Well there's a pretty short list of people who could afford a private jet, would fly from South Bend, Indiana, and fly to Wilmington, Delaware (it's Mayor Pete)
CTV News: Russia becomes first country to register coronavirus vaccine, Putin's daughter given it. https://www.ctvnews.ca/health/coronavirus/russia-becomes-first-country-to-register-coronavirus-vaccine-putin-s-daughter-given-it-1.5059182
> Putin emphasized that the vaccine underwent the necessary tests and has proven efficient, offering a lasting immunity from the coronavirus. However, scientists at home and abroad have been sounding the alarm that the rush to start using the vaccine before Phase 3 trials -- which normally last for months and involve thousands of people -- could backfire.
I predict this will result in Trumptopia doing the same
> The Health Ministry said in Tuesday's statement that the vaccine is expected to provide immunity from the coronavirus for up to two years.
> When the pandemic struck Russia, Putin ordered state officials to shorten the time of clinical trials for potential coronavirus vaccines.
@Unionhawk I guess what I mean is why do I care about this rich person in particular?
@Wipqozn so adding Russia to the top of the list of vaccines not to trust because it would have been rushed
i would say we should see some public side effects.....however she is also his daughter so guess the Russian Government would be saying she's ok or she died for totally different reasons unrelated to the vaccine
@Unionhawk "Presidential hopeful Joe Biden today reneged on his pledge to pick a woman as his vice presidential candidate after discovering that the process of picking didn't involve touching them on the shoulder"
> What a mess! With the deadline to select a vice president approaching, the members of Team Biden wish someone had told them before this all started that every high-profile woman they would consider for the vice presidency would turn out on further inspection to be just slightly wrong — too ambitious, or too self-effacing, or too prepared, or polarizing in some other, completely unexpected way.
> She might want to be president herself when this was over, which historically would be an anomaly for vice presidents, and probably ought to be disqualifying. Did these vying, sparring, lobbying women who were putting their names out there through such never-before-attempted means as meetings, statements and fundraising appearances not realize that they were in contention for the vice presidency, a sacred office not designed for grasping or distracting personalities?
I got to the paragraph with Roosevelt and Jefferson, and just thought "these two were both ambitious and larger than life figures, the exact opposite of what was being argued for."
Amazon’s Constellation of 3,236 Satellites Has Astronomers Very, Very Freaked Out futurism.com/…
> Amazon was approved by the Federal Communications Commission to launch 3,326 satellites as part of its planned Kuiper constellation. That’s roughly 600 more satellites than the total number currently in orbit, as The New York Times reports.
> The reflective micro satellites have been photobombing astronomical observations of the night sky ever since they started being launched by SpaceX, appearing as bright streaks of light.
> Astronomers, however, are calling for national regulators to step up to the plate and make sure ground-based astronomy can survive this new trend. Whether or not they will — much like a potential clear night sky in the future — remains to be seen.
Pretty solid example of the rich ruining things for everyone else
Akin to a developer buying up all the land around a public lake, and then making all the land private, so no one actually get to the lake anymore (unless you live on it).
Also, that's an absolutely absurd numbner of satelittes to be aproved.
