
New study in Pediatrics: “In this interim analysis of children aged 5 years and younger, safety surveillance of more than 245 000 COVID-19 mRNA vaccine doses over nine months did not detect a safety signal for any outcome during the 21 days after vaccination.No Concerning Side Effects Found in Young Children Who Received the COVID-19 Vaccine More details via Yahoo: “School districts with in-person learning had smaller declines than those with remote or hybrid learning models.”.New study via Rebecca Jack, Clare Halloran, James Okun, Emily Oster: “We estimate the impact of district-level schooling mode (in-person versus hybrid or virtual learning) in the 2020-21 school year on students’ pass rates on standardized tests in grades 3 to 8 across 11 states.”.Pandemic Schooling Mode and Student Test Scores: Evidence from U.S. Those programs were designed to help small businesses and unemployed workers survive the economic upheaval caused by the pandemic.” “Most of the looted money was swiped from three large pandemic-relief initiatives launched during the Trump administration and inherited by President Joe Biden.“How could so much be stolen? … In short, say, the grift was just way too easy.”.government has so far disbursed in COVID relief aid.” Combined, the loss represents 10% of the $4.2 trillion the U.S. Via the AP: “An Associated Press analysis found that fraudsters potentially stole more than $280 billion in COVID-19 relief funding another $123 billion was wasted or misspent.

How Billions in COVID-19 Relief Aid Was Stolen or Wasted

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