A global coalition of more than three dozen groups on Monday launched a campaign to ban surveillance advertising, which the leaders of the effort described as “the extractive profit model underlying so many of Big Tech’s worst behaviors.”
“Surveillance advertising — the core profit-driver for gatekeepers like Facebook and Google, as well as adtech middlemen — is the practice of extensively tracking and profiling individuals and groups, and then microtargeting ads at them based on their behavioral history, relationships, and identity” the coalition — co-organized by Accountable Tech and the American Economic Liberties Project — said in a joint statement.
“These dominant firms curate the content each person sees on their platforms using those dossiers — not just the ads, but newsfeeds, recommendations, trends and so forth — to keep each user hooked, so they can be served more ads and mined for more data,” added the coalition — which also includes Demand Progress, People’s Action and Public Citizen.
“Big Tech is making billions off surveillance advertising,” the groups noted on their campaign website. “Society is paying the price.”
The coalition of nearly 40 organizations — whose advocacy ranges from antitrust, corporate accountability and consumer protection to privacy, civil rights and counter-disinformation — argued that by “funding the misinformation machine,” “aiding and abetting violent extremists,” and more “Big Tech’s toxic business model is undermining democracy.”
In their joint statement released ahead of the March 25 House Energy and Commerce Committee hearing on “Social Media’s Role in Promoting Extremism and Misinformation,” the groups said that “Big Tech platforms amplify hate, illegal activities and conspiracism — and feed users increasingly extreme content — because that’s what generates the most engagement and profit.”
“Their own algorithmic tools have boosted everything from white supremacist groups and Holocaust denialism to COVID-19 hoaxes, counterfeit opioids and fake cancer cures,” the coalition added. “Echo chambers, radicalization and viral lies are features of these platforms, not bugs — central to the business model.”
The coalition criticized social media giants for “eroding our consensus reality and threatening public safety in service of a toxic, extractive business model.”
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Election Fraud Prosecution at an ‘All-Time High’: Texas Attorney General’s Office
An official in Texas’ Attorney General’s office testified during a state House hearing that the number of election fraud cases in Texas is at an “all-time high.” The amount is “higher than our historical average by a long shot,” said Jonathan White, the head of the election fraud agency within the Texas Attorney General’s Special Prosecution Division, to the Texas House Elections Committee last week, reported The Texan. When asked by a state lawmaker if there were trends in election fraud prosecutions, White said that “have 510 offenses pending against 43 defendants in court right now,” saying it’s “for several reasons probably.” He did not elaborate. White said that about 80 percent of those pending cases involve alleged mail-in ballot fraud, and 60 percent of resolved cases involved mail-in voting. The attorney general’s office prosecuted 534 election fraud-related cases committed by 155 people since 2005, according to the report. “I think we …
We Were Told That Election 2020 Reports Of Late Night Ballot Drops In White Vans In Multiple States During After The Deadline Was A “Conspiracy Theory” | The Only Problem Was More Video Was Discovered Showing Late Night/Early Morning Ballot Drops 8 Hours After The Deadline | Video: 7 Minutes 21 Seconds
Gateway Pundit received and published video of a Detroit city van delivering tens of thousands of ballots in USPS boxes that were not sealed, that had no chain of custody documentation and that arrived nearly 8 hours after the deadline to accept ballots. As a reward for their investigative reporting on election integrity, they were permanently banned from Twitter.
Exclusive: Suspicious Vehicle Seen Escorting Late Night Election 2020 Biden Ballot Van at TCF Center
Gateway pundit published two videos of ballots being dropped off hours after the deadline in Detroit, Michigan, debunking Big Tech and the mainstream media’s election fraud narrative. They were deleted from Twitter and Facebook. The Gateway Pundit founder was permanently banned by Twitter. In this video, a black Hyundai Elantra also drove into the TCF Center in the early morning on November 4th. Small items were exchanged in two recorded trips through the driver’s open window with someone from inside the TCF Center who came out to meet the car’s occupant.
They Banned Discussion Of Possible Election Fraud Via Computer Systems While “533 Million Facebook Users Had Private Information Leaked Today, Zuckerberg Knew In January And Did Nothing” | Wonder Why. . .
Today Facebook was shaken by the revelation that the personal information of more than 500 million users was leaked to the public. Buried in the reports is the fact that Facebook knew about this leak as early as January of this year, and did nothing to contain it.
