After determining the size and scope of President Biden's infrastructure package, the next biggest challenge is determining how to pay for it. The partisan divide is steep, but Roll Call exposes division within the Democrats' ranks.
EVIDENCE is growing that Covid-19 vaccines may
worsen the disease in some recipients. The danger arises when a vaccinated person meets the actual virus. Antibodies developed as a result of the jab can end up enhancing disease rather than protecting against infection.
Previous warnings about this potentially lethal effect, known as antibody-dependent enhancement (ADE), have been downplayed or dismissed as theoretical by the manufacturers. The phenomenon has been seen with vaccines against other viruses but is considered very rare.
After reviewing published evidence concerning the effect, however, two US experts [1] have concluded it is ‘non-theoretical and compelling’. Receiving the vaccine could convert a subject from someone who experiences mild disease ‘to someone who experiences severe disease, lasting morbidity or even death’.
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As infrastructure talks begin to heat up, taxes â and how much they ll go up â will be a hot topic.
Yes, Biden wants to raise taxes on the wealthy, but he doesn t want to do an outright wealth tax.
It s an important distinction, as Biden is proposing tweaks to already existing programs.
Yes, President Joe Biden wants to tax the wealthiest Americans. But he wouldn t do it with a wealth tax.
It may seem like a small difference, but it s a significant one. A wealth tax is an outright tax on someone s net worth, while Biden is proposing changes to existing taxes.
The flip side of Americans' idealization of financial success is a tendency to blame those who need aid for not doing enough to improve their situation regardless of whether they could.