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Tag: COVID-19 Vaccine
Pfizer will make COVID vaccines in Africa in 2022. It needs them now.
The continent has gotten 1.7% of the world’s COVID shots so far. Read More
Africa’s first mRNA vaccine production deal has finally appeared
Africa desperately needs COVID vaccines, and local production deals are starting to appear. Read More
The Delta variant causes 83% of U.S. COVID cases. See the states where it’s most prevalent
The Delta variant now accounts for more than 80% of cases in the Midwest. Read More
How much COVID misinformation is on Facebook? Its execs don’t want to know
Enlarge (credit: KJ Parish) For years, misinformation has flourished on Facebook. Falsehoods, misrepresentations, and outright lies posted on the site have shaped the discourse on everything from national politics to public health. But despite their role in facilitating communications for billions of people, Facebook executives refused to commit resources to understand the extent to which […]
Biden blasts social media after Facebook stonewalls admin over vaccine misinformation
Enlarge (credit: Getty Images | Pool ) President Joe Joe biden and Surgeon General Vivek Murthy spent the last several days hammering social media companies for their platforms’ roles in spreading false information about COVID-19 vaccines. “They’re killing people, ” Biden said, when asked about the role of social networks in the spread of misinformation. […]
The Olympics are going to make people sick
IOC President Thomas Bach is full of it. Read more…
U.S. stocks fall despite strong retail sales data as consumer sentiment sags
U.S. stocks fell following a surprise drop in consumer sentiment, fueled by inflation worries. Read More
A mostly gloomy day for stocks as crypto and Treasury yields slump
U.S. stocks closed mostly in the red amid the second day of Fed testimony. Read More
COVID vaccines, variants, and boosters are a nuanced storm
We’re starting to learn more and more about how COVID vaccines interact with variants. But we’ll still need vigilance and months of more data. Read More