Hackers published the personal information, including phone numbers, Facebook IDs, full names, locations, birthdates, bios, and email addresses publicly on a hacker forum earlier today. Shockingly, Facebook – and the wider Internet – was made aware of this breach as early as January of this year, and the big tech platform seemingly did nothing to mitigate the damage.
Business Insider reported that “A Facebook spokesperson told Insider that the data was scraped due to a vulnerability that the company patched in 2019” and “he leaked data could provide valuable information to cybercriminals who use people’s personal information to impersonate them or scam them into handing over login credentials, according to Alon Gal, CTO of cybercrime intelligence firm Hudson Rock, who first discovered the entire trough of leaked data online on Saturday.”
All 533,000,000 Facebook records were just leaked for free.
This means that if you have a Facebook account, it is extremely likely the phone number used for the account was leaked.
I have yet to see Facebook acknowledging this absolute negligence of your data. https://t.co/ysGCPZm5U3 pic.twitter.com/nM0Fu4GDY8
— Alon Gal (Under the Breach) (@UnderTheBreach) April 3, 2021
The leak was first publicized earlier this year, when a hacker attempted to sell access to the private information on a hacking forum. Motherboard reported that “A user of a low-level cybercriminal forum is selling access to a database of phone numbers belonging to Facebook users, and conveniently letting customers look up those numbers by using an automated Telegram bot.”
Facebook apparently knew about this breach since at least this time, and Facebook has apparently done nothing to mitigate the damage. A cyber security expert acknowledged that the big tech platform would likely not be able to stop the damage, but ” Facebook could notify users so they could remain vigilant for possible phishing schemes or fraud using their personal data.”
Facebook has yet to publicly acknowledge the breach or release of the information on its press release web page. Of their recent releases, two pertain to COVID-19 vaccines, one relates to the Oculus virtual reality system owned by Facebook, and another discusses changes to the platform’s news feed.
One Of The Biggest Media Loudmouths Opposing Even The Thought That Computer Systems Can Be Hacked In An Election, Gets Hacked | “Statement From Atlantic Media on Unauthorized Access of Its Servers”
On March 1, 2021, Atlantic Media, a minority shareholder and former corporate owner of The Atlantic, became aware that a serious issue was affecting its systems. Upon deeper investigation, it was discovered that an unauthorized actor had accessed its servers. Atlantic Media immediately engaged external forensics experts to lead an in-depth investigation into the situation and took measures to safeguard its systems as a team worked aggressively to restore the security and functionality of both systems and servers.
The forensic investigation found no evidence that any subscribers’, customers’, or clients’ financial or sensitive information was involved.
Regrettably, however, as Atlantic Media today informed employees, the investigation determined that certain portions of the network file-share server were potentially briefly accessible to the unauthorized actors. The potentially accessible folders on that server included one containing W-2 forms, W-9 forms, and other tax documents that contain names and Social Security Numbers of certain current and former employees of Atlantic Media; its current and former subsidiaries and affiliates, including The Atlantic; and some specific independent contractors. Atlantic Media does not have evidence of any fraudulent use or public disclosure of these data.
Atlantic Media is mailing an official notice to anyone employed in the U.S. by Atlantic Media or its affiliates or subsidiaries between January 1, 2011, and December 31, 2020, as well as to certain independent contractors. The letter will include information about enrolling in complimentary credit-monitoring and identity-restoration services. As an additional resource, Atlantic Media has also established a dedicated call center so that anyone impacted can call with questions or to request more information. To reach the call center, you may call, toll-free, 833-416-0935. (If calling from outside the United States, a toll call can be placed to 936-265-7650 using any applicable international dialing code).
Atlantic Media takes this incident very seriously, and sincerely regrets the inconvenience it has caused. In addition to the extensive security safeguards already in place, the company has subsequent to this incident taken a number of additional steps to enhance the security of its systems and the data it maintains––and this will remain an ongoing priority.
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Mainstream Media Debunked Again | “Pennsylvania Forced to Remove 21,000 Dead People Off Its Voter Rolls: Settlement”
The state of Pennsylvania removed more than 20,000 deceased voters from being able to vote after a lawsuit that was settled by the Public Interest Legal Foundation, according to an announcement from a public interest group, which said it reached a settlement with Pennsylvania state officials this week. The lawsuit (pdf) was filed in November and alleged that some 21,000 dead people were still on the state’s voter rolls during the 2020 presidential election. Pennsylvania agreed to compare its voter-registration database with the Social Security Death Index before removing the names from the rolls. “This marks an important victory for the integrity of elections in Pennsylvania,” Public Interest Legal Foundation President and General Counsel J. Christian Adams said in a statement in announcing the court’s decision. “The Commonwealth’s failure to remove deceased registrants created a vast opportunity for voter fraud and abuse. It is important to not have dead voters active on …
Giuliani Denies Defaming Dominion Voting With Election Claims
Donald Trump’s lawyer Rudy Giuliani asked a judge to dismiss Dominion Voting Systems Inc.’s lawsuit alleging he exploited false election-fraud claims to hawk gold coins, cigars and supplements on a podcast.
