Americans in
Texas and several other states have been badly hit by a severe snowstorm and accompanying electricity outages, with water shortages due to frozen and burst water pipes.
As the global TV audience watched Americans suffering the effects of freezing temperatures, lack of electricity, food shortages, and numerous deaths resulting from the weather conditions, many in Syria watched and said, “So what? We suffer every winter, and are without a steady supply of electricity every day.”
Syrians have had to suffer ten years of an American foreign policy designed to force ‘regime change’ on Syria. The plans made in Washington, DC. by Obama and Trump both failed. Now, it is President Joe Biden’s turn at the helm, but so far he and his Secretary of State, Anthony Blinken, have signaled they will keep the same policy on Syria, the same failed strategy, and the same sanctions which have never affected ‘regime change’, but have made the Syrian residents suffer as
Houston teens join COVID vaccine trial in hopes of returning to normal
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Animi Williams, 14, center, laughs as her brother Adonye Williams, 16, has his blood drawn by Tenea Johnson, a research assistant, as part of a Moderna vaccine trial for teenagers Saturday, Feb. 13, 2021, at CyFair Clinical Research Center in Houston. Animi Williams was live-streaming the blood draw for their mother, who was waiting outside in their car.Jon Shapley, Houston Chronicle / Staff photographerShow MoreShow Less
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Adonye Williams, 16, gets a brief exam by Amy Starr, a family nurse practitioner, as his sister Animi Williams, 14, waits for hers Saturday, Feb. 13, 2021, at CyFair Clinical Research Center in Houston. The siblings volunteered to be part of a Moderna vaccine trial for teenagers.Jon Shapley, Houston Chronicle / Staff photographerShow MoreShow Less
Moderna Experimental mRNA Vaccine Trials being Extended to Children and 6-Month-Old Babies in Texas
COVID-19 vaccine trials to include participants as young as 6 months
by Marla Carter
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If you want the COVID-19 vaccine and aren’t in line to get it, there are still a number of vaccine trials- some involving kids.
Lakshy Patel is in the eighth grade and going to school virtually hasn’t been easy.
“The WiFi problems, so I really get stressed out. I really want to go back to school,” said Patel, who is also a vaccine trial participant.
Getting the vaccine could help him get back to school in person. It’s one reason Patel is participating in the Moderna trial for adolescents. It’s a two to one ratio of vaccine to placebo.
COVID-19 vaccine trials to include participants as young as 6 months
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Lakshy Patel is in the eighth grade and going to school virtually hasn t been easy. The WiFi problems, so I really get stressed out. I really want to go back to school, said Patel, who is also a vaccine trial participant.
Getting the vaccine could help him get back to school in person. It s one reason Patel is participating in the Moderna trial for adolescents. It s a two to one ratio of vaccine to placebo. I just want to be safe in this pandemic. My family wanted me to stay safe, said Patel.
Middle East Near You Has the UN simply failed in Syria, or is it complicit in the regime s crimes?
Syrian children huddle around a fire during winter season in Idlib, Syria on 30 January 2021 [Muhammed Said/Anadolu Agency] February 6, 2021 at 1:13 pm
As we approach the tenth anniversary of the Syrian uprising, the conflict rages on with no apparent end in sight. The role of the United Nations, the international organisation created to keep the peace and promote human rights in the world, has clearly been a dismal failure. Whilst no one claims that the Syrian conflict is the death knell for the UN, it is becoming increasingly difficult to imagine how the organisation can move forward from here. A litany of failures by the organisation has resulted in the Syrian people feeling abandoned by the international community. An argument could be made that the UN did not simply fail, but is complicit in the murder of Syrians on a huge scale.