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In California some upper income zip codes with low Hispanic populations are placed at the bottom of the list as far as to when they will get the vaccines. No problem though if you happen to be a rich Hollywood actor like Wil Wheaton. You and your wife just take a drive up to Bakersfield to take advantage of an "open clinic" recently setup on the campus of Cal State University Bakersfield to provide vaccinations to surrounding low income and Hispanic neighborhoods on the west side of Bakersfield. A similar clinic has been in operation at Bakersfield City College on the east end of Bakersfield.

Wil Wheaton gets vaccinated at CSUB’s mass vaccination site | KGET 17

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The Truth Behind Millions of Vaccines

Questions are being raised after the news emerged that a huge batch of COVID vaccines had to be thrown out after they had been found to be contaminated during the production process.
On March 31, Johnson & Johnson admitted that enough vaccines for 15 million doses had to be thrown out. Soon, the news broke that the company which produced the vaccine at the specific facility in Baltimore, Emergent BioSolutions, had previously been cited several times for quality control issues.
After learning of this, many Americans are concerned about the quality of the rest of the vaccine doses, worrying that this may be a larger problem than just one batch.
In an interview with Slate

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A team led by scientists in the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania has identified nine potential new COVID-19 treatments, including three that are already approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for treating other diseases.

The team, whose findings were published in Cell Reports, screened thousands of existing drugs and drug-like molecules for their ability to inhibit the replication of the COVID-19-causing coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2. In contrast to many prior studies, the screens tested the molecules for anti-coronaviral activity in a variety of cell types, including human airway-lining cells that are similar to the ones principally affected in COVID-19.

Of the nine drugs found to reduce SARS-CoV-2 replication in respiratory cells, three already have FDA approval: the transplant-rejection drug cyclosporine, the cancer drug dacomitinib, and the antibiotic salinomycin. These could be rapidly tested in human volunteers and COVID-19 patients.

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The other scenario I can think of is the case of 2004 when there was this factory in the U.K. producing flu vaccines. The inspectors found a serious contamination; they had this bacteria level more than 1,000 times the accepted level. So they shut down the whole factory and destroyed everything. That led to a major shortage of flu vaccines for that year.

And therein lies the biggest problem with the FDA and other government agencies that that set standards for products for human consumption, accepted levels of contamination. Things like flour can legally contain "accepted" levels of thing like rat shit. Tuna is allowed to have an "accepted" amount of mercury. There are also accepted levels of such thing like lead, arsenic and other toxins.

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Hospitals are seeing more and more younger adults in their 30s and 40s admitted with severe cases of Covid-19, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky said Wednesday.

"Data suggests this is all happening as we are seeing increasing prevalence of variants, with 52 jurisdictions now reporting cases of variants of concern," Walensky said at a press briefing on the pandemic.


Scientists say new variants of the coronavirus are more transmittable and some of them may be more lethal as well, resulting in more severe cases.

The highly contagious B.1.1.7 variant from the United Kingdom has become the dominant strain circulating in the United States, Walensky said.

Walensky previously warned that traveling for spring break could lead to another rise in cases, especially in Florida where the variant was rapidly spreading.


Surprise Surprise Florida
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US Begins Study of Allergic Reactions to COVID Vaccines

reactionsNIHA little too late to put the genie back in the bottle!

vaccineU.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said that having a severe allergic reaction, such as anaphylaxis, after receiving the COVID-19 vaccination is rare.

Approximately 21 cases of anaphylaxis were reported among the 1.8 million people who received in December, according to the CDC.
Health care providers have been instructedCNBCvaccines have been authorized for emergency use but have not been approved by the Food and Drug Administration.

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US Begins Study of Allergic Reactions to COVID Vaccines

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Ontario, Canada's largest province by population and economy, starts a 30 day lockdown effective midnight today due to sharply rising COVID-19 B117 variant cases.

‘Hunker down’: Business dealt a blow in Ontario stay-at-home order

Ontario has announced a province-wide stay-at-home order that goes into effect Thursday.
The province announced the move Wednesday amid rising daily case counts, attempting to help curb the spread of COVID-19 in the province.

The stay-at-home order falls under the state of emergency declaration. On Wednesday, Ford said this will remain in effect for at least four weeks.

“Unless it’s for an essential reason, please stay home because the situation is extremely serious and we just need to hunker down right now, we need to limit mobility,” said Premier Doug Ford in a Wednesday press conference.

The order, which requires every Ontario resident to remain at home except for essential purposes, will halt in-store service for non-essential retailers, while allowing curbside pickup, delivery and online sales. Big-box stores will face new restrictions that limit them to only selling essential items.


... Michigan is heading towards the same fate soon.

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Please tell us what freedom you have lost.

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When Biden first took office, the nationwide coronavirus death toll was 397,611. Just one month later, that number climbed to the cusp of 500,000, as the total number of coronavirus-related deaths in the U.S. reached 497,374 by February 20.


By March 20, that number surpassed 500,000, bringing the nationwide death toll to 542,379 coronavirus-related deaths.





Johns Hopkins University has calculated nearly 31 million cases of the Chinese coronavirus in the United States since the start of the pandemic.





Meanwhile, President Biden has repeatedly failed to put his mask on, despite signing an executive order mandating masks on federal property. The president, however, did remember to wear his mask at the White House on Monday when he appeared with a masked Easter bunny to recognize the Easter holiday.

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Over 161,000 in U.S. Died from Coronavirus in Biden’s First 11 Weeks in Office


More than 161,000 people in the United States have died from the Chinese coronavirus during President Joe Biden’s first eleven weeks in office.


An estimated 161,345 people in the U.S. have died due to complications from the coronavirus during Biden’s first eleven weeks in the White House, according to statistics provided by Johns Hopkins University.



When Biden first took office, the nationwide coronavirus death toll was 397,611. Just one month later, that number climbed to the cusp of 500,000, as the total number of coronavirus-related deaths in the U.S. reached 497,374 by February 20.


By March 20, that number surpassed 500,000, bringing the nationwide death toll to 542,379 coronavirus-related deaths.


Now, as Biden completes his eleventh week — just shy of his third month in office — the nation has suffered a total of 558,956 coronavirus-related deaths, which is already more than one third the amount of deaths that had occurred between the start of the pandemic in early 2020 and Biden’s first day in office.


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Biden’s First 11 Weeks in Office
Sad that People Like you still don't follow simple CDC guildlines that even elementary kids can follow

Wear a Mask
Wash your Hands
Social Distance

COVID-19 Guidance and Prevention for Individuals and the Community - Mississippi State Department of Health

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Ontario, Canada's largest province by population and economy, starts a 30 day lockdown effective midnight today due to sharply rising COVID-19 B117 variant cases.



Ontario has announced a province-wide stay-at-home order that goes into effect Thursday.
The province announced the move Wednesday amid rising daily case counts, attempting to help curb the spread of COVID-19 in the province.

The stay-at-home order falls under the state of emergency declaration. On Wednesday, Ford said this will remain in effect for at least four weeks.


The order, which requires every Ontario resident to remain at home except for essential purposes, will halt in-store service for non-essential retailers, while allowing curbside pickup, delivery and online sales. Big-box stores will face new restrictions that limit them to only selling essential items.


... Michigan is heading towards the same fate soon.