Dan Crenshaw Debunks Liberal ‘Racist’ ID Claims with Joe Rogan
The race card is the Democrats’ favorite card to play. It’s their UNO Draw Four card that gets them out of having intellectually honest debates. That’s why when the Georgia voting integrity bill comes up, instead of discussing the actual bill, their responses range between “it’s like injecting horse tranquilizers into Jim Crow’s testicles” and “it’s totes the same as apartheid.” You also have BlueAnon conspiracy theorists like Elizabeth Warren irresponsibly alleging election fraud in the 2018 Georgia governor’s election. SPOILER: Stacey Abrams still lost.
Rep. Dan Crenshaw paid a visit to Joe Rogan’s gingivitis-colored studios, where they tried to make sense of the claim: “How is needing ID to vote raaaaaaaaacist?”
NJ City Councilman Accused of Mail-In Voting Fraud Pleads Not Guilty
A City Council member in Paterson, New Jersey, pleaded not guilty on election fraud charges stemming from last year’s municipal election. Alex Mendez entered his not guilty plea from a Passaic County judge on Thursday. Mendez was previously indicted on seven voter fraud and election fraud charges relating to the May 2020 election. He was indicted on fraud in casting a mail-in ballot, election fraud, unauthorized possession of ballots, tampering with public records or information, false registration or transfer, attempted false registration or transfer, and falsifying or tampering with records. Another Paterson City Council member, Michael Jackson, faces similar charges. He pleaded not guilty to the charges on March 11. Both Mendez and Jackson have continued to serve on the Paterson City Council amid the pending charges. Jackson and Mendez previously objected to what they said is a lack of evidence provided by the Attorney General’s Office after the original charges were filed in …
Paterson councilman Alex Mendez pleads not guilty to voter fraud charges
Councilman Alex Mendez pleaded not guilty to election and voter fraud charges stemming from last May’s municipal election.
Mendez, who was indicted on seven election and voter fraud offenses, entered a not guilty plea before Passaic County assignment judge Ernest Caposela on Thursday afternoon.
Mendez appeared virtually in the arraignment hearing. He did not speak during the brief proceeding. His attorney, Paul Brickfield, entered the not guilty plea.
California Mayor Resigns After Pleading Guilty to Election Fraud
The mayor of Crescent City in northern California Alex Campbell has resigned after pleading guilty to election fraud in Del Norte County’s Superior Court.
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Biden-Voting County Sees 5 Charged for Election Fraud.
DuPage County, Illinois filed five election fraud charges against people who voted in the 2020 general election. “In three cases, the defendants tried to cast a ballot for someone other…
24 More Charged in Voter-Fraud Probe, Prosecutors Say
Federal prosecutors in North Carolina said Friday that 24 additional people have been charged in an ongoing probe into voter fraud, including two who are accused of illegally voting in the 2016 presidential election. Gabriela Guzman-Miguel, 26, and Jose Abraham Navarro, 42, both of Mexico, are accused to have voted despite lacking the legal status […]
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Monsanto Case Reveals That Power Conspiracies On A Massive Scale Do Happen | Think Election 2020 Fraud
German chemical giants Bayer admitted Monday its subsidiary Monsanto could have kept lists of key figures — for or against pesticides — “in other European countries”, and not just in France.
Bayer apologised Sunday after it emerged that Monsanto had a PR agency collate lists of French politicians, scientists and journalists, with their views on pesticides and GM crops.
“I think it’s very likely that such lists also exist in other European countries,” Matthias Berninger, Bayer’s head of Public Affairs, told journalists in a conference call.
Disparate treatment in two fund-raising fraud cases renews debate over dual Justice system
Just a few short weeks apart, the U.S. Justice Department settled two major fund-raising cases involving foreign money injected into American elections.
In February, a longtime Democratic bundler named Imaad Zuberi, who also donated to Donald Trump’s inauguration, was sentenced to 12 years in prison and millions in fines in a criminal information that alleged he routed foreign money into U.S elections, sometimes through straw donors.
