COVID19

COVID-19 Shots Could Reach First Americans By Mid-December

COVID-19 Shots Could Reach First Americans By Mid-December Via Reuters: U.S. healthcare workers and others recommended for the nation’s first COVID-19 inoculations could start getting shots within a day or two of regulatory consent next month, a top official of the government’s vaccine development effort said on Sunday. Some 70% of the U.S. population of 330 million would need to be inoculated to achieve “herd” immunity from the virus, a […]

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Many Americans Flying For Holiday Despite CDC Pleas

Many Americans Flying For Holiday Despite CDC Pleas Via AP News: Millions of Americans bought tickets to fly somewhere for Thanksgiving before the nation’s top public health agency pleaded with them not to travel for the holiday. So what are they doing now? In many cases, they’re still crowding airports and boarding planes. That’s despite relatively lenient cancellation policies that major airlines have implemented since the coronavirus pandemic emerged earlier […]

11/23/2020 11

Treasury Yields Slump Amid State Coronavirus Restrictions

Treasury Yields Slump Amid State Coronavirus Restrictions Via CNBC: U.S. Treasury yields fell on Thursday as the country’s death toll from the coronavirus topped 250,000 and states sought to impose restrictions in order to curb the spread of the virus. The yield on the benchmark 10-year Treasury note slipped to 0.849% at 5:22 a.m. ET, while the yield on the 30-year Treasury bond fell to 1.575%. Yields move inversely to […]

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Four States Selected For Pfizer Pilot COVID-19 Vaccine Delivery Program

Four States Selected For Pfizer Pilot COVID-19 Vaccine Delivery Program Via Just The News: Pfizer Inc. has launched a pilot delivery program for its experimental COVID-19 vaccine in four U.S. states, after announcing last week that early data shows the two-shot vaccine is 90% effective. "We are hopeful that results from this vaccine delivery pilot will serve as the model for other U.S. states and international governments, as they prepare to implement effective […]

11/18/2020 11

The Barrett Brief

The Barrett Brief – We Need To Talk About The Million MAGA March

The Barrett Brief - We Need To Talk About The Million MAGA March Here is what is happening today in the Brief. First We Need To Talk About The Million MAGA March na Second Sheriffs bust up ‘Rumble in the Bronx’ underground fight club In addition Donald Trump, the Loneliest Man on the Planet LikewiseWe check in on the actin all crusader-y Blog. Moreover, Dr. Fauci is wants to cancel Christmas […]

11/16/2020 12

Moderna Vaccine Found Highly Effective at Preventing Covid

Moderna Vaccine Found Highly Effective at Preventing Covid #NEW: Moderna makes strides in the race to a COVID-19 vaccine, announcing human trial results show it is 94.5% effective at preventing coronavirus. This is now the second company (after Pfizer) to announce promising early data for a vaccine. — Emily Finn (@EmilyRoseFinn) November 16, 2020 You can read the rest of the story at Bloomberg What Is The Crusade Channel? The […]

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To Help Economy, Bank Proposes Tax On Working From Home

To Help Economy, Bank Proposes Tax On Working From Home Via AP News: White collar staff reaping the financial benefits of working from home should be taxed to help other workers who aren’t getting the same advantages, experts at Deutsche Bank said in a new report. In its report on how to rebuild the economy after COVID-19, the bank proposed a 5% daily tax on each employee that continues to […]

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Michigan, Washington State Impose New Round Of COVID-19 Restrictions

Michigan, Washington State Impose New Round Of COVID-19 Restrictions Via Reuters: Michigan and Washington state on Sunday imposed sweeping new restrictions on gatherings, including halting indoor restaurant service, to slow the spread of the coronavirus as total U.S. infections crossed the 11 million mark, just over a week after hitting 10 million. Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer ordered a ban on in-person high school and college classes as well as indoor […]

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Oregon, New Mexico Order Lockdowns As Other States Resist

Oregon, New Mexico Order Lockdowns As Other States Resist Via AP News: The governors of Oregon and New Mexico ordered near-lockdowns Friday in the most aggressive response yet to the latest wave of coronavirus infections shattering records across the U.S., even as many of their counterparts in other states show little appetite for reimposing the hard-line restrictions of last spring. “We are in a life-or-death situation, and if we don’t […]

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