On social media and in news feeds, itâs hard to scroll without coming across a story about Baby Boomers, Millennials, or more recently, Generation Z. However, thereâs one generation thatâs often left out of the mix.
Mark Putnam, a 2010 University of Georgia graduate, is a co-founder with fellow UGA alumni of The Fast Times, a weekly e-newsletter targeting Generation X. With a nostalgic â80s and â90s twist, each article blends the popular culture of Gen X with the crucial topics of todayâs times.
Every Friday, The Fast Times releases a new piece that tackles an issue affecting both Gen X and adjacent generations, informs readers of youth, culture and lingo and spotlights a MTV-style music video. Every Monday, a second e-newsletter, The Mixtape, is released with a themed Spotify playlist and collection of links to the pop culture happenings of that week.
Pubs with outside areas that were permitted to trade on Monday 12 April saw drinks sales up on 2019 figures.
According to the
CGA Drinks Recovery Tracker April 2021, which covered 1,687 outlets, like-for-like drinks sales were up by 113.8% on the equivalent day in 2019 while food sales were down by 11.7%.
This meant total like-for-like sales increased by more than half (58.6%) when compared to 12 April two years ago.
Fairly solid performance
CGA managing director for UK and Ireland Jonny Jones said: “The first day of trading after England’s lockdown showed a fairly solid performance and demonstrates how consumers were keen to enjoy their first drink out – with like-for-like drinks sales up nearly 115% for outlets that were open compared with the equivalent day in 2019.
Department of Health
The Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) and New South Wales health authorities are investigating a death in NSW, as part of this process the TGA is seeking further clinical information including clinical test results from the New South Wales Health Department.
The blood clotting disorders being investigated in connection with the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine are very rare and differ from common blood clots or venous thromboembolism, which occur in around 50 Australians every day.
The clotting disorder being investigated in connection with the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine, which is now referred to as ‘thrombosis with thrombocytopenia syndrome’ (TTS), has been confirmed in only two cases out of over 700,000 people who have received the AstraZeneca vaccine in Australia.
Tucked away at the end of a long road in Winterville, lies a small building made from shipping containers. The building, referred to as “The Shed,” is part of a
Cases of COVID-19 at the University of Georgia returned to the low levels sustained throughout March after an uptick at the beginning of April. For the week of April 5 â 11, 33 cases were reportedâa drop of 38 percent from the preceding week.
Of those who reported positive tests through the DawgCheck system, 25 were students and eight were staff members. No faculty members tested positive.
Surveillance tests were administered to 638 individuals at the Legion Field surveillance site and in a satellite locationâthe lowest number of participants since UGA initiated its testing program last August. Â Of those tested, nine yielded positive results for a positivity rate of 1.41 percent.