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Population immunity is "absolutely plausible" if enough individuals are vaccinated from COVID, according to Fauci

Population immunity is “absolutely plausible” if enough individuals are vaccinated from COVID, according to Fauci

  Anthony Fauci: “It is ‘entirely conceivable, and likely, as a matter of fact,’ that the country could reach a level of population immunity where the virus isn’t ‘dominating’ people’s lives anymore.” “For that level of vaccinations,” Fauci said, “we first need to get to the 50 million or so people who are eligible to …

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Women who are self-conscious about their appearance believe their partners are less interested in them, resulting in less pleasant relationships.

Women who are self-conscious about their appearance believe their partners are less interested in them, resulting in less pleasant relationships.

  Women who thought themselves as less attractive were more likely to think their partners didn’t like them as much, which made them less satisfied with their relationships and had lower sexual enjoyment. Both people in the couple filled out questionnaires about how happy they were with their bodies and how happy they were with …

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Cities in the US are experimenting with a new method of assisting the poor: Giving them money.

  Currently there are 16 cities and counties that are providing payments to some low-income residence with no-strings-attached. 31 other local governments intend on providing the same during the coming months.   Over the past two years, the federal government sent more than $800 billion to families in three COVID-19 aid packages. Washington gave another …

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A Utah billionaire abandons his Mormon faith and contributes $600,000 to an LGBTQ organization.

  Jeff Green, a billionaire who is thought to be the wealthiest person in Utah has resigned from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. In a letter to the church’s president, Jeff Green said that the church has slowed global progress in women’s rights, civil rights, and racial equality, and LGBTQ+ rights. Good …

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A North Dakota farmer accused in a plot to assassinate Ukraine’s agriculture minister.

  A farmer from North Dakota with dealings in Ukraine is now being accused of plotting to assassinate the Ukrainian minister of agriculture.   Last week the Ukraine Ministry of Interior Affairs said that law enforcement stopped Kurt Groszhans and a Ukrainian woman from trying to kill Leshchenko. They claim that Groszhan had hired Leshchenko …

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The Canadian government is pressing forward with a ban on single-use plastics.

The Canadian government is pressing for a ban on single use plastics.

  Beaches, parks, streets, shorelines, and other places that Canadians care about are covered in plastic. The public is now demanding action.   There is a long-term plan to deal with plastic pollution that includes a ban on some single-use plastics in the short term. There is a lot of evidence, facts, and rigorous science …

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A lifetime punishment for a fisherman caught nighttime hunting hundreds of crabs in Vancouver

A lifetime punishment for a fisherman caught nighttime hunting hundreds of crabs in Vancouver

  In May, Scott Stanley Matthew Steer was found guilty of five violations of the Fisheries Act. A few hours after midnight on March 2, 2020, officials found Steer illegally fishing for crab in the Vancouver harbor. They were told about it by the Vancouver SeaBus. He was told to stop by a fisheries enforcement …

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ISIS damaged Iraqi artifacts, which are now being restored by an Iraqi museum.

ISIS damaged Iraqi artifacts, which are now being restored by an Iraqi museum.

  It was once one of the best-known museums in Iraq, but now it’s getting a second chance thanks to restoration efforts backed by French experts. They were broken into pieces when ISIS fighters took over the northern city of Mosul in 2014 and used it as their capital for three years. »We need to …

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