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As of Sunday, the federal government had distributed 41.4 million vaccine doses to states and other jurisdictions. Of that, 21.8 million doses had been administered, or about 53%. About 3.2 million people had received their full two-dose vaccination, a little less than 1% of the population. That’s according to statistics from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Already, more than 420,000 Americans have died from the coronavirus. … [Read more...] about Biden more bullish on vaccines, open to 1.5M daily shot goal

The project is being marketed to the tech industry, to which Kushner has developed ties, partly through his brother, Josh, who runs the VC firm Thrive Capital. Jared was involved early on in Josh’s health-insurance start-up, Oscar, which has backing from Peter Thiel and is valued at $2.7 billion. (Oscar currently competes on the Obamacare health exchanges that Trump has pledged to abolish, though the company is shifting its business model, for instance, by selling plans to small businesses. Before the election, Josh said he was voting for Clinton.) Standing on a Dumbo street corner, across from a location of the tech-oriented office provider WeWork and the new headquarters of Etsy, Abehsera pointed out a bike bay, which is visible through large windows from the street. “That was Jared’s idea,” he said. Kushner personally interviewed the owners of more than a dozen coffee shops, he added, before settling on the right tenant. When I asked whether he expected … [Read more...] about Jared Kushner’s Rise to Unimaginable Power

This article was originally published in the International Monetary Fund's blog. Saad Quayyum is an economist at the International Monetary Fund. Roland Kangni Kpodar is deputy unit chief in the strategy, policy and review department at the International Monetary Fund and senior fellow at the Foundation for Studies and Research on International Development (FERDI). The opinions expressed in this commentary are their own. … [Read more...] about As Covid-19 rages on, countries need to support migrant workers