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America will receive far fewer COVID-19 vaccines than hoped due to a decision made in the final days of the Trump administration.
"In December, pharmacists made the happy discovery that they could squeeze an extra vaccine dose out of Pfizer vials that were supposed to contain only five. Now, it appears, the bill is due. Pfizer plans to count the surprise sixth dose toward its previous commitment of 200 million doses of Covid vaccine by the end of July and therefore will be providing fewer vials than once expected for the United States," The New York Times reported Friday evening. "And yet, pharmacists at some vaccination sites say they are still struggling to reliably extract the extra doses, which require the use of a specialty syringe."
<p>"For weeks, Pfizer executives pushed officials at the Food and Drug Administration to change the wording of the vaccine's so-called emergency use authorization so that it formally acknowledged that the vials contained six doses, not five," the newspaper reported. "The distinction was critical: Pfizer's contract with the federal government requires that it be paid by the dose. And there were serious public health implications. If the label's formal language told people administering the vaccine that the vial contained a sixth dose, that could accelerate the pace of vaccinations at a crucial time. At one point, Pfizer executives lashed out at the top federal vaccine regulator over the government's hesitation to approve the request, according to people familiar with the discussions who were not authorized to discuss them."</p><p>The Trump administration approved Ffizer's request on January 6th.</p><p>The newspaper reported that Pfizer "can now sell vials the United States had been expecting to other countries, or charge the United States for them in future deals."</p><p>Read the <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/22/health/covid-vaccine-pfizer-extra-doses.html?referringSource=articleShare" target="_blank">full report</a>.</p>
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MyPillow guy suing for report he dated Jane Krakowski: 'They have damaged my integrity as a Christian'
January 22, 2021
Controversial MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell is worried that a story in a British tabloid for harming his reputation even as companies shun his pillows following his role in pushing the election fraud conspiracy theories that incited the January 6th insurrection by Trump supporters.
Lindell has hired celebrity attorney Charles Harder to sue the Daily Mail over a report he had a secret affair with actress Jane Krakowski.
<p><span></span>"Charles Harder is the attorney," Lindell <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/mypillow-ceo-mike-lindell-hires-charles-harder-to-go-after-daily-mail-for-jane-krakowski-affair-story" target="_blank">told</a> The Daily Beast. "I never met this lady in my life and have never been to West Village and the Hamptons, where they said I was in the hit piece."</p><p>"They've done so much damage to my reputation… I'm not just going for a demand letter or a retraction, I want to go after them with a lawsuit because they have damaged my integrity as a Christian and my network to help addicts everywhere," Lindell said.</p><p>Lindell also explained his belief the story was a "hit job" because he keeps pushing lies about election fraud.</p><p>The Beast reminded of Harder's background.</p><p>"The <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/gawker-killing-lawyer-charles-harder-fails-to-kill-techdirt" target="_blank">Gawker-killing attorney</a>, who has represented everyone from now-former President Donald Trump to professional wrestler Hulk Hogan, has established himself as a go-to attorney for aggrieved celebrities looking to take on news outlets. In 2017, Harder <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/public-safety/melania-trump-settles-lawsuits-with-daily-mail/2017/04/12/e6214032-1f91-11e7-be2a-3a1fb24d4671_story.html" target="_blank">helped</a> wrestle a settlement and payment for Melania Trump from the <em>Daily Mail</em>, which was forced to retract and apologize for an article claiming she had once been an escort," The Beast reported.</p>
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MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell hires Gawker-killing Trump lawyer Charles Harder to go after the Daily Mail… https://t.co/hyPpAlfsIE</div> — Asawin Suebsaeng (@Asawin Suebsaeng)<a href="https://twitter.com/swin24/statuses/1352766592334102528">1611359663.0</a></blockquote></div>
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Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) announced on Friday that there would be an almost two week pause before the start of Donald Trump's second impeachment trial following a request from Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY).
Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) announced earlier on Friday that the House of Representatives would transmit the articles of impeachment to the Senate on Monday.
<p>In a floor speech, Schumer announced that the single count of impeachment -- for inciting insurrection -- would be read into the record on Monday evening.</p><p>On Tuesday, Senators will be sworn into the Court of Impeachment, but the trial presentations will then pause until the week of February 8th.</p><p>"Leader McConnell is glad that Leader Schumer agreed to Republicans' request for additional time during the pre-trial phase," McConnell's office said in a statement.</p>
<div class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="1032938b5c569235032addb1a52fea04" id="f6463"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-partner="rebelmouse" data-twitter-tweet-id="1352757524655730695"><div style="margin:1em 0">Schumer from Senate flr announced timing for 2nd impeachment trial for Donald Trump:
Mon 7pm: House mgrs read impea… https://t.co/DGUDHxPGWv</div> — Craig Caplan (@Craig Caplan)<a href="https://twitter.com/CraigCaplan/statuses/1352757524655730695">1611357501.0</a></blockquote></div>
<p><br/></p><div class="rm-embed embed-media"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-conversation="none">.<a href="https://twitter.com/DougAndres?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@DougAndres</a>, spox for McConnell, said in a statement, "Leader McConnell is glad that Leader Schumer agreed to Republicans' request for additional time during the pre-trial phase." He later added that "This is a win for due process and fairness." <a href="https://t.co/cNofWmbNFD">pic.twitter.com/cNofWmbNFD</a><br/>— Jack Turman III (@jackturmanIII) <a href="https://twitter.com/jackturmanIII/status/1352759115345489923?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 22, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script></div><p><br/></p>
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