Moderna..

 

There was one piece of data in Moderna's late-stage results that just might give it an advantage over BNT162b2. The biotech said that there were 30 severe cases of COVID-19 observed in its clinical study. All of those cases occurred in the group of participants receiving placebo with none in the group receiving mRNA-1273.

Pfizer and BioNTech announced that 10 severe cases of COVID-19 were observed in its late-stage study. Nine of those occurred in the placebo group with one in the group vaccinated with BNT162b2.

Pfizer and BioNTech designed special thermal shippers filled with dry ice that maintain the needed temperature. These shippers can be used as temporary storage units for up to 15 days by refilling with more dry ice as needed.

Moderna's mRNA-1273 is a messenger RNA (mRNA) vaccine like BNT162b2. It also initially required ultracold storage. However, Moderna modified its approach to address this issue. 

Its coronavirus vaccine can now remain stable at temperatures between 36 degrees and 46 degrees Fahrenheit for 30 days. This means that standard refrigerators can be used to store mRNA-1273. The vaccine also will remain stable at minus four degrees Fahrenheit for up to six months and at room temperature for up to 12 hours. 

OnlyFan...

 

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A mom of three who was cleared of knowingly having sex with a boy who was only 14 now plans to capitalize on her notoriety by peddling images and videos on a raunchy website, according to a report.

“I’m thinking about doing an OnlyFans account. People already hate me, so not much to lose,” Teah Vincent announced in an Instagram video, the Sun reported.

OnlyFans is a subscription site where subscribers pay to view content deemed too X-rated for social media.

Vincent, 32, admitted to initiating sex with the teen after inviting him and a pal into her Glousterceshire home.

The mom insisted she thought he was 16, the legal age of consent in the UK.

She said in an online rant that she hopes the teen’s family “gets karma,” The Sun reported.

صبر للحبيب ولو جفا

 

لا تشكو

 

Lizards...

 

While Tesla has received strong government support for its project to build a massive electric vehicle factory outside of Berlin, Germany, the automaker has run into some issues with local environmentalist groups due to the need to clear a large part of the forest in Brandenburg in order to build the plant.

The automaker already cleared 90 acres, and it is committed to planting three times as many trees as it cuts down throughout the process.

During the first phase of deforestation, Tesla had to move endangered bats in order to proceed..

The Brandenburg Nature Conservation Union (Nabu) have filed a lawsuit to stop the process and the court ordered Tesla to temporarily stop the deforestation until a final decision.

The issue apparently revolves around lizards and snakes in the forest that Tesla were supposed to move before starting to clear trees.

Fund raising...

 

Rep. Eric Swalwell, D-Calif., is keeping quiet about his past relationship with a woman suspected of acting as a Chinese spy.

Axios reported that a Chinese national named Christine Fang targeted up-and-coming local politicians, including Swalwell. Fang reportedly helped fundraise for Swalwell's 2014 campaign and helped place at least one intern in his office.

In fact, a former intelligence official told Fox News the Chinese for years have sent spies to “sleep with lesser-known members of Congress and staffers.”

Fang's relationships with at least two Midwestern mayors turned sexual, according to Axios, with at least two incidents being caught by FBI surveillance.  

Fang also volunteered for the 2014 House bid of Rep. Ro Khanna, D-Calif., and a 2013 fundraiser for Rep. Tulsi Gabbard, D-Hawaii. Khanna’s office said the congressman saw Fang at several gatherings but had no further contact, while Gabbard’s office told the outlet she "has no recollection of ever meeting or talking with [Fang], nor any recollection of her playing a major role at the fundraiser.”

Too Tall...

 

The search for a serial bank robber dubbed the "Too Tall Bandit," who has eluded law enforcement for at least 11 years, has heated up again after he struck twice in November following an apparent two-year hiatus, according to the FBI.

The menacing criminal, who FBI officials suspect is responsible for holding up 16 banks and a pharmacy since 2009 in South Carolina, Tennessee and, most recently, western North Carolina, has been described by terrorized victims as being up to 6-foot-8-inches tall, weighing 250 pounds, and has a collection of Halloween-type masks.

“We’re just hoping someone can give us that tip we need to identify him before someone gets hurt. It is definitely a concern," Shelley Lynch, spokesperson for the FBI field office in Charlotte, North Carolina, told ABC News.

Dead Votes...

 

The Trump campaign unveiled a tranche of information it plans to present to a Nevada state court that suggests there were thousands of fraudulent votes cast  possibly enough to overturn Joe Biden’s win there by 33,569 votes.

Officials said that among the evidence and expert testimony to be presented in Carson City are indications that over 1,500 ballots were cast by dead voters, that 42,248 people voted “multiple times,” data on a huge spike in incomplete voter registrations, and home addresses in temporary RV camps and casinos.

They also plan to present polling that 1% of Nevada voters shown to have voted never did and 2% of those shown to have voted by mail never got a ballot.  Just a thought.

Brain...

 

The brain is arguably one of the most important organs in your body. It does everything from reasoning and regulating thoughts and emotions to controlling breathing and motor skills, among other things. This is why keeping your brain in optimal shape should be a top priority.

Sweat it out. “Exercise has an enormous impact on brain health,

Watch your blood pressure and blood sugar levels. “High blood pressure and high sugar levels are two of the most damaging pathologic process especially to brain health,

Learn something new. Another great way to boost brain health is by learning something new.

Stay connected. Staying socially connected is the most efficient way to build and grow your brain as these human connections activate all parts of the brain

Blocked...

 

A new study, published December 1, 2020 in the open-access journal eLife , researchers showed rapid restoration of youthful cognitive abilities in aged mice, accompanied by a rejuvenation of brain and immune cells that could help explain improvements in brain function.

"ISRIB's extremely rapid effects show for the first time that a significant component of age-related cognitive losses may be caused by a kind of reversible physiological "blockage" rather than more permanent degradation."

The data suggest that the aged brain has not permanently lost essential cognitive capacities, as was commonly assumed, but rather that these cognitive resources are still there but have been somehow blocked, trapped by a vicious cycle of cellular stress," added Peter Walter , Ph.D., a professor in the UCSF Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics and a Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigator. "Our work with ISRIB demonstrates a way to break that cycle and restore cognitive abilities that had become walled off over time."