COVID-19: Morocco Orders 1 Million Doses of Sputnik V Vaccine

Morocco’s Health Minister Khalid Ait Taleb confirmed the news in a statement to the Spanish news agency EFE.

The Spanish news outlet reported on Thursday that Ait Taleb said that Morocco is set to receive the first batch of the Russian vaccine in March and another in April.

The Moroccan minister, however, said that the scheduled date will depend on “Russian commitments to other countries.”

Reuters reported this week that Morocco approved both US Johnson & Johnson and the Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccines.

Source: COVID-19: Morocco Orders 1 Million Doses of Sputnik V Vaccine

Japanese drugmaker starts AstraZeneca vaccine production in Japan

Japanese drugmaker Daiichi Sankyo Co. said Friday it has started manufacturing the COVID-19 vaccine of Britain’s AstraZeneca Plc in Japan, as reports emerged in some European countries of blood clots in people receiving the vaccine.

Based on an outsourcing agreement concluded in February, the Japanese pharmaceutical firm began Thursday the vial filling and packaging of the vaccine using undiluted solutions provided by AstraZeneca at its subsidiary Daiichi Sankyo Biotech Co., it said.

Source: Japanese drugmaker starts AstraZeneca vaccine production in Japan

The GOP Gets More Pathetic

In Saner Thought

Since 1980 I have thought he GOP was a pathetic excuse for a political party….they lean on cultural BS instead of policies.

But with the passage of the American Rescue Plan has brought about a news dimension of pathetic.

Like one of my Senators from the state of Mississippi, Roger Wicker. (of cortse he is a GOPer and a Trump sycophant)…..after the signing of the ARP he takes a victory lap…..

After voting against the $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan, GOP Sen. Roger Wicker was singing its praises.

“Independent restaurant operators have won $28.6 billion worth of targeted relief,” he tweeted after the bill passed in the House on Wednesday, after previously passing the Senate.

“This funding will ensure small businesses can survive the pandemic by helping to adapt their operations and keep their employees on the payroll,” Wicker added.

https://www.businessinsider.com/wicker-praises-covid-19-relief-funding-after-voting-against-bill-2021-3

Typical!  Even though he voted against the bill he…

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Ordnance Spitfire in the Pacific War | Pacific Paratrooper

Spitfires ensured that the Allies gained and held air superiority during the battles of Kohima and Imphal from early to mid 1944, in which the Japanese attempt to destroy the British 14th Army and invade India was also defeated. By 1945, when the Allies launched offensives into Burma, the Japanese were unable to challenge the Allies’ air supremacy. Spitfires took part in the last major pitched battle of the war involving the Western allies – No. 607 Squadron and No. 273 Squadron flying the MKVIII armed with 500 pound bombs helped destroy a Japan breakout attempt at Sittang Bend in July and early August 1945. Source: Ordnance Spitfire in the Pacific War | Pacific Paratrooper

Hate incidents against Asians are happening in San Antonio, but victims are not reporting them, expert says

San Antonio – Romelette Metz, a business owner in San Antonio, says she like many others were victims of hate incidents last year.

She was called names. “Hey China, go back to your country,” the Filipino native recalls hearing.

Metz said she’s not paranoid or sensitive about things, but she definitely felt the hateful looks and vibes by some people in the community.

“Everybody was so angry and they’re looking for somebody to blame and express the frustration, that anger. And I feel like we became the shock absorber at that time,” Metz said.

Metz said many in the Asian community just want to lay low and not get involved with things that are uncomfortable or embarrassing.

But that’s the problem, says Brian Levin, a professor at CSUSB and director of the Center for the Study of Hate and Extremism.

“We know they’re happening in Texas and they’re vastly underreported,” he said.

Source: Hate incidents against Asians are happening in San Antonio, but victims are not reporting them, expert says

U.S. Statement on the Situation of Human Rights in Myanmar | U.S. Mission to International Organizations in Geneva

We stand with the people of Myanmar as they pursue democracy, human rights and fundamental freedoms, and respect for the rule of law.

We call on all members of the international community to join efforts to press the military to refrain from violence against peaceful protestors and restore power to the democratically elected government.

We urge the Myanmar military to immediately restore power to the democratically elected government; refrain from further violence; release those unjustly detained; respect freedom of expression, movement, and association; refrain from harassment and detention of journalists; allow unhindered humanitarian access to life-saving assistance for all people in need; and lift restrictions on telecommunications and Internet access.

Source: U.S. Statement on the Situation of Human Rights in Myanmar | U.S. Mission to International Organizations in Geneva