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Eight hours after getting his second dose of COVID-19 vaccine, Dr. Walter Mair was in bed with the chills.
Twenty-four hours after the shot, a “nasty headache” and exhaustion sent him back to bed again. When a good friend called and heard about Mair’s side effects, he was so taken aback he mused “Well, maybe I shouldn’t get it.”
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But Mair called him right back. “I said: ‘You need to get it. OK? For 48, 72 hours at most, you might have symptoms. It’s not a big deal. You’ve just got to put up with it.’ … If you really had COVID, it would be magnified 10 times or more.”
P&G reduces plastics and record UK wind bids: The sustainability success stories of the week
As part of our Mission Possible campaign, edie brings you this weekly round-up of five of the best sustainability success stories of the week from across the globe.
Published every week, this series charts how businesses and sustainability professionals are working to achieve their Mission Possible across the campaign s five key pillars -
energy, resources, infrastructure, mobility and
business leadership.
In a week that will be remembered for former President Trump s impeachment trial in the US and for the approval of a multi-billion-euro green recovery plan in Europe, projects and initiatives which empower businesses to play their part in achieving a sustainable future, today, continued to launch and scale-up.
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UK water sector joins UN s Race to Zero ahead of COP26
Water UK, the trade body representing all major companies in the sector, has been named as an official partner for the UNFCCC s Race to Zero Campaign, which was set up to inspire a holistic and ambitious approach to the global net-zero transition.
Between 2011 and 2019, gross operational emissions from the UK s water sector fell by almost 45% - but work must be accelerated to meet net-zero by 2030
Race to Zero was launched last year as part of preparations for COP26 in Glasgow. The conference is regarded as the most important since Paris in 2015, where the Paris Agreement was ratified, and the idea of the campaign is to rally support across businesses, cities, regions and investors globally.
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