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Botany's Journal1.36% of the U.S. population got a vaccine Saturday and we just passed 106 million vaccines given.
United States reports record day of vaccinations
From Bloombergs senior healthcare editor as the United States reports a record daily number (more than 4.5 million) of vaccine doses administered (yesterday).
US: 106M doses total
https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2021/mar/13/coronavirus-live-news-uk-businesses-sign-up-for-rapid-testing-scheme-surge-in-philippines-infections
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Grown ups are back.
I might be wrong but I think McConnell is not long for the world. Picture.
https://twitter.com/AlexUSA1956/status/1370095225159479296I don't know when this picture was taken but those blue lips sure look like low O2 levels in his blood.
No wonder he is trying so hard to change the law in KY so the Governor can't pick somebody to fill
a vacancy when a US Senator leaves office.
Lauren Boebart is one sick twisted bag of stupid
Alcohol, guns, and sex what could go wrong? And the young lady with the braces and a pistol?
I have hunted and owned guns for years and this is just so wrong. If you own a gun and that gun is fired in anger
the odds are overwhelming that it will be used on you or somebody you know and the odds that you will be stopping
"the bad guy" are minuscule. So if you have to carry a firearm @ work and not unless you are in the military,
law enforcement, security, or wilderness guiding then go and get another job.
What good people do. Alaina Schearer got crushed in her run for Congress in 2020.
It is a very gerrymandered district in central OH that along w/some other factors caused her defeat. And so this
is what she is helping to do and that is feeding people who need some help. She is good people and it looks like
she wants to run again in 2022.
Dear friend,
Many of our neighbors are in need due to COVID-19, job loss and other factors. The Delaware County Democratic Party is collecting food and other necessities at several locations over several months and they are asking for your help. Join Alaina this Saturday, or at one of the other drop-off events this year:
Saturday, March 13, 9:00am-12:00pm, Carlisle Elementary School, 746 OH-37, Delaware
Saturday, June 5, Conger Elementary School, 10 Channing St, Delaware
Saturday, Sept. 4, Carlisle Elementary School, 746 OH-37, Delaware
Saturday, December 4, Conger Elementary School, 10 Channing St, Delaware
Most Needed Items:
Cereal
Laundry detergent
Dish washing liquid
Any non-perishable foods
You can drive up, drop off your donation, and drive off. This is a safe way to collect much-needed items for our fellow Delaware County Residents. This is a no-contact, low-time commitment way for you to make a huge positive impact and help our neighbors.
The items will be provided to People in Need of Delaware or other similar organizations. If you have any questions, contact Linda Diamond at lindadiamond14@gmail.com.
We'll see you on Saturday!
Team Alaina
Hawley, "I'm proudly pro-life."
Gee Josh is there something you want to tell us?
"pro life"
https://twitter.com/joshbarone/status/1368900231291674627
https://www.msn.com/en-us/lifestyle/lifestyle-buzz/we-need-to-talk-about-josh-hawley-e2-80-99s-creepy-anti-abortion-dorm-poster/ar-BB1ephWV?ocid=uxbndlbing
Nice!
Before I went to bed I saw on DU that "the Georgia People" are ready to take their case against
D. Trump to the grand jury.
https://www.democraticunderground.com/100215204723
A long interview with Dr. Rochelle Walensky the new head of the CDC on Rachel. Damn she is impressive.
https://www.democraticunderground.com/100215204874
And then I wake up to see, "Kerry in Brussels for climate change talks with EU officials."
https://www.democraticunderground.com/10142708982
I just saw Dr. Rochelle Walensky on Rachel ... Joe picked a good one ... she is very impressive.
I want to thank all you DUer who voted for and supported Joe and the K-Bomb. Joe had her working from
day one. Jan. 20, 2021
Dr. Rochelle Walensky is the head of the CDC.
