The Oxford-AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine appears to substantially reduce transmission of the virus, rather than simply preventing symptomatic infections, UK researchers have suggested.

The rate of positive PCR tests declined by about half after two doses, according to preliminary results by researchers at the University of Oxford that have yet to be peer reviewed.

Their analysis, released as a preprint Tuesday, also supports spacing out doses and estimates good efficacy after just one shot of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine.

https://www.cnn.com/2021/02/03/health/astrazeneca-vaccine-transmission-gbr-intl/index.html

https://www.politico.com/news/2021/02/02/biden-vaccine-pharmacies-464995?cid=apn

Apparently not realizing that nothing is ever really deleted off social media.

https://twitter.com/kfile/status/1354821456811630596

https://twitter.com/ronfilipkowski/status/1351903819765047297

I know, we all feel great empathy for them.

This seems appropriate today, don’t you think?

President Donald Trump received an unsettling warning on his final Saturday night in the White House.

Huddled for a lengthy meeting with his legal advisers, Trump was warned the pardons he once hoped to bestow upon his family and even himself would place him in a legally perilous position, convey the appearance of guilt and potentially make him more vulnerable to reprisals.

So, too, was Trump warned that pardons for Republican lawmakers who had sought them for their role in the Capitol insurrection would anger the very Senate Republicans who will determine his fate in an upcoming impeachment trial.

White House counsel Pat Cipollone and another attorney who represented Trump in his first impeachment trial, Eric Herschmann, offered the grave warnings as Trump, his daughter Ivanka and her husband Jared Kushner listened. Other lawyers joined by telephone. They all told Trump he should not pardon himself, his family or any GOP lawmakers in a prospective manner unless he was prepared to list specific crimes.

Cipollone and former Attorney General William Barr both warned Trump earlier this month they did not believe he should pardon himself, multiple sources familiar with the matter told CNN last week. Barr conveyed this position to Trump before resigning last month, sources say.

Trump continued to bring the matter up in the ensuing days, even after officials believed the issue was resolved. But the sobering meeting on Saturday evening at the White House seemed to put the idea to rest.

https://www.cnn.com/2021/01/19/politics/trump-self-pardon-warning/index.html

The author is an associate dean of the University of Connecticut School of Law.

https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2021-01-11/donald-trump-incitement-insurrection-capitol-attack

“Whoever incites, sets on foot, assists, or engages in any rebellion or insurrection against the authority of the United States or the laws thereof, or gives aid or comfort thereto, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than ten years, or both; and shall be incapable of holding any office under the United States.” Note that last part.

https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/2383

This is really funny.

Because he was afraid that slaveholders weren’t worshiped enough? Hmm, irony...again.
https://twitter.com/FoxNews/status/1347274064335933443

So this guy named John Roderick posted a story on Twitter that went something like this...his nine-year-old daughter daughter asked him to open a can of beans because she was hungry. He made her open it herself, although she didn’t know how to use a can opener. It took six hours.

People were angry about this. Some saw it as abusive. Others went through his old tweets and found several that come across as racist and antisemitic. Apparently he also liked to threaten to rape people.

https://heavy.com/news/john-roderick-bean-dad/

Anyhow, he hosts a podcast with Ken Jennings, the Jeopardy guy. Jennings tried to defend him. It didn’t go over too well. And some of Jennings’ old tweets are coming as a result. Looks like Bean Dad may keep Jennings from getting a full time gig on the show, although they haven’t said anything.

https://mobile.twitter.com/KenJennings/status/1345831929266855936