Last week, Nigerian-Lebanese billionaire Gilbert Chagoury, 75, a large donor to the Clinton Foundation, got a fine, no prison and deferred prosecution for allegedly routing his foreign money to straw donors to help Mitt Romney’s 2012 presidential campaign and some GOP congressional candidates. An associate also made a secret loan to Obama-era Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood, who failed to disclose the assistance.
Notary Was Arrested, Charged With Voter Fraud In Connection With Aberdeen Alderman Election
ABERDEEN, MISS. (WCBI) – A judge is ordering a new runoff election for the Ward 1 alderman seat in Aberdeen. In the sixty-four-page order, Judge Jeff Weill not only calls for a new election but also finds evidence of fraud and criminal activity, in how absentee ballots were handled, how votes were counted, and the actions by some at the polling place.
Mayor Pro Tem of California City Resigns After Pleading Guilty to Election Fraud
The mayor pro tem of a Northern California city resigned after he pleaded guilty to election fraud, according to local reports last week. Crescent City Mayor Pro Tem Alex Campbell entered the plea to making a false declaration of candidacy in Del Norte County Superior Court, local news outlet Wild Rivers Outpost reported, citing the city’s clerk’s office. Campbell submitted a form to the Del Norte County Clerk on Aug. 6, 2020, saying his current address was in Crescent City, when his actual residence was outside the city limits, Deputy District Attorney Eric Bryant told Del Norte County Superior Court Judge Bob Cochran. He had faced two felony counts of perjury and one count of false declaration of his candidacy, KIEM-TV and Wild Rivers reported, but the Del Norte County district attorney agreed to dismiss the perjury charges. Campbell faces two years of felony probation and fines of up to $20,000 and restitution of up …
Finding of Absentee Ballot Fraud in local Mississippi race requires a new election
Massive 78% of mail-in ballots proved fraudulent in aldermanic race in Aberdeen, Mississippi. A judge in Mississippi has ordered a new election because of absentee vote fraud.
ABERDEEN, MISS. (WCBI) – A judge is ordering a new runoff election for the Ward 1 alderman seat in Aberdeen.
In the sixty-four-page order, Judge Jeff Weill not only calls for a new election but also finds evidence of fraud and criminal activity, in how absentee ballots were handled, how votes were counted, and the actions by some at the polling place.
In his ruling, the judge said that sixty-six of eighty-four absentee ballots cast in the June runoff were not valid and should never have been counted. Nicholas Holliday was declared the winner by a 37 vote margin. Robert Devaull challenged the results in court.
Judge Weill found many irregularities with absentee ballots. He issued a bench warrant for notary Dallas Jones, who notarized absentee ballots. During a hearing, Jones admitted violating notary duties. . . .
‘We’re Living in a Gigantic Lie’ – Dennis Prager Talks Free Speech | American Thought Leaders | Video: 47 Minutes 32 Seconds
On the heels of the breach of the U.S. Capitol, big tech companies have swiftly censored the President, the emerging social media platform Parler was effectively shut down, and there are growing calls for no-fly lists. Does the assault on the Capitol warrant such a response?
“We’re living in a gigantic lie that is reminiscent of the Reichstag fire,” argues author and talk show host Dennis Prager, founder of Prager University.
Ex-CDC Director Says He Believes Coronavirus Escaped from a Chinese Lab
by Chuck Ross
Dr. Robert Redfield, former director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), cast doubt on the prevalent theory about the origins of the coronavirus, saying in an interview released Friday that he believes the virus escaped from a science lab in China.
“I do not believe this somehow came from a bat to a human,” Redfield told CNN’s Sanjay Gupta for a special on the virus that airs Sunday.
“Normally, when a pathogen goes from a zoonot to human, it takes a while for it to figure out how to become more and more efficient in human to human transmission,” Redfield said.
Redfield, who helped lead the Trump administration’s response to the coronavirus pandemic, said that he believes that the virus started transmitting in Wuhan, China, in September or October of 2019, likely as the result of a leak from a lab in the city.
“That’s my own feelings. And only opinion. I’m allowed to have opinions now,” he said in the interview.