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from wiki
Early life and education
Walensky was born Rochelle Paula Bersoff, to Edward Bersoff, and Carol Bersoff-Bernstein[3] She was raised in Maryland.[4]
In 1991, Walensky received a BA in biochemistry and molecular biology from Washington University in St. Louis. In 1995, she received an MD from Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. From 1995 to 1998, she trained in internal medicine at Johns Hopkins Hospital. Walensky then became a fellow in the Massachusetts General Hospital/Brigham and Women's Hospital Infectious Diseases Fellowship Program. In 2001, she earned an MPH in clinical effectiveness from the Harvard School of Public Health.[5]
Academic career
Walensky had been on the faculty of Harvard Medical School since 2001, first as an instructor, then as a professor.[6] Walensky served as chief of the division of infectious diseases at Massachusetts General Hospital from 2017-2020 and professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School from 2012-2020. She served on the frontline of the COVID-19 pandemic and conducted research on vaccine delivery and strategies to reach underserved communities. Walensky has worked to improve HIV screening and care in South Africa, led health policy initiatives, and researched clinical trial design and evaluation in a variety of settings.[7]
Walensky was Chair of the Office of AIDS Research Advisory Council at the National Institutes of Health from 2014 to 2015 and has served as a member of the US Department of Health and Human Services Panel on Antiretroviral Guidelines for Adults and Adolescents since 2011.[8] She serves on the board of directors of Mass General Brigham.[9] She has been co-director of the Medical Practice Evaluation Center at Massachusetts General Hospital since 2011.[8]
COVID-19
In a paper published in Health Affairs in November 2020, Walensky and her co-authors showed that the effectiveness of a COVID-19 vaccine will be strongly affected by:
The speed that the vaccine is produced and administered. Some of the potential vaccines have logistical challenges including the need for ultra-cold storage, or requiring two doses.
The willingness of people to be vaccinated.
The pandemic's severity when the vaccine is introduced.[10]
CDC Director
The Biden transition announced Walensky's presumptive appointment as CDC director on December 7, 2020.[11] Doctors and public health experts widely praised the choice.[12] As the position of director of the CDC does not require Senate confirmation to take office,[13] Walensky's tenure at the CDC began on January 20, 2021.
I can't let this go, Joe Scarborough is a no good lying asshole.
Sometime after 7 Joe was talking about the American Rescue Plan and just had to get a republican
talking point/dig against President Obama because he said this, "The Affordable Care Act was so bad
that it created the Tea Party movement." No the Tea Party movement was no organic grass roots
movement but was built starting in 2007 by a republican who had been working for republicans
such as Ronald Reagan when he was running for President in 1980. The Tea Party was started before
Barack Obama won the presidency because it was clear that bush/Cheney and their Iraqi war, failed
response to Katrina, and that we were looking @ another Great Depression because of republican
economic policies made the chances of a Republican winning in 2008 slim. The Tea Party Movement
was a phony grass roots movement funded by the Koch Brothers/American for Prosperity although once
it was publicly launched in 2009 it however took advantage of the deep set racism of many Americans
and how much they were pissed off that a black man was President and later on Fox News/hate talk radio
used these racist people's feelings about a black man being President to channel their anger against the A.C.A..
The man is good.
Let me see Joe now has his C-19 bill, voting rights protected, a trade and cooperation pact
between the US, India, Japan, and Australia (including other countries too), and now work
on the climate.
No tweets, no stupid big ass red tie, no holding up things for the camera, no hair piece, no ...
Just leadership!
https://twitter.com/W7VOA/status/1368410360206753795
Biden proposes a Quad summit
https://www.democraticunderground.com/100215198051
Help is on the way
https://www.democraticunderground.com/1017644680
https://twitter.com/GeoffRBennett/status/1368527096935514113
Just a little dream. Mitch McConnell's health and or his living status takes a turn for the worse
... and then Gov. Beshear picks a democrat to fill his seat before the KY GOP overturns the
state's constitution.
McConnell Backs Ky. Bill Ensuring GOP Successor If He Leaves Office.
A Republican-sponsored bill in the Kentucky legislature would require the governor to replace a departing U.S. senator with someone from the same political party.
The proposal is supported by Kentuckys 78-year-old U.S. Senator Mitch McConnell and comes as state lawmakers continue to try and chip away at Democratic Gov. Andy Beshears powers.
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According to the National Conference of State Legislatures, 37 states, including Kentucky, allow governors to fill a vacancy created by a senator who leaves office before the end of their term. Only five of those states require the replacement to be a member of the same political party as the departing senator.
https://wfpl.org/mcconnell-backs-ky-bill-ensuring-gop-successor-if-he-leaves-office/
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