"Ever wanted to pilot a spaceship? Now you can try your luck at docking the SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft with the International Space Station."
"With more than 100 coronavirus vaccines under development, researchers are reasonably confident that at least one will be successful. Skeptics, and there are some, remind us that optimism about an AIDS vaccine was once high, and 40 years later there is no vaccine." Jazz hands. The earliest it could be available is early next year with wide availability sometime in March or April and that's if one of the ones being test now works, and if production is scalable, and if… Lots of optimism in those estimates. To give you an estimate, they've already chosen which strains to include in this Fall's flu shot so enough can be produced in time. Again, just a reminder, there is no vaccine for the common cold.
And then this morning… "Novartis AG Chief Executive Officer Vas Narasimhan said a vaccine for Covid-19 may only become available in the second half of next year, echoing the consensus view in much of the pharmaceutical industry." Jazz hands.
"The U.S. has said it will not use the Russian ventilators sent to it by Moscow while an investigation is carried out into their safety, following a deadly hospital fire in St. Petersburg on Tuesday." Oopsie.
"An emergence of a local coronavirus cluster in Chinese city of Jilin has fuelled fears of a second wave of infections."
"Some protesters who descended on the Michigan state capitol to demand the state reopen the economy in spite of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic have spread infections in rural areas where they live, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer told Vice President Mike Pence in a recorded phone conversation obtained by ABC News."
"Dr. Rick Bright, the ousted director of a key federal office charged with developing medical countermeasures, will testify before Congress on Thursday that the Trump administration was unprepared for the coronavirus pandemic and warn that the the US will face 'unprecedented illness and fatalities' without additional preparations."
"The Wisconsin Supreme Court struck down a statewide coronavirus stay-at-home order on Wednesday, siding with a legal challenge from Republican lawmakers who said the state’s top public health official exceeded her authority by imposing the restrictions."
"The United States Department of Agriculture approved Ohio’s Pandemic EBT plan, which was proposed as a result of the statewide school closures… The approval allows the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services to distribute SNAP benefits to approximately 850,000 students."
"The Inn at Little Washington, a world-renowned restaurant in Washington, Virginia, that has three Michelin stars, has come up with a unique — and possibly creepy — solution to enforce social distancing while allowing the restaurant to still appear busy… On May 29, the acclaimed eatery plans to reopen with well-dressed mannequins seated at empty tables." Totally not creepy at all (strong side-eye).
"Oil prices rose on Tuesday after OPEC's de facto leader, Saudi Arabia, said it would increase supply curbs in June. Meanwhile, other members of the oil-producing group said they want to extend the deep cuts reached in April for a longer period than originally agreed."
"The total 2.981 million new claims for unemployment insurance filed last week brought the coronavirus crisis total to nearly 36.5 million, by far the biggest loss in U.S. history. The count announced last week count was revised up by 7,000 to 3.176 million, putting the weekly decline at 195,000 between the two most recent reports." Setting new records. Tired of winning yet?
"After a surge in traveler complaints about airline ticket refunds during the coronavirus pandemic, the U.S. Department of Transportation issued its second warning in as many months to airlines on Tuesday."
"The Supreme Court on Wednesday takes up a 'faithless elector' challenge to the Electoral College, a sleeper case with potentially big ramifications for how the country chooses a president and one that could allow just a few people to decide the outcome of a close election."
"The warm waters of the Gulf of Guinea, which lap across the coastline of seven West African nations, are the most dangerous in the world. It used to be Somalia, but now this area is the epicentre of modern sea piracy. Of all the seafarers held for ransom globally last year, some 90% were taken here. Sixty-four people were seized from six ships in just the last three months of 2019, according to the International Maritime Bureau, which tracks such incidents. Many more attacks may have gone unreported."
"Republican veteran Mike Garcia held onto his lead in California's special election for the 25th Congressional District, and will become the first Republican to flip a seat held by a Democrat in the state since 1998, winning former Representative Katie Hill's seat. Garcia stopped short of a full-fledged victory speech on a call with supporters late Tuesday night, as results showed him ahead of Democratic State Assemblywoman Christy Smith by double-digits."
"What you need to understand is that when you listen to people in Trump's cult and it feels like they live in an alternate reality, it's only because they actually DO live in an alternate reality." A tweet thread that helps explain Trump's appeal and where it comes from. (Grokked from Cherie Priest)
"In the Cabinet Room Wednesday and in a Fox Business Network interview aired Thursday, President Donald Trump is finally airing publicly the complaints about Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation's top infectious disease expert who has served six presidents, that officials say he's been airing privately for weeks."
"Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman Richard Burr turned over his cellphone to FBI agents in response to a search warrant served on him as part of a federal investigation of stock sales he made early in the coronavirus outbreak, NBC News confirmed on Thursday."
"President Trump will not be able to shake off a lawsuit that accuses him of violating the Constitution by continuing to own his businesses while serving as president, a federal appeals court ruled Thursday."
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