DAILY DOSE: August 18, 2021
Posted on 08/18/2021
1. FIRE. 11 counties in California are under a State of Emergency from fires.
2. U.S. officials said that Pfizer Inc. and Moderna COVID booster shots are to be given starting 8 months after COVID vaccine second dose.
3. COVID SHOTS APPROVED BY THE POPE. “Thanks to God and to the work of many, we now have vaccines to protect us from COVID-19,” Pope Francis said in a message for the U.S.-based “It’s Up to You” initiative. Pope France said getting the COVID vaccine was “an act of love.”
4. Mini brains were grown in a lab from stem cells. The mini brains spontaneously developed rudimentary eye structures, according to scientists. Brain organoids are not true brains, they are three-dimensional structures grown from induced pluripotent stem cells. These cells are taken from adult humans and reverse engineered into stem cells,.
5. Dissenting on social media is now a crime in Cuba, a communist country. The Cuban communist regime published sweeping legislation labeling those who criticize the government as cyberterrorists. In the U.S., social media publishers such as Twitter and Facebook have flagged political speech from users and removed them. Social media in Cuba had fueled protests in Cuba awhile back.
6. T-MOBILE DATA THEFT. T-Mobile is based in Bellevue, Washington. In a recent data breach, the names, Social Security numbers and information from driver’s licenses or other identification of just over 40 million people who applied for T-Mobile credit were exposed.
7. HEART ATTACK FROM COVID MRNA SHOT, SINGPOAREAN GETS COMPENSATION. A 16-year-old teenager in Singapore suffered a heart attack six days after receiving his first dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech/Comirnaty COVID-19 vaccine. He will be eligible for a one-time financial assistance of US$ 225,000 through Singapore’s Vaccine Injury Financial Assistance Programme, said the Ministry of Health on August 16, 2021. “The myocarditis was likely a serious adverse event arising from the COVID-19 vaccine he received, which might have been aggravated by his strenuous lifting of weights and his high consumption of caffeine through energy drinks and supplements,” it said.
8. Starwood Real Estate Income Trust, Inc. is sponsored by Starwood Capital Group. Starwood REIT Advisors terminated its sub-advisor agreement with BlackRock Financial Management Inc. and entered into a discretionary sub-advisory agreement with Goldman Sachs Asset Management L.P.
