to 11 next month, saying Monday on MSNBC that he “think there’s a really good chance it will be before Halloween.”
Ben & Jerry’s has unveiled a new flavor to promote the People’s Response Act, legislation proposed by Rep. Cori Bush, D-Mo., that seeks to curb the disproportionate share of police violence against people with mental illnesses and other health complications.
The Vermont-based ice cream company on Monday launched Change Is Brewing, a limited-batch flavor of cold brew coffee ice cream with marshmallow swirls and fudge brownies. Jabari Paul, the company’s U.S. activism manager, announced the new flavor during a press conference along with the company’s declaration of support for the legislation and its continued commitment to advancing racial justice.
>Jabari Paul, the company’s U.S. activism manager
Jabari Paul of Ben & Jerry's and Monifa Bandele of Movement 4 Black Lives unveil Ben & Jerry's newest flavor, Change is Brewing.
The big day is Friday. The first big #evergrande loan is due on Thursday. We're going to all have to sit here and wait and see what the Chinese government does.
https://twitter.com/SquawkCNBC/status/1440263165971816452
Investors are on edge this week as #evergrande faces a ley test. @onlyyoontv reports on the market impact of the potential default risk:
https://www.cnbc.com/2020/03/19/coronavirus-its-not-impossible-to-live-under-a-lockdown.html
It’s not impossible to live under a lockdown during the coronavirus pandemic
Living under lockdown entails weeks of uncertainty, but it gets better, writes one reporter living in Beijing.
So you’re about to be shut in. You’ve stocked the fridge. You’re working from home. The kids are bouncing off the walls.
Now that much of the world has imposed some restriction on movement, I thought I would share some thoughts on questions from friends and family that may be useful. While reporting on the pandemic from Beijing for the past eight weeks, I’ve been living under a lockdown, too.
Steel yourself for weeks of uncertainty and stress of the unknown. But from those of us who have been coping with the threat of the coronavirus since January, please know this: It gets better.
>buy a share of Evergrande and share the pain
>happy Fall Equinox!
>isn’t worth the paper it’s written on
>May the day be Precipice Day.
bat soup
https://www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-news/evangelical-lutheran-church-installs-1st-transgender-bishop-rcna1985
Evangelical Lutheran church installs 1st transgender bishop
The Rev. Megan Rohrer will lead one of the church’s 65 synods, overseeing nearly 200 congregations in Northern California and northern Nevada.
SAN FRANCISCO — The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America installed its first openly transgender bishop in a service held in San Francisco’s Grace Cathedral on Saturday.
The Rev. Megan Rohrer will lead one of the church’s 65 synods, overseeing nearly 200 congregations in Northern California and northern Nevada.
“My call is … to be up to the same messy, loving things I was up to before,” Rohrer told worshippers. “But mostly, if you’ll let me, and I think you will, my hope is to love you and beyond that, to love what you love.”
Rohrer was elected in May to serve a six-year term as bishop of the Sierra Pacific Synod after its current bishop announced his retirement.
“I step into this role because a diverse community of Lutherans in Northern California and Nevada prayerfully and thoughtfully voted to do a historic thing,” Rohrer said in a statement. “My installation will celebrate all that is possible when we trust God to shepherd us forward.”
>Chucri: …I’m committed to people, I wanted to take out Adrian Fontes too and we did, I’m proud of that. That Guy’s a scumbag. And so why would we stop?
>Chucri: …You know what I think it was, in hindsight. Gates got scared because he barely won. And Jack got scared because he only won by 200 votes, and then there was an (old) audit and a recount, which was pretty bullshit, by the way…
https://twitter.com/BillFOXLA/status/1439245698768285711
I am absolutely stunned by what I’m witnessing right now. We are on a boat in the Rio Grande near the Del Rio international bridge and we are watching as masses of hundreds of migrants walk across the river from Mexico and stream into the US illegally. @FoxNews
>Seth Rich was killed in the same month Sussman and Elias started pushing the fake Russia conspiracy.
https://twitter.com/Snowden
>Seth Rich was killed in the same month Sussman and Elias started pushing the fake Russia conspiracy.
>Distraction
>it worked I clicked that shit
>This cloud is now attracting attention
>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rwM06bddKCo
Under a cloud of the persistent COVID-19 pandemic and low vaccination rates in many countries, leaders convene for the 76th annual U.N. General Assembly. Day One will feature U.S. President Joe Biden, in his first speech to the assembly as president.
>This will be a speed collection.
>Trudeau Steals Another Election
>like watching cement dry
We need to act now to get shots in arms as fast as possible.
monitor and identify
so we can take immediate action
a dose of hope
what was the first one?
vaccinating the world
building back better
https://news.un.org/en/story/2021/08/1097362
IPCC report: ‘Code red’ for human driven global heating, warns UN chief
Climate change is widespread, rapid, and intensifying, and some trends are now irreversible, at least during the present time frame, according to the latest much-anticipated Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report, released on Monday.
The evidence is irrefutable: greenhouse gas emissions are choking our planet & placing billions of people in danger.
Global heating is affecting every region on Earth, with many of the changes becoming irreversible.
We must act decisively now to avert a climate catastrophe.
100 billion for climate action in developing nations
Libya
Japan
Haiti
France