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Sep 22 2021
Headline Roundup
US to Donate 500 Million Additional Vaccine Doses to Other Countries
President Joe Biden announced Wednesday that the U.S. would purchase 500 million more doses of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine to donate to other countries, bringing America’s total donation commitment to over 1.1 billion doses. The effort is motivated by Biden’s reported goal of fully vaccinating 70% of the world’s population within the next year. While the U.S. has fully vaccinated 55% of its
ABC News (Online) BBC News Washington TimesSep 10 2021
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Perspectives: Biden's Call for Vaccine Mandates
The idea of mandating the COVID-19 vaccine has been one of the pandemic's more divisive issues, and that debate gained new momentum Thursday as President Joe Biden called for mandatory vaccines for roughly 100 million Americans. Biden said the vaccine should be mandated for federal employees, with no alternative option for weekly testing. He also called for private companies with 100+ workers
Associated Press Fact Check Newsweek ReasonAug 04 2021
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WHO Calls for Halt to Vaccine Booster Shots as World Reaches 200 Millionth Case of COVID-19
The World Health Organization on Wednesday called for a moratorium on COVID-19 vaccine booster shots until at least the end of September to give all countries the chance to vaccinate at least 10% of their populations with at least one dose. The same day, the world saw its 200 millionth detected case of COVID-19, as countries with low vaccination rates continued to struggle under the pandemic
STAT New York Times (News) The Daily WireApr 08 2021
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US Jobless Claims Rise to 744,000
Jobless claims rose to 744,000 in the week ending April 3, an increase of 16,000 from the previous week, as layoffs continue even as more individuals receive coronavirus vaccinations.
Many states eased or eliminated restrictions on businesses, including restaurants and bars, in March. Some said Covid-19 infections have recently been rising, which could be a drag on workers seeking
Bloomberg Wall Street Journal (News) Breitbart NewsAug 01 2021
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Fauci Doesn't Expect Lockdowns Amid Delta Variant Outbreak
Anthony Fauci, the nation's top infectious diseases expert, said during an interview on ABC's "This Week" on Sunday that he doesn't "think we're going to see lockdowns" to prevent the spread of COVID-19 amid the spread of the Delta variant. While the health official believes that an adequate percentage of Americans have been vaccinated to avoid lockdowns, he warned that "things will get worse
Reuters Politico Daily PressMar 04 2021
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Harris Breaks Tie to Begin Senate Talks On COVID-19 Stimulus
On Thursday, Senate Democrats voted to begin debate surrounding the $1.9 trillion COVID-19 bill. The Senate voted 50-50 to advance the bill with Vice President Kamala Harris breaking the tie; no Republicans voted to take up the bill. This comes after a delay in approval from the Congressional Budget Office (CBO), which would make sure the Senate's bill complied with reconciliation rules -- a
Associated Press Fact Check New York Post (News) The HillMar 26 2022
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Perspectives: China’s Zero-Covid Policy Questioned As Omicron Outbreak Spreads
As the U.S. and other leading nations are learning to live with the COVID-19 virus, many analysts are starting to question the effectiveness of China's zero-Covid policy.
After the first wave of COVID-19 swept over the city of Wuhan in early 2020, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) started enforcing a zero-COVID policy. The strategy included a number of restrictive measures including
National Review (News) CNN Digital Wall Street Journal (News)Jun 25 2020
Perspectives Blog
Story of the Week: Statue Toppling, Commercial Re-branding Follow Calls for Social Change
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A wave of calls for social change is manifesting in movements throughout the country, including efforts to overhaul products with racially-tinged branding and take down public monuments of figures with controversial histories.
Famous food products like Aunt Jemima, Uncle Ben's and others have promised to
Henry A. BrechterJul 22 2020
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More Than 280 WSJ Employees Pen Letter to Publisher Over Opinion Section
More than 280 Wall Street Journal employees signed a letter to the paper's publisher asking for harsher scrutiny and more fact-checking in the WSJ opinion section. The letter cited examples of misinformation in a piece by Vice President Mike Pence about the second COVID-19 coronavirus wave, and "an erroneous conclusion" in a column about systemic police racism from Heather Mac Donald. The
Mediaite The Hill Newsmax (News)May 15 2024
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US Suspends Funding For Nonprofit Group Connected to COVID Lab Leak Theory
The Department of Health and Human Services suspended federal funding for the nonprofit research organization EcoHealth Alliance.
For Context: EcoHealth Alliance is linked to suspicions that the COVID-19 virus originated in a lab and leaked out, on account of the group’s work at the Wuhan Institute of Virology in Wuhan, China, where COVID-19 was first documented. Proponents of the lab
New York Times (News) The Hill Washington Examiner