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Sputnik International
27 Nov 2020
AstraZeneca is working with regulators to investigate a lower dose Covid-19 vaccine that performed better than a full dose, a company spokesman said.AstraZeneca investigating if lower dose Covid vaccine works best
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19 Dec 2020
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US Vice-President Mike Pence has received the coronavirus vaccine live on TV, telling the audience and doctors: I didn t feel a thing. Televised Covid jab for top US politicians
Communication platforms like Facebook and WhatsApp have emerged as perfect breeding grounds for misinformation. Representational image. | Photo Credit: PTI
Key Highlights
While vaccine developers have admitted that they cannot rule out the possibility of some adverse events, the fact remains that vaccines win approval simply because their potential benefits far outweigh the risks associated with them
The reasons for vaccine hesitancy are multi-fold but what certainly doesn t help is the incessant flow of misinformation around vaccines themselves
Given the nature of information and how quickly it can spread across the web nowadays, it follows that any vaccination programme would be incomplete without a concerted awareness drive
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Netizens Start Memefest After Brazil Prez Bolsonaro s crocodile Remark On COVID Vaccine
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro cautioned his citizens that his government won’t be responsible if the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine turns people into “crocodiles
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro recently cautioned his citizens that his government won’t be responsible if the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine turns people into “crocodiles”. He also warned that the government will not take any responsibility if women are left bearded. Such remarks by Bolsonaro has left netizens stunned and has also triggered a meme fest on social media. Earlier this week, when Brazil launched its mass inoculation drive, Bolsonaro said that he won t get vaccinated. Ever since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic across the globe, the Brazilian President has been sceptical of the virus and also termed it as a little flu .
Lopez Obrador, Biden talk migration in phone call
AP, MEXICO CITY
Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador on Saturday said that he spoke with US president-elect Joe Biden by telephone, five days after he sent a tardy and somewhat chilly letter of congratulations to Biden.
“We reaffirmed our commitment to work together for the good of our peoples and our countries,” Lopez Obrador wrote in his social media accounts.
Biden’s transition team said the two discussed migration, apparently with a focus on a theme that Lopez Obrador has championed: developing jobs and opportunities so that people would not have to migrate.