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US reaches 4,000 #COVID-19 deaths in a day, led by sunbelt states from #CA, #NV, #AZ to #TX to #MS to #FL. https://wtop.com/lifestyle/2021/01/u-s-tops-4000-daily-deaths-from-coronavirus-for-1st-time/ [wtop com]
Governors pledge to increase vaccinations.
#2019-nCoV #SARS-CoV-2 #coronavirus
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I’m told that one of the local hospitals in my #SoCal town has National Guard medics assigned to help out because they are swamped with #COVID-19 patients. Surprisingly, I’ve heard nothing about the other nearby hospitals.
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Dr Anthony #Fauci tries to reassure Black and Brown communities that #COVID-19 vaccines are safe for them to take and necessary. https://wtop.com/coronavirus/2021/01/web-story-on-fauci-virtual-event/ [wtop com]
> Fauci also tackled the deep mistrust that community members have with the government concerning “unfair and unethical” medical treatment in the past.
> “That’s the past, a shameful past, that we have to live with, but we have safeguards in place that will never let that happen again,” Fauci said.
There are no safeguards that cannot be overridden given sufficient pressure, so that’s not something he should have promised. That said, I find it concerning that so many are passing around misinformation about the vaccines being _intentionally designed to be harmful to darker people_. This is a worldwide effort, not just some Southern #pollies teaming up with big pharma and unethical medical researchers. Unless you choose to believe powerful groups are trying to use the vaccines to wipe out all darker people everywhere, there’s nothing to support such #conspiracy_theories.
Well, even if you believe that, there’s no evidence, just your beliefs.
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