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Activist, writer, researcher, addicted to sharing information and facts.

Iowa declines 22K vaccine doses amid slowdown in demand | TheHill (Me: Stupid making a comeback with too many people wishing for old normal)

Health officials in Iowa are refusing thousands of coronavirus vaccine doses from the federal government, citing a lack of demand.

Source: Iowa declines 22K vaccine doses amid slowdown in demand | TheHill

Kindness – Wisdom💥 Tomorrow-Scars

Those scars aren’t a sign that you’re finished; they’re a sign that you’ve been healed. They’re a sign that you’re ready to move forward. If God were through with you, you wouldn’t still be here. There’s something for you to do. You have a lesson. Somebody needs what you have. Somebody needs your unconditional love, somebody needs your smile, somebody needs your gifts. Source: Kindness – Wisdom💥

Gottlieb: Declines in cases, hospitalizations should signal a relaxation in COVID-19 restrictions | TheHill (Me: Wrong – way too many people still too stupid to deal with early relaxation – Covid will surge back and kill innocents!!!)

Former Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Scott Gottlieb said on Sunday that recent declines in COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations are noteworthy and a possible signal for some restrictions to

Source: Gottlieb: Declines in cases, hospitalizations should signal a relaxation in COVID-19 restrictions | TheHill

Phuket Was Poised for Tourism Comeback. A Covid Surge Dashed Those Hopes. – The New York Times (Me: irresponsible government leaders fuels the continuing pandemic!)

Thailand is now gripped by its worst Covid-19 outbreak since the pandemic began, spread in part by well-heeled Thais who partied in Phuket and Bangkok with no social distancing. The confirmed daily caseload — albeit low by global standards — has increased from 26 on April 1 to more than 2,000 three weeks later, this in a country that had about 4,000 total cases in early December.

For months, Thailand’s strict quarantines, lockdowns, border vigilance and rigorous use of masks kept the virus at bay, although the economy suffered. But even as the last couple of weeks have brought repeated daily caseload highs, the Thai government is reacting slowly.

In early April, as cases began to mount, Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha reacted with a verbal shrug.

“Whatever happens, happens,” he said.

Desperate to resuscitate its tourism sector, Phuket, which had shut its airport during a Covid spike last year, continued to allow people in this spring on domestic flights, even as cases reached record highs. Only on Thursday did the local authorities start requiring Covid-19 screening for those arriving on the island.