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But the project is already struggling, and the details of the US contribution are vague.
Experts see the scheme as the bare minimum, that will leave deep inequality even if it works.
As the world s rich countries place orders for enough coronavirus vaccines to inoculate their populations several times over, the World Health Organization has been pushing a scheme to get poorer countries access as well.
From late Monday, all Americans will have to wear masks on public transport
From CNN Health’s Jen Christensen
Buses on 5th Avenue display Mask Required signs in New York on September 21, 2020. Michael Nagle/Bloomberg/Getty Images
Americans will have to wear a mask while using any form of public transportation including buses, trains, taxis, planes, boats, subways or rideshare vehicles from late Monday to slow the spread of Covid-19, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has announced.
The order goes into effect at 11:59 p.m. ET Monday.
The order, signed by Dr. Martin Cetron, director of CDC s Division of Global Migration and Quarantine, says people must wear a mask that covers the nose and mouth while on public transportation and while waiting for their ride. The mask needs to feature at least two layers of breathable fabric and secured to the head with ties, ear loops or elastic bands.
By Reuters Staff
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A Facebook post suggesting that pharmaceutical companies, global investment groups and billionaire philanthropists conspired to bring about the COVID-19 pandemic has been shared online.
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The post claims there are links between the organisations and invites readers to consider that they are proof of a conspiracy. It ends with the sentence: “Now you understand how a dead bat sold in a wet market in China infected the ENTIRE PLANET” (here, here, here, here).
Many of the claims have appeared in similar posts debunked by Reuters (here) and other fact checkers (here and here) in December 2020.
The virulent strain still infecting the nation. Fri Jan 29, 2021 Dr. Anthony Fauci is “the highest-paid federal government employee in the U.S. – surpassing even the president,” Fox Business reports, with a salary of $417,608 in 2019. This information was not volunteered but came from a Freedom of Information Act request by OpenTheBooks.com. Dr. Fauci also surfaced in a January 24 Fox News Steve Hilton segment, on another theme the wealthy bureaucrat has been reluctant to discuss. Gain of Function (GOF) research, “improves the ability of a pathogen to cause disease,” and as Nidhi Subbaraman explains in
Nature, “involves making pathogens more deadly or more transmissible.” The National Institutes of Health banned GOF in 2014 but revived it in 2017, ignoring scientists who warned of the risks.
The Second Wave of Covid-19 Vaccines Are Looking Really Promising
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