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EU approves coronavirus vaccine exports to Japan for first time | The Japan Times

On Feb. 1, during a teleconference call with officials of the European Commission, Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi sought the EU’s cooperation over the supply of vaccines. The EU promised to do its best to ensure exports.

Pfizer has concluded a contract with Japan to supply vaccine doses for around 72 million people in the country by the end of the year. Amid the brewing global vaccine battle, however, countries are facing the challenge of securing a stable supply of vaccines.

Japan has agreed to secure more than 140 million doses from Pfizer, 120 million from AstraZeneca PLC of Britain and 50 million from U.S. firm Moderna Inc., the health ministry has said.

Source: EU approves coronavirus vaccine exports to Japan for first time | The Japan Times

China does not like the coup in Myanmar

Explicit language in support of Aung San Suu Kyi and her government and the disapproval for the coup indicates that China has come around to offer its tacit agreement that the coup is not the right thing.

While China may not like the events unfolding in Myanmar, it is unlikely to openly condemn the military’s actions. There is simply no precedent as non-interference in other countries’ domestic politics is a core value. However, the recent UNSC statement indicates that Beijing has made a step forward in line with global support for democratic governance in Myanmar.

Source: China does not like the coup in Myanmar

Amy Klobuchar’s Big Antitrust Bill Wants To End the Age of Megamergers

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An anonymous reader quotes a report from Motherboard: On Thursday, Sen. Amy Klobuchar, the incoming Democrat head of the Senate Antitrust Subcommittee, introduced an omnibus bill signaling a pitched battle over the future of antitrust law. The law takes aim not just at big tech companies, but potentially all large companies. According to experts Motherboard spoke with, some parts of the bill offer ambitious changes to antitrust law, but others adhere to a framework that has undermined enforcing antitrust law for too long already.

At its core, the Competition and Antitrust Law Enforcement Reform Act essentially combines legislation Klobuchar has proposed over the past few years as well as some that Senate Democrats have been considering. It takes a harder stance on anticompetitive mergers and acquisitions, and also promises to empower the Federal Trade Commission and the Justice Department’s antitrust division to aggressively enforce antitrust law. Some of the bill’s key proposals concern amendments and provisions to the Clayton Act of 1914, an antitrust law that made certain anticompetitive practices such as price discrimination outright illegal. In her omnibus bill, one key proposal seeks to strengthen anticompetitive merger enforcement by amending the Clayton Act to outright ban mergers that “create an appreciable risk of materially lessening competition,” as well as mergers that create monopsonies (buyers or employers who can suppress prices or wages via anti-competitive practices targeting other buyers or employers).

Klobuchar’s merger prohibitions also shift the burden of proof to the merging companies, which would have to prove a deal would not be anticompetitive, or create a monopoly or monopsony. In part, this means deals where a merger (or acquisition) yielded over 50 percent market share, where a transaction is valued over $5 billion, or where an acquisition worth over $50 million by a company valued over $100 billion would be presumed illegal. This move won her some praise from experts who praised its clear presumptive bar on large mergers. Other key proposals, however, that have raised concerns among antitrust advocates who are seeking larger structural changes.

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6th Day of February – Fatcowco – 1988 – Michael Jordan makes his signature slam dunk from the free throw line inspiring the Air Jordan logo.

1988 – Michael Jordan makes his signature slam dunk from the free throw line inspiring the Air Jordan logo.

On February, 1988 in a NBA Slam Dunk Contest, Michael Jordan dunked from the free-throw line, in the same manner as Julius Erving, but parted his legs making his dunk more memorable than Erving’s.

Air Jordan (sometimes abbreviated AJ) is an American brand of basketball shoes, athletic, casual, and style clothing produced by Nike.

1988 – Michael Jordan makes his signature slam dunk from the free throw line inspiring the Air Jordan logo.

The original Air Jordan sneakers were produced exclusively for Michael Jordan in late 1984, and released to the public on April 1, 1985.

Source: 6th Day of February – Fatcowco

Dr. Anthony Fauci recommends double masking

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The White House chief medical adviser has recommended people wear two masks. Doctor Anthony Fauci says that’s likely to provide better protection against catching and spreading the coronavirus. However, the politicization of mask-wearing means some Americans are yet to agree to wear one mask, let alone two.

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Thousands protest in Myanamar to denounce coup, demand Suu Kyi’s release

Thousands of people took to the streets of Yangon on Saturday to denounce this week’s coup and demand the release of elected leader Aung San Suu Kyi, in the first such demonstration since the generals seized power.

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San Antonio reports 1,724 new coronavirus cases, 11 more deaths

The coronavirus remains a potent threat to San Antonio and Bexar County as local officials reported 1,724 newly diagnosed cases and 11 more deaths Friday.

The city’s risk level is still classified as “severe” — better than the worst possible stage of “critical.”

Source: San Antonio reports 1,724 new coronavirus cases, 11 more deaths

The UK Variant & Being Back to the Dark Ages

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just a thought

I read somewhere in the world “wild” web that calling the now-named novel coronavirus as the Wuhan Virus or the China Virus is unfair, uncivilized and xenophobic.  Lots of articles and write-ups raised that this naming of the new virus from its place of origin is inhumane and no longer acceptable since year 2015 by the World Health Organization.  Articles explained that such should be named differently because the world is no longer in its Dark Ages and that the old practice has caused violent anger and physical danger towards the citizens or ethnicities where the disease originated.

But I got sets of disturbing questions now.  If WHO has new sets of best practices in naming viruses and diseases, how come the now-mutated and highly contagious variant of novel coronavirus is commonly called The UK Variant, the place on earth where it was first detected?  And why…

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