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Sam Harris ========================================================================================== “Every great cause begins as a movement, becomes a business, and eventually degenerates into a racket.” ― Eric Hoffer, The Temper of Our Time

9 reasons you can be optimistic that a vaccine for COVID-19 will be widely available in 2021 Here is where the current research stands, where I think we will be in five months and why you can be optimistic about the delivery of a COVID-19 vaccine...

Kids may play large role in spreading COVID-19, new MGH study finds A study released overnight from Mass General Hospital finds children may play a large role in spreading COVID-19 because many won't show symptoms. Researchers tested 192 kids for the coronavirus at MGH and Mass General...

Passangers discuss merits of mask wearing Footage of the incident — which took place before takeoff on a service from Las Vegas to Charlotte, North Carolina — was shared by a Twitter user

Federal Court Denies DEA Request To Dismiss Marijuana Rescheduling Case A federal appeals court has denied a request from the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) to dismiss a lawsuit challenging marijuana’s current classification under federal law...

Steve Bannon, Three Others Arrested In $25M Scheme To Defraud Donors To Private Border Wall ============================================================================================== Judge rejects Trump’s latest bid to shield his tax records from Manhattan district attorney President...

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Vitamin D deficiency as a predictor of poor prognosis in patients with acute respiratory failure due to COVID-19 Conclusions: High prevalence of hypovitaminosis D was found in COVID-19 patients with acute respiratory failure, treated in a RICU. Patients with severe vitamin D deficiency had a...

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Trump Voices Concern That Putting Marijuana On The Ballot Makes Republicans Lose President Trump on Monday urged Republicans not to place marijuana legalization initiatives on state ballots out of concern that it will increase Democratic turnout in elections.

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Cities sue Netflix, Hulu, Disney+, claim they owe cable “franchise fees” Four cities in Indiana are suing Netflix and other video companies, claiming that online video providers and satellite-TV operators should have to pay the same franchise fees that cable companies pay for using local rights...

Trump calls out New Zealand’s 'terrible' Covid surge, on day it records nine new cases Donald Trump has called out New Zealand for its recent Covid-19 outbreak, saying the places the world hailed as a success story is now facing a “big surge” in cases. On Monday Auckland recorded nine new...