Updated: 8:49 PM EDT May 25, 2021
COLUMBUS, OHIO The Brood X cicadas are showing their presence across Central Ohio as the weather continues to heat up. Other than being a massive, loud nuisance, these cicadas may have people wondering about any other problems they might cause.
Dr. Doug Yenaga, Sr. Museum Scientist at the University of California Riverside said that these cicadas are not a major economic concern. They re not the kind of thing that kill trees, said Yenaga. They ll kill twigs, roots, but they won t kill the tree outright.
For those who have flowers and gardens, luckily, these cicadas won t bother them. The cicadas may swarm around your area, but they prefer a woody perennial than a leafy vegetable or flower. For those that have young trees, cicadas may latch onto that and that s where females could damage some of the smaller branches by creating holes in the limbs for their offspring to hatch out of.
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In brief Amazon promised it would refuse to allow the police to use its controversial Rekognition service for one year, and has decided to continue its ban indefinitely.
Amazon committed to a one-year moratorium on its facial-recognition technology back in June 2020. And now it s going to continue that freeze, according to Reuters.
The moratorium, however, only covers police departments, and Amazon still sells access to its Rekognition technology to organizations that may well end up supplying services to cop shops, and to government agencies, too.
Why some fully vaccinated people are still wearing masks
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Although CDC in its latest guidance said fully vaccinated people can forgo masks in most situations, some fully vaccinated people are opting to keep their masks on for now and plan to do so for the foreseeable future.
What CDC s new guidance says
In guidance issued last week, CDC said Americans who have received their final Covid-19 vaccine dose at least two weeks previously can go without a mask and do not need to socially distance in most situations.
However, fully vaccinated Americans should continue wearing masks in health care facilities, such as hospitals; on public transit and during air travel; when around the immunocompromised; and in congregate settings, such as homeless shelters or jails, CDC said. Vaccinated Americans should also continue to abide by local and federal mask mandates.