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Wow. Didn’t think the big game would even be complete without one! For the first time in 37 (!!) years, Budweiser is deciding so sit out SB LV. Instead, they’re taking that money and putting it some place they think is a better investment. According to Anheuser-Busch InBev beer will use the marketing dollars to support Covid-19 vaccine awareness and access. As of Friday, roughly 39 million vaccines doses had been distributed and only 19.1 million administered, falling well short of the targets set by the federal government. In the week leading up to Super Bowl LV, Budweiser plans to run ...

Houston Chronicle: Build bridges so minorities can trust vaccine Houston Chronicle Robert Luckey, the first person in the Houston region to get the coronavirus vaccine, is a registered nurse at Memorial Hermann-Texas Medical Center, a U.S. Marine Corps veteran, and is assigned to the hospital’s COVID-19 unit. He is also Black. Why does that matter? Because the image of Luckey rolling up the sleeve of his blue scrubs to get the shot may help convince folks in Black and Latino communities that the much-anticipated vaccines are safe. Experience with a public health system that has often failed...

How trusted messengers could decrease Covid-19 vaccine hesitancy Quartz 18/12/2020 © Provided by Quartz Gloria Torres-Herbeck gets the flu vaccine every year, but the 53-year-old teacher in Rochester, Minnesota, isn’t yet convinced she wants to be first in line for a potential Covid-19 vaccine. “I’m not super old, but I’m not as strong as other people,” she said. “So, I need to be realistic on my own situation. Do I want to participate in something that might be a big risk for me?” This month, the Food and Drug Administration gave emergency use authorization for one vaccine ...

December 18, 2020 Gloria Torres-Herbeck gets the flu vaccine every year, but the 53-year-old teacher in Rochester, Minnesota, isn’t yet convinced she wants to be first in line for a potential Covid-19 vaccine. “I’m not super old, but I’m not as strong as other people,” she said. “So, I need to be realistic on my own situation. Do I want to participate in something that might be a big risk for me?” This month, the Food and Drug Administration gave emergency use authorization for one vaccine and is weighing approval of another. So, public health officials around the country are ge...

Editorial Roundup: US Last Updated Dec 16, 2020 at 6:14 pm EDT Excerpts from recent editorials in the United States and abroad: ___ The Philadelphia Inquirer on evictions once the Centers for Disease Control’s nationwide moratorium ends: Millions of households nationwide could find themselves evicted from their homes soon after New Year’s Day as one of the last safeguards from eviction during the pandemic, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention nationwide eviction moratorium, is set to expire. In September, the CDC issued an order halting all evictions nationwide. The order was si...