CFO David Wehner suggested on Tuesday that users’ cash will end up in the pockets of “services like travel,” as more people get vaccinated for Covid-19 and fewer have any reason to stay home ordering goods they’ve seen advertised on Facebook. Speaking at the Morgan Stanley Technology, Media and Telecom …
Read More »Bernie Sanders blasts Israel for sending Covid-19 vaccines to allies while ‘Palestinians are still waiting’
“As the occupying power, Israel is responsible for the health of all the people under its control. It is outrageous that Netanyahu would use spare vaccines to reward his foreign allies while so many Palestinians in the occupied territories are still waiting,” Sanders tweeted. Israel’s decision to send out surplus …
Read More »US-developed Pfizer & Moderna vaccines produce THREE TIMES LESS antibodies against South African strain of Covid-19 – lab studies
A lab study jointly conducted by Pfizer/BioNTech and researchers at the University of Texas in Galveston showed that the neutralization of the South African strain “was weaker by approximately two thirds,” but concluded that it was “unclear what effect” that would have on protection the vaccine provided from the disease. …
Read More »Biden promises vaccines available to all Americans by end of July, ‘significantly’ less social distancing & masks a year from now
Biden waxed optimistic about the ongoing viral outbreak during a CNN town hall event on Tuesday, declaring that “by next Christmas, I think we’ll be in a very different circumstance, God willing, than we are today.” He said the improvement would be further helped along if an inoculation developed by …
Read More »Russian-made Sputnik V and EpiVacCorona vaccines are effective against UK variant of coronavirus – watchdog
Serum obtained from people who took the Sputnik V and EpiVacCorona vaccines and had antibodies to the novel coronavirus, demonstrated a “protective effect” against the UK variant, Russia’s consumer protection agency, Rospotrebnadzor, said in a statement to the media. It added that the vaccines have shown to be just as …
Read More »Russian & Chinese vaccines are necessary to win ‘world war’ against Covid-19 – Macron
“We must work with the Chinese and the Russians so that the vaccines developed by their scientists fit into this great multilateral effort against the pandemic – once they have been the subject of the necessary certifications by the WHO,” Macron told Le Journal du Dimanche. Macron was referring to …
Read More »Swedish university wants to test-compare Covid vaccines’ effectiveness on population of ENTIRE REGIONS, promises option to opt-out
The scientists are waiting for authorization to launch a study comparing every Covid-19 vaccine that has been given the green light by the Swedish Medical Products Agency. They say that while those jabs were tested against a placebo, they haven’t been tested against each other to see how their attributes …
Read More »Facebook to BAN claims about ‘man-made’ Covid-19 & ‘unsafe’ vaccines as it launches election-like campaign to promote vaccination
Under the ‘Community Standards’ policy, posts with “debunked claims” that Covid-19 is “man-made or manufactured,” or that vaccines are ineffective, unsafe, dangerous or cause autism will be removed starting Monday, VP of Integrity Guy Rosen announced on the Facebook blog. The new policy was implemented following consultations with the World …
Read More »‘All vaccines welcome’: Merkel eyes Russia’s Sputnik V jab after ‘good data’ show over 91% effectiveness in clinical trial
“We have received good data today from the Russian vaccine,” Merkel said on Tuesday in a TV interview with public broadcaster ARD after interim analysis of Phase III clinical trial data was published by the esteemed British journal. “Every vaccine is welcome in the EU, but only after it has …
Read More »As EU falls behind on supplies of Covid-19 vaccines, German health minister entertains possibility of using Russia’s Sputnik V
“Regardless of the country in which a vaccine is manufactured, if they are safe and effective, they can help cope with the pandemic,” Spahn told Germany’s Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung. The German minister’s comments came before Vladimir Chizhov, Russia’s permanent representative to the EU, revealed that Moscow is not only open …
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