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Covid-19: Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine judged safe for use in UK
The UK has become the first country in the world to approve the Pfizer/BioNTech coronavirus vaccine, paving the way for mass vaccination.
Britain's medicines regulator, the MHRA, says the jab, which offers up to 95% protection against Covid-19 illness, is safe to be rolled out. The first doses are already on their way to the UK, with 800,000 due in the coming days, Pfizer said. Health Secretary Matt Hancock said the NHS will contact people about jabs. Elderly people in care homes and care home staff have been placed top of the priority list, followed by over-80s and health and care staff. But because hospitals already have the facilities to store the vaccine at -70C, as required, the very first vaccinations are likely to take place there - for care home staff, NHS staff and patients - so none of the vaccine is wasted. -
Dr Fauci apologises for saying UK 'rushed' vaccine
Dr Anthony Fauci, the top US infectious disease expert, has apologised for remarks that seemed to criticise the UK's vaccine approval process.
"I have a great deal of confidence in what the UK does both scientifically and from a regulator standpoint," Dr Fauci told the BBC on Thursday. The UK on Wednesday became the first country in the world to approve the Pfizer vaccine for the coronavirus. It has defended the rapid approval and said the jab is safe and effective. Dr Fauci on Wednesday had told Fox News that the UK did not review the vaccine "as carefully" as US health regulators. He later told CBS News that the UK had "rushed" the approval. On Thursday, he walked back the comments, and said there was "no judgement on the way the UK did it". -
@mlnews said in Non-IT News Thread:
Dr Fauci apologises for saying UK 'rushed' vaccine
Dr Anthony Fauci, the top US infectious disease expert, has apologised for remarks that seemed to criticise the UK's vaccine approval process.
"I have a great deal of confidence in what the UK does both scientifically and from a regulator standpoint," Dr Fauci told the BBC on Thursday. The UK on Wednesday became the first country in the world to approve the Pfizer vaccine for the coronavirus. It has defended the rapid approval and said the jab is safe and effective. Dr Fauci on Wednesday had told Fox News that the UK did not review the vaccine "as carefully" as US health regulators. He later told CBS News that the UK had "rushed" the approval. On Thursday, he walked back the comments, and said there was "no judgement on the way the UK did it".Read: Dr. Fauci apologizes for pointing out medical recklessness. LOL
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@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:
@mlnews said in Non-IT News Thread:
Dr Fauci apologises for saying UK 'rushed' vaccine
Dr Anthony Fauci, the top US infectious disease expert, has apologised for remarks that seemed to criticise the UK's vaccine approval process.
"I have a great deal of confidence in what the UK does both scientifically and from a regulator standpoint," Dr Fauci told the BBC on Thursday. The UK on Wednesday became the first country in the world to approve the Pfizer vaccine for the coronavirus. It has defended the rapid approval and said the jab is safe and effective. Dr Fauci on Wednesday had told Fox News that the UK did not review the vaccine "as carefully" as US health regulators. He later told CBS News that the UK had "rushed" the approval. On Thursday, he walked back the comments, and said there was "no judgement on the way the UK did it".Read: Dr. Fauci apologizes for pointing out medical recklessness. LOL
Exactly - after his break with Trump, I am surprised he is backing down....
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@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:
@mlnews said in Non-IT News Thread:
Dr Fauci apologises for saying UK 'rushed' vaccine
Dr Anthony Fauci, the top US infectious disease expert, has apologised for remarks that seemed to criticise the UK's vaccine approval process.
"I have a great deal of confidence in what the UK does both scientifically and from a regulator standpoint," Dr Fauci told the BBC on Thursday. The UK on Wednesday became the first country in the world to approve the Pfizer vaccine for the coronavirus. It has defended the rapid approval and said the jab is safe and effective. Dr Fauci on Wednesday had told Fox News that the UK did not review the vaccine "as carefully" as US health regulators. He later told CBS News that the UK had "rushed" the approval. On Thursday, he walked back the comments, and said there was "no judgement on the way the UK did it".Read: Dr. Fauci apologizes for pointing out medical recklessness. LOL
If I am reading this correctly, Dr. Fauci criticized the UK over the amount of review time vs the review process?