Scientists Issue Open Letter Detailing Incorrect and Contradictory Claims in WHO Origins Report Used to Downplay Lab Leak Theory
A group of 24 scientists issued an open letter Wednesday demanding a full investigation into the origins of COVID-19 that includes a thorough examination into the possibility the virus could have escaped from a lab in Wuhan, China. The scientists said the World Health Organization’s report on the origins of the pandemic, which concluded the […]
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WHO buries dismissal of lab leak theory in last pages of 123-page origins report, draft copy shows
Andrew Kerr, DCNF The World Health Organization buried its dismissal of the lab leak theory at the very end of its 123-page COVID-19 origins report, according to […]
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Washington Examiner: John Durham Interviewing Witnesses And Subpoenas
According to the Washington Examiner, John Durham’s special investigation into the origins of the Trump-Russia investigation is still ongoing, with Durham “arranging witness interviews and issuing subpoenas in recent months, according to a new report.”
The “Spygate” investigation was based on information and facts obtained from Inspector General Michael Horowitz’ investigation which set the stage for the appointment of Durham as special investigator.
Epidemiologist: We Could Have Reached Natural Herd Immunity in 6 Weeks | Video: 1 Hour 12 Minutes 27 Seconds
Why do governments persist with lockdowns, or the threat of lockdowns, given a growing body of evidence showing that lockdowns don’t save lives? Will lockdowns that were meant to only ‘flatten the curve’ now be sidelined because COVID vaccines are considered the panacea?
This week on Speaking Naturally, we interview Knut Wittkowski, Ph.D. He is an eminent scientist with a long track record as a biostatistician and epidemiologist. He was one of the earliest to call out the folly of lockdowns. His main recommendations to shield or treat early the most vulnerable, while letting the infection run its normal course through healthy populations — stated as early as March 2020 — subsequently became the basis of the Great Barrington Declaration.
Video: 1 Hour 12 Minutes 27 Seconds
The Most Melancholy Comet We’ve Ever Seen
In 2019, Gennady Borisov, an amateur astronomer in Crimea, discovered his seventh comet. This icy object wasn’t like the others Borisov had found, or like any of the other comets in the solar system. This one wasn’t orbiting the sun.
Instead, it had been drifting alone in interstellar space, following its own path, until one day, it entered our solar system and grazed past the sun. Warmed by the heat of a star, for the first time in who knows how long, the icy comet thawed just a little bit.
Some of Earth’s most powerful telescopes captured the cosmic interloper as it went by. Astronomers could see the comet enveloped in a fuzzy glow of once-frozen dust particles loosed by the sun.
By analyzing these particles from afar, researchers have managed to learn about the comet’s composition, its origins, and its long journey here. One recent finding demonstrates something rather melancholy.
Of the comets astronomers have observed, this one—named Borisov, after its discoverer—is one of the most pristine. “Think of the wind erosion of the mountains, or even the suntan on our skin when we go to the beach,” Stefano Bagnulo, an astronomer at Armagh Observatory, in the United Kingdom, who had studied Borisov, told me. Borisov shows very few signs of another sunny encounter in its journey through space. For a comet to be as unblemished as this one means it has been extremely alone.
Dozens of Plaintiffs Demand Day in Court Against Monsanto as Bayer Tries to Reassure Investors
Ken Moll is girding for battle.
Moll, a Chicago-based personal injury attorney, has dozens of lawsuits pending against the former Monsanto Co., all alleging the company’s Roundup weed killers cause non-Hodgkin lymphoma, and he is now preparing several of those cases for trial.
Moll’s firm is one of a handful that have refused settlement offers made by Monsanto owner Bayer AG, deciding instead to take the fight over the safety of Monsanto’s glyphosate-based herbicide products back into courtrooms around the country.
Though Bayer has assured investors it is bringing closure to the costly Roundup litigation through settlement deals totaling more than $11 billion, new Roundup cases are still being filed, and notably several are positioned for trial, with the earliest set to start in July.
“We’re going forward,” Moll said. “We’re doing this.”
Moll has lined up many of the same expert witnesses who helped win the three Roundup trials held to date. And he plans to rely heavily on the same internal Monsanto documents that provided shocking revelations of corporate misconduct that led juries to award hefty punitive damages to the plaintiffs in each of those trials.
Brazil’s COVID-19 death toll to surpass that of worst U.S. wave
Brazil is expected to pass the U.S.’s January high for COVID-19 deaths as the country experiences a deadly virus surge, …
Manchin Vows to Uphold Filibuster, Complicating Biden’s Agenda
Senator Joe Manchin dashed fellow Democrats’ hopes for changing Senate rules to allow them to pass President Joe Biden’s agenda without Republican support, declaring that he opposed scrapping the filibuster under any circumstance.
