Moderna booster by fall: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/covid-vaccine-booster-shots-moderna-fall/ .
WSJ: US ex-pats fly home for vaccination: https://www.wsj.com/articles/expat-americans-fly-home-for-covid-19-vaccination-shots-11618651800 . So Americans abroad engage in vaccine tourism.
Is pandemic increasing tinnitus?: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/apr/17/tinnitus-helpline-reports-a-surge-in-calls-since-start-of-covid-coronavirus-pandemic .
Global deaths hit new milestone: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/4/17/covid-19-deaths-exceed-a-three-million .
Youth sports involved in current surge: https://news.yahoo.com/experts-sound-alarm-about-coronavirus-and-youth-sports-before-summer-200249845.html . This should have been obvious to everyone. Children are not vaccinated, the new variants are as contagious among children as among adults, and youth sports involve contact and heavy breathing.
Pfizer to supply Japan with additional vaccine by the end of September: https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/pfizer-agreed-supply-additional-covid-19-vaccines-says-japans-vaccine-minister-2021-04-18/ .
Pandemic rages in Turkey: https://www.reuters.com/article/health-coronavirus-turkey/turkey-logs-62606-new-coronavirus-cases-in-24-hours-idUSL8N2MA0D2 .
India’s surge worsens: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/4/17/frightening-weekend-shutdown-in-delhi-as-covid-grips-india .
WSJ: SBA music venue rescue program suffers “Failure to Launch”: https://www.wsj.com/articles/a-16-billion-covid-19-rescue-program-for-music-venues-fails-to-launch-11618651801 .
Nazi in court: https://www.cnn.com/2021/04/16/politics/capitol-nazi-sympathizer/index.html . The defense arguments for release are (1) he’s not a Nazi sympathizer (please – look at the picture); (2) he’s not a White Supremacist because his father’s family is Puerto Rican (he has expressly threatened Jews); and (3) he’s not a risk to the Jewish community because he has moved (which proves he’s capable of traveling; also, not all Jews live in New Jersey). They are apparently trying to build a case for incompetent representation. Here’s our prior report on this loser.
The Minnesota Gestapo ignores court order to stop beating up the media: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2021/04/17/brooklyn-center-protests-police-round-up-journalists/7268057002/ . The court needs to start locking up the police.
The Idiot’s Who’s Who disassembles: https://www.cnn.com/2021/04/17/politics/marjorie-taylor-greene-america-first-caucus/index.html . But they’re still raising money. WSJ: So are the Republicans who voted to impeach: https://www.wsj.com/articles/house-republicans-who-voted-to-impeach-trump-see-fundraising-boost-11618664400 . More on the Idiots: https://www.wsj.com/articles/gop-house-leaders-criticize-effort-to-establish-america-first-caucus-11618691925 .