• “Doesn’t feel like a shared sacrifice”: A new regional plan meant to be a blueprint for Bay Area housing development over the next 30 years is raising strong objections from San Francisco officials who say the proposal would lead to demolition of thousands of existing apartments and could drive out Black, brown and working-class families. … [Read more...] about Bay Briefing: What going back to ‘purple’ means for the Bay Area
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UPenn Doctor: Have To Worry About COVID Variants ‘Because There’s So Much Virus Out There And It’s Going Unchecked’
“We need to assume now that what it has been circulating dominantly in the U.K. does have a certain degree of increase in what we call virulence, namely the power of the virus to cause more damage, including death,” said Dr. Anthony Fauci, chief medical adviser to President Joe Biden. … [Read more...] about UPenn Doctor: Have To Worry About COVID Variants ‘Because There’s So Much Virus Out There And It’s Going Unchecked’
The Sick Logic of Farrakhan’s Anti-Vaccination ‘Death Plan’
That was in 2009, about the H1N1 swine flu vaccination he said was a scheme to kill people . In 2021, I found out that he’s singing the same tune after I got injected with the Moderna vaccine earlier this month. As many of my social media followers messaged to ask if I had any side effects (other than a sore arm, I’ve been good), Black followers affiliated with the Nation of Islam couldn’t believe that I put “that white man’s poison in my body.” … [Read more...] about The Sick Logic of Farrakhan’s Anti-Vaccination ‘Death Plan’
Here’s Why It Will Be Hard to Ramp Up COVID Vaxx Production
Pfizer, which has committed 200 million doses to the U.S. government by the end of July, said last week it expected “no interruptions” in shipments from its primary U.S. COVID manufacturing plant in Kalamazoo, Michigan. Pfizer spokesperson Sharon Castillo said the company has expanded manufacturing facilities and added more suppliers and contract manufacturers. Those efforts, and the company’s announcement that its five-dose vials actually contain an extra dose, mean “we can potentially deliver approximately 2 billion doses worldwide by the end of 2021.” … [Read more...] about Here’s Why It Will Be Hard to Ramp Up COVID Vaxx Production
Biden’s bipartisan push hits wall on COVID-19 relief bill
Rep. John YarmuthJohn Allen YarmuthSenate chaos threatens to slow Biden's agenda Biden reverses Trump's freeze on .4 billion in funds Dem lawmaker says GOP Rep. Boebert gave 'large' group tour days ahead of Capitol attack MORE (D-Ky.), the House Budget Committee chairman, told CNN on Monday that House Democrats could move on reconciliation as soon as next week, but warned that the provision raising the minimum wage to $15 an hour could ultimately get stripped from the bill. … [Read more...] about Biden’s bipartisan push hits wall on COVID-19 relief bill