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Jan 29 2023
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Unknowingly Recorded Pfizer Exec Says Company Experimentally Mutated COVID-19 Virus
A Project Veritas (Right bias) journalist covertly recorded a Pfizer executive, Jordon Trishton Walker, who claimed Pfizer has experimented with mutating COVID-19.
The Details: Project Veritas released bodycam footage from a “date” between one of their journalists and Pfizer executive Jordon Trishton Walker. During the outing, Walker says Pfizer has experimented with mutating COVID-19
Just The News Newsweek Fox News DigitalAug 25 2020
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FDA Commissioner Acknowledges Misrepresenting Convalescent Plasma Data
FDA Commissioner Stephen Hahn apologized Tuesday after scientists raised concerns over his use of data to support an emergency use authorization (EUA) for convalescent plasma as a COVID-19 treatment. Hahn, who said scientists’ criticism was “entirely justified,” initially mischaracterized a 35% relative mortality reduction in a small subgroup of patients as an “absolute risk reduction” among
Associated Press Salon New York Post (News)Mar 29 2021
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White House Aims to Have 90 Percent of Adults Eligible for COVID-19 Vaccine by April 19
The Biden administration announced Monday it plans to have the COVID-19 vaccine available to 90% of American adults by April 19. Part of that goal is also ensuring that all Americans have a vaccination site within five miles of their home. Biden also plans to more than double the number of pharmacies authorized to administer vaccines from 17,000 to nearly 40,000 by April 19; Biden previously
Reuters Washington Examiner CBS News (Online)Dec 20 2023
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IRS Waives Roughly $1 Billion in Penalties on Back Taxes
The Internal Revenue Service announced that it will waive a total of roughly $1 billion in penalty fees on back taxes.
Details: Nearly five million people and businesses are eligible for the relief, mostly those making under $400,000 with back taxes from 2020 and 2021.
Key Quotes: An announcement from the IRS stated, “Due to the unprecedented effects of the COVID-19 pandemic,
Associated Press Wall Street Journal (News) Washington TimesOct 20 2021
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CDC Issues New Holiday COVID-19 Guidance
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued new holiday COVID-19 guidelines last week, urging people to get vaccinated and recommending that unvaccinated people delay travel until they get the shot. Fully vaccinated people are advised to mask up "in public indoor settings in communities with substantial to high transmission," and unvaccinated people are advised to wear masks in
CBS News (Online) Forbes New York Post (News)Oct 04 2023
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75,000 Healthcare Workers Strike at Kaiser Permanente
More than 75,000 workers at the nation’s largest healthcare nonprofit went on strike in five states on Wednesday, marking the largest healthcare strike in recent history.
The Details: Kaiser Permanente said it was prepared to care for patients while nurses, technicians, pharmacists, and workers in hundreds of other positions walked out at Kaiser hospitals and medical offices in
Fox Business CNBC BloombergMay 15 2020
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McConnell Says he was Wrong on Obama Pandemic Plan
Earlier this week, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) claimed the Obama administration did not leave a pandemic plan behind for the Trump administration. McConnell retracted that statement Thursday, saying he was wrong; "They did leave behind a plan. So, I clearly made a mistake in that regard.” Earlier reporting indicated that the Obama White House ran disease outbreak simulations
Politico Business Insider National Review (News)Feb 09 2021
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WHO Probe Says Theory That Pandemic Leaked from Chinese Lab is Unlikely
A team organized by the World Health Organization (WHO) to investigate the COVID-19 pandemic's origins said Tuesday that the virus most likely wasn't leaked from a Chinese laboratory. The WHO thinks it's more likely that the virus jumped to humans from an animal of some kind. Experts arrived in China in January to begin their investigation, which was reportedly limited by COVID-19 protocols
The Daily Caller BBC News NBC News DigitalMar 19 2021
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CDC Shortens School Distancing Guidelines to 3 Feet with Masks
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) relaxed its school social distancing guidelines on Friday from 6 feet to 3 feet in classrooms, as long as masks are worn. A distance of 6 feet is still recommended for adult staff and teachers, as well as in common areas, “activities when increased exhalation occurs,” and “areas of high community transmission” generally. The CDC’s decision
Associated Press CNN Digital National Review (News)Apr 06 2020
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Perspectives: Andrew Yang's Op-ed on Asian-American Patriotism
Former Democratic presidential hopeful and businessman Andrew Yang's April 1 op-ed in the Washington Post called for Asian-Americans, a group he identifies with, to "embrace and show our American-ness in ways we have never done before."
The comment sparked debate, particularly within the Asian-American community, about civic participation, racism and "respectability politics"; some
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