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The situation has changed. General Motors has made no secret of plans to launch an SUV version of the new GMC Hummer EV. Currently available as a truck, the SUV variant has already been purposely leaked by the automaker (with CEO Mary Barra sitting next to it) last November. For a time, there were reports the new Hummer body style would debut during Super Bowl LV on February 7, 2021. This would make sense because its truck counterpart appeared in a Super Bowl commercial last year with NBA super...

By Valerie Hernandez Jan 26, 2021 If youre not a big football fan, one thing you probably look forward to when it comes to the Super Bowl are all of the commercials. Well, for the first time in 37 years, Budweiser and its Clydesdale horses will not be advertising during the Super Bowl this year. Budweiser has decided to take the money that would normally spend on the commercial slot, which is about $5.6 million, and instead support "critical Covid-19 vaccine awareness with donations and futur...

By Valerie Hernandez Jan 26, 2021 If youre not a big football fan, one thing you probably look forward to when it comes to the Super Bowl are all of the commercials. Well, for the first time in 37 years, Budweiser and its Clydesdale horses will not be advertising during the Super Bowl this year. Budweiser has decided to take the money that would normally spend on the commercial slot, which is about $5.6 million, and instead support "critical Covid-19 vaccine awareness with donations and futur...

(CNN) -- Budweisers Clydesdale horses have become synonymous with the Super Bowl. But this year, theyre getting a rest: For the first time in 37 years, the beer company isnt advertising during the Super Bowl. Instead, Budweiser is shifting the money that wouldve been spent on the commercial slot--a reported $5.6 million for the February 7 event--to support "critical Covid-19 vaccine awareness" with donations and future ad campaigns, the company said Monday. The pandemic forced Budweiser to reth...

Budweiser wont air Super Bowl ad for the first time since 1983 and will instead donate to COVID vaccine awareness - as Pepsi and Coke also sit out of this years game Budweiser has announced it wont air a commercial for its namesake beer during the Super Bowl this year for the first time since 1983 Budweiser instead will donate ad dollars to COVID-19 vaccine awareness efforts On Monday Budweiser released an ad narrated by Rashida Jones announcing the donation saying: Were helping to bring Americ...

Wow. Didn’t think the big game would even be complete without one! For the first time in 37 (!!) years, Budweiser is deciding so sit out SB LV. Instead, they’re taking that money and putting it some place they think is a better investment. According to Anheuser-Busch InBev beer will use the marketing dollars to support Covid-19 vaccine awareness and access. As of Friday, roughly 39 million vaccines doses had been distributed and only 19.1 million administered, falling well short of the tar...

Houston Chronicle: Build bridges so minorities can trust vaccine Houston Chronicle Robert Luckey, the first person in the Houston region to get the coronavirus vaccine, is a registered nurse at Memorial Hermann-Texas Medical Center, a U.S. Marine Corps veteran, and is assigned to the hospital’s COVID-19 unit. He is also Black. Why does that matter? Because the image of Luckey rolling up the sleeve of his blue scrubs to get the shot may help convince folks in Black and Latino communities that ...

How trusted messengers could decrease Covid-19 vaccine hesitancy Quartz 18/12/2020 © Provided by Quartz Gloria Torres-Herbeck gets the flu vaccine every year, but the 53-year-old teacher in Rochester, Minnesota, isn’t yet convinced she wants to be first in line for a potential Covid-19 vaccine. “I’m not super old, but I’m not as strong as other people,” she said. “So, I need to be realistic on my own situation. Do I want to participate in something that might be a big risk for m...

December 18, 2020 Gloria Torres-Herbeck gets the flu vaccine every year, but the 53-year-old teacher in Rochester, Minnesota, isn’t yet convinced she wants to be first in line for a potential Covid-19 vaccine. “I’m not super old, but I’m not as strong as other people,” she said. “So, I need to be realistic on my own situation. Do I want to participate in something that might be a big risk for me?” This month, the Food and Drug Administration gave emergency use authorization for on...

Editorial Roundup: US Last Updated Dec 16, 2020 at 6:14 pm EDT Excerpts from recent editorials in the United States and abroad: ___ The Philadelphia Inquirer on evictions once the Centers for Disease Control’s nationwide moratorium ends: Millions of households nationwide could find themselves evicted from their homes soon after New Year’s Day as one of the last safeguards from eviction during the pandemic, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention nationwide eviction moratorium, is set...