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Question of the Day By Christopher Vondracek - The Washington Times - Wednesday, December 30, 2020
Southern Baptist and Roman Catholic leaders are walking a tightrope in explaining their support for two COVID-19 vaccines, even though those drugs’ effectiveness was tested using genetic material from a line of cells linked to a fetus aborted in the 1970s.
Neither vaccine produced by U.S. drugmakers Moderna and Pfizer comprise or are derived from fetal cells, according to the manufacturers and U.S. regulators.
However, both used fetal cell line HEK-293 in a “confirmation test” of their innovative vaccines a step that gives pause to some pro-life Christians.
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Gadsden: The number of people hospitalized with COVID-19 in Alabama topped 2,800 this week, as recent days have shown a steady climb and new record high inpatient counts – 2,804 on Tuesday – as the surge in cases continues. Dr. Jeanne Marrazzo, the University of Alabama’s Division of Infectious Diseases director, said Alabama now is third in the nation in COVID-19 hospitalizations per capita, behind Nevada and Arizona. She said Alabama is sixth in the nation in the number of COVID-19 cases per capita, after falling out of the top 10. On Christmas Eve, the number hospitalized was 2,458 across the state; on Christmas Day and on Saturday, it was 2,516, according to statistics published by BamaTracker. On Sunday, the number rose to 2,631; and it jumped significantly by Monday, to 2,802 people hospitalized.
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Sales of e-cigarettes and nicotine products to minors continued to rise in 2020, according to the Lincoln-Lancaster County Health Department.
The percentage of vape product sales to minors during compliance checks in 2020 rose to 13.5%, almost double the 7.25% recorded in 2019. There was also a 1.5% increase in sales of other tobacco products to minors.
Effective Oct. 1, the Nebraska Legislature changed state law to raise the legal age to possess tobacco and vapor products to 21 from 19.
The Health Department works with the Lincoln Police Department and Lancaster County Sheriff s Office to identify stores that have been making illicit sales, which could include an adult buying vape products for a minor.
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