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A dog was missing for weeks.
Then it wandered into Walmart and found its owner working at the register.
June Rountree and her husband circled their neighborhood night after night looking for their beloved lost dog Abby. Rountree, 60, realized the dog was missing Nov. 8, when she went to the backyard of their home in Dothan, Ala., and instead of seeing her 4-year-old black-and-white dog, she was horrified to see only Abby’s collar and leash, which was secured to a ground stake. Despite their efforts, there was no sign of Abby, and the Rountrees were beginning to lose hope. Three weeks later, an unlikely and perhaps miraculous turn of events left them convinced Abby is either the luckiest or the smartest dog in town. -
China becomes second nation to plant flag on the Moon
China has planted its flag on the Moon, more than 50 years after the US first planted the Stars and Stripes there.
China has planted its flag on the Moon, more than 50 years after the US first planted the Stars and Stripes there.The US planted the first flag on the Moon during the manned Apollo 11 mission in 1969. Five further US flags were planted on the lunar surface during subsequent missions up until 1972. In 2012 Nasa cited satellite images as showing that five of the flags were still standing, but experts quoted in media reports say they are likely to have been bleached white by the sun's glare. The first flag was said by astronaut Buzz Aldrin to have been placed too close to the Apollo lunar module and was, he said, probably blown away when the module blasted off. -
I didn't even knew that he died.
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@black3dynamite said in Non-IT News Thread:
I didn't even knew that he died.
Few weeks ago, I was in Houston for Halloween when I found out.
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@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:
@black3dynamite said in Non-IT News Thread:
I didn't even knew that he died.
Few weeks ago, I was in Houston for Halloween when I found out.
I also noticed that we can watch 007 movies for free on YouTube.
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@black3dynamite said in Non-IT News Thread:
@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:
@black3dynamite said in Non-IT News Thread:
I didn't even knew that he died.
Few weeks ago, I was in Houston for Halloween when I found out.
I also noticed that we can watch 007 movies for free on YouTube.
And on Hulu now, too.
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Covid: Fauci warns Christmas is 'greater challenge' than Thanksgiving
Top US diseases expert Dr Anthony Fauci has warned of another surge in Covid cases after Christmas - even with the rise following Thanksgiving still being tackled.
He said the longer Christmas/New Year period may be even more of a challenge. The US is seeing peak infections of close to 200,000 a day on average with record numbers of people in hospital. California is under a strict new lockdown, with other states announcing record increases. The US has recorded more than 14.7 million cases of infection in the pandemic so far and 282,500 deaths, according to Johns Hopkins University research, both global highs. President Donald Trump has been accused of playing down measures such as mask wearing but the US has also had to deal with different states taking different approaches to tackling the virus. -
Saw this link on Parler.
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/steve-wozniaks-blockchain-venture-lists-212850752.html
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@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:
https://www.cnn.com/2020/12/07/us/chuck-yeager-death/index.html
So much aviation history in one man.
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Monarch introduces fully electric, driver-optional smart tractor
As a fourth-generation farmer, Carlo Mondavi has seen firsthand the hazards farming poses not just to workers, but to the environment as well. The chief farming officer is part of a team that is combining electrification, automation, machine learning, and data analysis to bring a fully electric, driver-optional, smart tractor to the farm in a single platform.
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/sarcasm @JaredBusch and when it breaks down all of those jobs come to a screeching halt!
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Investors can now trade water futures
There's a new commodity in town for investors to trade: water.
Futures tied to the Nasdaq Veles California Water Index, which measures the volume-weighted average price of water, began trading under the ticker NQH2O on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange on Monday.
Water has never been traded this way before. Before the futures came along, the buying and selling of water rights, which allow the holder to pump water from the ground or reservoirs, only happened in the spot market. In dry years, when more water is required to grow crops and supply municipalities, it meant that buyers were facing high prices and a lot of uncertainty. -
I will just leave this here.
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@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:
I will just leave this here.
Both him and Trump are the
that got dropped off and we're refused back on the spaceship short bus.
