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

Covid vaccines are costing Europe less than the United States – The Washington Post

Comparing that list to U.S. calculations by Bernstein Research, an analysis and investment firm, it appears the 27-nation union has a 24 percent discount on the Pfizer vaccine, paying $14.76 per dose relative to $19.50 in the United States. Some of the difference may reflect that the E.U. subsidized that vaccine’s development and the cost of shipping the European-made vaccine across the Atlantic.

The bloc will pay 45 percent less than the United States for the AstraZeneca-Oxford vaccine currently under development. But it will pay 20 percent more than the United States for the Moderna vaccine, which is expected to be approved for U.S. use on Friday. Both of those vaccines were funded partly by the U.S. government as part of Operation Warp Speed, an effort to expedite their development. The AstraZeneca-Oxford team received $1.2 billion, and Moderna got $4.1 billion.

Source: Covid vaccines are costing Europe less than the United States – The Washington Post

The SolarWinds Breach: Why Your Work Computers Are Down Today – Lawfare

CISA ordered all nonmilitary governmental systems running the Orion software to both stop running the software and, critically, disconnect these computers from the rest of the network by noon today. This is simply the first step in a remediation process through which the network administrators seek to restore operations.

But the attacker’s ability to ingrain itself in the network further amplifies the problem faced by those rebuilding the networks. If the SAML (a protocol for federated authentication) or Active Directory (a tool for managing a Windows network) server is affected, there is now the significant possibility that the attacker used the initial compromise to spread throughout the entire network.

Which means that more than a few networks are going to have to take drastic measures. To quote the movie Aliens: “Take off and nuke the entire site from orbit—it’s the only way to be sure.” That is, they will need to start from scratch by reinstalling systems and then re-adding authorized users, rather than trying to ensure that all attacker accounts were removed successfully.

Source: The SolarWinds Breach: Why Your Work Computers Are Down Today – Lawfare

Covid vaccination in India will be voluntary: Health ministry

Getting vaccinated for COVID-19 will be voluntary, the Union Health Ministry has said while underlining that the vaccine introduced in India will be as effective as any vaccine developed by other countries.

The ministry further stated that it was advisable to receive a complete schedule of the anti-coronavirus vaccine irrespective of past history of infection with COVID-19 as this will help in developing a strong immune response against the disease.

Source: Covid vaccination in India will be voluntary: Health ministry

Russia signs more deals with India to make 300 million Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccines – CNA

“In India, we have agreements with four large manufacturers,” Dmitriev, the head of the Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) told Rossiya 24 TV, according to news agency TASS.

“India will produce about 300 million doses or more of the vaccine for us next year.”

Source: Russia signs more deals with India to make 300 million Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccines – CNA

What I Learned From “Birther” Lawsuits To Correctly Predict The Outcome of Texas v. PA

Understand “standing”

We Hold These Truths To Be Self-Evident

In August, 2008, they started pouring-in.  The “they” were “birther” cases arguing that Barack Obama was disqualified from being President of the United States on the allegation that he is not a “natural born” United States Citizen.   As late as November 2010, the SCOTUS was still dismissing such cases.  If anyone is interested in the majority of cases, there is a good list on Wikipedia.

The other day, Twitter was buzzing about the Attorney General for the State of Texas petitioning the Supreme Court of the United States to overturn election results in four states.   In response to one such tweet, I tweeted the following;

Trump culture has made things unpredictable.  After the death of Justice RBG, Trump’s brazenness to quickly…

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