Steven Crowder’s Latest Video Has The Internet Going Absolutely Ballistic
Political commentator Steven Crowder said Wednesday he would have a producer from his show, “Louder with Crowder,” kneel on his neck “for 9 minutes live.”
Crowder said he would “test the theory” and recreate a May 2020 incident where Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin knelt on George Floyd’s neck for roughly nine minutes.
COVID vaccination site closes early after adverse reactions to Johnson & Johnson shot
Thirteen people at a COVID-19 vaccination site in Colorado had adverse reactions to the Johnson & Johnson vaccine on Wednesday — shutting down operations for the day, a report said. Officials did not disclose the types of reactions suffered by less than 1 percent of the more than 1,700 people given shots. Officials did not…
In Michigan, 246 fully vaccinated people tested positive for COVID-19, three died
Michigan data indicate that 246 state residents tested positive for COVID-19 more than two weeks past when they were considered fully vaccinated against the virus that causes the disease.
Biden Commerce Secretary Says Trump’s Steel and Aluminum Tariffs Saved American Jobs
Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo told reporters at the White House on April 7 that the Trump administration’s tariffs on steel and aluminum saved American jobs. “With respect to tariffs, there is a place for tariffs. The 232 tariffs on steel and aluminum have in fact helped save American jobs in the steel and aluminum industries,” Raimondo said, marking a rare point of agreement with the policies of the prior administration. “So what do we do with tariffs? We have to level the playing field. No one can out-compete the American worker if the playing field is level,” Raimondo continued. “And the fact is, China’s actions are uncompetitive, coercive, underhanded. They’ve proven they’ll do whatever it takes. And so I plan to use all the tools in my toolbox as aggressively as possible to protect American workers and businesses from unfair Chinese practices.” President Donald Trump in March 2018 imposed a 25 …
April 7, 2021 | Nightly News Rebroadcast | Video: 46 Minutes
A third virus wave hits Michigan, Arkansas is the first state to ban children from having gender reassignment surgery, and Rudy Giuliani’s son may be running for New York governor.
Shh. These Are The Constant Mass Shootings We’re Not Supposed To Talk About | “2-Year-Old Boy, 7 Adults Wounded in Latest Chicago Shootings”
CHICAGO—A 2-year-old boy was shot in the head Tuesday morning while riding in a car on Chicago’s famed Lake Shore Drive just hours after seven people were shot and wounded in a fight a few miles away, in what is shaping up to be one of the most violent years for the city in memory, […]
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Democrat Run States & Cities Continue To Struggle With Covid-19 | “Minnesota hospitalizations climb as virus cases trend upward”
Minnesota health officials on Tuesday reported nearly 500 Minnesotans are hospitalized due to the coronavirus as case numbers continue to rise despite the state’s vaccination campaign.
Official: EU agency to confirm AstraZeneca blood clot link
Marco Cavaleri, head of health threats and vaccine strategy at the Amsterdam-based agency, told Rome’s Il Messaggero newspaper on Tuesday that the European Union’s medicines regulator is preparing to make a more definitive statement on the topic this week.
ROME — A top official at the European Medicines Agency says there’s a causal link between AstraZeneca’s coronavirus vaccine and rare blood clots, but that it’s unclear what the connection is and that the benefits of taking the shot still outweigh the risks of getting COVID-19.
Marco Cavaleri, head of health threats and vaccine strategy at the Amsterdam-based agency, told Rome’s Il Messaggero newspaper on Tuesday that the European Union’s medicines regulator is preparing to make a more definitive statement on the topic this week.
Asked about Cavaleri’s comments, the EMA press office said its evaluation “has not yet reached a conclusion and the review is currently ongoing.” It said it planned a press conference as soon as the review is finalized, possibly Wednesday or Thursday.
Based on the evidence so far, Cavaleri said there’s a clear association between the AstraZeneca vaccine and the dozens of rare blood clots that have been reported worldwide amid the tens of millions of AstraZeneca shots that have been given out.
“It is becoming more and more difficult to affirm that there isn’t a cause-and-effect relationship between AstraZeneca vaccines and the very rare cases of blood clots associated with a low level of platelets,” Cavaleri was quoted as saying.
NASA gets first weather report from the Jerezo Crater Mars using a system strapped to Perseverance
NASA shared the first weather report from Jezero Crater on Mars. A system attached to Perseverance’s mast showed it went from -4F to -14 degrees on Feb. 19 at around 10:25pm ET.
What to Know About the Facebook Data Leak
Data from a 2019 hack of the social-media platform has recently been made public, revealing the phone numbers and personal information of more than a half-billion people.