Alejandro Mayorkas told Congress that the Department of Homeland Security will maintain the security of the Southern Border on the same day that Border Patrol announced the apprehension of hundreds of migrants seeking to illegally enter the country.
"Antibodies produced by vaccinated and boosted people may not stop omicron SARS-CoV-2 strain from entering cells as well as it stops original virus," say Johns Hopkins researchers.
Infections have been reportedly found in half of Beijing residents, China’s capital city, a possible signal to accelerate its zero-COVID containment pace and lockdown like Shanghai. Local residents are scrambling to hoard food and supplies in fear of starving during the impending lockdown.
As President Joe Biden searches for slogans, excuses, and scapegoats to explain his miserable wreck of a presidency, I would suggest one for the handling of the never-ending COVID saga: “Not as bad as China.”
While it’s true there is some overlap between the effects of poisonous peptides present in some snake venom and those of SARS-COV2 spike protein, claiming COVID is ultimately derived from snake venom is a poorly substantiated hypothesis.
Three U.S. universities have announced that they will temporarily reinstate a mask mandate on their campuses, citing increasing COVID-19 cases among students.
