A laundry operator imploring friends and family to trade their coin reserves for their dollar bills. A restaurant that offers customers free drinks instead of nickels. Supermarkets that issue pennies of credit in the store. A woman who fills her purse with coins so that she can pay the exact …
Read More »How Coronavirus Can Spread Through the Air
Can the coronavirus spread through the air? If possible. The World Health Organization recently recognized the possibility that COVID-19 can spread in the air under certain conditions. Recent outbreaks of COVID-19 in crowded indoor settings (restaurants, nightclubs, and choir practices) suggest that the virus may remain in the air long …
Read More »Johnson & Johnson begins trial of one-dose Covid-19 vaccine
Text size Johnson & Johnson became the third western biopharmaceutical company to start a new test of its Covid-19 vaccine this week, but with one difference: in a surprise announcement Thursday morning, the company said it would test its vaccine in a format single dose. Moderna (MRNA) and Pfizer (PFE) …
Read More »AOC’s ‘Twitch’ amendment to limit U.S. military announcements fails – reports
In a vote of 292-126 on Thursday night, the United States House of Representatives rejected an amendment by US Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, DN.Y., that would have capped the announcements Military Recruitment Service, According to a Report. The more than 2-to-1 defeat of the Democratic plan means that the military can …
Read More »Experts see coronavirus numbers in the United States level off, but concerns persist
NEW YORK (AP) – While US coronavirus deaths are rising rapidly, public health experts are seeing good news: The second wave of confirmed cases appears to be stabilizing. Scientists do not celebrate in any way, warning that the trend is fueled by four large and affected locations: Arizona, California, Florida …
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