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New Twitter owner Elon Musk declared on Sunday, “My pronouns are Prosecute/Fauci,” simultaneously swiping at the famous immunologist and offending Queer advocates. Musk made the jab on his social media site, where he has a history of lambasting Covid protocols and the expansion of pronoun use. Musk’s jab at Dr. Anthony Fauci was preempted by new CDC guidance to resume masking in public. “Truth resonates,” Musk tweeted on Monday, implying the outrage around his tweet indicates his accuracy. The tweet has 1.1 million likes and 176,000 retweets. “Elon, please don’t mock and promote hate toward al...
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President Joe Biden tested positive over the weekend with a “rebound” Covid-19 case, but “continues to feel well,” according to the White House. Biden, 79, ended his quarantine period last week after testing negative but was quickly isolated again on Saturday. The President’s “rebound” case also comes after it was revealed that he was taking Paxlovid during his first bout with Covid. The medication, which was approved for pharmacies by the Food and Drug Administration in early July, has been known to speed up recovery only for the virus to return days later. Biden used the medication for the p...
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Dr. Anthony Fauci, who gained public fame during the Covid-19 pandemic as a calm voice for the government response, announced that he would retire after President Joe Biden‘s current term. Fauci has served under several presidential administrations, starting with President Ronald Reagan. “I have said that for a long time. By the time we get to the end of Biden’s first term, I will very likely [retire],” he told CNN. Fauci has served as the Head Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) since he began working during the Reagan administration in 1984. Fauci ...
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Albert Bourla, chief executive officer of Pfizer, estimates $54 billion in sales from its Covid-19 vaccine and new treatment pill Paxlovid in 2022. The COVID-19 shots are expected to generate $32 billion and Paxlovid is estimated to bring in $22 billion. Paxlovid, a new antiviral coronavirus treatment pill, received authorization from the FDA in December. This pill has already contributed $76 million in U.S sales. Pfizer expects to produce six million courses of Paxlovid for the first quarter and 120 million by the end of the year. According to Pfizer, Paxlovid reduces the risk of hospitalizat...
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The much-loved music festival Coachella is returning this April without mask requirements. After a two-year pause during the pandemic, it was unclear how the festival would resume with Covid-19 infections still high. Organizers of the festival announced this week, festival attendees will not be required to be tested for Covid-19, provide proof of vaccination or wear masks during the concert. According to the Coachella website, “all attendees should evaluate their risk in determining whether to attend the festival. By entering the festival, attendees voluntarily assume all risks related to expo...
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New York Gov. Kathy Hochul (D) will allow New York’s indoor mask mandate to expire on Thursday joining neighboring states which have also dropped mandates. The decision will save her a bitter court fight. Last week, New York State Supreme Court Judge Thomas Rademaker ruled that a mask mandate is unconstitutional. Rademaker argued that since the state no longer has emergency powers a mask mandate is unconstitutional. His ruling nullified Hochul’s rule amid a rise in cases due to the omicron variant. Hochul vowed to fight the decision with State Attorney General Letitia James filing a motion to ...
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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) vowed to fight White House health officials in his latest feud with President Joe Biden. DeSantis said that the Biden administration is withholding a COVID-19 treatment, monoclonal antibodies (MABS), which provides the immune system with weapons against Covid-19. The treatment is not as effective as the vaccines which led the FDA to withdraw emergency approval from the therapies produced by the companies Regeneron and Eli Lily. Florida has been using MAB treatments from Regeneron, but the FDA has said Omicron is 1,000 times less vulnerable to the treatment. Last w...
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Pfizer and BioNTech will start a clinical trial for an Omicron-specific vaccine. The study will include three cohorts of healthy adult participants ranging from ages 18 to 55. The first group will include those who had two doses of the Pfizer vaccine at least 90 to 180 days ahead of the study. They will receive either one or two doses of the Omicron vaccine. The second group will be made of participants who have had three doses of the Pfizer vaccine, also at least 90-180 days prior. This group will be given one dose of the Omicron-specific vaccine. Finally, the third group will include partici...
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Americans can now get free take-home COVID-19 tests through their private insurance, the Biden Administration has announced. Private insurers will be required to cover up to eight tests per covered individual each month. Tests can be obtained in-store, at pharmacies or online, however, insurers will be able to create a network of preferred locations where they provide full coverage. Consumers will still be able to purchase tests outside the network, but insurers will only have to cover up to a $12 cost. Consumers will be reimbursed by keeping the receipt and submitting a claim to their insuran...
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At a rally on Saturday, former President Donald Trump told his audience that public health authorities are denying white people the Covid-19 vaccine and treatment due to their race. “The left is now rationing lifesaving therapeutics based on race, discriminating against and denigrating … white people to determine who lives and who dies,” he said on Saturday. “If you’re white you do’’t get the vaccine or if you’re white you don’t get therapeutics. … In New York state, if you’re white, you have to go to the back of the line to get medical health.” His untrue claims appear deliberately to encoura...
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