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Overnight Briefing & General Reality Check - Jan 21, 2021
January 21, 2021
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In case you want to follow our new president on Twitter, he actually has two accounts: @JoeBiden and @POTUS. You're welcome.
Warning, Will Robinson: Scientists who study insects say this Spring and Summer will see the emergence of trillions of cicadas. That's because the bugs --who many people call "locusts"-- have been in a 17-year-long hibernation. They're expected to emerge sometime from mid-May to late June from the ground they've been hibernating in. Newsweek magazine quotes MICHAEL RAUPP, a former professor of entomology at the University of Maryland, who says "Densities can be as great as 1.5 million per acre."
ViacomCBS is replacing their network CBS All Access on March 4th with a new network called Paramount+, which will also feature content from various Viacom networks which CBS gained in their merger, including MTV, BET, Comedy Central, VH1 and Nickelodeon, as well as films from Paramount Pictures that have only been seen in theatres.
A quick note for you guys with young children --the folks at the Disney+ network have obtained all five seasons of The Muppet Show and will be showing them beginning February 19th.
COVID update 1: The Washington Post reports some bad news --more than 16-thousand doses of the Coronavirus vaccine were potentially spoiled in Maine and Michigan by temperature problems. Upon opening the trucks used to transport the vaccine, workers found a red “X” on the trucks' monitors, alerting them that the vials had spoiled because of improper temperatures at some point.
COVID update 2: Will you be OK once you get that COVID vaccination? MSN.com reports experts are still warning that the vaccine might not solve all our problems, and that even after that shot, you shouldn't head out to party or start socializing in your social group like normal. After all, as you might have read, it takes some time for the vaccine to spread thru your body!
COVID update 3: Gotta love the folks at Aldi --the supermarket chain is giving workers who get COVID-19 vaccine shots up to four hours of extra pay. Trader Joe’s, another grocery chain which has more than 50-thousand employees, also said last week that it will give employees two hours of pay per dose as well.
Finally, CBS/DENVER reports wearing not one, but two COVID masks may work better. If you can breathe wearing two, LOL. Two masks may actually equal the protection you'd get from N-95 masks, which is considered to be the best mask available.
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