The U.S. still has stricter mask policies for kids than Europe
The new CDC guidance on mask usage for Americans vaccinated against COVID-19 has swiftly shifted mask mandates. My state of Minnesota lifted its mandate, though our municipal mandate is still in place. Our favored Costco, however, is outside city limits and newly mandate-free for vaccinated customers, which means I can do my next grocery trip unmasked.
My twin toddlers soon cannot. They ll turn two this summer, which means that just as my husband and I can take our masks off in most indoor spaces, they ll have to put theirs on. Teaching them to wear a mask is proving a herculean task, so much so that I wonder if it s possible. Either way, I know it s ridiculous.
The U.S. will send 20 million doses of FDA-authorized COVID-19 vaccines abroad in June
President Biden announced Monday that the United States will export 20 million doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech, Moderna, and Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccines by the end of June. Those doses are on top of the 60 million doses of the vaccine developed by the University of Oxford and AstraZeneca already earmarked for export.
The AstraZeneca vaccine has not received authorization from the Food and Drug Administration, so the U.S. wouldn t be able to distribute the doses produced in the country anyway, but the latest development is significant because the other companies shots are in use domestically.
WarnerMedia CEO was reportedly kept in the dark about $43 billion Discovery merger
WarnerMedia CEO Jason Kilar is reportedly eyeing an exit after the announcement of the company s merger with Discovery â which he reportedly only found out about recently.
Kilar has hired a legal team to negotiate his departure as chief executive of WarnerMedia, a job he has held for about a year,
The news came only hours after AT&T said it would spin off WarnerMedia, which owns HBO, Warner Bros., CNN, and more, and merge it with Discovery to create a new standalone company run by Discovery CEO David Zaslav. The idea was that the combined company would be better positioned to compete against the likes of Disney and Netflix, and Discovery s brands include HGTV, Food Network, and Animal Planet. The deal is expected to be finalized next year.
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Republicans to reportedly shift focus off Biden as they prepare for midterms
In a departure from typical, time-honored strategy, Republicans are seemingly gearing up for a 2022 midterm election in which the Democratic president is
not framed as the main villain, according to more than 25 GOP strategists and party officials interviewed by
Politico. Instead, the GOP reportedly plans to group President Biden in with more polarizing figures â like House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (R-N.Y.)
This shift in game plan and messaging is attributed most notably to Biden s current classification as a less-than-ideal foil,
Politico writes.
The right has long struggled to effectively demonize the president â throughout the election, attempts to depict him as mentally unfit or corrupt fell mostly flat,