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World’s first nasal COVID-19 vaccine approved in India; based on Washington University technology – Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis

The world’s first nasal vaccine for COVID-19 – based on technology licensed from Washington University in St. Louis – was approved Tuesday, Sept. 6, in India for emergency use. Since the vaccine is delivered via the nose, right where the virus enters the body, it has the potential to block infection and break the cycle of transmission, as well as prevent lung damage. Washington University scientists developed the nasal vaccine in collaboration with Bharat Biotech International Limited in India, a global leader in vaccine innovation and a developer of vaccines for infectious diseases.

Early studies at Washington University showed that nasal delivery of this vaccine creates a strong immune response throughout the body, especially in the nose and respiratory tract. In animal studies, the nasal vaccine prevented infection from taking hold in the body. While injectable COVID-19 vaccines have been shown to elicit protection against severe disease, this route of administration is thought to be less effective at preventing infection and possibly transmission.

“Nasal vaccines induce the type of protective immunity that we think will prevent or limit infection and also curb pandemic transmission of this virus,” said Michael S. Diamond, MD, PhD, the Herbert S. Gasser Professor of Medicine, a professor of molecular microbiology, and of pathology & immunology, and a co-inventor of the vaccine. “The primary goal of vaccines is to prevent hospitalization and death, of course, but if we can also reduce infection, that would be even better. The more people the virus infects, the more chances it has to spin off new variants, which sustain the pandemic. There are always some people who can’t get vaccinated or who are still at risk of severe illness despite vaccination, and the best way to protect them is to stop the virus from circulating.”

Source: World’s first nasal COVID-19 vaccine approved in India; based on Washington University technology – Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis

Bird Flu Found in Dolphin in Florida and Porpoise in Sweden – The New York Times

the spread of the virus to new species poses potential risks to wildlife and provides the virus with new chances to mutate and adapt to mammalian hosts.

This strain of bird flu, known as Eurasian H5N1, has spread rapidly through domestic poultry, affecting tens of millions of farmed birds, according to the Agriculture Department. Compared to previous versions of the virus, this lineage has taken an especially heavy toll on wild bird populations, felling eagles, owls, pelicans and more.

That, in turn, has put mammals that encounter wild birds at risk. As the outbreaks expanded this spring, the virus turned up in foxes, bobcats, skunks and other species. The virus has also been blamed for a spike in seal strandings in Maine, where bird flu has been detected in both gray and harbor seals.

Open Thread | The Capitol City of Mississippi-Jackson- Is Without Useable Water | 3CHICSPOLITICO

Point 1.
Our funding of Ukraine has absolutely NOTHING related to funds going to Jackson.

Point 2.
The State of Mississippi has been given BILLIONS in infrastructure funds.
I know that Mississippi is consistently in the bottom 5 of everything with regards to this country. But, Mississippi is a leech state – it gets back FAR MORE from the Federal Government than it puts into it. Don’t get it twisted. The Federal Government HAS NOT shortchanged Mississippi when it comes to BEING GIVEN its Federal dollars.

Point 3.
Mississippi is run, at the State Level – by REPUBLICANS.
REPUBLICANS, who have done everything they could to shortchange, underfund, sabotage Jackson for the sin of being majority Black. You want to know what SYSTEMATIC RACISM looks like? Just follow the underfunding of Black Mississippi citizens.

Point 4.
Don’t think that this is the first time that Jackson has pointed out the flaws in the water treatment system. Don’t think that this is the first time that Jackson has requested funding from the State. Read. After being turned down by the State, Jackson even attempted to TAX ITSELF AND PAY FOR THE WATER TREATMENT. IT WAS STRIPPED OF THE FUNDING BY THE STATE – REFUSING TO ACCEPT THE TAXES THAT JACKSON VOTED IN FOR ITSELF.

So, until you grasp Points 1-4, I don’t want to hear anything about blaming the Biden-Harris Administration for the water crisis in Jackson.

This is a crisis of REPUBLICAN DELIBERATE NEGLECT.
This is a crisis of DELIBERATE SYSTEMATIC RACISM.

And, what you’re NOT going to do, is shift the blame off who is responsible – THE REPUBLICANS THAT RUN THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI.

Source: Open Thread | The Capitol City of Mississippi-Jackson- Is Without Useable Water | 3CHICSPOLITICO