Taxpayer cash to be used to bankroll MORE Covid vaccines
Biden Administration will use $1.4BILLION to develop new virus drugs and shots

Officials said the funding – to be awarded in grants – will be used to develop ‘a new generation of tools and technologies to protect against COVID-19 for years to come’.

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) – the branch of government tasked with bankrolling health initiatives – announced the move Tuesday as part of its ‘Project NextGen.’

This initiative adds to the $30 billion the government has already spent on Covid vaccines and $4.6trillion in overall Covid relief… (Continue to full article)

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Mask mandates reemerge amid upturn in COVID-19 cases
The recent upturn in COVID-19 cases in some regions has spurred a handful of entities around the country to reinstate mask mandates, reigniting the debate over what place masking requirements have in an era of living with the coronavirus.

Earlier this week, Hollywood movie studio Lionsgate asked its employees to wear masks on certain floors of its facilities in Santa Monica, Calif., in response to a few staff members testing positive for COVID-19.

Kaiser Permanente began to require staff, patients and visitors to wear masks at its facility in Santa Rosa, Calif., this week in response to a spike in cases. Upstate Medical University in New York announced a similar decision last week for two of its hospitals… (Continue to full article)

Lockdowns and face masks ‘unequivocally’ cut spread of Covid – according to ONE report
Measures taken during the Covid pandemic such as social distancing and wearing face masks “unequivocally” reduced the spread of infections, a report has found.

Experts looked at the effectiveness of non-pharmaceutical interventions (NPIs) – not drugs or vaccines – when applied in packages that combine a number of measures that complement one another.

The report, called Covid-19: examining the effectiveness of non-pharmaceutical interventions, reviewed the evidence gathered during the pandemic for six groups of NPIs and their effectiveness in reducing transmission.

These included masks and face coverings, social distancing and lockdowns, test, trace and isolate, travel restrictions and controls across international borders, environmental controls, and communications.

Frankly – I am sick of this SHIT… (Continue to full article)

Schools Already Closing Due to COVID — Just Weeks After Starting
The BS begins. Go to school or stay home with your children’s cold. Jesus, they aren’t going to die from the flu or cold. So ridiculous. America will have the most uneducated kids. No chance to ever catch up. Parents should consider homeschooling.

Just two weeks into the start of their school year, officials in Kentucky have called off school for the rest of the week “due to student and staff illness.”

The district of Lee County announced on Tuesday, August 22 that in-person classes, extra-curricular practices and games in the district had been canceled for the remainder of the week.

Public Health Director for the Kentucky River District, Scott Lockard, told news outlets local to the area that there has been an increase in COVID-19 cases throughout the district.

But COVID was not the singular driving factor in the district’s decision to temporarily close their doors… (Continue to full article)