ABC News

‘Science by press release’:

Sudden rise of vaccine developer Moderna rankles some in scientific establishment

May 21, 2020, 3:31 PM EDT

The company has been embraced by a Trump administration desperate for good news in the fight against COVID-19. In April, Moderna received $483 million from the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA), the government agency charged with overseeing the rapid production of a vaccine. And last week, one of its board members, Moncef Slaoui, was appointed the nation's new "vaccine czar," leading him to resign from his position at the company and announce plans to divest more than $12 million of equity holdings amid concerns about potential conflicts of interest.

But while the announcement of favorable preliminary results has generated widespread excitement and put the company at the forefront of the race for the most sought-after vaccine in more than a century, some in the typically staid and sober scientific establishment have begun to question the company's decision to publicize preliminary results by press release with no supporting data.

https://www.yahoo.com/gma/science-press-release-sudden-rise-vaccine-developer-moderna-193102158–abc-news-topstories.html

Yahoo News

A pandemic of conspiracy theories spreads across the internet and around the world

May 21, 2020, 3:59 PM EDT

Depending on who you talk to, the current coronavirus pandemic might be the natural product of evolution, the result of a lab accident or a biological weapon designed by the Chinese. Lockdown measures to impose social distancing restrictions are responsible measures designed to protect public safety or they’re part of a Democratic Party plot to destroy the economy in order to diminish President Trump’s chances of reelection in November. Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation’s top infectious disease specialist, is either a respected medical professional or devious member of the “deep state” who is using the coronavirus (which he may or may not have helped create) to control the public through a mandatory vaccination.

And those are just some of the narratives that are spreading within the United States.

''In countries around the world'', equally implausible ideas are circulating, derived in part from their particular political and historical situations, but also cross-pollinating with a wide array of conspiracy theories, misinformation and state-sponsored content, ranging from blatant propaganda to more subtle disinformation campaigns. …

https://www.yahoo.com/news/a-pandemic-of-conspiracy-theories-spreads-across-the-internet-and-around-the-world-195903321.html

POTUS Schedule for Friday, May 22, 2020

EDT

11:30AM Participate in a Rolling to Remember Ceremony: Honoring Our Nation’s Veterans and POW/MIA - Blue Room Balcony, In-House Pool

12:30PM Receive intelligence briefing - Oval Office, Closed Press

Briefing Schedule

2:00PM Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany holds a briefing - James S. Brady Briefing Room, On Camera

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https://publicpool.kinja.com/subject-daily-guidance-and-press-schedule-for-friday-1843597128

>>9270970

WRONG

Max Baucus didn't go to Yale

After attending local public schools in his hometown of Helena, he attended Carleton College in Minnesota for a year before transferring to Stanford University, where he received a Bachelor of Arts degree in economics in 1964,[4] and was a member of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity. After graduating, he attended Stanford Law School and graduated with a Juris Doctor degree in 1967

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Baucus

>>9270970

1972

Yale in China story; and Look at the headline!