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Tuesday, April 6th
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🍩 Guess Who’s Back
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Welcome to Tuesday. Let’s get right to it.
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“Learn from the mistakes of others. You can’t live long enough to make them all yourself.”
–Eleanor Roosevelt
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💉 So, You’ve Been Vaccinated… Now What?
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Image: Bloomberg
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The U.S. has administered 167M COVID-19 vaccine doses to date, averaging more than 3M per day over the past week according to Bloomberg.
💬 CDC Says...
Last month, the CDC updated its guidelines for fully vaccinated individuals - defined as two weeks after receiving the final dose - who can now:
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Visit with other fully vaccinated people indoors sans masks or distancing.
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Visit with unvaccinated people from a single, low-risk household sans masks or distancing.
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Refrain from quarantine and testing after a known exposure if asymptomatic.
The agency published a brief amendment on Friday:
Frequently Asked Questions:
Can I Still Catch/Spread the Virus?
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Yes. Two of the three vaccines authorized for emergency use in the U.S. offer 100% protection against hospitalization and death in clinical trials, but not against infection (Moderna’s vaccine offers 89% protection against hospitalization).
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Trials have shown strong protection from symptomatic COVID-19 cases (72%-91%) and provided evidence for protection against asymptomatic cases (though further study is needed to draw conclusions).
What About Masks?
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The CDC guidelines say fully vaccinated individuals should still take precautions like masks and social distancing when out in public or when visiting unvaccinated households with a member at increased risk for severe COVID-19.
How Long Does Protection Last?
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Short Answer: We don’t know.
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Long answer: Researchers are continuing to monitor participants in the original clinical trials in an attempt to answer this question. Last week, Pfizer published an update showing its vaccine was 91% effective at preventing symptomatic cases for at least six months. More information will become available as time passes.
When Can Children Receive the Vaccine?
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Unknown. Pfizer’s vaccine is currently authorized for use in people 16 and older, compared to 18 and older for Moderna and Johnson & Johnson.
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Last week, Pfizer published results from a trial of volunteers aged 12 through 15 in which their vaccine demonstrated 100% efficacy and robust antibody responses. The company is expected to request FDA approval for adolescents this month.
Am I Eligible to Receive the Vaccine?
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🏛️ Attack on the Capitol
U.S. Capitol Police Officer William Evans was killed and another officer seriously injured after a man drove his car into a security barricade outside the building on Friday.
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Authorities said the suspect crashed into the two officers and exited the vehicle brandishing a knife, prompting other officers to shoot him. He was taken to a hospital and pronounced dead.
More: The other officer struck by a car was “in stable and non-threatening condition.”
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📝 Weinstein Files Appeal
Harvey Weinstein filed an appeal seeking a new trial on Monday after the former Hollywood producer was found guilty of two felony sex crimes in February and sentenced to 23 years in prison.
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In the 166-page appeal, Weinstein's lawyers raise seven examples of "errors" that, in their view, compromised the fairness of the trial.
More: Weinstein is facing further criminal charges for rape and sexual assault in Los Angeles. Officials are in the process of extraditing him to LA after a pandemic-induced delay. He is currently being held in a maximum-security prison in New York state.
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🖊️ Putin Signs Amendment
Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a piece of legislation yesterday allowing him to run for two more six-year terms once his current tenure ends in 2024.
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The move cements constitutional changes approved by voters in a national referendum last July (which included some 200 other amendments, including popular social welfare programs).
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It establishes a two-term limit for future presidents while simultaneously resetting Putin’s term count, meaning the 68-year-old can now potentially remain Russia’s leader until the age of 83.
More: How Putin came to political power.
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🧠 In the Know...
🇮🇱 Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu’s corruption trial began yesterday. (From the Left | From the Right)
🇯🇴 Nearly 20 people were arrested in Jordan over the weekend in an alleged failed coup that authorities claim had foreign support.
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☝️ 1 Last Thing
🎤 Rapper DMX was admitted to the hospital on Friday following a heart attack. He remained on life support through Monday.
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🏀 April Madness
The NCAA Men’s and Women’s Final Four took place over the weekend.
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Men’s: Baylor beat Gonzaga 86-70 last night, clinching the first national title in program history.
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Women’s: Stanford defeated Arizona 54-53 on Sunday to win their first title since 1992.
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⚖️ SCOTUS & Silicon Valley
In a ruling published Monday, the Supreme Court found Google didn’t break copyright laws when it incorporated Oracle’s Java API code in its Android operating system.
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In a 6-2 decision, the court ruled that Google’s use of that code counted as “fair use,” reversing a lower court’s decision that could have awarded up to $8B in damages.
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The ruling wraps up a copyright infringement suit originally filed by Oracle in 2010 accusing Google of copying more than 11k lines of code.
Other SCOTUS News: The Supreme Court also erased a lower court’s ruling against former President Trump regarding his Twitter account. (From the Left | From the Right)
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📱 LG Hangs It Up
LG is exiting the smartphone market by the end of July to focus its resources on other “growth areas” (including EV components, connected devices, robotics, and AI).
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The South Korean company said it is still selling its phone inventory, and will continue to provide services and support for an unspecified period of time.
More: LG has maintained the No. 3 spot in the U.S. smartphone market for years despite being in the red for 23 straight quarters, accumulating losses north of $4.4B.
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🧠 In the Know...
🚘 Tesla delivered a record 184,800 vehicles in Q1 2021, eclipsing its previous high set last quarter.
⚾ The MLB is moving this year’s All-Star Game and amateur draft from Atlanta in response to Georgia’s recently-enacted voting law. The All-Star Game will reportedly be held in Denver. (From the Left | From the Right)
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⏰❄️Frozen in Time
Mat Black is an actor and magician who hosts a Facebook show and creates impressive TikToks showcasing his skills.
For his son’s birthday, Mat and a group of actors pulled off an impressive stunt in a local coffee shop: completely “freezing” time at the boys command.
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The young boy’s newfound power was activated with a big red button, which ignited the minutes-long time-freeze.
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Giggling the whole time, Mat’s son mixed up the patrons’ belongings and even snuck behind the counter to take a muffin right in front of the barista.
Witness the stunt for yourself.
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👩🦯 See No Evil… Uber will pay $1.1M to a blind woman who sued claiming she and her seeing eye dog were stranded by the rideshare company’s drivers 14 different times, causing her to miss work, Christmas Eve church services, and even her own birthday party.
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🔢 A Number’s Game
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In Harry Potter, the Hogwarts Express departs from which platform at London King’s Cross Station?
A) 9 ¼
B) 9 ⅜
C) 9 ½
D) 9 ¾
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Dose of Knowledge Answer |
D) 9 ¾
Wizards in the Harry Potter universe can enter Platform 9 ¾ by passing through the brick wall between platforms nine and ten – a wall that doesn’t really exist in real life… to us Muggles, at least.
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